Walt McPherson

Walt McPherson
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1916-12-05)December 5, 1916 San Jose, California
Died	January 12, 2013(2013-01-12) (aged 96) Santa Rosa, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1940–1942	San Jose State
1945–1960	San Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall	264–208 (.559)^[1]

Walter James McPherson (December 5, 1916 – January 12, 2013) was an American basketball coach and was regarded as one of the best at San Jose State University, and former West Coast Athletic Conference commissioner. McPherson graduated from San Jose State in 1939 and played as a fullback through 1936 and 1938 trained by Dudley DeGroot. He became a basketball coach and assistant football coach, he also managed to get his basketball team in the NCAA Tournament which was the team's first time in the tournament. He also taught Carroll Williams and Billy Wilson who also started their own sport careers. McPherson retired from coaching in 1960.^[2]

Personal life

He was involved in World War II and became a lieutenant. He became a member of San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. McPherson died in 2013 in Santa Rosa, California.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1940–1942)
1940–41	San Jose State	19-8
1941–42	San Jose State	13-20
San Jose State Spartans (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1945–1950)
1945–46	San Jose State	17-14
1946–47	San Jose State	18-9
1947–48	San Jose State	23-9
1948–49	San Jose State	22-13
1949–50	San Jose State	21-7
San Jose State Spartans (Independent) (1950–1952)
1950–51	San Jose State	18-12			NCAA First Round
1951–52	San Jose State	15-10
San Jose State Spartans (West Coast Conference) (1952–1960)
1952–53	San Jose State	15-8	4-4	T-3rd
1953–54	San Jose State	12-15	6-6	3rd
1954–55	San Jose State	16-9	7-5	2nd
1955–56	San Jose State	15-10	8-6	T-4th
1956–57	San Jose State	13-12	7-7	T-4th
1957–58	San Jose State	13-13	5-7	T-4th
1958–59	San Jose State	5-19	1-11	7th
1959–60	San Jose State	6-19	2-10	T-6th
San Jose State:		261–207 (.558)	40–56 (.417)
Total:		261–207 (.558)
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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↑ "SPARTANS MOURN LEGEND". Spartan's Website. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
↑ "San Jose State Legend Walt McPherson (1916-2013)". SJSU. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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San Jose State Spartans men's basketball head coaches

Charles Furley (1909–1910)
Not specified (1910–1915)
Bill Spaulding (1915–1916)
Karl Hazeltine (1916–1918)
No team (1918–1921)
Dave Wooster (1921–1923)
Hovey McDonald (1923–1935)
Bill Hubbard (1935–1940)
Walt McPherson (1940–1942)
Ed Blesh (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Bill Hubbard (1944–1945)
Walt McPherson (1945–1960)
Stu Inman (1960–1966)
Dan Glines (1966–1971)
Ivan Guevara (1971–1979)
Bill Berry (1979–1989)
Stan Morrison (1989–1998)
Phil Johnson (1998–1999)
Steve Barnes (1999–2002)
Phil Johnson (2002–2005)
George Nessman (2005–2013)
Dave Wojcik (2013– )

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