Shelby Metcalf
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 23, 1930 |
| Died | February 8, 2007 (aged 76) |
| Playing career | |
| 1952–1955 | East Texas State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958–1963 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 1963–1990 | Texas A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 438–306 |
| Tournaments | 7–9 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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As a player: Southwest Conference Championship (1964, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1986) Southwest Conference Tournament Championship (1980, 1987) |
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| Awards | |
| Helms Foundation First Team (1953) Lone Star Conference Second Team (1953) NAIA All-Tournament Second Team (1953) Lone Star Conference Second Team (1954) NAIA Second Team (1954) East Texas State Athletic Hall of Fame (1982) Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1994) Texas A&M Hall of Fame (1998) |
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As a player:
Lone Star Conference Championship (1953, 1954, 1955)
NAIA National Championship (1955)
Shelby Metcalf (December 23, 1930 – February 8, 2007) was the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team for 27 seasons, from 1963 to 1990. He won more games than any other coach in the former Southwest Conference. Achieving success as basketball coach at a university known more for its dedication to its football team, Metcalf endeared himself to Aggie fans for his loyalty to the school and his witticisms. Although his coaching career ended on a bitter note when he was fired in a dispute with A&M athletic director John David Crow in 1990, Metcalf remained loyal to Texas A&M University. He continued to live in the College Station community and supported the Aggie basketball coaches who succeeded him.
Shelby R. Metcalf, Jr. grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attended Tulsa Central High School. He attended A&M Junior College for one year before transferring to East Texas State (now Texas A&M University-Commerce), where he was an All-American guard and led the team to three NAIA national tournaments, twice being named to the all-tournament team. In his senior year in 1955, the team won the NAIA championship; the same year, Metcalf earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at ETSU.
After graduation, Metcalf spent one year as a head coach at Cayuga (Texas) High School, posting a 33-10 record. He then joined the United States Air Force, becoming the Athletic Officer at Sembach Air Base in Germany from 1956 to 1958. As a player and coach, he amassed a 78-17 record and won the All-Germany Championship twice.
Metcalf joined the Texas A&M University men's basketball coaching staff in 1958 as the freshman coach under Bob Rogers, who had previously coached Metcalf at East Texas State University. For the next five years, Metcalf continued in that role, before replacing Rogers as head coach in 1963.
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