 Shepard circa 1948 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 20, 1897 Marion, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1977 (aged 80) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1928 | Guilford |
| 1929–1935 | Randolph–Macon |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1924 | North Carolina |
| 1928–1929 | Guilford |
| 1929–1936 | Randolph–Macon |
| 1937–1949 | Davidson |
| 1949–1954 | Harvard |
| Baseball | |
| 1940–1944 | Davidson |
| 1955–1968 | Harvard |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1928–1929 | Guilford |
| 1929–1936 | Randolph–Macon |
| 1936–1949 | Davidson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 37–27–9 (football) 323–277 (basketball) 234–154–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Foosball 1 Virginia Conference (1931) 3 Chesapeake (1933–1935) Basketball Helms Athletic Foundation national (1924) Premo-Porretta national (1924) SoCon regular season (1924) SoCon Tournament (1924) | |
Norman Westbrook Shepard (August 20, 1897 – August 22, 1977[1]) was a head coach of various college athletics at several American colleges and universities. He is best known for being the only Division I college basketball coach to go undefeated in his first season coaching.[2]: 159 His 1923–24 Tar Heels team finished the season with a 26–0 record[3] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[4][5]
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- ^ "NCAA stats" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
- ^ "North Carolina Tar Heels season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.