John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly white university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport. He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career. He has been enshrined three times in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach...
American radio pioneer JohnMcLendon (1915–1999), American basketball coach Mac McLendon (1945–2022), American golfer Robert L. McLendon, Jr., American academic...
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basketball scholarship from Tennessee A&I College, to play under coach JohnMcLendon. As a freshman, he was given the nickname "Dick the Skull". He was known...
Gordon Barton McLendon (June 8, 1921 – September 14, 1986) was a radio broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Maverick of Radio", McLendon is widely credited for...
although JohnMcLendon was inducted as a contributor, but not a coach. In 1976, Brown coached the Nuggets to the team's only ABA championship game. John McLendon...
and 2010, Heinsohn in 1986 and 2015, and Russell in 1975 and 2021). JohnMcLendon has been inducted as both coach and contributor, entering in 1979 as...
rumored female victim, Miss Minnie Cooper, and of the mob's leader, JohnMcLendon. It is one of Faulkner's shorter stories. It was originally published...
Notes: 1 He also coached the team in 1992–1994 and 1999–2001. 2 In total, McLendon was inducted into the Hall of Fame three times – as contributor, as coach...
players: John Wooden, Bill Sharman, Wilkens, Tom Heinsohn, and Bill Russell. One of the more recent inductees in this category was JohnMcLendon, who was...
players: John Wooden, Bill Sharman, Lenny Wilkens, Tom Heinsohn, and Bill Russell. The most recent coaches to be inducted are Tom Izzo and JohnMcLendon; the...
Matthew McLendon (born 1977) is an American museum director, art historian, and curator of modern and contemporary art. McLendon serves as Director and...
v t e Denver Nuggets head coaches Bob Bass (1967–1969) JohnMcLendon (1969) Joe Belmont (1969–1970) Stan Albeck (1970–1971) Alex Hannum (1971–1974) Larry...
v t e Denver Nuggets head coaches Bob Bass (1967–1969) JohnMcLendon (1969) Joe Belmont (1969–1970) Stan Albeck (1970–1971) Alex Hannum (1971–1974) Larry...
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a mentor and therefore beginning for the coaching tree branches of JohnMcLendon who wasn't permitted to play at Kansas but was close to Naismith during...
for 4 series For Extreme Sports-Crazy Boys Only (2015) Game Changer: JohnMcLendon and the Secret Game (2016), picture book, illustrated by Randy DuBurke...
Gill Left a Bad Reputation, and Depression, in Seattle". The New York Times. McCallum, Jack; Yaeger, Don. "'I KNOW HE'S GONE OFF BEFORE' PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE...
founding class of the Hall of Fame. Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Dean Smith, John Wooden, and the family of James Naismith, were selected to represent the...
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