Joel Mason
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Born: | End | March 12, 1912||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Joel Gregory Mason (March 12, 1912 – October 31, 1995) was a player in the National Football League (NFL) as well as the National Basketball League (NBL).
Professional football and basketball careers
Mason played with the
He played at the collegiate level at Western Michigan University.[2]
Coaching career
After retiring from professional football, Mason became and assistant football coach at Wayne State University, and soon after became Wayne State's head basketball coach. Mason coached basketball for 18 years, from 1948 to 1966, winning 186 games and making one NCAA tournament appearance, in 1956. Mason was also the NBL's Detroit Gems during the first half of the 1946–47 season.[3] He resigned, and player Fred Campbell took over to become player-coach.[3]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wayne State Warriors (Independent) (1948–1955)
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1948–49 | Wayne State | 11–13 | |||||||
1949–50 | Wayne State | 7–15 | |||||||
1950–51 | Wayne State | 12–11 | |||||||
1951–52 | Wayne State | 19–6 | |||||||
1952–53 | Wayne State | 14–6 | |||||||
1953–54 | Wayne State | 16–6 | |||||||
1954–55 | Wayne State | 9–14 | |||||||
Wayne State Warriors (Presidents' Athletic Conference ) (1955–1966)
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1955–56 | Wayne State | 18–3 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Regional Fourth Place | ||||
1956–57 | Wayne State | 14–4 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
1957–58 | Wayne State | 7–11 | 2–4 | 3rd | |||||
1958–59 | Wayne State | 4–14 | 2–8 | 6th | |||||
1959–60 | Wayne State | 13–5 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
1960–61 | Wayne State | 7–11 | 5–5 | 5th | |||||
1961–62 | Wayne State | 9–9 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
1962–63 | Wayne State | 1–16 | 1–9 | 8th | |||||
1963–64 | Wayne State | 8–10 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
1964–65 | Wayne State | 11–7 | 9–3 | 1st | |||||
1965–66 | Wayne State | 6–12 | 4–8 | 6th | |||||
Wayne State: | 186–173 (.518) | 53–51 (.510) | |||||||
Total: | 186–173 (.518) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "Joel Mason NBL Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".
- NFL.com. Archived from the originalon November 6, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0-8108-4007-3.