Doyle Parrack

Doyle Kenneth Parrack was an American professional basketball player and coach, born in Cotton County, Oklahoma, on December 6, 1921, and died on September 5, 2008, at his home in Perkins, Oklahoma, aged 86. He played college basketball at Connors Junior College and at Oklahoma A&M University, where the Aggies under coach Henry Iba won the 1945 NCAA championship, and he played one season of professional basketball for the Chicago Stags of the NBA. His long coaching career began at Oklahoma City University in 1947, where he built a club team into a national power that reached four consecutive NCAA tournaments. He later coached at the University of Oklahoma, assisted Iba at his alma mater, built the Israeli national team in 1972 and led the University of Oklahoma women's program from 1978 to 1980. He was inducted into the Oklahoma City University Sports Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma State University Athletics Hall of Honor.