Phog Allen

Phog Allen

Biographical details
Born	(1885-11-18)November 18, 1885 Jamesport, Missouri, U.S.
Died	September 16, 1974(1974-09-16) (aged 88) Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Kansas Central College of Osteopathy (D.O.)
Playing career
Basketball
1905–1907	Kansas
Baseball
1906–1907	Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1905–1908	Baker
1907–1909	Kansas
1908–1909	Haskell
1912–1919	Warrensburg Teachers
1919–1956	Kansas
Football
1912–1917	Warrensburg Teachers
1920	Kansas
Baseball
1941–1942	Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1912–1919	Warrensburg Teachers
1919–1937	Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall	34–19–3 (football) 746–264 (basketball) 6–17–1 (baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 10–3 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 2 Helms Athletic Foundation national (1922, 1923) NCAA tournament (1952) 2 MIAA (1913, 1914) 24 MVIAA/Big 6/Big 7/Big 8 (1908, 1909, 1922–1927, 1931–1934, 1936–1938, 1940–1943, 1946, 1950, 1952–1954) Football 4 MIAA (1912–1915)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medal record Assistant for  United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Assistant coach

Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen, D.O. (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American basketball coach and physician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching,"^[1] he served as the head basketball coach at Baker University (1905–1908), the University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell Institute—now Haskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), and Warrensburg Teachers College—now the University of Central Missouri (1912–1919), compiling a career college basketball record of 746–264. In his 39 seasons at the helm of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program, his teams won 24 conference championships^[2] and three national titles.^[3]

The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allen's 1921–22 and 1922–23 Kansas teams as national champions. Allen's 1951–52 squad won the 1952 NCAA tournament and his Jayhawks were runners-up in the NCAA Tournament in 1940 and 1953. His 590 wins are the most of any coach in the history of the storied Kansas basketball program.

Allen attended the University of Kansas, having already acquired the nickname "Phog" for the distinctive foghorn voice he had as a baseball umpire. At KU, Allen was a member of the esteemed Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. ^[4]

He lettered in baseball and basketball, the latter under James Naismith, the inventor of the game. Allen served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College from 1912 to 1917 and at Kansas for one season in 1920, amassing a career college football record of 34–19–3. He also coached baseball at Kansas for two seasons, in 1941 and 1942, tallying a mark of 6–17–1, and was the university's athletic director from 1919 to 1937.

Allen was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the inaugural class of 1959.^[3]The home basketball arena at the University of Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse, was named in his honor when it opened in 1955. His final season at Kansas was the first full season the Jayhawks played at Allen Fieldhouse.

In addition to coaching basketball, baseball, and American football, he was a college athletics administrator and physician.