Norman Dale Ellenberger was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
17 Facts About Norm Ellenberger
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Norm Ellenberger later became lead assistant coach under Don Haskins at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1986 to 1990 and under Bobby Knight at Indiana University from 1990 to 2000.
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Norm Ellenberger served as an assistant for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA from 2000 to 2003 and then coached boys' and girls' high school basketball in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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Norm Ellenberger graduated in 1955 from Butler University, where he played for basketball coaching legend Tony Hinkle.
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Norm Ellenberger was captain and all-conference player on the football team, and he pitched a no-hitter on the baseball team.
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In 1964 Norm Ellenberger began coaching at Monmouth College in western Illinois, where he led the football, basketball, and baseball teams at one point.
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In March 1972, King was named assistant athletic director, and Norm Ellenberger was promoted to head coach.
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Norm Ellenberger became a local celebrity in Albuquerque, a restaurateur and man-about-town, earning the nickname "Stormin' Norman" for his flashy attire, fiery coaching style, and flamboyant personality.
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Norm Ellenberger was voted runner-up for the US Basketball Writers Coach of the Year award.
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The turning point in Norm Ellenberger's career came with the "Lobogate" recruiting scandal, involving forged academic transcripts, payments made for bogus Junior College credits, and other devices to attain eligibility for players who lacked academic credentials.
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Norm Ellenberger continued to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he owned a restaurant, appeared in TV commercials, coached the city's Continental Basketball Association team and a women's professional team, and continued to attend Lobo games.
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Norm Ellenberger spent the following three seasons as an assistant to Tim Floyd with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
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Norm Ellenberger then coached at the Conserve School in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.
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Norm Ellenberger had signed as an assistant coach at another high school nearby just before his death.
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Norm Ellenberger can be seen briefly in the 1994 movie, Blue Chips, squatting in a timeout huddle next to Bobby Knight.
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Norm Ellenberger appears in an episode of the 2007 documentary series, Nimrod Nation, aired on the Sundance Channel, as an assistant coach for the Watersmeet Nimrods, the subject of the series.
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Norm Ellenberger died in his sleep at his cabin in Watersmeet, Michigan on November 15,2015, at the age of 83.