From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Davey Whitney
Davey Whitney
Davey Whitney his first collegiate job at coaching the Texas Southern
University Tigers in 1964. He didn’t fare well during his
Sport(s) College Basketball five years there. In 1969 he moved on to Alcorn State
Current position University, which had the reputation as a football school
in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Title Heach Coach
Whitney was instrumental in making the Alcorn State
Biographical details men’s basketball program a force in the SWAC during
the 1970s through 1990s, winning 10 conference titles. He
Born January 8, 1930 (1930-01-08)
led the Braves to the 1979 National Invitational Tourna-
Place of birth Midway, Kentucky, USA ment and upset Mississippi State University in the first
Playing career round In 1980, Alcorn State became the first HBCU to win
a game in the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Champi-
1949–1953 Kentucky State University onship Tournament, defeating University of South Alaba-
Coaching career (HC unless noted) ma in the first round. During his time at Alcorn, Whitney
earned the nickname, ’Wiz’.
1964–1969 Texas Southern University By the end of his career at Alcorn, Whitney has set
1969–1989, 1996–2003 Alcorn State University
many records, and set himself to be the second win-
ningest coach in HBCU college basketball behind the late
Head coaching record Clarence ’Big House’ Gaines, who coached at Winston-
Overall 566–356 Salem State University. The Davey Whitney Complex, a
7,000-seat multi-purpose arena built in 1975, is home to
Accomplishments and honors the Alcorn State University Braves basketball team, was
Championships named after Coach Whitney.
He has been inducted into the National Collegiate
12 SWAC Championships
Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2010
References
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basketball coach at Texas Southern University from 1964 • http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=13509035
to 1969 and Alcorn State University from 1969 to 1989 Persondata
and 1996 to 2003. He amassed a total record of 566 wins
Name Whitney, Davey
and 356 losses in 33 years of coaching at these institu-
tions. Alternative
names
Early life Short descrip-
tion
American basketball player and
coach
Whitley was born in Midway, Kentucky. He attended
Date of birth January 8, 1930
Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, grad-
uating in 1953. After college, Whitney started out playing Place of birth Midway, Kentucky
in the Negro American League for two years before start- Date of death
ing career in coaching. Place of death
Coaching career
Whitney started out coaching high school basketball in
his home state in the early 1960s before moving on to
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