Leon Black (basketball)

Leon Black is a former college basketball coach.

Black, who coached the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team from 1967 to 1976, guided the Longhorns to two NCAA Tournaments as a result of winning the Southwest Conference outright twice in his nine seasons as head coach.

The Longhorns lost in the Sweet Sixteen in 1972 and the first round in 1974.

Black resigned in 1976 and was replaced by Abe Lemons.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1967–1976)
1967–68	Texas	11-13	8-6	t-2nd
1968–69	Texas	9-15	5-9	t-6th
1969–70	Texas	11-13	6-8	6th
1970–71	Texas	12-12	6-8	t-5th
1971–72	Texas	19-9	10-4	t-1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1972–73	Texas	13-12	7-7	t-5th
1973–74	Texas	12-15	11-3	1st	NCAA First Round
1974–75	Texas	10-15	6-8	t-4th
1975–76	Texas	9-17	4-12	8th
Texas:		106-121 (.467)	63-65 (.492)
Total:		106-121 (.467)
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

2008 interview with Leon Black

Texas Longhorns men's basketball head coaches

Magnus Mainland (1906–1907)
No team (1908)
W. E. Metzenthin (1909–1911)
J. Burton Rix (1912)
Carl Taylor (1913)
L. Theo Bellmont (1914–1915)
Roy Henderson (1916)
Eugene Van Gent (1917)
Roy Henderson (1918–1919)
Berry Whitaker (1920)
L. Theo Bellmont (1921–1922)
Milton Romney (1923)
E. J. Stewart (1924–1927)
Mysterious Walker (1927–1931)
Ed Olle (1931–1934)
Marty Karow (1934–1936)
Jack Gray (1936–1942)
Bully Gilstrap (1942–1945)
Jack Gray (1945–1951)
Slue Hull (1951–1956)
Marshall Hughes (1956–1959)
Harold Bradley (1959–1967)
Leon Black (1967–1976)
Abe Lemons (1976–1982)
Bob Weltlich (1982–1988)
Tom Penders (1988–1998)
Rick Barnes (1998–2015)
Shaka Smart (2015– )

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