Ed Messbarger
{{Short description|American basketball coach (1932–2014)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ed Messbarger
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|26}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|6|30|1932|7|26}}
| death_place = San Angelo, Texas
| alma_mater = Northwest Missouri State
| coach_years1 = 1957–1960
| coach_team1 = Benedictine Heights
| coach_years2 = 1960–1963
| coach_team2 = Dallas
| coach_years3 = 1963–1978
| coach_team3 = St. Mary's (TX)
| coach_years4 = 1978–1998
| coach_team4 = Angelo State
| overall_record = 630–518
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards = NAIA Coach of the Year (1974,1975,1990)
NAIA Hall of Fame
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Edward Joseph Messbarger (July 26, 1932 – June 30, 2014) was an American college basketball coach. Messbarger amassed over 600 wins as head coach at Benedictine Heights College in Tulsa Oklahoma, the University of Dallas, Saint Mary's University, Texas and Angelo State University.
Messbarger coached at St. Mary's University from 1963 to 1978, coaching the Rattlers to four NAIA tournaments (in 1964, 1967, 1974 and 1975) and produced the future NBA player Robert Reid.{{cite web| last = Briggs| first = Jerry| title = Former St. Mary’s basketball coach Ed Messbarger passes away | work = San Antonio Express-News | date = June 30, 2014| url = http://blog.mysanantonio.com/the-local-scene/2014/06/former-st-marys-basketball-coach-ed-messbarger-passes-away/ | accessdate = July 15, 2014}} Moving to Angelo State, Messbarger won 267 games in twenty seasons with the Rams. He led the program to two Lone Star Conference titles and was twice named conference coach of the year before retiring in 1998.{{cite web| last = McDaniel| first = Amy| title = ASU Coach Messbarger Remembered for Professionalism, Paternal Nature| work = San Angelo Live| date = July 1, 2014| url = http://sanangelolive.com/news/san-angelo/2014-07-01/asu-coach-messbarger-remembered-professionalism-paternal-nature| accessdate = July 15, 2014| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140716235646/http://sanangelolive.com/news/san-angelo/2014-07-01/asu-coach-messbarger-remembered-professionalism-paternal-nature| archivedate = July 16, 2014}}
Messbarger died in his home in San Angelo, Texas, on June 30, 2014.{{cite web| last = | first = | title = Ed Messbarger dies at age 81 | work = ESPN.com | date = June 30, 2014| url = https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11158992/ed-messbarger-ex-college-coach-texas-dead-81 | access-date = July 15, 2014}}
Head Coaching Record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Dallas
|startyear=1960
|conference=no
|endyear=1963
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=St. Mary’s (TX)
|startyear=1963
|conference=Big State Conference
|endyear=1978
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1963–64
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 22–9
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Tournament Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1964–65
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 10–11
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1965–66
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 14–11
| conference = 7–3
| confstanding =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1966–67
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 22–9
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Tournament Elite Eight
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1967–68
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 18–11
| conference = 10–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1968–69
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 12–13
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1969–70
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 20–5
| conference = 10–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1970–71
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 17–9
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1971–72
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1972–73
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 12–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1973–74
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 24–9
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Tournament Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1974–75
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 12–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Tournament Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1975–76
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 22–6
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1976–77
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 23–6
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1977–78
| name = St. Mary's
| overall = 16–10
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = District IV semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Angelo State
|startyear=1978
|conference=Lone Star Conference
|endyear=1998
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 630–518
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References
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Category:American men's basketball coaches
Category:Angelo State Rams men's basketball coaches
Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Category:Dallas Crusaders men's basketball coaches
Category:Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football players
Category:People from San Angelo, Texas
Category:St. Mary's Rattlers men's basketball coaches
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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