Charlie Spoonhour
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Charlie Spoonhour
| image =
| alt =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|6|23}}
| birth_place = Mulberry, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|2|1|1939|6|23}}
| death_place = Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1958–1961
| player_team1 = Ozarks
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1961–1963
| coach_team1 = Rocky Comfort HS (MO)
| coach_years2 = 1963–1967
| coach_team2 = Bloomfield HS (MO) (co-HC)
| coach_years3 = 1967–1968
| coach_team3 = Salem HS (MO)
| coach_years4 = 1968–1972
| coach_team4 = Southwest Missouri State (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1972–1974
| coach_team5 = Moberly JC
| coach_years6 = 1974–1975
| coach_team6 = Oklahoma (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1975–1981
| coach_team7 = Southeastern CC (IA)
| coach_years8 = 1981–1983
| coach_team8 = Nebraska (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1983–1992
| coach_team9 = Southwest Missouri State
| coach_years10 = 1992–1999
| coach_team10 = Saint Louis
| coach_years11 = 2001–2004
| coach_team11 = UNLV
| overall_record = 373–202 (college)
205–63 (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 3–8 (NCAA Division I)
3–5 (NIT)
| championships = 4 Mid-Continent regular season (1987–1990)
2 Mid-Continent tournament (1987, 1989)
MVC tournament (1992)
| awards = Henry Iba Award (1994)
3x Mid-Continent Coach of the Year (1984, 1987, 1988)
| coaching_records =
}}
Charles Graham Spoonhour (June 23, 1939 – February 1, 2012) was an American basketball coach.
Spoonhour was born in Mulberry, Kansas, attended high school in Rogers, Arkansas, and received an education degree from the University of the Ozarks.{{cite news|last=Eisenbath|first=Mike|title=As Cincy Visits, Bills Still Groping|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=January 5, 1997}} He spent seven seasons as a high school basketball coach, then fourteen seasons bouncing between Division I assistant coaching positions and junior college head coaching positions. This included a four-year stretch from 1969 to 1973 as an assistant coach on the staff of head coach Bill Thomas at then-Division II Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State).{{cite web|last=Novak|first=Thad|title=Mike Anderson to Arkansas: Top 10 Coaches Who Starred Where They Were Assistants|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/646319-mike-anderson-to-arkansas-top-10-coaches-who-starred-where-they-were-assistants#/articles/646319-mike-anderson-to-arkansas-top-10-coaches-who-starred-where-they-were-assistants/page/3|publisher=Bleacher Report|accessdate=7 Nov 2011}}
Ten years later, Spoonhour was on the staff of Nebraska coach Moe Iba, when he was hired as head coach of SMS for the 1983–84 season, a year after the Bears had moved up to Division I. He led the Bears to five NCAA tournament appearances in a six-season stretch from 1987 to 1992. His best season was in 1986–87 when the Bears won the Mid-Continent Conference with a 13–1 mark and finished 28–6. Behind future NBA point guard Winston Garland, they made it to the second round of the 1987 NCAA tournament as a #13-seed, beating fourth-seeded Clemson, 65–60, before losing to fifth-seeded Kansas, 67–63.{{cite book|title=2010-11 Missouri State Men's Basketball Annual|year=2011|publisher=Missouri State University|pages=158|url=http://www.issuu.com/msubearsathletics/docs/2010-11mbb}}
After the 1991–92 season, he went to Saint Louis University, where he led the Billikens to three NCAA tournament appearances in seven seasons. In 2001, he went to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he retired from coaching following the 2003-04 season.
Spoonhour was known for wearing sweaters and slacks while coaching.
In 2010, he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and placed on the recipient list for a lung transplant. He received the lung transplant at Duke University Medical Center in August 2010, and was said to be in good condition, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He spent the next six months recuperating at Duke.
On February 1, 2012, Spoonhour died at the age of 72.
On April 6, 2012, Spoonhour's son, Jay Spoonhour, was named the head men's basketball coach at Eastern Illinois University.
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southwest Missouri State Bears
| conference = Association of Mid-Continent Universities / Mid-Continent Conference
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = 1990
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1983–84
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 18–10
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1984–85
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1985–86
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 24–8
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NIT Quarterfinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1986–87
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1987–88
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 12–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1988–89
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1989–90
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southwest Missouri State Bears
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1990–91
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 22–12
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1991–92
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = 23–8
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southwest Missouri State
| overall = {{Winning percentage|197|81|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|97|31|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Saint Louis Billikens
| conference = Great Midwest Conference
| startyear = 1992
| endyear = 1995
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1992–93
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 12–17
| conference = 1–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1993–94
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 23–6
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1994–95
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 23–8
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Saint Louis Billikens
| conference = Conference USA
| startyear = 1995
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1995–96
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(Blue)}}
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1996–97
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 11–18
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(Blue)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1997–98
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 22–11
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(American)}}
| postseason = NCAA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| name = Saint Louis
| season = 1998–99
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 5th {{Small|(American)}}
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = {{Winning percentage|122|90|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|44|50|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UNLV Runnin' Rebels
| conference = Mountain West Conference
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2004
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2001–02
| name = UNLV
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2002–03
| name = UNLV
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2003–04
| name = UNLV
| overall = 12–9
| conference = 4–6
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UNLV
| overall = {{Winning percentage|54|31|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|21|17|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|373|202|record=y}}
| conference = {{Winning percentage|162|98|record=y}}
}}
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