Denny Price

Denny Price
	Price, circa 1963
Personal information
Born	January 28, 1938; Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	July 7, 2000 (aged 62); Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school	Norman (Norman, Oklahoma)
College	Oklahoma (1957–1960)
NBA draft	1960: undrafted
Position	Guard
Coaching career	1968–2000
Career history
As player:
?–1965	Phillips 66ers
As coach:
1968–1969	Shawnee HS
1969–1973	Oklahoma (assistant)
1973–1975	Phoenix Suns (assistant)
1975–1979	Sam Houston State
1986–1993	Phillips
1996–1998	Phillips (women)
2000	Oklahoma Storm
Career highlights and awards
	2× AAU All-American (1962, 1963);

William Dennis "Denny" Price (January 28, 1938 – July 7, 2000) was an American basketball player and coach. He played for the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the Phillips 66ers. He then embarked on a coaching career at Oklahoma, the Phoenix Suns and Sam Houston State. He was the father of former National Basketball Association (NBA) players Mark and Brent Price.^[1]

Born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma, Price came to the Oklahoma Sooners out of Norman High School to play for coach Doyle Parrack. He played both baseball and basketball there, earning All-Big Eight Conference honors in both. After graduating from OU, Price played five seasons for the Phillips 66ers of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), earning All-American honors in 1962 and 1963.

Following his playing career, Price turned to coaching, first at Shawnee High School in Oklahoma, then accepting an assistant coaching position at his alma mater under head coach John MacLeod in 1969. When MacLeod left the Sooners to become coach of the National Basketball Association's expansion Phoenix Suns in 1973, Price followed to become the franchise's first assistant coach. After two seasons, Price realized his goal of becoming a head coach, taking the head coaching position at Sam Houston State University in 1975.^[2] He resigned after four seasons with a record of 35–71.^[3]

Price spent several years in business before accepting an offer to become head men's coach and athletic director at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1986. He retired from the men's team in 1993, but took on coaching the women's team when the previous coach was fired during the 1995–96 season, holding this role until the school closed in 1998. His last coaching job came as coach of the Oklahoma Storm of the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 2000.^[3]

Price died on July 7, 2000, of a heart attack while playing basketball with his sons.^[4]^[3]

References[edit]

^ Justice, Richard (March 20, 1996). "These Prices are competitive". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
^ "Ex-Sooner Price quits pros for Sam Houston". The Daily Oklahoman. May 11, 1975. p. 211. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Price dies of heart attack". The Daily Oklahoman. July 8, 2000. p. 25. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "William Dennis "Denny" Price". The Oklahoman. July 9, 2000. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

External links[edit]

College playing statistics

[1] Justice, Richard (March 20, 1996). "These Prices are competitive". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

[2] "Ex-Sooner Price quits pros for Sam Houston". The Daily Oklahoman. May 11, 1975. p. 211. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[Heart_attack-3] "Price dies of heart attack". The Daily Oklahoman. July 8, 2000. p. 25. Retrieved May 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "William Dennis "Denny" Price". The Oklahoman. July 9, 2000. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

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