Dick Edwards | |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1930 |
Birth Place: | Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
Death Place: | Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1957–1960 |
Coach Team1: | Yreka HS |
Coach Years2: | 1963–1972 |
Coach Team2: | Pacific (CA) |
Coach Years3: | 1972–1978 |
Coach Team3: | California |
Coach Years4: | 1978–1981 |
Coach Team4: | Eastern Montana |
Overall Record: | 304–182 (college) |
Tournament Record: | 2–4 (NCAA University Division) |
Championships: | 2 Frontier regular season (1979, 1980) |
Awards: | 3× WCAC Coach of the Year (1966, 1967, 1971) |
Dick Edwards (June 21, 1930 – January 31, 1981) was an American basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California, the University of California, Berkeley, and at Eastern Montana College—now known as Montana State University Billings—compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 304–182.[1] Edward was born on June 21, 1930, in Hannibal, Missouri. He died on January 31, 1981, at the age of 50, after suffering an apparent heart attack in Billings, Montana.[2]