Alva Winfred “Win” Wilfong, a Missouri native, was born on March 18, 1933. He played college basketball at the University of Missouri from 1951 to 1953. In 1955, Wilfong returned to college basketball at the University of Memphis, where he played until 1957. He was selected in the first round of the 1957 NBA draft… Read more »
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Robert Wilhoit
A Clopton graduate, Bob Wilhoit played college basketball at Union University, in Jackson, Tennessee. His coaching career began in Elsberry in the mid-1950’s where he had a very successful tenure. He returned to Clopton for the 1960-61 seaso and, in 11 years, he built a 253-76 record, earning seven conference titles, four regional titles, and… Read more »
Jim Wilkinson
James H. Wilkinson’s coaching career began with an assistant coaching position at his alma mater, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), in 1942. Wilkinson also served stints at the Kansas City YMCA, the R.T. Coles Vocational School and Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where his 1966 squad won a Missouri Class L state title. His teams… Read more »
“Red” Williams
Lorenz C. “Red” Williams was SEMO’s first full-time athletic trainer, serving from 1967 to 1983. Williams worked in that position for 16 years supporting nine men and women’s athletic teams. He mentored and supervised 63 athletic training students during his tenure and was awarded National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) honors for both 20 years and… Read more »
Don Williams
Don Williams spent 28 seasons with the boys’ basketball team at Paris High School beginning in 1958. The boys’ team won more than 60 percent of its games and established a 434-274 record, won 24 tournament championships (with 18 second-place wins), eight conference titles (four second-place, as well), and over 50 trophies. By the time… Read more »
George Wilson
Under his tenure as the Women’s Head Coach at College of the Ozarks, the Lady Bobcats have amassed an impressive 263-61 record. Last season, Coach Wilson picked up his overall 800th career win, and after completing 41 years of coaching, has an impressive record of 822-345. Before coming to College of the Ozarks, Wilson coached… Read more »
James Wilson
James Wilson (Missouri S&T class of 1940) excelled in three sports from 1936-39, serving as captain of the football and basketball teams, as well as participating in track & field and lettering in all three. He was an all-conference selection in football at the end of 1938 and was chosen that season to play in… Read more »
Mike Wilson
Back home, he sometimes played basketball in the old barn on a friend’s family farm in the Bootheel and, in college, his coach brought him along to help scout opponents. Sure enough, the so-called basketball gods made sure to find a spot for Mike Wilson as a high school coach. But they made him earn… Read more »
Davin Winkley
Davin Winkley didn’t know early on basketball would take him places, from near the top of NCAA Division II to across the Atlantic to play professionally. “Some of my earliest memories are from those early league games where teams would press us the entire game and run up the score,” he said. “I don’t think… Read more »
Wayne Winstead
A native of Westboro, Missouri, Wayne Winstead began his coaching career at Sheridan High School. His teams at Sheridan won more than 700 games and took 13 conference championships. He moved to Worth County High School in 1976, where his three year girls basketball record was 56-21. The three winning seasons he produced at Worth… Read more »
Brad Wittenborn
For some coaches, barking orders gets results. For Brad Wittenborn, that was never his style in coaching soccer and basketball at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau. “My philosophy was to treat the athletes with respect and concentrate on what they could do,” Wittenborn said. “I wouldn’t take them out right away if they… Read more »
Dr. Marion Wolf
Born in Strafford, Missouri, Dr. Marion Wolf has played a key role in keeping Missouri athletes healthy. Wolf practiced in the Smtih Glynn Callaway Clinic in Springfield from 1975 to 1997. He has served as the Athletic Team Physician and Orthopedic Consultant for Southwest Missouri State University since 1975. He also served as the Athletic… Read more »
“Skip” Wolfe
Robert “Skip” Wolfe was a guard from 1957-60 under former head coach Bob Vanatta. Wolfe, who grew up in New Haven, Missouri, helped lead the University of Memphis Tigers to some of their greatest basketball moments in school history. He played in 17 games during his freshman year and averaged 10.7 points per game, scoring… Read more »
Jimmy Wright
If you think about it, he is perhaps one of the most trusted folks within Springfield’s rich basketball tradition. After all, for more than four decades, Jimmy Wright has been asked every year to work the shot clock for NCAA Division I basketball games, or handle the scorebook or scoreboard for the city’s most historic… Read more »
Terry Writer
Surrounded by empty seats of Missouri State University’s iconic McDonald Arena, with the mid-afternoon sun pouring through the glass windows, you could find a student sitting quietly and taking mental notes. Terry Writer didn’t want to be anywhere else. Not with basketball practices down on the hardwood, with coaches Bill Thomas and a young Charlie… Read more »
Dr. Mary Jo Wynn
Dr. Wynn retired in 1998 after 41 years at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University), including nearly a quarter century as a senior athletics administrator. A native of Hartville, MO, and 1953 SMS graduate, Wynn organized women’s athletics competition in 1958 with volleyball and tennis teams. She coached volleyball until 1972, guiding the 1969… Read more »