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Marv Harshman

Marv Harshman
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1917-10-04)October 4, 1917
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Died April 12, 2013(2013-04-12) (aged 95)
Tacoma, Washington
Playing career
1938–1942 Pacific Lutheran
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1957 Pacific Lutheran
Basketball
1945–1958 Pacific Lutheran
1958–1971 Washington State
1971–1985 Washington
Baseball
1954–1958 Pacific Lutheran
Head coaching record
Overall 27–28–2 (football)
637–444 (basketball)
32–60 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
Pac-10 regular season (1984, 1985)
Awards
Basketball
Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1982, 1984)
NABC Coach of the Year (1984)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1985
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2006

Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington.

Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Harshman moved to the Pacific Northwest as a child and graduated from Lake Stevens High School in Lake Stevens, Washington. He attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, where he lettered 13 times in four sports and graduated in 1942. Harshman served three years in the United States Navy during World War II, then returned to PLU to coach. He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the fifteenth round of the 1942 NFL Draft.

While at his alma mater of Pacific Lutheran (1945–58), Harshman was also the head football coach from 1951 to 1957, compiling a 27––-2 (.509) record. He moved to Washington State University in Pullman in 1958 to succeed Jack Friel and coached the Cougars for 13 seasons. When Husky head coach Tex Winter left for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1971, Harshman moved across the state to the University of Washington in Seattle. He compiled a 637–444 (.589) collegiate record. Pressured by the university administration to step down, Harshman involuntarily retired from coaching at age 67 in 1985, following consecutive conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances.


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