| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1944-09-27)September 27, 1944 Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | May 28, 1997(1997-05-28) (aged 52) Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Fresno State, 1968 |
| Playing career | |
| (one year) | Utah State |
| (one year) | El Camino JC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1970–1972 | Long Beach State (assistant) |
| 1972–1973 | Cal Poly (assistant) |
| 1974–1976 | UNLV (assistant)) |
| 1976–1977 | USC (assistant) |
| 1977–1982 | Idaho State |
| 1982–1983 | Utah (assistant) |
| 1983–1989 | Utah |
| 1989–1994 | Arizona State (assistant) |
| 1994–1996 | Brigham Young (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 163–152 (.517) |
Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an Americancollege basketballcoach. He served as head basketball coach atIdaho State University and theUniversity of Utah.[1][2]
Born inLogan, Utah, Archibald moved toOregon andCalifornia with his family and graduated fromTorrance High School inTorrance, California. He played college basketball atUtah State in Logan as a freshman and atEl Camino College as a sophomore; he completed his bachelor's degree atFresno State.[3]
Archibald was an assistant coach underJerry Tarkanian atLong Beach State andUNLV, and also had brief stints atCal Poly–SLO andUSC.[4] As a head coach, he worked at Idaho State inPocatello for five seasons(1977–1982),[5][6][7] and then was an assistant at Utah inSalt Lake City for a season. WhenJerry Pimm departed forUC Santa Barbara,[4] Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years(1983–1989), with a 98–86 (.533)record.[8][9]
Succeeded byRick Majerus at Utah, Archibald was an assistant atArizona State University(1989–1994), then atBrigham Young University inProvo, Utah, and later, the director of basketball operations.[10] After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52in 1997.[3]
While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiarKing Spud Trophy for the intrastate series withIdaho should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."[11]
His sonBeau, who played college basketball atWashington State,[10] and later, atConnecticut, is also a basketball coach.[12] Another son, Damon, is currently an assistant atGreen Bay.
Archibald's son-in-law isMark Pope, who played collegiately atWashington andKentucky and became head coach at Kentucky in 2024 after stops atUtah Valley andBYU; Archibald recruited Pope while an assistant at Arizona State.[13]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho State Bengals(Big Sky Conference)(1977–1982) | |||||||||
| 1977–78 | Idaho State | 16–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1978–79 | Idaho State | 14–13 | 8–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1979–80 | Idaho State | 9–17 | 5–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 1980–81 | Idaho State | 12–14 | 6–8 | 4th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Idaho State | 14–12 | 5–9 | T–6th | |||||
| Idaho State: | 65–66 (.496) | 35–35 (.500) | |||||||
| Utah Utes(Western Athletic Conference)(1983–1989) | |||||||||
| 1983–84 | Utah | 11–19 | 4–12 | 8th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Utah | 15–16 | 8–8 | 6th | |||||
| 1985–86 | Utah | 20–10 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1986–87 | Utah | 17–13 | 9–7 | 5th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1987–88 | Utah | 19–11 | 11–5 | 2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1988–89 | Utah | 16–17 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
| Utah: | 98–66 (.598) | 50–46 (.521) | |||||||
| Total: | 163–152 (.517) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||