Jack Hartman
Jack Hartman (October 7, 1925 – November 6, 1998) was an American gridiron football player and basketball coach.
 Hartman from the 1976 Royal Purple | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1925 Dewey, Oklahoma |
| Died | November 6, 1998 (aged 73) New Mexico |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1943 | Oklahoma State |
| 1947–1949 | Oklahoma State |
| 1950 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Basketball | |
| 1943–1947 | Oklahoma State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1954 | Oklahoma State (assistant) |
| 1955–1962 | Coffeyville CC |
| 1962–1970 | Southern Illinois |
| 1970–1986 | Kansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 589–279 (men's college basketball) 3–4 (women's college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NJCAA National Title (1962) NIT (1967) 3 Big Eight regular season (1972, 1973, 1977) 2 Big Eight Tournament (1977, 1980) | |
| Awards | |
| NABC Coach of the Year (1981) 2x Big Eight Coach of the Year (1975, 1977) | |
Hartman played basketball and football collegiately at Oklahoma State University with his basketball tutelage under famed coach Henry Iba. After college, he played quarterback in the CFL before becoming a basketball coach. After leading the Coffeyville (Kansas) Junior College basketball team to the NJCAA National Championship with a 32-0 season in 1962, he took his high-octane offense to Southern Illinois University, replacing the successful Harry Gallatin, who had taken the head coaching job with the St. Louis Hawks. In 1967, passing up the NCAA Division II tournament after two successive second-place finishes, Hartman's Salukis won the NIT Championship, which was much more highly regarded then than it is today. He led Southern Illinois University into Division I before taking over at Kansas State when Cotton Fitzsimmons left to coach in the NBA.[1]
Hartman spent 16 seasons as head coach at Kansas State University, where he won 294 games and finished in first or second place in the Big Eight Conference in 10 of those 16 seasons. After his retirement, he worked local television color commentary for Kansas State games, and his former player and assistant coach Lon Kruger took over as head coach at Kansas State.
In 1996, Kansas State fired its women's coach for NCAA violations, Hartman came out of retirement to coach the team for its last seven games, winning three.[2]
Hartman died in 1998.[3] He has a street near Bramlage Coliseum named "Jack Hartman Drive" after him. His wife, Pat, still lives in Manhattan, Kansas. His daughter, Jackie, also lives in Manhattan and served as the Chief of Staff for the President of Kansas State University.[4]
Head coaching record
Men's college basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA College Division independent) (1962–1968) | |||||||||
| 1962–63 | Southern Illinois | 20–10 | NCAA College Division Fourth Place | ||||||
| 1963–64 | Southern Illinois | 15–10 | NCAA College Division Regional Runner-up | ||||||
| 1964–65 | Southern Illinois | 20–6 | NCAA College Division Runner-up | ||||||
| 1965–66 | Southern Illinois | 21–7 | NCAA College Division Runner-up | ||||||
| 1966–67 | Southern Illinois | 24–2 | NIT Champion | ||||||
| 1967–68 | Southern Illinois | 13–11 | |||||||
| Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA University Division independent) (1968–1970) | |||||||||
| 1968–69 | Southern Illinois | 16–8 | NIT First Round | ||||||
| 1969–70 | Southern Illinois | 13–10 | |||||||
| Southern Illinois: | 142–64 (.689) | ||||||||
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big Eight Conference) (1970–1986) | |||||||||
| 1970–71 | Kansas State | 11–15 | 6–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 1971–72 | Kansas State | 19–9 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division Elite Eight | ||||
| 1972–73 | Kansas State | 23–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division Elite Eight | ||||
| 1973–74 | Kansas State | 19–8 | 11–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1974–75 | Kansas State | 20–9 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
| 1975–76 | Kansas State | 20–8 | 11–3 | 2nd | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 1976–77 | Kansas State | 24–7* | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1977–78 | Kansas State | 18–11 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1978–79 | Kansas State | 16–12 | 8–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1979–80 | Kansas State | 22–9 | 8–6 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
| 1980–81 | Kansas State | 24–9 | 9–5 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
| 1981–82 | Kansas State | 23–8 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1982–83 | Kansas State | 12–16 | 4–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1983–84 | Kansas State | 14–15 | 5–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 1984–85 | Kansas State | 14–14 | 5–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 1985–86 | Kansas State | 16–14 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 295–169 (.636) | 133–91 (.594) | |||||||
| Total: | 589–279 (.679) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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*1976–77 record reflects one win by forfeit over Minnesota.
Women's college basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big Eight Conference) (1996) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Kansas State | 3–4 | 2–2 | 8th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 3–4 (.429) | 2–2 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 3–4 (.429) | ||||||||
