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Lou Watson
Lou Watson (b. 1924) was the head coach of IU_Men's_Basketball from 1966 through 1971 with a leave of absence in 1970 where Jerry Oliver stepped in as acting head coach. Lou's record was 62-60 (.508). He was a player on Branch McCracken's team. He graduated from Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1943.
He had a team called the Cardiac Kids in 1966-1967 because they had many heart stopping finishes.
He was a 1983 inductee into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
External links
- Watson ‘lucky’ to have coached between two legends at Indiana - Herald Times, November 27, 2006.
- Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee page
- Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame - 1990 Inductees - Lou Watson is at the bottom of the page.
Archie Miller • Tom Crean • Dan Dakich • Kelvin Sampson • Mike Davis • Bobby Knight • Jerry Oliver • Lou Watson • Harry C. Good • Branch McCracken • Everett Dean • Leslie Mann • George W. Lewis • Ewald O. Stiehm • Dana M. Evans • Guy S. Lowman • Allan Willisford • Arthur Berndt • Arthur Powell • James Kase • Oscar Rakle • John Georgen • Robert Harris • Ed Cook • James Sheldon • Zora G. Clevenger • Willis Coval • Phelps Darby • J.H. Horne
