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Northeastern State Athletics Hall of Fame

Jim Killingsworth

Jim Killingsworth

  • Class
    1949
  • Induction
    1997
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field, Men's Basketball
GRADUATED FROM NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1949; MEMBER OF NSU BASKETBALL AND TRACK TEAMS; OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR; COACHED TEAM TO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP; WHILE COACHING AT IDAHO STATE, WON THREE BIG SKY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS; TWICE BIG SKY CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR, QUALIFIED FOR TWO NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND ONCE A MEMBER OF THE NCAA GREAT EIGHT; WON OKLAHOMA STATE’S IRON DUKE AWARD; WHILE COACHING AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY WON TWO SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, TWICE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR, QUALIFIED FOR TWO N.I.T. TOURNAMENTS AND ONE NCAA TOURNAMENT; COACHED AT CERRITOS COLLEGE; MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE HALL OF FAME; CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE COACH OF THE YEAR.
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