Paul McBrayer

Paul McBrayer
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1909-10-12)October 12, 1909 Kavanaugh, Kentucky
Died	January 1, 1999(1999-01-01) (aged 89) Lexington, Kentucky
Alma mater	Kentucky
Playing career
1927–1930	Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1962	Eastern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	214–142 (.601)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0-2 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3x OVC Regular Season Champion (1953, 1959, 1961) 2x OVC Tournament Champion (1950, 1955)
Awards
1930 Helms Foundation All-American

Paul S. McBrayer (October 12, 1909 – January 1, 1999) was an American college men's basketball coach and player. He was a player from 1927 to 1930 at the University of Kentucky and the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1946 to 1962. He coached Eastern Kentucky to a 214–142 record and two NCAA tournament appearances. As a star player for Kentucky, he was named a 1930 Helms Foundation All-American. He also served as a long-time assistant coach at Kentucky under Adolph Rupp prior to becoming head coach at Eastern Kentucky. The McBrayer Arena at Eastern Kentucky University is named in his honor.^[1]^[2]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946–1948)
1946–47	Eastern Kentucky	21-4
1947–48	Eastern Kentucky	17-8
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1962)
1948–49	Eastern Kentucky	17-4	7-3
1949–50	Eastern Kentucky	16-6	7-3
1950–51	Eastern Kentucky	18-8	8-3
1951–52	Eastern Kentucky	13-11	10-2	2nd
1952–53	Eastern Kentucky	16-9	9-1	1st	NCAA First Round
1953–54	Eastern Kentucky	7-16	4-6	T-4th
1954–55	Eastern Kentucky	15-8	6-4	T-2nd
1955–56	Eastern Kentucky	9-16	3-7	5th
1956–57	Eastern Kentucky	6-15	4-6	4th
1957–58	Eastern Kentucky	8-11	3-7	6th
1958–59	Eastern Kentucky	16-6	10-2	1st	NCAA First Round
1959–60	Eastern Kentucky	14-8	9-3	2nd
1960–61	Eastern Kentucky	15-9	9-3	T-1st
1961–62	Eastern Kentucky	10-6	7-5	T-2nd
Eastern Kentucky:		214–142 (.601)	96–55 (.636)
Total:		214–142 (.601)
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

Eastern Kentucky Colonels basketball head coaches

Clyde H. Wilson (1909–1912)
Charles A. Keith (1912–1913)
Ben Barnard (1913–1917)
No team (1917–1919)
Charles F. Miller & Clyde McCoy (1919–1920)
George Hembree (1920–1929)
Turkey Hughes (1929–1935)
Rome Rankin (1935–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Rome Rankin (1944–1946)
Paul McBrayer (1946–1962)
Jim Baechtold (1962–1967)
Guy R. Strong (1967–1973)
Bob Mulcahy (1973–1976)
Ed Byhre (1976–1981)
Max Good (1981–1989)
Mike Pollio (1989–1992)
Mike Calhoun (1992–1997)
Scott Perry (1997–2000)
Travis Ford (2000–2005)
Jeff Neubauer (2005–2015)
Dan McHale (2015– )

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