Edgar Diddle

Edgar Diddle
Diddle during the 1953–54 season
Biographical details
Born(1895-03-12)March 12, 1895
Gradyville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJanuary 2, 1970(1970-01-02) (aged 74)
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917Centre
1919–1920Centre
Basketball
1917Centre
1919–1920Centre
Position(s)Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1922–1964Western Kentucky
Football
1922–1928Western Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall759–302 (basketball)
TournamentsBasketball
3–4 (NCAA)
7–9 (NIT)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1972 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

Edgar Allen Diddle (March 12, 1895 – January 2, 1970) was an American college men's basketball coach, who also coached college football and baseball teams. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964. Diddle became the first coach in history to coach 1,000 games at one school. Diddle was known as one of the early pioneers of the fast break and for waving a red towel around along the sidelines. During games he would wave, toss, and chew on this towel, and even cover his face in times of disappointment. His red towel is now part of WKU's official athletic logo. Diddle experienced only five losing seasons in 42 years.[1]

Early life

He was born near Gradyville, Kentucky.[2] Diddle played basketball and football for Centre College and was a member of their 1919 undefeated basketball team and 1919 undefeated football team.[3] He was a halfback on the football team.[4] After college, he coached basketball at Monticello High School, where he guided the team to the Kentucky State Tournament semi-finals, and then Greenville High School, which played in a regional tournament at Bowling Green. During the tournament, he came to the attention of officials at Western Kentucky who offered him the coaching position at the college.[5]

Career at Western Kentucky

He became Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball coach in 1922. Diddle's Western Kentucky teams claimed 32 conference championships; played in 13 national postseason tournaments (an impressive total considering that there was no national tournament for the first 15 years of his tenure); won 20+ games eighteen different times (including 10 consecutive); became the first team from the South to participate in the Olympic Trials; the first Kentucky team to play in the NCAA tournament and National Invitation Tournament; and were nationally ranked numerous times. In 1942 he led the Hilltoppers to the national championship game. His 1948 team finished 3rd nationally and the 1954 team finished 4th. Diddle's teams led the NCAA in victories six seasons and had the highest winning percentage in 1948.[6] When he retired in 1964, he had won a then record 759 games.

While Diddle was best known for coaching men's basketball, he also coached football (1922–1928), baseball (1923–1957) and women's basketball at Western.

Legacy

An image of E.A. Diddle Arena.

Diddle was responsible for breaking a color barrier at the college when he recruited the first African American basketball players, Clem Haskins and Dwight Smith, in the early 1960s.[7]

E. A. Diddle Arena, the basketball venue at WKU, built in 1963, is named for him. For the last six years of his life, Diddle was a fixture at the arena, even leading cheers. During a 1968 game against Dayton, he jumped on top of a press table to lead the students in cheers. When a Dayton sportswriter told him to get down, Diddle snapped, "What do you mean I can't get on top of this table? This is my damn gym!".[8]

Hall of Fame

Coach Diddle has been inducted into the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame,[9] The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,[10] the Western Kentucky University Athletic Hall of Fame,[11] the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame,[12] and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.[13]

Head coaching record

Men's basketball

[14]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Kentucky State Normal (Independent) (1922–1926)
1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal 12–2
1923–24 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–9
1924–25 Western Kentucky State Normal 8–6
1925–26 Western Kentucky State Normal 10–4
Western Kentucky State Normal Hilltoppers (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1930)
1926–27 Western Kentucky State Normal 12–7
1927–28 Western Kentucky State Normal 10–7
1928–29 Western Kentucky State Normal 8–10
1929–30 Western Kentucky State Normal 4–12
Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1948)
1930–31 Western Kentucky State Teachers 11–3
1931–32 Western Kentucky State Teachers 15–8 1st KIAC
1932–33 Western Kentucky State Teachers 16–6 1st KIAC
1933–34 Western Kentucky State Teachers 28–8 1st KIAC 1st SIAA
1934–35 Western Kentucky State Teachers 24–3 1st KIAC
1935–36 Western Kentucky State Teachers 26–4 1st KIAC National Olympics
1936–37 Western Kentucky State Teachers 21–2 1st KIAC 1st SIAA
1937–38 Western Kentucky State Teachers 30–3 1st KIAC 1st SIAA NIBT * (withdrew / forfeit)
1938–39 Western Kentucky State Teachers 22–3 1st KIAC 1st SIAA
1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers 24–6 1st KIAC 1st SIAA NCAA Elite Eight
1940–41 Western Kentucky State Teachers 22–4 1st SIAA
1941–42 Western Kentucky State Teachers 29–5 1st KIAC 1st SIAA NIT Runner-up
1942–43 Western Kentucky State Teachers 24–3 1st KIAC NIT Quarterfinals
1943–44 Western Kentucky State Teachers 13–9
1944–45 Western Kentucky State Teachers 17–10
1945–46 Western Kentucky State Teachers 15–19
1946–47 Western Kentucky State Teachers 25–4 1st KIAC 1st SIAA
1947–48 Western Kentucky State Teachers 28–2 1st KIAC
NCAA Annual Team Champions		 NIT 3rd Place
Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948–1964)
1948–49 Western Kentucky State 25–4 8–2 1st NIT Quarterfinals
1949–50 Western Kentucky State 25–6 8–0 1st NIT Quarterfinals
1950–51 Western Kentucky State 19–10 4–4 4th NCT 1st Round
1951–52 Western Kentucky State 26–5 11–1 1st NIT Quarterfinals
1952–53 Western Kentucky State 25–6 8–2 2nd NIT Quarterfinals
1953–54 Western Kentucky State 29–3 9–1 1st NIT 4th Place
1954–55 Western Kentucky State 18–10 8–2 1st
1955–56 Western Kentucky State 16–12 7–3 T-1st
1956–57 Western Kentucky State 17–9 9–1 T-1st
1957–58 Western Kentucky State 14–11 5–5 3rd
1958–59 Western Kentucky State 16–10 8–4 2nd
1959–60 Western Kentucky State 21–7 10–2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1960–61 Western Kentucky State 18–8 9–3 T-1st
1961–62 Western Kentucky State 17–10 11–1 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1962–63 Western Kentucky State 5–16 3–9 7th
1963–64 Western Kentucky State 5–16 3–11 8th
Western Kentucky: 759–302 121–51
Total: 759–302

      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

Lead the NCAA in wins 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, and 1941–42 seasons[15]

Baseball

[16]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Kentucky State Normal Hilltoppers (Independent) (1923–1926)
1923 Western Kentucky State Normal 10–2
1924 Western Kentucky State Normal 11–2
1925 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–10
Western Kentucky State Normal Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1948)
1926 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–8
1927 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–4
1928 Western Kentucky State Normal 15–1 State Champions
1929 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–4 State Champions
Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1948)
1930 Western Kentucky State Teachers 3–0
1931 Western Kentucky State Teachers No Team
1932 Western Kentucky State Teachers 4–2
1933 Western Kentucky State Teachers 7–5
1934 Western Kentucky State Teachers 8–3
1935 Western Kentucky State Teachers 9–2
1936 Western Kentucky State Teachers 4–3
1937 Western Kentucky State Teachers 8–7
1938 Western Kentucky State Teachers 4–10
1939 Western Kentucky State Teachers 6–10
1940 Western Kentucky State Teachers 7–6
1941 Western Kentucky State Teachers 9–6
1942 Western Kentucky State Teachers 4–5
1943–45 Western Kentucky State Teachers No Team
1946 Western Kentucky State Teachers 9–0
1947 Western Kentucky State Teachers 5–6
Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1948–1948)
1948 Western Kentucky State 4–10
Western Kentucky State Hilltoppers (Ohio Valley Conference) (1949–1957)
1949 Western Kentucky State 4–5–1
1950 Western Kentucky State 6–7
1951 Western Kentucky State 13–5
1952 Western Kentucky State 11–3 1st
1953 Western Kentucky State 8–2–1 1st
1954 Western Kentucky State 9–7
1955 Western Kentucky State 4–7
1956 Western Kentucky State 5–7–1
1957 Western Kentucky State 10–6
Total: 232–155–3

      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

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Western Kentucky State Normal (Independent) (1922–1926)
1922 Western Kentucky State Normal 9–1
1923 Western Kentucky State Normal 5–4
1924 Western Kentucky State Normal 4–5
1925 Western Kentucky State Normal 3–5–1
Western Kentucky State Normal Hilltoppers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1926–1928)
1926 Western Kentucky State Normal 4–4–1 1–2–1 19th
1927 Western Kentucky State Normal 5–4 2–2 T–8th
1928 Western Kentucky State Normal 8–1 5–1 3rd
Western Kentucky: 38–24–2 7–3
Total: 38–24–2

[17]

Women's basketball

[18]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Kentucky State Normal (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922–23 Western Kentucky State Normal 5–3 State Champions
1923–24 Western Kentucky State Normal 6–3
Western Kentucky State Normal: 11–6
Total: 11–6

      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

See also

References

  1. ^ Harrison, Lowell (1987). Western Kentucky University. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116204.
  2. ^ Holl, R.E. (2015). Committed to Victory: The Kentucky Home Front During World War II. Topics in Kentucky History. University Press of Kentucky. p. pt270. ISBN 978-0-8131-6564-6. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Edgar Allen Diddle". Western Kentucky University Alumni. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  4. ^ Frank G. Weaver (1919). "Come On, You Praying Kentucians". Association Men. 45: 416.
  5. ^ Ruby, Earl (1979). Red Towel Territory : A History of Athletics at Western Kentucky University. American National Bank and Trust Co.
  6. ^ "E.A. Diddle". E.A. Diddle College Record. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Haskins, Chapman reflect on special WKU squads from 1965–66, '66–67, By ZACH GREENWELL The Bowling Green Daily News Feb 20, 2016, retrieved 2 July 2020
  8. ^ "The Story of Legendary WKU Basketball Coach E.A. Diddle". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "E A Diddle". Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  10. ^ "Edgar A. Diddle". The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "Edgar Diddle". Western Kentucky University Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "Ed Diddle". Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "Edgar Diddle". The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  14. ^ 2019–2020 WKU Basketball Media Guide retrieved 21 April 2020
  15. ^ "E.A. Diddle". E.A. Diddle College Record. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  16. ^ "2020 WKU Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Western Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  17. ^ "2019 WKU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Western Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  18. ^ "2019–20 WKU Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Western Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

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