Everett Shelton

Everett Shelton

Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1898-05-12)May 12, 1898 Cunningham, Kansas
Died	Sacramento, California
Alma mater	Phillips University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1939–1959	Wyoming
1959–1968	Sacramento State
Head coaching record
Overall	445–319(.582)
Tournaments	NCAA Div. I: 4–12 (.250)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Champions (1943) NCAA Div. II Runner-up (1962) 8x MSC Champions (1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1980 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Everett F. Shelton (May 12, 1898 – April 16, 1974) was a well-known college men's basketball coach in the 1940s and 1950s. Shelton played quarterback for the Phillips University football team. The Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and AAU levels and compiled an 850–437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the University of Wyoming Cowboys basketball team from 1939 to 1959. While at Wyoming, Shelton had a record of 328 wins and 201 losses for a .620 winning percentage. He guided the Cowboys to eight conference championships and eight NCAA Tournament appearances. During his career, he was President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Accomplishments

Ev's 1943 team at Wyoming won the fifth NCAA national championship. Ev nearly repeated the feat of winning a national championship at Sacramento State College, where his Hornets lost in overtime to Mount St. Mary's in the NCAA Division II championship in the early 1960s.

• Eight Conference Championships with the University of Wyoming: 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958
• Elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference) (1939–1959)
1939–40	Wyoming	6–10	3–9	T–5th
1940–41	Wyoming	14–6	10–2	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1941–42	Wyoming	15–5	9–3	T–2nd
1942–43	Wyoming	31–2	4–0	1st	NCAA Champions
1944–45	Wyoming	10–18	7–5	3rd
1945–46	Wyoming	22–4	10–2	1st
1946–47	Wyoming	22–6	11–1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1947–48	Wyoming	18–9	6–4	T–2nd
1948–49	Wyoming	25–10	15–5	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1949–50	Wyoming	25–11	13–7	T–2nd
1950–51	Wyoming	26–11	13–7	2nd
1951–52	Wyoming	28–7	13–1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1952–53	Wyoming	20–10	12–2	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1953–54	Wyoming	19–9	10–4	2nd
1954–55	Wyoming	17–9	9–5	T–3rd
1955–56	Wyoming	7–19	5–9	T–7th
1956–57	Wyoming	6–19	4–10	7th
1957–58	Wyoming	13–14	10–4	1st	NCAA First Round
1958–59	Wyoming	4–22	1–13	T–7th
Wyoming:		328–201 (.620)	165–93 (.640)
Sacramento State (Far Western Conference) (1959–1968)
1959–60	Sacramento State	10–13	6–4
1960–61	Sacramento State	17–8	8–2
1961–62	Sacramento State	21–10	10–2		NCAA Div. II Runner–up
1962–63	Sacramento State	10–16	4–8
1963–64	Sacramento State	8–18	5–7
1964–65	Sacramento State	10–16	4–8
1965–66	Sacramento State	10–16	6–6
1966–67	Sacramento State	15–11	10–4
1967–68	Sacramento State	16–10	9–5
Sacramento State:		117–118 (.498)	62–46 (.574)
Total:		445–319 (.582)
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