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Maury John
American basketball coach

Maury John

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Maurice E. "Maury" John (June 17, 1919 – October 15, 1974) was a college basketball coach at Drake University and Iowa State University. He led Drake University to the 1969 Final Four where they gave powerhouse UCLA a scare, eventually losing by 3 points, then winning the consolation game to claim 3rd place. He became known for his "belly-button" defense.
John is a member of The Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died of cancer on October 15, 1974 at the age of 55. John is also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame. His son is in fact named John E. John. During John's last season at Iowa State his only loss came to the hands of his former team Drake 61-60.

Head coaching record

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (1958–1971)
1958–59Drake9–154–106th
1959–60Drake11–144–107th
1960–61Drake19–77–5T–3rd
1961–62Drake16–86–64th
1962–63Drake11–143–97th
1963–64Drake21–710–2T–1stNIT, Second Round
1964–65Drake13–126–86th
1965–66Drake15–106–8T–6th
1966–67Drake9–164–10T–7th
1967–68Drake18–89–7T–4th
1968–69Drake26–513–3T–1stNCAA, Third Place
1969–70Drake22–714–21stNCAA, Elite Eight
1970–71Drake21-89–5T–1stNCAA, Elite Eight
Drake:211–13195–85
Iowa State (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974)
1971–72Iowa State12–145–96th
1972–73Iowa State16–107–75th
1973–74Iowa State4–1N/AN/A
Iowa State:32–2512–16
Total:243–156

      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

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