Phog Allen

Forrest Clare Phog Allen was an American basketball and baseball player, coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and osteopathic physician. Known as the Father of Basketball Coaching, he served as the head basketball coach at Baker University , the University of Kansas , Haskell Institutenow Haskell Indian Nations University , and Warrensburg Teachers Collegenow the University of Central Missouri , compiling a career college basketball record of 746264. In hisseasons at the helm of the Kansas Jayhawks mens basketball program, his teams wonconference championships and three national titles. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allens 192122 and 192223 Kansas teams as national champions. Allens 195152 squad won the 1952 NCAA Tournament and his Jayhawks were runnersup in the NCAA Tournament in 1940 and 1953. His 590 wins are the most of any coach in the storied history of the Kansas basketball program.

Allen was born in the town of Jamesport, Missouri. His father, William Allen, was among thepeople who originally incorporated Jameson, Missouri in 1879 and the doctor who delivered Allen lived in James. However, William Allen also had strong ties to Jamesport where he was town clerk, collector, and constable. Biographies of Allen usually refer to his birthplace as Jamesport. His family later moved to Independence, Missouri.

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