- Enshrined in Missouri, Oklahoma, Helms Foundation and Westminster Alumni Halls of Fame.
- Only coach in history to win two Olympic gold medals (1964-Tokyo, 1968-Mexico City).
- Will forever be remembered as the coach of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team that lost to the Soviet Union in a controversial ending.
- Only person in history to coach three U.S. Olympic teams. *
- NABC President.
- NABC Metropolitan Award (1947).
- His "swinging gate" defense (a man-to-man with team flow) was applauded by many and is still effective in today's game.
- Won or shared Missouri Valley Conference titles 14 times.
- Big 8 Championship (1965).
- National Coach of the Year (1945, 1946).
- NCAA championship runner-up (1949).
- Overall college coaching record: 767-338 (.694).
- He became the first coach to win consecutive NCAA titles (1945, 1946).
- All-Conference (1926, 1927).
- Head coach for Maryville (MO) Teachers College (1929-1933), University of Colorado (1933-1934), and Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State University (1934-1970).
- Enshrined (as a coach )into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.
- Played at Westminster College of Missouri (1923-1927).
- Retired as the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history.
- Recipient of the National Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award in 1976.
- Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame as a special contributor, 1985.
- Inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1961.
- Inducted into the Westminster College (Missouri) Athletic Hall of Fame.
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
- Inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 1997 (inaugural class).
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