Kansas State University's all-time winningest basketball coach, Jack Hartman was known for taking teams with less talent and consistently beating opposing teams with more during his 16 years from 1971 to 1986. Compiling a 295-169 record at Kansas State, he guided the Wildcats to three Big-Eight regular season championships, two Big-Eight tourney crowns, seven NCAA tourney appearances, one CCA appearance, and one NIT berth. Hartman registered 20 or more wins seven times at K-State. He was the NABC National Coach of the Year in 1981 after leading the 'Cats to upset wins over San Francisco, Illinois and second-ranked Oregon State in the NCAA Regionals. Hartman tutored future pros Mike Evans, Rolando Blackman and Ed Nealy at KSU and Walt Frazier at Southern Illinois. He coached the United States Pan-American team to the 1983 gold medal. In 23 years at the NCAA division I level (the other seven at Southern Illinois where his 1967 squad won the NIT championship), Hartman was 439-233. Add seven years of junior college coaching at Coffeyville (KS) and his incredible record stands at 589-279. His 1962 Coffeyville team finished 32-0 as NJCAA national champs. A native of Shidler, Oklahoma, Hartman was a two-sport star at Oklahoma State, learning the basketball trade from the incomparable Henry Iba and as a football quarterback, he earned All-Missouri Valley honors. He played one year of professional football for Saskatchewan of the CFL, earning all-league honors. He began his coaching career at Plainville (Kansas) High School in 1951