Vadal Peterson

Vadal Peterson
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1892-05-02)May 2, 1892 Huntsville, Utah
Died	September 1, 1976(1976-09-01) (aged 84) Salt Lake City, Utah
Alma mater	Utah State Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1953	Utah
Head coaching record
Overall	385–230 (.626)
Tournaments	NCAA: 3-2 (.600) NIT: 3-2 (.600)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Champion (1944) NIT Champion (1947) 5x MSC Champion (1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1945)

Vadal Peterson (May 2, 1892 – September 1, 1976) was an American basketball coach with the distinction of coaching the most wins in University of Utah history. He guided Utah through 26 seasons from 1927 to 1953. He also led Utah to its only NCAA College Basketball Championship when the Utes defeated Dartmouth College 42-40 in 1944. Peterson finished with a record of 385-230 (.626) while head coach of Utah and collected four Skyline Conference championships and the 1947 National Invitation Tournament title.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Utah Utes (Mountain States Conference) (1927–1943)
1927–28	Utah	7-10	5-7	3rd
1928–29	Utah	5-12	3-9	4th
1929–30	Utah	15-12	4-8	4th
1930–31	Utah	21-6	8-4	1st
1931–32	Utah	14-9	8-4	2nd
1932–33	Utah	13-8	9-3	T-1st
1933–34	Utah	14-9	7-5	T-2nd
1934–35	Utah	10-9	5-7	3rd
1935–36	Utah	7-15	4-8	4th
1936–37	Utah	17-7	7-5	T-1st
1937–38	Utah	20-4	10-2	T-1st
1938–39	Utah	13-7	7-5	T-3rd
1939–40	Utah	19-4	8-4	2nd
1940–41	Utah	14-7	9-3	2nd
1941–42	Utah	13-7	7-5	4th
1942–43	Utah	10-12	1-7	4th
Utah Utes (Independent) (1943–1944)
1943–44	Utah	22-4			NCAA Champions NIT Quarterfinals
Utah Utes (Mountain States Conference) (1944–1953)
1944–45	Utah	17-4	8-0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1945–46	Utah	12-8	8-4	3rd
1946–47	Utah	19-5	10-2	2nd	NIT Champions
1947–48	Utah	11-9	6-4	T-2nd
1948–49	Utah	24-8	14-6	2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
1949–50	Utah	16-18	8-12	5th
1950–51	Utah	23-13	12-8	3rd
1951–52	Utah	19-9	8-6	4th
1952–53	Utah	10-14	5-9	T-5th
Utah:		385–230 (.626)	177–137 (.564)
Total:		385–230 (.626)
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

↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19760902&id=qM5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4389,704286

Utah Utes men's basketball head coaches

Erastus Milne (1908–1909)
Robert Richardson (1909–1910)
Fred Bennion (1910–1914)
Nelson Norgren (1914–1917)
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (1917–1925)
Ike Armstrong (1925–1927)
Vadal Peterson (1927–1953)
Jack Gardner (1953–1971)
Bill Foster (1971–1974)
Jerry Pimm (1974–1983)
Lynn Archibald (1983–1989)
Rick Majerus (1989)
Joe Cravens # (1989–1990)
Rick Majerus (1990–2000)
Dick Hunsaker # (2000–2001)
Rick Majerus (2001–2004)
Kerry Rupp # (2004)
Ray Giacoletti (2004–2007)
Jim Boylen (2007–2011)
Larry Krystkowiak (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Utah Utes head baseball coaches

Unknown (1895–1900)
Harvey Holmes (1901)
No team (1902)
Harvey Holmes (1903–1904)
Joe Maddock (1905–1909)
No team (1910)
Robert J. Porter (1911–1914)
Nelson Norgren (1915–1916)
No team (1917)
Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (1918–1921)
No team (1922–1947)
Vadal Peterson (1948)
Anthony Simone (1949)
Pete Carlston (1950–1953)
Pres Summerhays (1954–1973)
Tom K. Kilgore (1974–1979)
Mike Weathers (1980–1981)
Lonnie Keeter (1982–1987)
Rick Sofield (1988–1994)
Steve Gillespie (1995)
Bill Kinneberg (1996)
Tim Esmay (1997–2004)
Bill Kinneberg (2005– )

Utah Utes Men's Basketball 1943–44 NCAA Champions

Arnie Ferrin (MOP) Bob Lewis Wataru Misaka Fred Sheffield Dick Smuin Herb Wilkinson Head Coach Vadal Peterson

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