George R. Edwards

George Edwards
Biographical details
Born1890
DiedJune 10, 1972 (aged 81)
Alma materColumbia, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1910–1913Missouri
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914Kansas Wesleyan
1917Kansas Wesleyan
Basketball
1916–1917Kansas Wesleyan
1926–1946Missouri
Golf
1926–1941Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1944Missouri (SID)
1943–1945Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall4–11 (football)
188–178 (basketball)
TournamentsBasketball
1–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
3 Big Six (1930, 1939, 1940)

George R. Edwards (1890 – June 10, 1972) 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 grew up in Palmyra, Missouri. He died on June 10, 1972, at the age of 81, Columbia, Missouri. He was inducted into the Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.[2]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1926–1928)
1926–27 Missouri 9–8 6–4 3rd
1927–28 Missouri 13–5 13–5 2nd
Missouri Tigers (Big Six Conference) (1928–1946)
1928–29 Missouri 11–7 7–3 2nd
1929–30 Missouri 15–3 8–2 1st
1930–31 Missouri 8–9 5–5 T–3rd
1931–32 Missouri 9–9 6–4 T–2nd
1932–33 Missouri 10–8 6–4 3rd
1933–34 Missouri 10–8 6–4 T–2nd
1934–35 Missouri 9–9 8–8 3rd
1935–36 Missouri 5–12 2–8 6th
1936–37 Missouri 7–9 2–8 5th
1937–38 Missouri 9–9 4–6 T–3rd
1938–39 Missouri 12–9 7–3 T–1st
1939–40 Missouri 13–6 8–2 T–1st
1940–41 Missouri 6–10 2–8 6th
1941–42 Missouri 6–12 2–8 6th
1942–43 Missouri 7–10 5–5 T–3rd
1943–44 Missouri 10–9 5–5 T–3rd NCAA Regional Third Place
1944–45 Missouri 8–10 5–5 T–3rd
1945–46 Missouri 6–11 3–7 T–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
  2. ^ "Former Mizzou Coach, George Edwards, Dies". Springfield Leader and Press. Springfield, Missouri. Associated Press. June 11, 1972. p. 70. Retrieved November 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.