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1. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs the Team

IDNO:: 017879
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs the Team
Date:: ca. 1966

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.

2. WVU Basketball Coach Lee Patton

IDNO:: 017882
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Lee Patton
Description:: 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.

3. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs His Team

IDNO:: 017907
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs His Team
Date:: ca. 1966

4. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs His Team

IDNO:: 017908
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters Instructs His Team
Date:: ca. 1966

5. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters

IDNO:: 017909
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters
Date:: ca. 1967

6. WVU Basketball Coaches Sonny Moran, Bucky Waters, and George Krajack

IDNO:: 017938
Title:: WVU Basketball Coaches Sonny Moran, Bucky Waters, and George Krajack
Date:: ca. 1969

7. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters

IDNO:: 017939
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters
Date:: ca. 1969

Portrait of West Virginia University Basketball Coach, Bucky Waters.

8. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters

IDNO:: 017959
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters
Date:: ca. 1968
Description:: Portrait of West Virginia University Basketball Coach, Bucky Waters.

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.

9. WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters

IDNO:: 017960
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach Bucky Waters
Date:: ca. 1969
Description:: 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.

'Thank you for supporting West Virginia U. Basketball. Best wishes for a good year. Coach Bill Ryczay.'

10. WVU Basketball Assistant Coach Bill Ryczaj

IDNO:: 018070
Title:: WVU Basketball Assistant Coach Bill Ryczaj
Date:: ca. 1975- 1976
Description:: 'Thank you for supporting West Virginia U. Basketball. Best wishes for a good year. Coach Bill Ryczay.'

11. WVU Basketball Coach George King Instructs the Team

IDNO:: 018073
Title:: WVU Basketball Coach George King Instructs the Team
Date:: ca. 1964

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.

12. WVU Basketball Team

IDNO:: 018077
Title:: WVU Basketball Team
Date:: 1970
Description:: 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.