Bob Polk
James Robert Polk (February 28, 1915 – March 18, 1986) was an American basketball coach. Polk coached the Vanderbilt Commodores, the Trinity Tigers, the Saint Louis Billikens and Rice University. He began his college coaching career as an assistant coach a Georgia Tech during World War II. His first coaching job was at his high school alma mater Tell City High, in Tell City, Indiana.
Polk from the 1970 Archive | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 28, 1915 Tell City, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 18, 1986 (aged 70) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1936–1939 | Evansville |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1939–1943 | Tell City HS (assistant) |
| 1943–1947 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| 1947–1961 | Vanderbilt |
| 1965–1969 | Trinity (TX) |
| 1969–1974 | Saint Louis |
| 1974–1977 | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 355–190 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 3–1 (NCAA Division II) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SEC tournament (1951) 2 Southland regular season (1967, 1969) MVC regular season (1971) | |
| Awards | |
| NCAA College Division Coach of the Year (1968) 2× Southland Coach of the Year (1967, 1969) MVC Coach of the Year (1971) | |
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