Elwood Plummer

Elwood Overton Plummer (October 22, 1944 – October 24, 2023) was an American basketball coach and player. He served as the head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers from 1973 to 1979, and 1990 to 2002.

Playing career Plummer was born in San Antonio, Texas, and attended Wheatley High School. He played on the school's basketball team and averaged 28 points per game as a senior. Plummer served as the head coach of the Huston–Tillotson University men's basketball team from 1979 to 1988. He was the associate athletic director of Huston–Tillotson from 1988 to 1990.

Plummer returned to Prairie View A&M in April 1990 but the university discontinued its basketball program one month later. The Panthers had an 0–28 record during the 1991–92 season that established an NCAA Division I record for most losses in a season. Plummer experienced his greatest success with the Panthers during the 1997–98 season as the team won its first SWAC tournament title and appeared in the 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

On March 10, 2002, Plummer and his coaching staff were dismissed by Prairie View A&M.

Plummer was inducted into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Personal life Plummer married twice and had a daughter.

Plummer died on October 24, 2023, at the age of 79 in San Antonio, Texas.