Английская Википедия:Bill Trumbo

Содержание

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox college coach William Roy Trumbo (September 17, 1939 – October 28, 2018) was an American college basketball coach and athletics director in the western United States, primarily in California and Hawaii, and coached at the Division I level for three seasons Шаблон:Nowrap His first collegiate head coaching position was at Culver–Stockton College in Missouri.

Early years

Born in LaRue County, Kentucky, Trumbo attended Chapman College in Orange, California, and was a two-sport athlete for four years: a forward in basketball and a catcher on the baseball team from 1957 to 1961. He was team captain and student body Шаблон:Nowrap

Coaching career

Following graduation from Chapman in 1961, Trumbo was an assistant coach at his alma mater for a year, then became the head coach at nearby Garden Grove High School in 1962 for four years. In 1966, he became a college head coach and athletic director at Шаблон:Nowrap College, an NAIA program in Canton, Missouri.

Trumbo moved back west to northern California in 1970 to Sonoma State in Rohnert Park as athletic director, and added basketball coaching duties after the Cossacks went Шаблон:Nowrap in 1972, winless in a dozen conference games. Under Trumbo, Sonoma State was Шаблон:Nowrap overall in 1973 with ten conference wins, and went Шаблон:Nowrap the following season. The basketball program was dropped in 1974 for financial reasons and Trumbo departed for nearby Santa Rosa Junior College and was the head coach for nine seasons, posting a Шаблон:Nowrap record with seven Шаблон:Nowrap

Idaho

Moving up to Division I, Trumbo was hired at resurgent Idaho in April 1983, replacing Don Monson, a charismatic alumnus from Coeur d'Alene who departed after five seasons for Oregon in the Pac-10 Conference. The Vandals had been a last place team in the Big Sky Conference for five straight seasons in the late 1970s, but rose to second in 1980 and then won consecutive conference titles (regular season and tournament) in 1981 and 1982. The latter finished the regular season at Шаблон:Nowrap with a #6 ranking in both Шаблон:Nowrap and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. The 1983 team slipped back slightly, but was Шаблон:Nowrap in the regular season and was invited to the NIT, a first for the Big Sky. In Monson's last four seasons, the best stretch in program history, Idaho was Шаблон:Nowrap at home, with a Шаблон:Nowrap home winning streak; attendance had twice topped 11,000 in the Kibbie Dome during the 1983 season.

As an outsider following a hero, Trumbo recognized that his task in Moscow to continue the recent success would be Шаблон:Nowrap with less talent and experience, Idaho slipped back into the Big Sky cellar in 1984 and attendance Шаблон:Nowrap His teams went Шаблон:Winning percentage overall (Шаблон:Winning percentage in conference) and he was relieved of his duties after three seasons in Шаблон:Nowrap succeeded by Шаблон:Nowrap an assistant under hall of fame head coach Don Haskins at Шаблон:Nowrap

Later career

Returning to lower profile programs, Trumbo was later the athletic director at Hawaii–Hilo (1990–2000), Cal State–Monterey Bay (2000–2006), Diablo Valley College (interim, Шаблон:Nowrap and back on Hawaii (Big Island) at Konawaena High School from 2009 Шаблон:Nowrap At Monterey Bay, he was also the basketball coach for his final three Шаблон:Nowrap

Trumbo died in Kona at age 79 in 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

External links

• Sports-Reference.com - Bill Trumbo