Everett F. Shelton was a well-known college

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 men's basketball

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 coach in the 1940s and 1950s. Shelton played quarterback

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 for the Phillips University

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 football

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 team. The Cunningham, Kansas

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 native coached 46 years at the high school, college and AAU

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 levels and compiled an 850-437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the University of Wyoming

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 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, captained by broadcasting legend Curt Gowdy

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, 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 NAIA 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 1982