- Ned Wulk
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Ned W. Wulk (August 14, 1920 – November 15, 2003) was the men's basketball coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1982. He remains the most successful coach in the history of the men's basketball program with a record of 406 - 272 (.599) at ASU. Wells Fargo Arena's basketball court was named after him in 1999. He was very successful in Tempe with a 94 - 24 (.797) record at home. At the time of his 400th victory, he was one of only four then-active coaches to win 400 or more games at one school. He led ASU to 17 winning seasons in his 25 years, including a record of 39-15 against rival University of Arizona.
Under Wulk, Arizona State reached 9 NCAA tournaments, and 3 Elite Eight appearances in 1961, 1963, and 1975. In the 1963 NCAA tournament at Provo, the Sun Devils routed UCLA in a second round game, 93-79. The Bruins were on the brink of back-to-back national titles in ‘64 and ‘65. And in 1981, Wulk’s ASU Sun Devils went to Corvallis on the final day of the regular season and defeated #1 ranked Oregon State by a score of 87-67. Wulk's 1963 team still has the school record for most wins in a season at 26. In the previous season, he set the ASU school record for longest winning streak at 18 games. He led the 1981 ASU Sun Devils of the Pac-10 to the highest national ranking in school history at #3, finishing with a record of 24-4. He was selected as the Pac-10 coach of the year in 1979, when ASU finished 21-6, including 15-3 in conference play. He was fired in 1982 after one mediocre season.
New Wulk was inducted into the Pac-10 Hall of Fame in 2003. He coached at Xavier University prior to coming to ASU.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Xavier Musketeers (Independent) (1951–1957) 1951-1952 Xavier 10-14 1952-1953 Xavier 11-12 1953-1954 Xavier 18-12 1954-1955 Xavier 13-13 1955-1956 Xavier 17-11 NIT Quarterfinal 1956-1957 Xavier 20-8 NIT Quarterfinal Xavier: 89-70 Arizona State Sun Devils (Border) (1957–1962) 1957-1958 Arizona St 13-13 8-2 1st NCAA 1st Round 1958-1959 Arizona St 17-9 7-3 T-1st 1959-1960 Arizona St 16-7 7-3 T-2nd 1960-1961 Arizona St 23-6 9-1 T-1st NCAA Elite 8 1961-1962 Arizona St 23-4 10-0 1st NCAA 1st Round Arizona St: 92-39 41-9 Arizona State Sun Devils (WAC) (1962–1978) 1962-1963 Arizona St 26-3 9-1 1st NCAA Elite 8 1963-1964 Arizona St 16-11 7-3 T-1st NCAA 1st Round 1964-1965 Arizona St 13-14 4-6 5th 1965-1966 Arizona St 12-14 3-7 6th 1966-1967 Arizona St 5-21 1-9 6th 1967-1968 Arizona St 11-17 4-6 T-4th 1968-1969 Arizona St 11-15 4-6 T-5th 1969-1970 Arizona St 4-22 2-12 8th 1970-1971 Arizona St 16-10 8-6 4th 1971-1972 Arizona St 18-8 9-5 T-2nd 1972-1973 Arizona St 19-9 10-4 1st NCAA 2nd Round 1973-1974 Arizona St 18-9 9-5 T-2nd 1974-1975 Arizona St 25-4 12-2 1st NCAA Eilte 8 1975-1976 Arizona St 17-10 5-9 7th 1976-1977 Arizona St 15-13 6-8 T-5th 1977-1978 Arizona St 13-14 6-8 T-4th Arizona St: 239-194 99-97 Arizona St Sun Devils (PAC 10) (1978–1982) 1978-1979 Arizona St 16-14 7-11 T-6th 1979-1980 Arizona St 22-7 15-3 2nd NCAA 2nd Round 1980-1981 Arizona St 24-4 16-2 2nd NCAA 2nd Round 1981-1982 Arizona St 13-14 8-10 T-6th Arizona St: 75-39 46-26 Arizona St: 406-272 186-132 Total: 495-342 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
Xavier Musketeers men's basketball head coaches Harry Gilligan (1919–1920) • Joe Meyer (1920–1933) • Clem Crowe (1933–1943) • No team (1943–1945) • Ed Burns (1945–1946) • Lew Hirt (1946–1951) • Ned Wulk (1951–1957) • Jim McCafferty (1957–1963) • Don Ruberg (1963–1967) • George Krajack (1967–1971) • Dick Campbell (1971–1973) • Tay Baker (1973–1979) • Bob Staak (1979–1985) • Pete Gillen (1985–1994) • Skip Prosser (1994–2001) • Thad Matta (2001–2004) • Sean Miller (2004–2009) • Chris Mack (2009– )
Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball head coaches C.W. Adams (1911–1914) • George Schaeffer (1914–1915) • No team (1915–1916) • George Schaeffer (1916–1917) • George E. Cooper (1917–1922) • Ernest C. Wills (1922–1923) • Aaron McCreary (1923–1930) • Ted Shipkey (1930–1933) • Rudy Lavik (1933–1935) • Earl Pomeroy (1935–1939) • Rudy Lavik (1939–1948) • Bill Kajikawa (1948–1957) • Ned Wulk (1957–1982) • Bob Weinhauer (1982–1985) • Steve Patterson (1985–1989) • Bob Schermerhorn # (1989) • Bill Frieder (1989–1997) • Don Newman # (1997–1998) • Rob Evans (1998–2006) • Herb Sendek (2006– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.DiBiaso & Raveling | 1977: Harter | 1978: Cunningham | 1979: Boyd | 1980: Wulk | 1981: R. Miller | 1982: Harshman | 1983: Raveling | 1984: Harshman | 1985: Morrison | 1986: Olson | 1987: Hazzard | 1988: Olson | 1989: Olson & R. Miller | 1990: Anderson | 1991: Sampson | 1992: Raveling | 1993: Olson | 1994: Olson | 1995: Harrick | 1996: Bender | 1997: Braun | 1998: Olson | 1999: Montgomery | 2000: Montgomery | 2001: Lavin | 2002: Kent | 2003: Montgomery & Olson | 2004: Montgomery | 2005: Romar | 2006: Howland | 2007: Bennett | 2008: Johnson | 2009: Romar | 2010: Sendek | 2011: S. Miller Categories:- 1920 births
- 2003 deaths
- American basketball coaches
- Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball coaches
- Xavier Musketeers men's basketball coaches
- United States basketball coach stubs
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