Lynn Archibald

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1944–1997)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Lynn Archibald

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|9|27}}

| birth_place = Logan, Utah, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|28|1944|9|27}}

| death_place = Provo, Utah, U.S.

| alma_mater = Fresno State, 1968

| player_years1 = (one year)

| player_team1 = Utah State

| player_years2 = (one year)

| player_team2 = El Camino JC

| player_positions =

| coach_years1 = 1970–1972

| coach_team1 = Long Beach State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1972–1973

| coach_team2 = Cal Poly (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1974–1976

| coach_team3 = UNLV (assistant))

| coach_years4 = 1976–1977

| coach_team4 = USC (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1977–1982

| coach_team5 = Idaho State

| coach_years6 = 1982–1983

| coach_team6 = Utah (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 1983–1989

| coach_team7 = Utah

| coach_years8 = 1989–1994

| coach_team8 = Arizona State (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 1994–1996

| coach_team9 = Brigham Young (assistant)

| overall_record = {{winning percentage|163|152|record=y}}

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Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Idaho State University and the University of Utah.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gh5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2173%2C7967430|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Call |first=Jeff |title=Archibald won both sides of U.-Y. fence |date=May 29, 1997 |page=D1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=em1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1452%2C7047803 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=wire reports |title=Cancer claims Archibald, father of WSU basketball player |date=May 30, 1997 |page=C2}}

Early life

Born in Logan, Utah, Archibald moved to Oregon and California with his family and graduated from Torrance High School in Torrance, California. He played college basketball at Utah State in Logan as a freshman and at El Camino College as a sophomore; he completed his bachelor's degree at Fresno State.{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/563238/Death--Lynn-J-Archibald.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023528/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/563238/Death--Lynn-J-Archibald.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2018|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=(obituary) |title=Lynn Archibald |date=May 29, 1997|page=D8}}

Career

Archibald was an assistant coach under Jerry Tarkanian at Long Beach State and UNLV, and also had brief stints at {{nowrap|Cal Poly–SLO}} and {{nowrap|USC.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P7xNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5521%2C4672466 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Rock |first=Brad |title=Archibald replaces Pimm at Utah |date=April 12, 1983 |page=D1}}}} As a head coach, he worked at Idaho State in Pocatello for five seasons {{nowrap|(1977–1982),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uLdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5682%2C4472566 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU's Archibald quits |date=February 27, 1982 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rFwzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U4MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7055%2C7929866 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU coach calls it quits |date=February 27, 1982 |page=A6}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QLxNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5613%2C5008650 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Rock |first=Brad |title=From soup line to U. coach in 1 year |date=April 13, 1983 |page=G1}}}} and then was an assistant at Utah in Salt Lake City for a season. When Jerry Pimm departed for UC Santa Barbara, Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years {{nowrap|(1983–1989),}} with a {{winning percentage|98|86|record=y}} {{nowrap|record.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2D5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6668%2C5644535|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Sorensen |first=Mike |title=The search is underway for Archibald's successor |date=March 14, 1989 |page=D1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gx5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3369%2C8793688|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Sorensen |first=Mike |title=Archibald's legacy is one of integrity |date=May 31, 1997 |page=D4}}}}

Succeeded by Rick Majerus at Utah, Archibald was an assistant at Arizona State University {{nowrap|(1989–1994),}} then at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and later, the director of basketball operations.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wm1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3699%2C1115042|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Sando |first=Mike |title=Holding on to life |date=February 2, 1997 |page=C1}} After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52 {{nowrap|in 1997.}}

While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiar King Spud Trophy for the intrastate series with Idaho should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rvpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6393%2C3666510 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Van Sickel |first=Charlie |title=Dutch Rub: Today's smorgasbord |date=February 28, 1979 |page=18}}

Personal life

His son Beau, who played college basketball at Washington State, and later, at Connecticut, is also a basketball coach.[http://www.jimcalhouncamp.com/coacharchibald.php Beau Archibald biography at jimcalhouncamp.com] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130814204720/http://www.jimcalhouncamp.com/coacharchibald.php |date=August 14, 2013 }} Retrieved September 11, 2013 Another son, Damon, is currently an assistant at Green Bay.

Archibald's son-in-law is Mark Pope, who played collegiately at Washington and Kentucky and became head coach at Kentucky in 2024 after stops at Utah Valley and BYU; Archibald recruited Pope while an assistant at Arizona State.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Tyler |date=2024-10-23 |title="Our Dream": How Lee Anne Pope helped chart the course for Mark Pope's return to Kentucky |url=https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/lee-anne-pope-mark-pope-wife-kentucky-our-dream/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=On3 |language=en}}