Wilbur Stalcup

Wilbur Neil "Sparky" Stalcup (February 13, 1910 – April 21, 1972) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—from 1933 to 1943 and at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962, compiling a career college basketball record of 332–236. Stalcup was also the athletic director at Missouri from 1971 until his death in 1972.

Wilbur Stalcup
Stalcup, c. 1952
Biographical details
Born(1910-02-13)February 13, 1910
DiedApril 21, 1972(1972-04-21) (aged 62)
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1928–1931Northwest Missouri State
Basketball
1929–1932Northwest Missouri State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932Jackson HS (MO)
Basketball
1932–1933Jackson HS (MO)
1933–1943Northwest Missouri State
1946–1962Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1971–1972Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall332–236 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MIAA regular season (1940)

Early life and playing career

Stalcup grew up in Oregon, Missouri, where he played for the 1928 team that won the Missouri State High School championship at a time when there were no size divisions for high school basketball. The Oregon team made it to the quarterfinals of the National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at the University of Chicago.[1] During the run Oregon did not have a gymnasium and practiced on an outdoor court and occasionally inside a Methodist church. There were only 10 people from the school body of 100 who played.[2]

Stalcup attended Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College and played for Henry Iba. He was an Iba's 1932 team member that lost a title game in the Amateur Athletic Union national championship.

Coaching career

After graduating from Northwest Missouri State in 1932, Stalcup began his coaching career that fall as head coach at Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri. [3]

Northwest Missouri State

Following one year at Jackson High School, Stalcup returned to Northwest Missouri State to succeed Iba as head basketball coach.[4] With a 138–57 record, Stalcup is second only to Iba in won-loss percentage. His only Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association was in 1939–40 when his team was 17–0 in conference play and 20–1 overall. His teams had winning records in eight of his nine seasons.[5]

Missouri

Following a hiatus on basketball during World War II, Stalcup moved to Missouri. He compiled a 194–179 record at Missouri. His team won no conference championships, although they did win two Big Seven Holiday Tournaments. Among his players was Norm Stewart. He had the most wins in the school history until Stewart eclipsed him. He was president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1961–62. He was color commentator on basketball broadcasts after leaving coaching and was the athletic director at the university when he died.[6] The Stalcup Room in the Mizzou Arena is named for him.

Head coaching record

College basketball
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Northwest Missouri State Bearcats (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1933–1943)
1933–34 Northwest Missouri State 8–6
1934–35 Northwest Missouri State 10–8
1935–36 Northwest Missouri State 11–7
1936–37 Northwest Missouri State 13–4
1937–38 Northwest Missouri State 15–6
1938–39 Northwest Missouri State 11–7
1939–40 Northwest Missouri State 20–11st
1940–41 Northwest Missouri State 18–5
1941–42 Northwest Missouri State 14–6
1942–43 Northwest Missouri State 18–7
Northwest Missouri State: 138–57
Missouri Tigers (Big Six / Big Seven / Big Eight Conference) (1946–1962)
1946–47 Missouri 15–106–42nd
1947–48 Missouri 14–107–5T–2nd
1948–49 Missouri 11–136–64th
1949–50 Missouri 14–104–86th
1950–51 Missouri 16–88–4T–2nd
1951–52 Missouri 14–106–63rd
1952–53 Missouri 11–96–63rd
1953–54 Missouri 11–106–63rd
1954–55 Missouri 16–59–32nd
1955–56 Missouri 15–78–4T–2nd
1956–57 Missouri 10–134–86th
1957–58 Missouri 9–133–9T–6th
1958–59 Missouri 6–193–118th
1959–60 Missouri 12–135–96th
1960–61 Missouri 11–137–74th
1961–62 Missouri 9–163–11T–7th
Missouri: 194–17991–107
Total:332–236

      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

References
  1. National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament - hoopedeia.nba.com - Retrieved September 13, 2009
  2. "30 Mar 1928, Page 4 - Sedalia Weekly Democrat at". Newspapers.com. 1928-03-30. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. "Wilbur Stalcup Will Be Coach At Jackson High School This Fall". The Maryville Forum. Maryville, Missouri. May 18, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Maryville Teachers' to Develop Its Own Stars". St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. July 11, 1937. p. 12. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. NWMSU Men's Basketball Media Guide - 2008
  6. Missouri Hall of Fame Profiles - mutigers.com - Retrieved September 25, 2009
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