Jim McGregor | |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1921 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | USC |
Coach Years1: | 1946–1948 |
Coach Team1: | Benson HS |
Coach Years2: | 1948–1950 |
Coach Team2: | USC (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1950–1953 |
Coach Team3: | Whitworth |
Coach Years4: | 1954–1956 |
Coach Team4: | Italy National Team |
Coach Years5: | 1956 |
Coach Team5: | Greece National Team |
Coach Years6: | 1957 |
Coach Team6: | Turkey National Team |
Coach Years7: | 1958 |
Coach Team7: | Austria National Team |
Coach Years8: | 1959 |
Coach Team8: | Sweden National Team |
Coach Years9: | 1960 |
Coach Team9: | Turkey National Team |
Coach Years10: | 1961–1963 |
Coach Team10: | Peru National Team |
Coach Years11: | 1965–1966 |
Coach Team11: | New Mexico State |
Coaching Records: | Inland Empire Coach of the Year (1952) |
Jim McGregor (December 30, 1921 – July 30, 2013) was the head men's basketball coach at Whitworth College (1950–53), and New Mexico State (1965–66). He also coached many international teams including Italy (1954–56), Greece, Turkey (1960, for the Olympics), Sweden, Austria, Peru, Morocco, Central Africa, Colombia, and a number of league European league teams. McGregor graduated from Grant High School in Portland, Oregon. He served in the Marines during World War 2. He was also pioneer in promoting American basketball to European teams by taking players that had not been drafted by the NBA and playing exhibition games against European teams. Many players from these teams were signed to contracts to play in Europe - far before this became a commonplace. McGregor received fees when these players signed contracts - and thus an early agent in international basketball. McGregor was inducted into the Grant High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. McGregor died on July 30, 2013.