Paul McBrayer
American basketball player and coach
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| Intro | American basketball player and coach | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Sports coach Basketball coach | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 12 October 1909, Kavanaugh, Boyd County, Kentucky, USA | |
| Death | 1 January 1999Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA (aged 89 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra | |
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Biography
Paul S. McBrayer (October 12, 1909 – January 1, 1999) was an American college men's basketball coach and player. He was a player from 1927 to 1930 at the University of Kentucky and the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1946 to 1962. He coached Eastern Kentucky to a 214–142 record and two NCAA tournament appearances. As a star player for Kentucky, he was named a 1930 Helms Foundation All-American. He also served as an assistant coach at Kentucky under Adolph Rupp for nine seasons (1934–43) prior to becoming head coach at Eastern Kentucky. The McBrayer Arena at Eastern Kentucky University is named in his honor.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1946–47 | Eastern Kentucky | 21–4 | |||||||
| 1947–48 | Eastern Kentucky | 17–7 | |||||||
| Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) | |||||||||
| 1948–49 | Eastern Kentucky | 17–4 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1949–50 | Eastern Kentucky | 16–6 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1950–51 | Eastern Kentucky | 18–8 | 8–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951–52 | Eastern Kentucky | 13–11 | 10–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1952–53 | Eastern Kentucky | 16–9 | 9–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1953–54 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–16 | 4–6 | T–4th | |||||
| 1954–55 | Eastern Kentucky | 15–8 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1955–56 | Eastern Kentucky | 9–16 | 3–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1956–57 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–15 | 4–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1957–58 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–11 | 3–7 | 6th | |||||
| 1958–59 | Eastern Kentucky | 16–6 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division First Round | ||||
| 1959–60 | Eastern Kentucky | 14–8 | 9–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1960–61 | Eastern Kentucky | 15–9 | 9–3 | T–1st | |||||
| 1961–62 | Eastern Kentucky | 4–3 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Eastern Kentucky: | 212–141 (.601) | 91–51 (.641) | |||||||
| Total: | 212–141 (.601) | ||||||||
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