Marv Harshman

Marv Harshman

Biographical details
Born	(1917-10-04)October 4, 1917 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	April 12, 2013(2013-04-12) (aged 95) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
1938–1942	Pacific Lutheran
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1945–1958	Pacific Lutheran
1958–1971	Washington State
1971–1985	Washington
Football
1951–1957	Pacific Lutheran
Baseball
1954–1958	Pacific Lutheran
Head coaching record
Overall	637–444 (basketball) 27–28–2 (football) 32–60 (baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 2–3 (NCAA Division I) 1–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 4 Evergreen (1955–1958) 2 Pac-10 regular season (1984, 1985) Football 2 Evergreen (1951–1952)
Awards
Basketball Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award (1998) 2× Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1982, 1984) NABC Coach of the Year (1984)
Records
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1942–1945
Battles / wars	World War II
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1985
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington.

Early years

Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Harshman moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child and graduated from Lake Stevens High School in Lake Stevens, Washington, north of Seattle. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, where he lettered thirteen times in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field and graduated in 1942. Harshman served three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, then returned to PLU to coach. A fullback, he was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the fifteenth round (134th overall) of the 1942 NFL draft.

Collegiate career

While at his alma mater (1945–58), Harshman was also the head football coach from 1951 to 1957, compiling a 27–26–2 (.509) record, and also led the baseball team for the last five seasons. He moved east to Washington State University in Pullman in 1958 to succeed Jack Friel and coached the Cougars for 13 seasons. When Husky head coach Tex Winter left for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1971, Harshman moved across the state to the University of Washington in Seattle. He compiled a 637–444 (.589) overall record. Pressured by the university administration to step down, Harshman involuntarily retired from coaching at age 67 in 1985, following consecutive conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances.

Honors

Harshman was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1982, 1984) and NABC Coach of the Year for Division I basketball (1984).

He was the coach of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, and served on the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1975 to 1981. Harshman was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in April 1985 and was a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pacific Lutheran Lutes (Independent) (1945–1949)
1945–46	Pacific Lutheran	6–14
1946–47	Pacific Lutheran	8–13
1947–48	Pacific Lutheran	17–15
1948–49	Pacific Lutheran	25–7
Pacific Lutheran Lutes (Evergreen Conference) (1949–1958)
1949–50	Pacific Lutheran	19–8	8–6	4th
1950–51	Pacific Lutheran	20–11	10–4	T–2nd
1951–52	Pacific Lutheran	16–10	7–5	3rd
1952–53	Pacific Lutheran	16–10	8–4	T–2nd
1953–54	Pacific Lutheran	18–10	8–4	2nd
1954–55	Pacific Lutheran	17–6	10–2	T–1st
1955–56	Pacific Lutheran	25–6	15–3	1st
1956–57	Pacific Lutheran	28–1	12–0	1st
1957–58	Pacific Lutheran	21–6	12–0	1st
Pacific Lutheran:		236–117	90–28
Washington State Cougars (Pacific Coast Conference) (1958–1969)
1958–59	Washington State	10–16	3–13	T–8th
Washington State Cougars (NCAA independent) (1959–1963)
1959–60	Washington State	13–13
1960–61	Washington State	10–16
1961–62	Washington State	8–18
1962–63	Washington State	5–20
Washington State Cougars (AAWU / Pacific-8 Conference) (1963–1971)
1963–64	Washington State	5–21	2–13	6th
1964–65	Washington State	9–17	6–8	5th
1965–66	Washington State	15–11	6–8	T–4th
1966–67	Washington State	15–11	8–6	2nd
1967–68	Washington State	16–9	8–6	3rd
1968–69	Washington State	18–8	11–3	2nd
1969–70	Washington State	19–7	9–5	2nd
1970–71	Washington State	12–14	2–14	T–8th
Washington State:		155–181	55–76
Washington Huskies (Pacific–8 / 10 Conference) (1971–1985)
1971–72	Washington	20–6	12–5	2nd
1972–73	Washington	16–11	6–8	T–5th
1973–74	Washington	16–10	7–7	4th
1974–75	Washington	16–10	6–8	T–5th
1975–76	Washington	23–5	9–5	3rd	NCAA first round
1976–77	Washington	17–10	8–6	T–3rd
1977–78	Washington	14–13	6–8	T–5th
1978–79	Washington	11–16	6–12	T–8th
1979–80	Washington	18–10	9–9	5th	NIT first round
1980–81	Washington	14–13	8–10	T–5th
1981–82	Washington	19–10	11–7	4th	NIT second round
1982–83	Washington	16–15	7–11	T–6th
1983–84	Washington	24–7	15–3	T–1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1984–85	Washington	22–10	13–5	T–1st	NCAA first round
Washington:		246–146	123–104
Total:		637–444
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Pacific Lutheran (Evergreen Conference) (1951–1957)
1951	Pacific Lutheran	4–3	4–1	T–1st
1952	Pacific Lutheran	5–3–1	5–0–1	1st
1953	Pacific Lutheran	3–6	3–3	4th
1954	Pacific Lutheran	5–3	4–2	3rd
1955	Pacific Lutheran	5–3	5–1	2nd
1956	Pacific Lutheran	3–3–1	3–3	T–3rd
1957	Pacific Lutheran	2–6	1–5	6th
Pacific Lutheran:		27–27–2	25–15–1
Total:		48–13–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

• List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins

External links

• Marv Harshman at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Sports Reference – Marv Harshman
• Greater Northwest Football Association – Marv Harshman
• Seattle Times obituary
• Sports Press Northwest obituary
• Marv Harshman at Find a Grave