Maury John

Maury John

Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1919-06-17)June 17, 1919
Died
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1958	Moberly Area CC
1958–1971	Drake
1971–1974	Iowa State
Head coaching record
Overall	243-156 (.609)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× MVC regular season championship (1969–1971)
Awards
4× MVC Coach of the Year (1964, 1968–1970) USBWA Coach of the Year (1969)

Maurice E. "Maury" John (June 17, 1919 – October 15, 1974) was a college basketball coach at Drake University and Iowa State University. He led Drake University to the 1969 Final Four where they gave powerhouse UCLA a scare, eventually losing by 3 points, then winning the consolation game to claim 3rd place. He became known for his "belly-button" defense.

John is a member of The Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died of cancer on October 15, 1974 at the age of 55. John is also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame. His son is in fact named John E. John. During John's last season at Iowa State his only loss came to the hands of his former team Drake 61-60.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (1958–1971)
1958–59	Drake	9–15	4–10	6th
1959–60	Drake	11–14	4–10	7th
1960–61	Drake	19–7	7–5	T–3rd
1961–62	Drake	16–8	6–6	4th
1962–63	Drake	11–14	3–9	7th
1963–64	Drake	21–7	10–2	T–1st	NIT, Second Round
1964–65	Drake	13–12	6–8	6th
1965–66	Drake	15–10	6–8	T–6th
1966–67	Drake	9–16	4–10	T–7th
1967–68	Drake	18–8	9–7	T–4th
1968–69	Drake	26–5	13–3	T–1st	NCAA, Third Place
1969–70	Drake	22–7	14–2	1st	NCAA, Elite Eight
1970–71	Drake	21-8	9–5	T–1st	NCAA, Elite Eight
Drake:		211–131	95–85
Iowa State (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974)
1971–72	Iowa State	12–14	5–9	6th
1972–73	Iowa State	16–10	7–7	5th
1973–74	Iowa State	4–1	N/A	N/A
Iowa State:		32–25	12–16
Total:		243–156
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