1. Henry Iba was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
15 Facts About Henry Iba
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Henry Iba played college basketball at Westminster College, where he became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
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Additionally, Henry Iba coached OSU's baseball team from 1934 to 1941.
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Henry Iba is thought to be one of the toughest coaches in NCAA history.
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Henry Iba was a very methodical coach who expected things to be done perfectly.
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Henry Iba's "swinging gate" defense was applauded by many, and is still effective in today's game.
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Henry Iba's Aggies became the first to win consecutive NCAA titles.
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Henry Iba was voted coach of the year in both seasons.
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Henry Iba coached the United States Olympic basketball team in 1964,1968 and 1972.
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Henry Iba is the first coach in US Olympic basketball history to coach two gold medal-winning teams.
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Henry Iba was elected to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Missouri Hall of Fame, the Helms Foundation All-Time Hall of Fame for basketball, The Westminster College Sports Hall of Fame, National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Henry Iba was indirectly responsible for a $165 million donation to the Oklahoma State University athletic program.
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Henry Iba set the young graduate up with two interviews for high-school basketball coaching jobs and although Pickens didn't end up becoming a coach, the favor Henry Iba did for him was the impetus behind his decision 50 years later to make a $165 million donation to Oklahoma State University's athletic program.
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Henry Iba was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1965.
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The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.