Biography
• Born: Sept. 22, 1934
• Birthplace: Mayville, N.D.
• High School: Grand Forks (N.D.) Central, 1952
• College: Augsburg, Minn., 1956
Athletic career
• 1952: Led Central to 1952 Class A state basketball championship
• 1956: Augsburg's athlete of the year after playing football and basketball for four years and baseball for one.
Coaching career
• 1956-57: Head coach, Mahnomen (Minn.) High School
• 1957-61: Head coach, Two Harbors (Minn.) High School
• 1962-63: Assistant varsity and head freshman coach, Western High School, Anaheim, Calif.
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• 1963-64: Head coach, Loara High School, Anaheim, Calif.
• 1964-69: Head coach, Marina High School, Huntington Beach, Calif.
• 1969-73: Head coach, Long Beach (Calif.) City College
• 1973-74: Head coach, Long Beach St.
• 1974-83: Head coach, Iowa
• 1983-2007: Head coach, Arizona
• 2007-08: Leave of absence, Arizona
• 2008: Head coach, Arizona
Div. I coaching year-by-year
School year record (postseason)
Long Beach St. 1973-74 24-2
Iowa 1974-75 10-16
Iowa 1975-76 19-10
Iowa 1976-77 20-7
Iowa 1977-78 12-15
Iowa 1978-79 20-8 (NCAA first round)
Iowa 1979-80 23-10 (NCAA Final Four)
Iowa 1980-81 21-7 (NCAA second round)
Iowa 1981-82 21-8 (NCAA second round)
Iowa 1982-83 22-9 (NCAA Midwest regional)
Arizona 1983-84 11-17
Arizona 1984-85 21-10 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1985-86 23-9 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1986-87 18-12 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1987-88 35-3 (NCAA Final Four)
Arizona 1988-89 29-4 (NCAA West Regional)
Arizona 1989-90 25-7 (NCAA second round)
Arizona 1990-91 28-7 (NCAA West regional)
Arizona 1991-92 24-7 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1992-93 24-4 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1993-94 29-6 (NCAA Final Four)
Arizona 1994-95 24-7 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1995-96 27-6 (NCAA West regional)
Arizona 1996-97 25-9 (NCAA champions)
Arizona 1997-98 30-5 (NCAA West Regional final)
Arizona 1998-99 22-6* (NCAA first round)
Arizona 1999-2000 27-7 (NCAA second round)
Arizona 2000-01 25-6** (NCAA runner-up)
Arizona 2001-02 24-10 (NCAA West Regional)
Arizona 2002-03 28-4 (NCAA West Regional final)
Arizona 2003-04 20-10 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 2004-05 30-7 (NCAA Chicago Regional final)
Arizona 2005-06 20-13 (NCAA second round)
Arizona 2006-07 20-11 (NCAA first round)
Arizona 2007-08 — leave of absence
Overall 34 years 781-279 .737
Arizona 24 years 589-187 .759
Iowa 9 years 168-90 .651
Long Beach St. 1 year 24-2 .923
* Arizona's 1999 NCAA tournament appearance was vacated. Wildcats finished 22-7.
** Arizona was 28-8 overall and 15-3 in the Pac-10 in 2000-01 counting a five-game absence in which Jim Rosborough served as head coach.
