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| Born | (1885-11-18)November 18, 1885 Jamesport, Missouri, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | September 16, 1974(1974-09-16) (aged 88) Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Kansas Central College of Osteopathy (D.O.) | |||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||
| Basketball | ||||||||||||
| 1905–1907 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Baseball | ||||||||||||
| 1906–1907 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||
| Basketball | ||||||||||||
| 1905–1908 | Baker | |||||||||||
| 1907–1909 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| 1908–1909 | Haskell | |||||||||||
| 1912–1919 | Warrensburg Teachers | |||||||||||
| 1919–1956 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Football | ||||||||||||
| 1912–1917 | Warrensburg Teachers | |||||||||||
| 1920 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Baseball | ||||||||||||
| 1941–1942 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | ||||||||||||
| 1912–1919 | Warrensburg Teachers | |||||||||||
| 1919–1937 | Kansas | |||||||||||
| Head coaching record | ||||||||||||
| Overall | 34–19–3 (football) 746–264 (basketball) 6–17–1 (baseball) | |||||||||||
| Tournaments | Basketball 10–3 (NCAA) | |||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||
| Championships | ||||||||||||
| Basketball 2Helms Athletic Foundation national (1922, 1923) NCAA tournament (1952) 2MIAA (1913, 1914) 24MVIAA/Big 6/Big 7/Big 8 (1908, 1909, 1922–1927, 1931–1934, 1936–1938, 1940–1943, 1946, 1950, 1952–1954) Football 4MIAA (1912–1915) | ||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 (profile) | ||||||||||||
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Forrest Clare "Phog"Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an Americanbasketball coach andphysician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching,"[1] he served as the head basketball coach atBaker University (1905–1908), theUniversity of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell Institute—nowHaskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), and Warrensburg Teachers College—now theUniversity of Central Missouri (1912–1919), compiling a careercollege basketball head coaching record of 746–264. In his 39 seasons at the helm of theKansas Jayhawks men's basketball program, his teams won 24 conference championships[2] and three national titles.[3]
TheHelms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allen's1921–22 and1922–23 Kansas teams as national champions. Allen's1951–52 squad won the1952 NCAA tournament and his Jayhawks were runners-up in the NCAA Tournament in1940 and1953. His 590 wins are the second most of any coach in the history of the storied Kansas basketball program.
Allen attended the University of Kansas, having already acquired the nickname "Phog" for the distinctive foghorn voice he had as a baseball umpire. At KU, Allen was a member ofPhi Kappa Psi fraternity.[4]
He lettered in baseball and basketball, the latter underJames Naismith, the inventor of the game. Allen served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College from 1912 to 1917 and at Kansas for one season in 1920, amassing a careercollege football head coaching record of 34–19–3. He also coached baseball at Kansas for two seasons, in 1941 and 1942, tallying a mark of 6–17–1, and was the university'sathletic director from 1919 to 1937.
Allen was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the inaugural class of 1959.[3]The home basketball arena at the University of Kansas,Allen Fieldhouse, was named in his honor when it opened in 1955. His final season at Kansas was the first full season the Jayhawks played at Allen Fieldhouse.
Allen was born in the town ofJamesport, Missouri. His father, William Allen, was among the 30 people who originally incorporatedJameson, Missouri in 1879 and the doctor who delivered Allen lived in James. However, he had strong ties to Jamesport where he was town clerk, collector, and constable. His family later moved toIndependence, Missouri.[5]
James Naismith, the man who created basketball, coached Allen from 1905 to 1907 at theUniversity of Kansas in Lawrence. Allen spent his last two years on school (1907–09) as the team's coach. Naismith inspired Phog Allen to pursue a medical degree as well. After two years of coaching, Allen took a three-year break to complete his degree at Kansas City's Central College of Osteopathy (nowKansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine). After graduating from medical school, Allen integrated numerous concepts of healthy eating, efficient exercise regimens, and proper body alignment into his coaching. A section on sports medicine was included in his book,My Basket-Ball Bible. Among the many elite athletes he treated at his downtown office at 13 E. 8th St. wasMickey Mantle.[6][7][8]
Allen began classes at theUniversity of Kansas in 1904, where helettered three years in basketball under James Naismith's coaching, and two years inbaseball. Unlike his time as a coach, the Jayhawks struggled on the court. In his three seasons as a player, the team only had one winning season. He was a player for the team for the Jayhawks' first games in their rivalries againstKansas State andMissouri. In 1905 he also played for theKansas City Athletic Club.[9]
Allen coached atWilliam Chrisman High School (then known as Independence High School) inIndependence, Missouri, theUniversity of Kansas,Baker University,Haskell Institute, andWarrensburg Teachers College inWarrensburg, Missouri.
Allen launched his coaching career at hisalma mater in 1907, but took a hiatus after graduating in 1909 to studyosteopathic medicine atCentral College of Osteopathy in Kansas City, Missouri. Known as “Doc” to his players and students, he was reputed to be a colorful figure on theUniversity of Kansas campus, coaching all sports and becoming known for hisosteopathic manipulation techniques for ailingathletes.
Allen was a legend in the field of treatment of athletic injuries and benefited a long list of high-profile performers. He also had a successful private osteopathic practice, and many he treated, the famous and otherwise, contended he had a "magic touch" for such ailments as bad backs, knees and ankles. He said he applied the same treatments to "civilians" as he did to his athletes.
His forceful, yet reasonable, disposition helped him become the driving force behind the acceptance ofbasketball as an official Olympic sport at the1936 Summer Olympic Games. Allen later worked as an assistant coach in the1952 Summer Olympics,[10] helping to lead theUnited States to thegold medal inHelsinki, Finland.
He coached college basketball for 50 seasons, and compiled a 746–264 record, retiring with the all-time record for most coaching wins incollege basketball history at the time. During his tenure at Kansas, Allen coachedDutch Lonborg,Adolph Rupp,Ralph Miller andDean Smith, all futureHall of Fame coaches. During the summers of 1930, 1931, and 1932, he directed the prestigious basketball coaching program atSpringfield College in Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball. While at Springfield College, Allen developed a close friendship with his assistant,Lee Patton, who later became a legendary basketball coach atWest Virginia University. He also coachedJohn Bunn, who is a member of the Hall of Fame and did go on to coach atStanford, but he is honored as a contributor to the game of basketball.[citation needed]
Additional former players that make up Allen'scoaching tree who coached at thecollegiate level but are not enshrined in the Hall of Fame includeFrosty Cox,George E. Rody,Andrew McDonald,Charlie T. Black,Howard Engleman and his replacement upon retirementDick Harp. Among the Hall of Fame players he coached werePaul Endacott,Bill Johnson, andClyde Lovellette. He also recruitedWilt Chamberlain to Kansas, and even coached formerUnited States Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole.Allen Fieldhouse, the basketball arena on the campus of the University of Kansas, is named in his honor. A banner that hangs in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse reads: "Pay heed all who enter, beware of the Phog." He was enshrined as part of the inaugural class in theBasketball Hall of Fame in 1959.
Allen also created theNational Association of Basketball Coaches, which went on to create the NCAA tournament.[11]
Allen coached the football team at Warrensburg Teacher's College, now known asUniversity of Central Missouri. At Warrensburg, he coached for six seasons. The team won their conference title each of his first four seasons as coach. He left after the 1917 and focused on his basketball coaching duties. He finished his time at the school with a 29–17–2 record.
Allen was hired as the coach for theJayhawks football team in 1920. The Jayhawks began the season 5–0, including a 14–0 victory over rival Kansas State. Kansas would lose 2 of their last 3 games and tie the other game to finish the season 5–2–1. They finished 3rd in the MVIAA. Allen resigned at the conclusion of the season to focus on his duties as the men's basketball coach, coaching only one season for the football program.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Baker Wildcats(Independent)(1905–1908) | |||||||||
| 1905–06 | Baker | 18–3 | |||||||
| 1906–07 | Baker | 14–0 | |||||||
| 1907–08 | Baker | 13–6 | |||||||
| Baker: | 45–9 (.833) | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks(Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1907–1909) | |||||||||
| 1907–08 | Kansas | 18–6 | 6–0 | 1st(North) | |||||
| 1908–09 | Kansas | 25–3 | 8–2 | 1st(North) | |||||
| Haskell Indians(Independent)(1908–1909) | |||||||||
| 1908–09 | Haskell | 27–5 | |||||||
| Haskell: | 27–5 (.844) | ||||||||
| Warrensburg Teachers(Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1912–1919) | |||||||||
| 1912–13 | Warrensburg Teachers | 11–7 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1913–14 | Warrensburg Teachers | 15–4 | 9–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1914–15 | Warrensburg Teachers | 13–4 | |||||||
| 1915–16 | Warrensburg Teachers | 9–4 | |||||||
| 1916–17 | Warrensburg Teachers | 13–2 | |||||||
| 1917–18 | Warrensburg Teachers | 9–4 | |||||||
| 1918–19 | Warrensburg Teachers | 14–6 | |||||||
| Warrensburg Teachers: | 84–31 (.730) | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks(MVIAA/Big Six/Big Seven/Big Eight Conference)(1919–1956) | |||||||||
| 1919–20 | Kansas | 10–7 | 9–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 1920–21 | Kansas | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 1921–22 | Kansas | 16–2 | 15–1 | T–1st | Helms National Champion | ||||
| 1922–23 | Kansas | 17–1 | 16–0 | 1st | Helms National Champion | ||||
| 1923–24 | Kansas | 16–3 | 15–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1924–25 | Kansas | 17–1 | 15–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1925–26 | Kansas | 16–2 | 16–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1926–27 | Kansas | 15–2 | 10–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1927–28 | Kansas | 9–9 | 9–9 | 4th | |||||
| 1928–29 | Kansas | 3–15 | 2–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 1929–30 | Kansas | 14–4 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1930–31 | Kansas | 15–3 | 7–3 | 1st | |||||
| 1931–32 | Kansas | 13–5 | 7–3 | 1st | |||||
| 1932–33 | Kansas | 13–4 | 8–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1933–34 | Kansas | 16–1 | 9–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1934–35 | Kansas | 15–5 | 12–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 1935–36 | Kansas | 21–2 | 10–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1936–37 | Kansas | 15–4 | 8–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1937–38 | Kansas | 18–2 | 9–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1938–39 | Kansas | 13–7 | 6–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 1939–40 | Kansas | 19–6 | 8–2 | T–1st | NCAA Runner-up | ||||
| 1940–41 | Kansas | 12–6 | 7–3 | T–1st | |||||
| 1941–42 | Kansas | 17–5 | 8–2 | T–1st | NCAA Regional Third Place | ||||
| 1942–43 | Kansas | 22–6 | 10–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1943–44 | Kansas | 17–9 | 5–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1944–45 | Kansas | 12–5 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1945–46 | Kansas | 19–2 | 10–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1946–47 | Kansas | 8–5[n 1] | 0–1[n 1] | [n 1] | |||||
| 1947–48 | Kansas | 9–15 | 4–8 | T–6th | |||||
| 1948–49 | Kansas | 12–12 | 3–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 1949–50 | Kansas | 14–11 | 8–4 | T–1st | |||||
| 1950–51 | Kansas | 16–8 | 8–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1951–52 | Kansas | 28–3 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Champion | ||||
| 1952–53 | Kansas | 19–6 | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | ||||
| 1953–54 | Kansas | 16–5 | 10–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1954–55 | Kansas | 11–10 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1955–56 | Kansas | 14–9 | 6–6 | 5th | |||||
| Kansas: | 590–219 (.729) | 334–123 (.731) | |||||||
| Total: | 746–264 (.739) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Warrensburg Teachers(Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1912–1917) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Warrensburg Teachers | 6–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1913 | Warrensburg Teachers | 7–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1914 | Warrensburg Teachers | 5–4 | 1st | ||||||
| 1915 | Warrensburg Teachers | 4–2–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1916 | Warrensburg Teachers | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1917 | Warrensburg Teachers | 1–4 | |||||||
| Warrensburg Teachers: | 29–17–2 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks(Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Kansas | 5–2–1 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| Kansas: | 5–2–1 | 3–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 34–19–1 | ||||||||
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