About Ed Messbarger
Lived 1932 – 2014 (aged 81). Ed Messbarger was a basketball coach and basketball player.
Edward Joseph Messbarger (July 26, 1932 – June 30, 2014) was an American college basketball coach. Messbarger amassed over 600 wins as head coach at Benedictine Heights College in Tulsa Oklahoma, the University of Dallas, Saint Mary's University, Texas and Angelo State University.
Messbarger coached at St. Mary's University from 1963 to 1978, coaching the Rattlers to four NAIA tournaments (in 1964, 1967, 1974 and 1975) and produced the future NBA player Robert Reid. Moving to Angelo State, Messbarger won 267 games in twenty seasons with the Rams. He led the program to two Lone Star Conference titles and was twice named conference coach of the year before retiring in 1998.
Messbarger died in his home in San Angelo, Texas, on June 30, 2014.
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Who was Ed Messbarger?
American basketball coach
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Ed Messbarger was born on 26 July 1932.
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Ed Messbarger died on 30 June 2014 in San Angelo.
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Ed Messbarger was a basketball coach and basketball player.
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