George R. Edwards

George Edwards
Sport(s) Football, basketball, golf
Playing career
Basketball
1910–1913 Missouri
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914 Kansas Wesleyan
1917 Kansas Wesleyan
Basketball
1916–1917 Kansas Wesleyan
1926–1946 Missouri
Golf
1926–1941 Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1944 Missouri (SID)
1943–1945 Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall 4–11 (football)
188–178 (basketball)
Tournaments Basketball
1–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
3 Big Six (1930, 1939, 1940)

George R. Edwards was an American football, basketball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He was the fourth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for two seasons, in 1914 and again in 1917, and compiling a record of 4–11.[1] He was the head basketball coach at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1946. He coached Missouri to a 181–172 record, winning three Big Six Conference championships and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Missouri's athletic director from 1943 to 1945. Edwards was inducted into the Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. He grew up in Palmyra, Missouri.

Head coaching record

College basketball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1926–1928)
1926–27 Missouri 9–86–43rd
1927–28 Missouri 13–513–52nd
Missouri Tigers (Big Six Conference) (1928–1946)
1928–29 Missouri 11–77–32nd
1929–30 Missouri 15–38–21st
1930–31 Missouri 8–95–5T–3rd
1931–32 Missouri 9–96–4T–2nd
1932–33 Missouri 10–86–43rd
1933–34 Missouri 10–86–4T–2nd
1934–35 Missouri 9–98–83rd
1935–36 Missouri 5–122–86th
1936–37 Missouri 7–92–85th
1937–38 Missouri 9–94–6T–3rd
1938–39 Missouri 12–97–3T–1st
1939–40 Missouri 13–68–2T–1st
1940–41 Missouri 6–102–86th
1941–42 Missouri 6–122–86th
1942–43 Missouri 7–105–5T–3rd
1943–44 Missouri 10–95–5T–3rdNCAA Regional Third Place
1944–45 Missouri 8–105–5T–3rd
1945–46 Missouri 6–113–7T–4th
Missouri: 181–172 (.513)110–104 (.514)
Total:181–172 (.513)

      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

References

  1. ↑ College Football Data Warehouse Archived October 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotesall-time coaching records
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