Stu Aberdeen

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Stu Aberdeen

| image = Stu_Aberdeen.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Aberdeen as an assistant at Tennessee

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|7|19}}

| birth_place = Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|6|11|1935|7|19}}

| death_place = New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater = Tusculum (1957)
Springfield (MA)

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| player_positions =

| coach_years1 = 1958–1966

| coach_team1 = Acadia

| coach_years2 = 1966–1977

| coach_team2 = Tennessee (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1977–1979

| coach_team3 = Marshall

| overall_record = 147–81

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| championships = W. P. McGee Trophy (1965)

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Stuart Worth Aberdeen (July 19, 1935 – June 11, 1979) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Acadia in Nova Scotia and the head coach at Marshall. At Acadia, Aberdeen had a 122–50 record. He was posthumously inducted into the Acadia Hall of Fame in 1989.{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://acadiahof.ca/stu-aberdeen/|title=Stu Aberdeen – Acadia Athletics|publisher=acadiahof.co|date=August 7, 2012|accessdate=April 11, 2020}}

Aberdeen left Acadia to become an assistant to Ray Mears at Tennessee, where he was the lead recruiter for some of UT’s top players, including future Hall of Fame forward Bernard King.{{cite news|title=King comes back as Vols retire his no. 53|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48600045/the-jackson-sun/ |newspaper=The Jackson Sun|date=February 14, 2007|page=32|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 13, 2020}} {{Open access}} He left the Volunteers after eleven years, taking the head coaching position at Marshall.{{cite news|title=Stu Aberdeen promises MU 'winner'|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48528594/the-raleigh-register/|newspaper=The Raleigh Register|date=March 18, 1977|page=11|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 13, 2020}} {{Open access}} Aberdeen had a record of 25–31 in two seasons at Marshall.{{cite web |title=Stu Aberdeen Coaching Record|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/stu-aberdeen-1.html|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=April 11, 2020}} During the 1979 offseason, while vacationing in Florida, Aberdeen died from a heart attack while jogging.{{Cite news |title=Stu Aberdeen, Coached Basketball at Marshall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/13/archives/stu-aberdeen-coached-basketball-at-marshall.html|work=New York Times |date=June 13, 1979 |accessdate=April 11, 2020}}{{cite news|title=Death of Aberdeen leaves void in college basketball|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48529338/kingsport-times/|newspaper=The Kingsport Times|date=June 13, 1979|page=30|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 13, 2020}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Coach dies while jogging|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48529305/the-news-leader/|newspaper=The News Leader|date=June 14, 1979|page=26|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 13, 2020}} {{Open access}}