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American basketball player and coach (1918–2010)

Harvey Pate
Biographical details
Born	(1918-11-15)November 15, 1918 Byars, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	October 2, 2010(2010-10-02) (aged 91) Seneca, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
1938–1941	Oklahoma A&M

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947–1956	Cameron College
1956–1980	Houston (assistant)

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1956	Cameron College

Head coaching record
Overall	165–56 (.747)

Harvey Ray Pate (November 15, 1918 — October 2, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. He was the main assistant to Guy Lewis at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1980 and was instrumental in helping build the program into a national power, as well as helping recruit the program's first African-American players in Elvin Hayes and Don Chaney.

Born in Byars, Oklahoma, Pate played for Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M from 1938 to 1941 before becoming the head coach and athletic director at Cameron College, where he compiled a 165–56 record from 1947 to 1956.

References

"Harvey Pate - Obituary". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
"Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century". Project Muse. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
"Ex-UH basketball assistant coach Pate dies at 91". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
"Harvey Pate (2010) - Cameron Athletics Hall of Fame - Cameron University Athletics". Cameron Aggies. Retrieved December 28, 2024.

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