Inductees

An avid athlete, Walt Shublom played minor league baseball and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates farm organization prior to joining the Navy in 1942. After his discharge from Naval service in the Philippines during World War II, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College.

In 1946 he married Lillian Pulliam of Bloomfield and started his teaching career at Bloomfield High School. In 1952, after earning his master’s degree from the University of Kansas, he joined the faculty of Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, as a history teacher and assistant baseball and basketball coach. He was appointed head basketball coach in 1954 and in the subsequent 15 years developed the Wyandotte basketball program to a level of national recognition with ten State Championships, three runners up and a win loss record of 296-26.

Leaving Wyandotte after the 1969 season, he went to the University of Missouri as assistant coach in charge of freshman basketball. He stayed there two years with a combined record of 21 wins and 2 losses, returning to Kansas City, Ks in 1972 as Basketball Coach and Athletic Director for Kansas City Kansas Community College. He retired from coaching in 1982 and as athletic director and assistant to the president in 1985.

During his coaching career, he was in great demand as a speaker at coaching conventions and athletic events throughout the country. He authored three books on basketball coaching and for many years operated the Clinic of Champions coaching clinic. He was a member of National High School Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and was the recipient of many other awards and honors. His most cherished recognition was the 2003 naming of the Wyandotte High School Gymnasium in his honor.