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4 unusual facts about Harry Statham


Harry Statham

In the junior college (two-year) ranks, Gene Bess of Three Rivers Community College had 1,169 wins entering the 2013-14 season.

#On December 16, 2008, Statham won his 976th game, defeating Concordia Seminary and coached his 1,355 game surpassing former Mt. St. Mary coach Jim Phelan for the most games coached.

He, Don Meyer, and Bob Knight are the only men’s basketball coaches at senior colleges or universities with 900 coaching wins.

Only two other coaches at a four-year school with 1,000 or more wins are Pat Summitt, former coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols and Danny Miles, coach of the Oregon Institute of Technology.



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