About Joe Ramsey
Joe Ramsey was an American basketball player.
Joe Ramsey (born January 3, 1943) is an American former college basketball player and coach. Ramsey attended Southern Illinois University and played on the school's basketball team. He was later inducted in the Saluki Hall of Fame. The Baltimore Bullets selected Ramsey with the 96th selection in the 1965 NBA draft. He was the head basketball coach at Oklahoma, from 1973 to 1975. He took over the program after recently hired head coach Les Lane died of a heart attack. In 1975, Oklahoma fired Ramsey after a 31–21 record. He later became the head coach at Millikin, from 1975 to 1996, where the Big Blue made two NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament appearances won two College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships. While at Millikin he also coached golf. He later coached Blackburn, from 1998 to 2003. In his final season the Beavers won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. Ramsey was named the conference's coach of the year. He has a head coaching record of 383–335.
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college basketball player (1965–1965)
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