Everett Shelton

Everett F. Shelton (May 12, 1898 – April 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach in the 1940s and 1950s. Shelton played quarterback for the Phillips University football team. The Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) levels and compiled an 850–437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the Wyoming Cowboys men's basketball team from 1939 to 1959. While at Wyoming, Shelton had a record of 328 wins and 201 losses for a .620 winning percentage.^[1] He guided the Cowboys to eight Mountain States / Skyline Conference championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances. During his career, he was President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.^[2] He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

Everett Shelton

Shelton in 1955
Biographical details
Born	(1898-05-12)May 12, 1898 Cunningham, Kansas, U.S.
Died	April 16, 1974(1974-04-16) (aged 75) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
c. 1920	Phillips
Football
c. 1920	Phillips
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1923–1926	Phillips
1939–1959	Wyoming
1959–1968	Sacramento State
Football
1924–1926	Phillips
Baseball
1942–1943	Wyoming
1947	Wyoming
1949	Wyoming
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
c. 1924	Phillips
Head coaching record
Overall	494–350 (basketball) 5–20–1 (football) 18–22 (baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 4–12 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball NCAA (1943) 8 MSC/Skyline (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1980 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Shelton's 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team won the fifth NCAA basketball tournament. Shelton nearly won the national championship at Sacramento State College, where his Hornets lost in overtime to Mount St. Mary's in the 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference / Skyline Conference) (1939–1959)
1939–40	Wyoming	6–10	3–9	T–5th
1940–41	Wyoming	14–6	10–2	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1941–42	Wyoming	15–5	9–3	T–2nd
1942–43	Wyoming	31–2	4–0	1st	NCAA Champion
1944–45	Wyoming	10–18	7–5	3rd
1945–46	Wyoming	22–4	10–2	1st
1946–47	Wyoming	22–6	11–1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1947–48	Wyoming	18–9	6–4	T–2nd
1948–49	Wyoming	25–10	15–5	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1949–50	Wyoming	25–11	13–7	T–2nd
1950–51	Wyoming	26–11	13–7	2nd
1951–52	Wyoming	28–7	13–1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1952–53	Wyoming	20–10	12–2	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1953–54	Wyoming	19–9	10–4	2nd
1954–55	Wyoming	17–9	9–5	T–3rd
1955–56	Wyoming	7–19	5–9	T–7th
1956–57	Wyoming	6–19	4–10	7th
1957–58	Wyoming	13–14	10–4	1st	NCAA first round
1958–59	Wyoming	4–22	1–13	T–7th
Wyoming:		328–201 (.620)	165–93 (.640)
Sacramento State Hornets (Far Western Conference) (1959–1968)
1959–60	Sacramento State	10–13	6–4
1960–61	Sacramento State	17–8	8–2
1961–62	Sacramento State	21–10	10–2		NCAA College Division Runner-up
1962–63	Sacramento State	10–16	4–8
1963–64	Sacramento State	8–18	5–7
1964–65	Sacramento State	10–16	4–8
1965–66	Sacramento State	10–16	6–6
1966–67	Sacramento State	15–11	10–4
1967–68	Sacramento State	16–10	9–5
Sacramento State:		117–118 (.498)	62–46 (.574)
Total:		445–319 (.582)
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

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Phillips Haymakers (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1924–1926)
1924	Phillips	2–7	2–3	6th
1925	Phillips	1–8	1–6	9th
1926	Phillips	2–5–1	2–3–1	8th
Phillips:		5–20–1	5–12–1
Total:		5–20–1

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach

References

1. . Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. . Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

External links

• Everett Shelton at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame