WISCONSIN BASKETBALL COACHES 
 
JAMES U. ELbUM          EMMETT D. ANGELL 
1899-1904                1905-1908 
 
HASKEL NOYES 
1908-1911 
 
DR. WALTER MEANWELL 
1912-17, 1921-34 
 
GUY S. LOWMAN 
1918-1920 
 
HAROLD E. FOSTER       JOHN E. ERICKSON 
1935-1959              1960-1968 
 
JOHN D. POWLESS 
1969-1976 
 
WISCONSIN BASKETBALL COACHES CAREER RECORD 
 
ALL GAMES 
YEARS        GAMES       WON        LOST      PCT 
Jam es  C. Elsom  ....................................  6        38     
  24         14       .632 
Em m entt D, Angell .............................. ....  4       57     
  42         15       .741 
Haskell Noyes  ......................................  3         41     
  26         15       .634 
Walter E. Meanwell  .................................  20       346*    
 246         99       .712 
Guy  Lowm an  .......................................  3         53     
  34         19       .559 
Harold  E. Foster  ....................................  25     532     
 265        267       .498 
John  E. Erickson ....................................  9       214     
 100        114       .467 
John  D. Powless ....................................  8        196     
  88        108       .449 
W illiam  L. Cofield  ...................................  6    164     
  63        101       .372 
Steve  Yoder  ................................ .......  7       201     
  86        115       .428 
Totals  ......................... ....... ..........  91       1842     
 974        867       .529 
*Tie game with DePauw in 1925 by 25-25 score in three overtimes. 
CHAMPIONSHIPS WON IN BIG TEN PLAY 
Angell-1907 
Meanwell-1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1923(t), 1924(t), 1929(t) 
Lowman-1918 
Foster-1935, 1941, 1947 
Note: 1941 Wisconsin Big Ten Champions won NCAA title. 
 
BIG TEN 
GAMES        WON       LOST      PCT 
24        19          5      .792 
33        18         15      .545 
238       158        80       .660 
36        19         17      .528 
325       143        182      .440 
126       52         74       .413 
120       42         78      .350 
108       32         76      .296 
126       34         92      .270 
1136      517        619      .455 
 
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1983-PRESENT