Walter Skidmore

Walter Skidmore
	Skidmore pictured in Yackety yak 1936, UNC yearbook
Biographical details
Born	November 19, 1903; Kentucky
Died	April 13, 1993 (aged 89); Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1935–1939	North Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	65–25
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1938 - Southern Conference regular season; 1936 - Southern Conference Tournament

Walter Dennis Skidmore (November 19, 1903 – April 13, 1993) was an American basketball coach. he was best known for being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1935 through 1939.[1] Skidmore had a record of 65–25 with the Tar Heels and led his team to win the Southern Conference Tournament in 1936 and Southern Conference regular season championship in 1938.[2] In his last year of coaching, Skidmore coached George Glamack who went on to become a star player at North Carolina.[3] Skidmore took over coaching after Bo Shepard left as head coach due to health problems.[4] Skidmore was a native of Harlan County, Kentucky, and the son of a coal miner. He attended Centre College in Kentucky, graduating in 1926.[5][6] Before becoming the head basketball coach at North Carolina, Skidmore had coached the North Carolina junior varsity and Charlotte High School teams.[7][5][8] He retired from coaching in 1939 and moved to Letcher County, Kentucky. From 1955 to 1970, Skidmore operated the Tar Heel Motel in Clinton, North Carolina.[6] In April 1993, Skidmore died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at age 89.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1935–1939)
1935–36	North Carolina	21–4	13–3	2nd
1936–37	North Carolina	18–5	14–3	2nd
1937–38	North Carolina	16–5	13–3	1st
1938–39	North Carolina	10–11	8–7	7th
North Carolina:		65–25	48–16
Total:		65–25
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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"Skidmore Is Cage Coach". The Christian Science Monitor. November 27, 1935.
Rappoport 2002, p. 18
Powell 2005, p. 29
Powell 2005, p. 27
"Coach Collins Out at North Carolina" (PDF). The New York Times. December 11, 1933.
"Deaths: Walter Skidmore". Harlan Daily Enterprise. April 15, 1993.
Powell 2005, p. 41
"Names of 20 Prospective Coaches to Be Considered at Raleigh" (PDF). The News and Courier. December 20, 1933. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

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