Lynn Archibald
Biographical details | |
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Born | Logan, Utah | September 27, 1944
Died | May 28, 1997 Provo, Utah | (aged 52)
Alma mater | Fresno State, 1968 |
Playing career | |
(one year) | Utah State |
(one year) | El Camino JC |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1970–1972 | Long Beach State (assistant) |
1972–1973 | Cal Poly (assistant) |
1974–1976 | UNLV (assistant)) |
1976–1977 | USC (assistant) |
1977–1982 | Idaho State |
1982–1983 | Utah (assistant) |
1983–1989 | Utah |
1989–1994 | Arizona State (assistant) |
1994–1996 | Brigham Young (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 163–152 (.517) |
Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Idaho State University and the University of Utah.[1][2]
Born in Logan, Utah, Archibald moved to Oregon and California with his family and graduated from Torrance High School in Torrance, California. He played college basketball at Utah State in Logan as a freshman and at El Camino College as a sophomore; he completed his bachelor's degree at Fresno State.[3]
Archibald was an assistant coach under Jerry Tarkanian at Long Beach State and UNLV, and also had brief stints at Cal Poly–SLO and USC.[4] As a head coach, he was at Idaho State in Pocatello for five seasons (1977–1982),[5] and then was an assistant at Utah in Salt Lake City for a season. When Jerry Pimm departed for UC Santa Barbara,[4] Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years (1983–1989), with a 98–86 (.533) record.[6][7]
Succeeded by Rick Majerus at Utah, Archibald was an assistant at Arizona State University (1989–1994), then at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and later, the director of basketball operations.[8] After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52 in 1997.[3]
While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiar King Spud Trophy for the intrastate series with Idaho should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."[9]
His son Beau, who played college basketball at Washington State,[8] and later at Connecticut, is also a basketball coach.[10]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (1977–1982) | |||||||||
1977–78 | Idaho State | 16–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
1978–79 | Idaho State | 14–13 | 8–6 | T–2nd | |||||
1979–80 | Idaho State | 9–17 | 5–9 | T–5th | |||||
1980–81 | Idaho State | 12–14 | 6–8 | 4th | |||||
1981–82 | Idaho State | 14–12 | 5–9 | T–6th | |||||
Idaho State: | 65–66 (.496) | 35–35 (.500) | |||||||
Utah Utes (Western Athletic Conference) (1983–1989) | |||||||||
1983–84 | Utah | 11–19 | 4–12 | 8th | |||||
1984–85 | Utah | 15–16 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
1985–86 | Utah | 20–10 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
1986–87 | Utah | 17–13 | 9–7 | 5th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
1987–88 | Utah | 19–11 | 11–5 | 2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
1988–89 | Utah | 16–17 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
Utah: | 98–66 (.598) | 50–46 (.521) | |||||||
Total: | 163–152 (.517) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Call, Jeff (May 29, 1997). "Archibald won both sides of U.-Y. fence". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
- ^ "Cancer claims Archibald, father of WSU basketball player". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. May 30, 1997. p. C2.
- ^ a b "Lynn Archibald". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). (obituary). May 29, 1997. p. D8.
- ^ a b Rock, Brad (April 12, 1983). "Archibald replaces Pimm at Utah". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
- ^ Rock, Brad (April 13, 1983). "From soup line to U. coach in 1 year". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. G1.
- ^ Sorensen, Mike (March 14, 1989). "The search is underway for Archibald's successor". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
- ^ Sorensen, Mike (May 31, 1997). "Archibald's legacy is one of integrity". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D4.
- ^ a b Sando, Mike (February 2, 1997). "Holding on to life". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Van Sickel, Charlie (February 28, 1979). "Dutch Rub: Today's smorgasbord". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 18.
- ^ Beau Archibald biography at jimcalhouncamp.com Archived August 14, 2013, at archive.today Retrieved September 11, 2013
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