T. L. Plain

Truman Layton "T. L." Plain is an American basketball coach. Plain graduated from Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1950, and received his master's degree from Murray State. Plain coached various high school basketball and baseball teams in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana in the 1950s and 1960s[1] From 1959 to 1963 T.L. Plain was the coach of the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers where he coached the team to two NCAA Division II Tournaments. After two years of assistant coaching at University of Louisville Plain became an assistant coach for the University of Kentucky under coach Adolph Rupp.[2] While at Kentucky, he was a part of the 1970 NCAA Runner up team. When Rupp was forced to retire by state law, the choice was down to Joe B. Hall and Plain for the head coaching position. T. L. Plain get the chance at a Division I school with Utah State University. His post coaching career included coordinator of convention sales at the Executive Inn in Evansville, Indiana. Since 2005 he has resided in Owensboro, Kentucky

T. L. Plain
Biographical details
BornSacramento, Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949–1953Breckenridge County HS
1953–1957Henderson City HS
1957–1959Vincennes Lincoln HS
1959–1963Kentucky Wesleyan
1964–1967Vincennes Lincoln HS
1967–1969Louisville (assistant)
1969–1971Kentucky (assistant)
1971–1973Utah State
Head coaching record
Overall91–58 (college)
Tournaments5–2 (NCAA College Division)

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (NCAA College Division independent) (1959–1963)
1959–60 Kentucky Wesleyan 18–11NCAA College Division Third Place
1960–61 Kentucky Wesleyan 15–8NCAA College Division Regional Third Place
1961–62 Kentucky Wesleyan 21–4
1962–63 Kentucky Wesleyan 9–11
Kentucky Wesleyan: 63–34
Utah State Aggies (NCAA University Division independent) (1971–1973)
1971–72 Utah State 12–14
1972–73 Utah State 16–10
Utah State: 28–24
Total:91–58
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References
  1. http://city-high-flash1955-56.tripod.com/id28.html
  2. http://exploreuk.uky.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=ukmbbprog&cc=ukmbbprog&idno=ukmbbprog1970002&q1=T.+L.+Plain&frm=frameset&seq=15
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