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Snyder
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Altman with great work in Pac 12 got me thinking. Who is the greatest coach ever to work at K-State? Not who did the best just at K-State, but overall body of work everywhere, who is the best? Altman will most likely be a hall of famer when he is done, same can be said for Winter, Gardner and Huggins. Really a good debate. Again not what they have done just at KSU, but the whole body. Gardner, Winter, Altman, Huggins, Kruger, Martin and Weber all have been in the Final Four, Hartman won the NIT with Southern Illinois.
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SCKSCat
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I vote for Gardner. From Wikipedia....
His 1950–51 team finished 25–4 and lost in the finals of the NCAA tournament to the University of Kentucky. That team was arguably the best in K-State history, and one of two that reached the Final Four during his tenure (the other was in 1948). He had six All-Americans at Kansas State, including Ernie Barrett.
Gardner left Manhattan, Kansas, in 1953 to take over the head coaching reins at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he remained for 18 years.[3] He led the Utes to six appearances in the NCAA tournament and two Final Four appearances (1961 & 1966). To date, Gardner remains one of only three coaches to twice lead two different programs to the Final Four, along with Roy Williams and Rick Pitino, and won eight conference titles.
His 1950–51 team finished 25–4 and lost in the finals of the NCAA tournament to the University of Kentucky. That team was arguably the best in K-State history, and one of two that reached the Final Four during his tenure (the other was in 1948). He had six All-Americans at Kansas State, including Ernie Barrett.
Gardner left Manhattan, Kansas, in 1953 to take over the head coaching reins at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he remained for 18 years.[3] He led the Utes to six appearances in the NCAA tournament and two Final Four appearances (1961 & 1966). To date, Gardner remains one of only three coaches to twice lead two different programs to the Final Four, along with Roy Williams and Rick Pitino, and won eight conference titles.
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ToledoCat#3
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Logical reasons for Gardner. Tex Winter's work in the NBA probably doesn't count in this judging.
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