Ken Norton (basketball)
American basketball and baseball coach
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Kenneth A. Norton (died July 11, 1996) was a college basketball coach. He was the head coach of Manhattan from 1946 to 1968. He coached Manhattan to a 300-205 record, winning six conference championships and eleven postseason appearances. He played his college basketball under coach Clair Bee at LIU.
Norton died at age 82 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Jaspers (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1946–1963) | |||||||||
| 1946–47 | Manhattan | 13-13 | 1-5 | 5th | |||||
| 1947–48 | Manhattan | 22-6 | 3-3 | T-3rd | NAIA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1948–49 | Manhattan | 18-8 | 5-1 | T-1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1949–50 | Manhattan | 14-11 | 3-3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1950–51 | Manhattan | 16-6 | 3-2 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1951–52 | Manhattan | 12-9 | 4-2 | T-2nd | |||||
| 1952–53 | Manhattan | 20-6 | 6-0 | 1st | NIT Fourth Place | ||||
| 1953–54 | Manhattan | 15-11 | 3-3 | T-3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1954–55 | Manhattan | 18-5 | 6-0 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1955–56 | Manhattan | 16-8 | 4-1 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1956–57 | Manhattan | 5-9 | 2-2 | T-3rd | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1957–58 | Manhattan | 16-10 | 3-1 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1958–59 | Manhattan | 15-6 | 4-0 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1959–60 | Manhattan | 13-11 | 2-2 | 4th | |||||
| 1960–61 | Manhattan | 8-11 | 1-2 | 5th | |||||
| 1961–62 | Manhattan | 12-10 | 1-3 | T-5th | |||||
| 1962–63 | Manhattan | 9-14 | 0-4 | 7th | |||||
| Manhattan Jaspers (Independent) (1963–1965) | |||||||||
| 1963–64 | Manhattan | 11-11 | |||||||
| 1964–65 | Manhattan | 13-11 | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
| Manhattan Jaspers (Metropolitan Collegiate Conference) (1965–1968) | |||||||||
| 1965–66 | Manhattan | 13-9 | 8-1 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
| 1966–67 | Manhattan | 13-8 | 7-2 | T-1st | |||||
| 1967–68 | Manhattan | 8-14 | 3-5 | 7th | |||||
| Manhattan: | 300–205 (.594) | 69–42 (.622) | |||||||
| Total: | 300–205 (.594) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||