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Iba was born in Easton, [[Missouri]] on August 6, 1904. He was a natural athlete and began playing on the town's adult [[baseball]] team, which his father coached, at the age of 14. During his freshman year of high school, the school started a boys basketball team - the court was made from smoothed dirt and the baskets were homemade. Iba and the team gradually improved and by his senior year the team had made it to the third round of the state tournament and he was the leading scorer on the team. | Iba was born in Easton, [[Missouri]] on August 6, 1904. He was a natural athlete and began playing on the town's adult [[baseball]] team, which his father coached, at the age of 14. During his freshman year of high school, the school started a boys basketball team - the court was made from smoothed dirt and the baskets were homemade. Iba and the team gradually improved and by his senior year the team had made it to the third round of the state tournament and he was the leading scorer on the team. | ||
In 1923 he accepted an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Westminster | In 1923 he accepted an athletic scholarship at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. While he was recruited to play basketball, athletes at Westminster were encouraged to participate in other sports programs as well. In addition to basketball, Iba played [[American football|football]], baseball, and [[track and field|track]]. Iba continued to develop as an athlete and by his senior season, Westminster won championships in all four sports, and he was selected to the all-conference team in basketball. | ||
==Olympics== | ==Coaching Career== | ||
===Early career=== | |||
===Oklahoma State University=== | |||
===Olympics=== | |||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
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Henry Payne Iba (August 6, 1904 - January 15, 1993) was an American basketball coach. He coached for 36 years at Oklahoma State University (originally Oklahoma A&M), leading the team to two consecutive NCAA titles in 1945 and 1946. He also coached the USA Olympic basketball team in 1964, 1968, and 1972, winning two gold medals but losing in the controversial 1972 game which saw the Soviet Union win the gold.
Early life
Iba was born in Easton, Missouri on August 6, 1904. He was a natural athlete and began playing on the town's adult baseball team, which his father coached, at the age of 14. During his freshman year of high school, the school started a boys basketball team - the court was made from smoothed dirt and the baskets were homemade. Iba and the team gradually improved and by his senior year the team had made it to the third round of the state tournament and he was the leading scorer on the team.
In 1923 he accepted an athletic scholarship at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. While he was recruited to play basketball, athletes at Westminster were encouraged to participate in other sports programs as well. In addition to basketball, Iba played football, baseball, and track. Iba continued to develop as an athlete and by his senior season, Westminster won championships in all four sports, and he was selected to the all-conference team in basketball.
Coaching Career
Early career
Oklahoma State University
Olympics
Legacy
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