Bebe Lee
H. B. "Bebe" Lee (December 3, 1916 – March 31, 2013) was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Utah State from 1945 to 1947, Colorado State from 1949 to 1950, and Colorado from 1950 to 1956. He coached his teams to a 91-119 record, winning two Big Seven Conference championships and made the 1955 Final Four in two NCAA tournament appearances. He also served as Kansas State's athletic director from 1956 to 1968. He played college basketball at Stanford.[1]
Head coaching record
Season |
Team |
Overall |
Conference |
Standing |
Postseason
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Utah State Aggies (Mountain States Conference) (1945–1947)
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1945–46 |
Utah State |
7-12 | 2-10 | 6th |
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1946–47 |
Utah State |
14-10 | 6-6 | T-3rd |
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Utah State: |
21–22 (.488) | 8–16 (.333) |
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Colorado State Rams (Mountain States Conference) (1949–1950)
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1949–50 |
Colorado State |
7-23 | 2-18 | 6th |
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Colorado State: |
7–23 (.233) | 2–18 (.100) |
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Colorado Buffaloes (Big Seven Conference) (1950–1956)
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1950–51 |
Colorado |
4-20 | 2-10 | 7th |
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1951–52 |
Colorado |
8-16 | 4-8 | T-4th |
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1952–53 |
Colorado |
10-11 | 3-9 | 7th |
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1953–54 |
Colorado |
11-11 | 10-2 | T-1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen
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1954–55 |
Colorado |
19-6 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA Final Four
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1955–56 |
Colorado |
11-10 | 7-5 | 4th |
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Colorado: |
63–74 (.460) | 37–35 (.514) |
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Total: | 91–119 (.433) | |
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion |
References
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- George Campbell (1903–1904)
- No team (1904–1905)
- George Campbell (1905–1907)
- Mysterious Walker (1907–1908)
- Clayton Teetzel (1908–1914)
- Joseph Jensen (1914–1919)
- Dick Romney (1919–1941)
- Robert Burnett (1941–1942)
- D. D. Young (1942–1943)
- No team (1943–1944)
- D. D. Young (1944–1945)
- Bebe Lee (1945–1947)
- Joe Whitesides (1947–1950)
- H. Cecil Baker (1950–1961)
- LaDell Andersen (1961–1971)
- T. L. Plain (1971–1973)
- Dutch Belnap (1973–1979)
- Rod Tueller (1979–1988)
- Kohn Smith (1988–1993)
- Larry Eustachy (1993–1998)
- Stew Morrill (1998–2015)
- Tim Duryea {2015– )
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