The late Lee Patton was an outstanding WVU basketball coach from 1946-50. A Carbon, Texas, native, Patton led the Mountaineers to a 91-26 overall record during his tenure for a .778 winning percentage, still the second best in school history. Patton led West Virginia to two straight NIT berths in 1946 and 1947. Under his direction, WVU posted a school-record 57-game home winning streak that ended in the final home game of the 1949 season against Pitt.
West Virginia University Basketball Coach Bucky Waters is signaling plays to his players, while Assistant Coach Sonny Moran, an unidentified coach, and Whitey Gwynne, the trainer looks on from the bench.
First row seated- Assistant Coach, Gary McPherson, Larry Woods, Mark Dawson, Bob Lowe, Mike Heitz, John Wooton, Mike Truell, Assistant Coach, Chuck Windsor. Second row standing- Coach Sonny Moran, Wil Robinson, Dick Ramsey, Skip Kintz, Dick Symons, Curt Price, Bob Hummell, Trainer, Whitey Gwynne.
Female students of aesthetic dancing group pose in Woodburn Circle. Back row from right: Miss Lester; Gracia Remsburg; Emma Myers; Mary Curran; Oney Dent; Elsie Happel; Mildren Eastwood. Front row from right: Beulah Carson; Rachel Remsburg; Miss Rymer; Mrs. Waston and Bebby.
Jerry West with West Virginia University Coach and Teammate, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1956-1960
Description:
West, right, is pictured with Willie Akers, left, and Coach Fred Schaus, center. West played for West Virginia University's basketball team from 1956-1960, before he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Jerry West with Fred Schaus and Willie Akers, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1956-1960
Description:
West, right, poses with West Virginia University Basketball Coach Fred Schaus, center, and teammate Willie Akers, left, while holding a basketball. West played for West Virginia University before he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers.
West Virginia University Basketball Team Freshmen, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1957
Description:
Sitting, from left to right, is Manager Ronald Lewellen, Jerry Turner, Butch Goode, Jim Reiss, Jim Warren, Jay Jacobs, and Manager Jim Cook.Standing, from left to right, is Assistant Coach Jim Sottile, Jerry West, Jim Ritchie, Joe Posch, Pat Duffy, Willie Akers, and Coach Quentin Barnette.
West Virginia University Basketball Team Portrait, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1960
Description:
In the front row is Jim Warren, Paul Miller, Willie Akers, Jerry West, Joe Posch, Jim Ritchie, and Lee Patrone.In the middle row is Coach Fred Schaus, Asst. George King, Ed Bode, Nick Serdich, Kenny Ward, Butch Goode, freshman coach Quentin Barnette, and trainer Whitey Gwynne.In the back row is manager Tony Minard, Dick DuBois, Nick Visnic, Paul Popovich, and equipment custodian Carl Roberts.
Kittie Blakemore was first coach of the West Virginia University's women's basketball team. Hired by A. D. Leland Byrd in 1973, Blakemore compiled a 301-214 record over 19 seasons which included the 1989 Atlantic 10 tournament championship, the 1992 regular season A-10 titles and NCAA berths in 1989 and 1992.
Schaus played basketball for WVU in 1946-1949. He coached in 1954-1960 and served as the Athletic Director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He left WVU in 1960 to become the head coach and subsequent general manager for the Los Angeles Lakers.
