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Ralph Underhill

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Ralph Underhill (August 8, 1941 - September 8, 2011) was an American basketball coach, known for leading Wright State Basketball.[1]

Ralph Underhill
Biographical details
Born(1941-08-12)August 12, 1941
Erlanger, Kentucky
DiedSeptember 8, 2011(2011-09-08) (aged 70)
Alma materTennessee Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1996Wright State University
Head coaching record
Overall356–162 (.687)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1983 NCAA Division II National Champions

Bildung

Underhill graduated from Lloyd High School in Erlanger, Kentucky, where he lettered four times each in basketball, football, track and baseball. He then played collegiate basketball and ran track for Tennessee Tech. As a junior, he was a member of the Tech team that won the Ohio Valley Conference championship.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Tennessee Tech in 1964 and earned a Master of Arts degree in guidance and education in 1965 from Western Kentucky, where he worked as a graduate assistant basketball coach.[2]

Early Career

Ralph Underhill was the head coach at Ohio County High School in Hartford, Kentucky and at Louisville Manual High School.

His first collegiate coaching job was as an assistant coach under Ron Shumate at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. [3]

Wright State

Ralph Underhill was the most successful coach in Wright State history, with a career total of 356 wins, including leading the team to a NCAA Division II National Championship in the 1982-83 season.

Hired as head coach for the 1978-79 season, Underhill led the Raiders for 18 season. Including the National Championship, his squads earned a total of 7 Division II regional appearances before taking Wright State up to the Division I level in 1987-88.

He was recognized with three Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year awards and one Division II Coach of the Year award. As good a recruiter as a coach, he had several All-Americans: Roman Welch (1980), Rodney Benson (1981) Gary Monroe (1983), Fred Moore (1984), Mark Vest (1985 and 1986), Grant Marion (1986) and Andy Warner (1986), and one player selected in the NBA draft: Vitaly Potapenko (1996).

His 1993 Wright State Raiders Squad, led by star Bill Edwards, won the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a 16 seed paired against Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers at the Hoosier Dome.[4]

Hall of Fame

  • Mary and Al Schwarz Wright State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003
  • Cincinnati Area Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997[5]

Record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wright State University (NCAA Division II) (1978–1987)
1978–79 Wright State 20–8 NCAA Division II Regionals--Second Place
1979–80 Wright State 25–3 NCAA Division II Regionals--Third Place
1980–81 Wright State 25–4 NCAA Division II Regionals--Third Place
1981–82 Wright State 22–7 NCAA Division II Regionals--Third Place
1982–83 Wright State 28–4 NCAA Division II National Champions
1983–84 Wright State 19–9
1984–85 Wright State 22–7 NCAA Division II Regionals--Second Place
1985–86 Wright State 28–3 NCAA Division II Regional Champions
1986-87 Wright State 20–8
Wright State University (NCAA Division I) (1987–1996)
1987–88 Wright State 16–11 Independent
1988–89 Wright State 17–11 Independent
1989–90 Wright State 21–7 Independent
1990–91 Wright State 19–9 Independent
1991–92 Wright State 15–13 Mid-Continent Conference
1992–93 Wright State 20–10 Mid-Continent Conference NCAA D-I Tournament
1993–94 Wright State 12–18 Mid-Continent Conference
1994–95 Wright State 13–17 Midwestern Collegiate Conference MCC Tournament Runner-Up
1995–96 Wright State 14–13 Midwestern Collegiate Conference
Total: 356–162 (.687)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion


Source:[6] Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Raiders basketball: Rise to prominence". http://www.xeniagazette.com. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "WSU Coaching Great Passes Away". http://wsuraiders.com/news. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "WSU Coaching Great Passes Away". http://wsuraiders.com/news. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "WSU Coaching Great Passes Away". http://wsuraiders.com/news. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "WSU Coaching Great Passes Away". http://wsuraiders.com/news. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Wright State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Wright State Athletics. 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  7. ^ "WSU Coaching Great Passes Away". http://wsuraiders.com/news. 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
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