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Tom Scott (basketball coach)

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Tom Scott
Scott pictured in Yackety yak 1947, UNC yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1908-01-06)January 6, 1908
Franklin, Kansas
DiedNovember 26, 1993(1993-11-26) (aged 86)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
1927–1930Pittsburg State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1936–1938Concordia (MN)
1938–1942Central Missouri State
1946–1952North Carolina
1955–1960Davidson
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1955–1974Davidson
Head coaching record
Overall248–208

Tom Scott (January 6, 1908 – November 24, 1993) was a head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1946-1952. While at UNC, Scott amassed a record of 100-65. His last two teams at UNC had losing records and he was consequently replaced by Frank McGuire as head coach.

A graduate of Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) in 1930, Scott also coached at Concordia-Moorhead, Central Missouri State, and Davidson College and also serving as Davidson's Athletic Director from 1955 to 1974. As AD at Davidson he hired both Lefty Driesell and Terry Holland as head basketball coaches. He also coached the Davidson golf team to five Southern Conference championships. He was a chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's basketball committee. Scott was inducted into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Central Missouri State Hall of Fame in 1993.

Head coaching record

Season Team Total
Wins
Total
Losses
1936-37 Concordia Moorhead 7 11
1937-38 Concordia Moorhead 14 12
1938-39 Central Missouri State 22 7
1939-40 Central Missouri State 17 8
1940-41 Central Missouri State 15 9
1941-42 Central Missouri State 20 7
1945-46 Central Missouri State 13 5
1946-47 North Carolina 19 8
1947-48 North Carolina 20 7
1948-49 North Carolina 20 8
1949-50 North Carolina 17 12
1950-51 North Carolina 12 15
1951-52 North Carolina 12 15
1955-56 Davidson 10 15
1956-57 Davidson 7 20
1957-58 Davidson 9 15
1958-59 Davidson 9 15
1959-60 Davidson 5 19
Totals 248 208

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