Gilstrap from the 1943 Cactus | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Taylor, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921–1923 | Texas |
Basketball | |
1921–1922 | Texas |
Track and field | |
1922–1923 | Texas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1925–1936 | Schreiner |
1937–1956 | Texas (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1942–1945 | Texas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 43–28 (basketball) |
Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
SWC regular season (1943) | |
Howard Clifford "Bully" Gilstrap was an AMerican college basketball and college football coach. He was the head coach of the Texas basketball program from 1942 to 1945. He coached the Longhorns to a 43–28 record, playing in one NCAA tournament and reaching the NCAA Final Four in 1943. Gilstrap also served as an assistant coach on the Longhorns football team for 20 seasons, from 1937 through 1956. He was an athlete at Texas, playing football, basketball and track and field. He was inducted into the University of Texas Athletics Hall of Honor in 1968.
Gilstrap was the brother of coach and athletic administrator Chena Gilstrap.
Head coaching record
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1942–1945) | |||||||||
1942–43 | Texas | 19–7 | 9–3 | T–1st | NCAA Final Four | ||||
1943–44 | Texas | 14–11 | 6–6 | T–3rd | |||||
1944–45 | Texas | 10–10 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
Texas: | 43–28 (.606) | 20–16 (.556) | |||||||
Total: | 43–28 (.606) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
Schreiner Mountaineers head football coaches | |
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Texas Longhorns men's basketball head coaches | |
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- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from Texas
- Basketball players from Williamson County, Texas
- People from Taylor, Texas
- Schreiner Mountaineers football coaches
- Texas Longhorns football coaches
- Texas Longhorns football players
- Texas Longhorns men's basketball coaches
- Texas Longhorns men's basketball players