John E. Benington

John E. Benington (December 31, 1921 – September 10, 1969^[1]) was an American basketball coach.

The Findlay, Ohio native played college basketball for two seasons at the University of San Francisco, where he captained the squad that won the 1949 National Invitation Tournament under Pete Newell. He then became assistant basketball coach at Michigan State University (1950–1956) under Newell and Forddy Anderson. He served a combined 14 seasons as head men's basketball coach at Drake University (1956–1958), St. Louis University (1958–1966) and Michigan State (1966–1969). Benington died of a massive heart attack at age 47. He was found after hours in Jenison Fieldhouse by his wife and assistant coach.^[1]

References

1 2 Seibold, Jack (October 1, 2003). The Spartan Sports Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1-58261-219-5.

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

Charles Pell (1906–1909)
John L. Griffith (1909–1910)
A. R. Hackett (1910–1912)
John L. Griffith (1912–1914)
Ray Whisman (1914–1916)
Ralph Glaze (1916–1917)
S. W. Hobbs (1917–1918)
M. B. Banks (1918–1921)
Ossie Solem (1921–1925)
Bill Boelter (1925–1932)
Evan O. Williams (1932–1943)
Bill Easton (1943–1944)
Vee Green (1944–1946)
Forddy Anderson (1946–1948)
Jack McClelland (1948–1956)
John E. Benington (1956–1958)
Maury John (1958–1971)
Howard Stacey (1971–1974)
Bob Ortegel (1974–1981)
Gary Garner (1981–1988)
Tom Abatemarco (1988–1989)
Eddie Fields # (1989–1990)
Rudy Washington (1990–1996)
Kurt Kanaskie (1996–2003)
Tom Davis (2003–2007)
Keno Davis (2007–2008)
Mark Phelps (2008–2013)
Ray Giacoletti (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball head coaches

George Keogan (1915–1916)
Armin Fischer (1916–1921)
Steve J. O'Rourke (1921–1922)
Dan J. Savage (1922–1926)
Squint Hunter (1926–1927)
Harry Reget (1927–1928)
Mike Nylkos (1928–1936)
Ed Davidson (1936–1938)
Jack Sterret (1938–1940)
Bob Klenck (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Dukes Duford (1944–1945)
John Flannigan (1945–1947)
Eddie Hickey (1947–1958)
John E. Benington (1958–1965)
Buddy Brehmer (1965–1969)
Bob Polk (1969–1974)
Randy Albrecht (1974–1977)
Ron Coleman (1977–1978)
Ron Ekker (1978–1982)
Rich Grawer (1982–1992)
Charlie Spoonhour (1992–1999)
Lorenzo Romar (1999–2002)
Brad Soderberg (2002–2007)
Rick Majerus (2007–2012)
Jim Crews (2012–2016)
Travis Ford (2016– )

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1898–1899)
Charles Bemies (1899–1901)
George Denman (1901–1903)
Chester Brewer (1903–1910)
John Macklin (1910–1916)
George Gauthier (1916–1920)
Lyman Frimodig (1920–1922)
Mysterious Walker (1922–1924)
John Kobs (1924–1926)
Benjamin Van Alstyne (1926–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Benjamin Van Alstyne (1944–1949)
Al Kircher (1949–1950)
Pete Newell (1950–1954)
Forddy Anderson (1954–1965)
John E. Benington (1965–1969)
Gus Ganakas (1969–1976)
Jud Heathcote (1976–1995)
Tom Izzo (1995– )

United States squad – 1967 Summer Universiade – Gold medal

Beard Critchfield Dove Graham Miller Nieman Raymond Silliman Sullivan Theard Unseld White Coach: Benington

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