Doc Carlson
Biographical details | |
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Born | Murray City, Ohio, U.S. | July 4, 1894
Died | November 1, 1964 Ligonier, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 70)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1917 | Pittsburgh |
Basketball | |
1914–1917 | Pittsburgh |
Baseball | |
c. 1917 | Pittsburgh |
Position(s) | End (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Basketball | |
1922–1953 | Pittsburgh |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 367–248 |
Tournaments | 1–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 1941) 4 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (1933–1935, 1937) | |
Awards | |
NABC Most Contributions to the Game (1948) | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson (July 4, 1894 – November 1, 1964) was an American basketball coach and football player. He is a
Biography
Carlson was born in
After graduation in 1918,[5] Carlson completed his medical degree at Pitt in 1920,[6] but then joined the Cleveland Indians professional football team for one season. When in 1922 Andrew Kerr, who was Pitt's basketball coach and assistant football coach, left to become football head coach at Stanford University, Pitt hired "Doc" Carlson as its new basketball coach. Simultaneously he practiced as a physician for the Carnegie Steel Company.
Carlson was famous for his Figure 8 offense, an innovation that many coaches copied. In 1928 Pittsburgh went a perfect 21–0 and the national championship. His Panthers won another national title in 1930. (Both were selected as national champions, prior to the advent of
Legend has it that Carlson offered Stan Musial a basketball scholarship to Pitt, but Musial only wanted to play baseball, and had secretly signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals' Monessen, Pennsylvania, ball club of the Class D Pennsylvania State League Association.
Carlson became Pitt's director of student health services in 1932 and held that position until his retirement in 1953. Apart from his brief stint in the NFL, he spent the first 43 years of his adult life at Pitt as a student and coach. He died November 1, 1964, at his home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
Carlson was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame in 1949, the
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Pittsburgh Panthers (Independent) (1922–1932) | |||||||||
1922–23 | Pittsburgh | 10–5 | |||||||
1923–24 | Pittsburgh | 10–7 | |||||||
1924–25 | Pittsburgh | 4–10 | |||||||
1925–26 | Pittsburgh | 12–5 | |||||||
1926–27 | Pittsburgh | 10–7 | |||||||
1927–28 | Pittsburgh | 21–0 | Helms Foundation National Champions Premo–Porretta National Champions | ||||||
1928–29 | Pittsburgh | 16–5 | |||||||
1929–30 | Pittsburgh | 23–2 | Helms Foundation National Champions | ||||||
1930–31 | Pittsburgh | 20–4 | |||||||
1931–32 | Pittsburgh | 14–16 | |||||||
Pittsburgh Panthers (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1932–1939) | |||||||||
1932–33 | Pittsburgh | 17–5 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
1933–34 | Pittsburgh | 18–4 | 8–0 | 1st | |||||
1934–35 | Pittsburgh | 18–6 | 7–2 | 1st* | American Legion Bowl | ||||
1935–36 | Pittsburgh | 18–9 | 7–4 | 2nd* | |||||
1936–37 | Pittsburgh | 14–7 | 8–3 | 1st* | |||||
1937–38 | Pittsburgh | 9–12 | 5–5 | T–3rd | |||||
1938–39 | Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 5–5 | T–3rd | |||||
Pittsburgh Panthers (Independent) (1939–1953) | |||||||||
1939–40 | Pittsburgh | 8–9 | |||||||
1940–41 | Pittsburgh | 13–6 | NCAA Final Four
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1941–42 | Pittsburgh | 5–10 | |||||||
1942–43 | Pittsburgh | 10–5 | |||||||
1943–44 | Pittsburgh | 7–7 | |||||||
1944–45 | Pittsburgh | 8–4 | |||||||
1945–46 | Pittsburgh | 7–7 | |||||||
1946–47 | Pittsburgh | 8–10 | |||||||
1947–48 | Pittsburgh | 10–11 | |||||||
1948–49 | Pittsburgh | 12–13 | |||||||
1949–50 | Pittsburgh | 4–14 | |||||||
1950–51 | Pittsburgh | 9–17 | |||||||
1951–52 | Pittsburgh | 10–12 | |||||||
1952–53 | Pittsburgh | 12–11 | |||||||
Pittsburgh: | 367–248 (.597) | 47–20 (.701) | |||||||
Total: | 367–248 (.597) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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* Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championships between teams with identical records were decided by a one–game playoff in these seasons (included in conference record totals).
See also
- List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
References
- ^ "Pittsburgh Panthers season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "College Football Data Warehouse: Pittsburgh Composite Championship Listing: Recognized National Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ "The College". 1918 University of Pittsburgh Commencement. University of Pittsburgh. May 31, 1918. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^ "School of Medicine". 1920 University of Pittsburgh Commencement. University of Pittsburgh. June 9, 1920. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ^ "Hall of Famers:Henry Clifford Carlson". Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ Hotchkiss, Greg (2012). Pitt Basketball 2012–13 Media Guide & Fact Book (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Athletic Media Relations Office. pp. 171–175. Retrieved April 6, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- Sciullo, Sam Jr. (2005). Pitt: 100 Years of Pitt Basketball. Champaign: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-59670-081-5.
External links
- Doc Carlson at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Basketball, the American Game Manuscript at Dartmouth College Library