T. L. Plain

T. L. Plain
Sport(s) Basketball
Biographical details
Born Sacramento, KY
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949-1953 Breckenridge County [HS]
1953-1957 Henderson City [HS]
1957-1959 Vincennes Lincoln [HS]
1959-1963 Kentucky Wesleyan College
1964-1967 Vincennes Lincoln [HS]
1967-1969 University of Louisville (Assist.)
1969-1971 University of Kentucky (Assist.)
1971-1973 Utah State University

Truman Layton Plain, better known as T. L. Plain is a former American basketball coach. Plain graduated from Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1950, and received his master's degree from Murray State. Plain coached various high school basketball and baseball teams in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana in the 1950s and 1960s[1] From 1959-1963 T.L. Plain was the coach of the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers where he coached the team to two NCAA Division II Tournaments. After two years of assistant coaching at University of Louisville Plain became an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky under coach Adolph Rupp.[2] While at Kentucky, he was a part of the 1970 NCAA Runner up team. When Rupp was forced to retire by state law, the choice was down to Joe B. Hall and Plain for the head coaching position. T. L. Plain get the chance at a Division I school with Utah State University. His post coaching career included coordinator of convention sales at the Executive Inn in Evansville, Indiana. Since 2005 he has resided in Owensboro, Kentucky

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan (Independent) (1959–1963)
1959-60 Kentucky Wesleyan 18-11 NCAA Div II Third Place
1960-61 Kentucky Wesleyan 15-8 NCAA Div II First Round
1961-62 Kentucky Wesleyan 21-4
1962-63 Kentucky Wesleyan 9-11
Kentucky Wesleyan: 63-34
Utah State (Independent) (1971–1973)
1971–1972 Utah State 12-14
1972–1973 Utah State 16-10
Utah State: 28-24
Total: 91-58

      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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