Slats Gill
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| Amory T. "Slats" Gill | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Oregon State | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | May 1, 1901 | |
| Place of birth |  Salem, Oregon |
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| Died | April 5, 1966 | |
| Place of death | Corvallis, Oregon |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 599-392 | |
| Championships | ||
| Pacific Coast Conference championship 1933, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1958 | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1922-1924 | Oregon State | |
| Position | Forward | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1928-1964 | Oregon State | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame, 1968 | ||
Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill (May 1, 1901 – April 5, 1966) was a men's basketball and baseball coach at Oregon State University.
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[edit] Early life
Gill was born in Salem, Oregon, the youngest of eight children. His father died when he was a child. His nickname "Slats" was given to him at age 12. Gill was swimming in a local pond one summer afternoon. Upon exiting the pond, a buddy joked with Gill about his scrawny frame with his ribs protruding, which he said looked like slats in a picked fence. Gill was from then on known as Slats.[1]
Gill attended Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis, Oregon. While at OAC, he played baseball from 1919–1921[2] and basketball from 1922–1924. Gill was an All-American forward in 1924.[3]
[edit] Coaching career
Gill's first head coaching position was at a high school in Oakland, California. After one season there, he returned to Corvallis to be the head coach of the Rooks (the OSU freshman team). He spent two seasons in that capacity.[1]
In the summer of 1928, OAC's current head coach Bob Hager was fired by then school president Jasper Kerr. Kerr did not look far for his new head coach. Even though Gill was only 27 years old and had just three years of coaching under his belt, Kerr hired him as the head basketball coach.[1]
In his tenure, Oregon State won five Pacific Coast Conference titles, four Northern Division championships, and a pair of Final Four appearances (1949 and 1963). His teams won eight consecutive Far West Classic titles. Gill had 599 coaching victories with the Beavers.
Gill also coached the Beavers' baseball team from 1932-1937.
As past president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, Slats coached in the 1964 NABC All-Star Game.
[edit] Legacy
When he retired from coaching in 1964, Gill became the Oregon State athletic director, a position he held until his death from a stroke in 1966.[3]
He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Oregon State's basketball arena, Gill Coliseum, is named for him.
[edit] Personal life
Gill met his wife, Helen, on a blind date at OAC in the early 1920s. They were married in 1932. They raised two children, a son John, and a daughter Jane.[1]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason
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| Oregon State University (Pacific Coast Conference) (1928 — 1959) | |||||||||
| 1928–1929 | Oregon State | 12-8 | 4-6 | 4th-North | |||||
| 1929–1930 | Oregon State | 14-13 | 7-9 | 4th-North | |||||
| 1930–1931 | Oregon State | 19-9 | 9-7 | 3rd-North | |||||
| 1931–1932 | Oregon State | 12-12 | 8-8 | 3rd-North | |||||
| 1932–1933 | Oregon State | 21-6 | 12-4 | 1st | |||||
| 1933–1934 | Oregon State | 14-20 | 7-9 | 3rd-North | |||||
| 1934–1935 | Oregon State | 19-9 | 12-4 | 1st-North | |||||
| 1935–1936 | Oregon State | 16-9 | 10-6 | 2nd-North | |||||
| 1936–1937 | Oregon State | 11-1 | 5-11 | 4th-North | |||||
| 1937–1938 | Oregon State | 17-16 | 6-14 | 5th-North | |||||
| 1938–1939 | Oregon State | 13-11 | 6-10 | 4th-North | |||||
| 1939–1940 | Oregon State | 27-11 | 12-4 | 1st-North | |||||
| 1940–1941 | Oregon State | 19-9 | 9-7 | 2nd-North | |||||
| 1941–1942 | Oregon State | 22-7 | 15-3 | 1st-North | |||||
| 1942–1943 | Oregon State | 22-9 | 12-6 | 2nd-North | |||||
| 1943–1944 | Oregon State | 8-16 | 5-11 | t-3rd | |||||
| 1944–1945 | Oregon State | 20-8 | 10-6 | 3rd-North | |||||
| 1945–1946 | Oregon State | 13-11 | 10-6 | 2nd-North | |||||
| 1946–1947 | Oregon State | 28-5 | 13-3 | 1st | |||||
| 1947–1948 | Oregon State | 21-13 | 10-6 | t-1st-North | |||||
| 1948–1949 | Oregon State | 24-12 | 12-4 | 1st | Final Four | ||||
| 1949–1950 | Oregon State | 13-14 | 8-8 | t-2nd-North | |||||
| 1950–1951 | Oregon State | 14-18 | 6-10 | t-4th-North | |||||
| 1951–1952 | Oregon State | 9-19 | 3-13 | 5th-North | |||||
| 1952–1953 | Oregon State | 11-18 | 6-10 | 4th-North | |||||
| 1953–1954 | Oregon State | 19-10 | 11-15 | 1st-North | |||||
| 1954–1955 | Oregon State | 22-8 | 15-11 | 1st | |||||
| 1955–1956 | Oregon State | 8-18 | 5-11 | t-6th-North | |||||
| 1956–1957 | Oregon State | 11-15 | 6-10 | t-6th-North | |||||
| 1957–1958 | Oregon State | 20-6 | 12-4 | t-1st | |||||
| 1958–1959 | Oregon State | 13-13 | 17-9 | 6th-North | |||||
| Oregon State University (Independent) (1959 — 1964) | |||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Oregon State | 15-11 | |||||||
| 1960–1961 | Oregon State | 14-12 | |||||||
| 1961–1962 | Oregon State | 24-5 | |||||||
| 1962–1963 | Oregon State | 22-9 | Final Four | ||||||
| 1963–1964 | Oregon State | 25-4 | |||||||
| Oregon State: | 599-392 | ||||||||
| Total: | 599-392 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Welsch, Jeff Tales from Oregon State Sports. Sports Publishing. Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
- ^ Gill, the veteran OAC backstop. Accessed 24 March 2008.
- ^ a b Amory Gill. HickokSports.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
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