Lafayette Stribling Explained

Lafayette Stribling
Birth Date:1 June 1934
Coach Years1:1983–2005
Coach Team1:Mississippi Valley State
Coach Years2:2005–2012
Coach Team2:Tougaloo
Overall Record:442–367
Tournament Record:0–3 (NCAA)
2–3 (NAIA)
Championships:4 SWAC regular season (1992, 1996, 1997, 2004)
3 SWAC tournament (1986, 1992, 1996)
Awards:SWAC Coach of the Year (1992, 1997, 2004)

Lafayette Stribling (June 1, 1934 – October 30, 2021) was an American basketball coach who coached 55 years at the high school level and college level. Stribling had an overall record of 442–367 at Mississippi Valley State University and Tougaloo College (315–307 at MVSU, 127–60 at Tougaloo).[1]

Stribling led Mississippi Valley State as a 16 seed to a near upset of number one seed Duke in the 1986 NCAA tournament before falling 85–78.[2]

During his tenure at Tougaloo, Stribling led the "Super 7" (because there were only 7 players on the team) to a 16–2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) record and a 28–5 record overall. Stribling and his Super 7 won the GCAC regular and tournament titles and finished in the "Sweet 16" of the NAIA tournament.

Stribling died on October 30, 2021, at the age of 87.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lafayette Stribling . Bryan . Flynn . October 25, 2012 . . October 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180429024456/http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/oct/25/lafayette-stribling/ . April 29, 2018 . live.
  2. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2016-02-17/duke-basketball-1986-blue-devils-set-stage-30-years-success NCAA.com Duke basketball: The 1986 Blue Devils set the stage for 30 years of success
  3. Web site: Rick. Cleveland. Legendary Lafayette ‘Strib’ Stribling leaves a poignant Mississippi story . Mississippi Today. October 31, 2021. October 31, 2021.