American athlete, coach, and administrator (1898–1985)
Arthur C. "Dutch " Lonborg (March 16, 1898 – January 31, 1985) was an American college football , college basketball , and college baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator.
Basketball
The Gardner, Illinois native coached for 23 years at McPherson College , Washburn College , and Northwestern University . Lonborg graduated in 1921 from University of Kansas , having played two years under coach Phog Allen .
In 1921 Dutch won an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) title as a player with the Kansas City Athletic Club Blue Diamonds. In 1925 he coached Washburn College to an AAU title , the last time a college team won that championship.
Later he coached at Northwestern, getting 237 wins during his time there, and leading them to Big Ten Conference championships in 1931 and 1933. His 1930–31 team finished the season with a 16–1 record[ 1] Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll .[ 2] [ 3]
After he retired from coaching, he became chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960, succeeding Harold Olsen . He was the U.S. Olympic team manager for the 1960 Olympics . He also served as the Kansas Jayhawks athletic director from 1950 to 1963.
Lonborgwas inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973 as a coach.
Head coaching record
Basketball
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Washburn (Kansas Conference ) (1923–1927)
1923–24
Washburn
13–4
1924–25
Washburn
15–0
AAU Champions
1925–26
Washburn
12–1–1
1926–27
Washburn
12–8
Washburn:
52–13–1 (0.800)
Northwestern (Western Conference ) (1927–1950)
1927-28
Northwestern
12–5
9–3
T–3rd
1928–29
Northwestern
12–5
7–5
4th
1929–30
Northwestern
8–8
6–6
6th
1930–31
Northwestern
16–1
11–1
1st
Helms National ChampionPremo–Porretta National Champion
1931–32
Northwestern
13–5
9–3
T–2nd
1932–33
Northwestern
15–4
10–2
T–1st
1933–34
Northwestern
11–8
8–4
T–2nd
1934–35
Northwestern
10–10
3–9
8th
1935–36
Northwestern
13–6
7–5
T–3rd
1936–37
Northwestern
11–9–1[Note A]
4–8
7th
1937–38
Northwestern
10–10
7–5
T–3rd
1938–39
Northwestern
7–13
5–7
6th
1939–40
Northwestern
13–7
7–5
T–4th
1940–41
Northwestern
7–11
3–9
9th
1941–42
Northwestern
8–13
5–10
T–7th
1942–43
Northwestern
8–9
7–5
3rd
1943–44
Northwestern
12–7
8–4
T–4th
1944–45
Northwestern
7–12
4–8
T–6th
1945–46
Northwestern
15–5
8–4
T–3rd
1946–47
Northwestern
7–13
2–10
9th
1947–48
Northwestern
6–14
3–9
T–8th
1948–49
Northwestern
5–16
2–10
9th
1949–50
Northwestern
10–12
3–9
T–8th
Northwestern:
236–203–1 (.538)
138–141 (.495)
Total: 288–216-2 (0.571)
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
^A. [ 4] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
References
^ "Northwestern Wildcats season-by-season results" . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014 .^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions" . Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2014 .^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game . New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2 ^ a b Phelps, Richard (September 19, 2011). Basketball For Dummies ISBN 9781118092675 ^ "2015–16 Washburn Ichabods men's basketball Media guide" (PDF) . WUSports.com . Washburn Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015 .^ 2012–13 Northwestern men's basketball yearbook. Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Sep-10.^ "Year-by-Year Summary" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2008 .^ "Dutch Lonborg" . Sports Reference .
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