Marv Harshman

Marv Harshman
Biographical details
Born(1917-10-04)October 4, 1917
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 2013(2013-04-12) (aged 95)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.[1]
Playing career
1938–1942Pacific Lutheran
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1945–1958Pacific Lutheran
1958–1971Washington State
1971–1985Washington
Football
1951–1957Pacific Lutheran
Baseball
1954–1958Pacific Lutheran
Head coaching record
Overall637–444 (basketball)
27–28–2 (football)
32–60 (baseball)
TournamentsBasketball
2–3 (NCAA Division I)
1–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
4 Evergreen (1955–1958)
2 Pac-10 regular season (1984, 1985)

Football
2 Evergreen (1951–1952)
Awards
Basketball
Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (1998)
2× Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1982, 1984)
NABC Coach of the Year (1984)
Records
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Navy
Years of service1942–1945
Battles / warsWorld War II
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1985
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington.[2][3][4][5]

Early years

Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Harshman moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child and graduated from Lake Stevens High School in Lake Stevens, Washington, north of Seattle. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, where he lettered thirteen times in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field and graduated in 1942.[6] Harshman served three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, then returned to PLU to coach.[7] A fullback,[8] he was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the fifteenth round (134th overall) of the 1942 NFL draft.[9]

Collegiate career

While at his alma mater (1945–58), Harshman was also the head football coach from 1951 to 1957, compiling a 27–26–2 (.509) record, and also led the baseball team for the last five seasons. He moved east to Washington State University in Pullman in 1958 to succeed Jack Friel and coached the Cougars for 13 seasons. When Husky head coach Tex Winter left for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1971, Harshman moved across the state to the University of Washington in Seattle. He compiled a 637–444 (.589) overall record. Pressured by the university administration to step down, Harshman involuntarily retired from coaching at age 67 in 1985, following consecutive conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances.[2]

Honors

Harshman was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1982, 1984) and NABC Coach of the Year for Division I basketball (1984).

He was the coach of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, and served on the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1975 to 1981.[10] Harshman was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in April 1985 and was a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pacific Lutheran Lutes (Independent) (1945–1949)
1945–46 Pacific Lutheran 6–14
1946–47 Pacific Lutheran 8–13
1947–48 Pacific Lutheran 17–15
1948–49 Pacific Lutheran 25–7
Pacific Lutheran Lutes (Evergreen Conference) (1949–1958)
1949–50 Pacific Lutheran 19–8 8–6 4th
1950–51 Pacific Lutheran 20–11 10–4 T–2nd
1951–52 Pacific Lutheran 16–10 7–5 3rd
1952–53 Pacific Lutheran 16–10 8–4 T–2nd
1953–54 Pacific Lutheran 18–10 8–4 2nd
1954–55 Pacific Lutheran 17–6 10–2 T–1st
1955–56 Pacific Lutheran 25–6 15–3 1st
1956–57 Pacific Lutheran 28–1 12–0 1st
1957–58 Pacific Lutheran 21–6 12–0 1st
Pacific Lutheran: 236–117 90–28
Washington State Cougars (Pacific Coast Conference) (1958–1969)
1958–59 Washington State 10–16 3–13 T–8th
Washington State Cougars (NCAA independent) (1959–1963)
1959–60 Washington State 13–13
1960–61 Washington State 10–16
1961–62 Washington State 8–18
1962–63 Washington State 5–20
Washington State Cougars (AAWU / Pacific-8 Conference) (1963–1971)
1963–64 Washington State 5–21 2–13 6th
1964–65 Washington State 9–17 6–8 5th
1965–66 Washington State 15–11 6–8 T–4th
1966–67 Washington State 15–11 8–6 2nd
1967–68 Washington State 16–9 8–6 3rd
1968–69 Washington State 18–8 11–3 2nd
1969–70 Washington State 19–7 9–5 2nd
1970–71 Washington State 12–14 2–14 T–8th
Washington State: 155–181 55–76
Washington Huskies (Pacific–8 / 10 Conference) (1971–1985)
1971–72 Washington 20–6 12–5 2nd
1972–73 Washington 16–11 6–8 T–5th
1973–74 Washington 16–10 7–7 4th
1974–75 Washington 16–10 6–8 T–5th
1975–76 Washington 23–5 9–5 3rd NCAA first round
1976–77 Washington 17–10 8–6 T–3rd
1977–78 Washington 14–13 6–8 T–5th
1978–79 Washington 11–16 6–12 T–8th
1979–80 Washington 18–10 9–9 5th NIT first round
1980–81 Washington 14–13 8–10 T–5th
1981–82 Washington 19–10 11–7 4th NIT second round
1982–83 Washington 16–15 7–11 T–6th
1983–84 Washington 24–7 15–3 T–1st NCAA Sweet 16
1984–85 Washington 22–10 13–5 T–1st NCAA first round
Washington: 246–146 123–104
Total: 637–444

      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

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Pacific Lutheran (Evergreen Conference) (1951–1957)
1951 Pacific Lutheran 4–3 4–1 T–1st
1952 Pacific Lutheran 5–3–1 5–0–1 1st
1953 Pacific Lutheran 3–6 3–3 4th
1954 Pacific Lutheran 5–3 4–2 3rd
1955 Pacific Lutheran 5–3 5–1 2nd
1956 Pacific Lutheran 3–3–1 3–3 T–3rd
1957 Pacific Lutheran 2–6 1–5 6th
Pacific Lutheran: 27–27–2 25–15–1
Total: 48–13–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

References

  1. ^ "Obituaries: Coaches Marv Harshman and Frosty Westering die". Washington Post. April 13, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Withers, Bud (April 12, 2013). "Former Huskies basketball coach Marv Harshman passes at age 95". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Raley, Dan (October 3, 2007). "Harshman turns 90, keeps press on Wooden". Seattle Post Intelligencer. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Former coach Marv Harshman dies". ESPN. Associated Press. April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Bell, Gregg (April 12, 2013). "The Passing Of A True Washington Legend, Marv Harshman". University of Washington Athletics. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Hall of Fame 1990". Pacific Lutheran University Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Pulkkinen, Levi (April 12, 2013), "Legendary Washington basketball coach Marv Harshman dead at 95", Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  8. ^ "Harshman tops Winko scorers". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 21, 1941. p. 11.
  9. ^ "1942 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  10. ^ "Former Washington and Washington State basketball coach Marv Harshman dies at 95", Washington Post, April 12, 2013[dead link‍]