Stewart Way | |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1911 |
Birth Place: | Wayne County, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Georgetown (KY) |
Coach Years1: | 1966–1969 |
Coach Team1: | Marshall (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1969–1971 |
Coach Team2: | Marshall |
Coach Years3: | 1971–1975 |
Coach Team3: | Marshall (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 25–24[1] |
Warren Stewart Way (January 19, 1911 – May 5, 1980) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach and a longtime assistant at Marshall. While at Marshall, Way was named acting head coach in 1969 after head coach Ellis T. Johnson resigned and Marshall was subsequently suspended from the Mid-American Conference due to alleged recruiting violations. A year later he was named the school's full time head coach.[2] [3]
Way became the associate head coach at Marshall under Carl Tacy in 1971 after Way made the request to athletic director Joe McMullen.[4] Way would remain the associate head coach at Marshall until 1975 when he retired from coaching.[5] Prior to his tenure at Marshall, Way was the head coach at Ceredo-Kenova High School, Scott High School, and Huntington High School in West Virginia.[5]
Way died of cancer on May 5, 1980.[6]