George R. Edwards

George R. Edwards (1890 – June 10, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He was the fourth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for two seasons, in 1914 and again in 1917, and compiling a record of 4–11.^[1] He was the head basketball coach at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1946. He coached Missouri to a 181–172 record, winning three Big Six Conference championships and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Missouri's athletic director from 1943 to 1945. Edwards grew up in Palmyra, Missouri. He died on June 10, 1972, at the age of 81, Columbia, Missouri. He was inducted into the Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.^[2]

George Edwards

Biographical details
Born	1890
Died	June 10, 1972 (aged 81)
Alma mater	Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1910–1913	Missouri
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914	Kansas Wesleyan
1917	Kansas Wesleyan
Basketball
1916–1917	Kansas Wesleyan
1926–1946	Missouri
Golf
1926–1941	Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1942–1944	Missouri (SID)
1943–1945	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	4–11 (football) 188–178 (basketball)
Tournaments	Basketball 1–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 3 Big Six (1930, 1939, 1940)

Head coaching record

College basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1926–1928)
1926–27	Missouri	9–8	6–4	3rd
1927–28	Missouri	13–5	13–5	2nd
Missouri Tigers (Big Six Conference) (1928–1946)
1928–29	Missouri	11–7	7–3	2nd
1929–30	Missouri	15–3	8–2	1st
1930–31	Missouri	8–9	5–5	T–3rd
1931–32	Missouri	9–9	6–4	T–2nd
1932–33	Missouri	10–8	6–4	3rd
1933–34	Missouri	10–8	6–4	T–2nd
1934–35	Missouri	9–9	8–8	3rd
1935–36	Missouri	5–12	2–8	6th
1936–37	Missouri	7–9	2–8	5th
1937–38	Missouri	9–9	4–6	T–3rd
1938–39	Missouri	12–9	7–3	T–1st
1939–40	Missouri	13–6	8–2	T–1st
1940–41	Missouri	6–10	2–8	6th
1941–42	Missouri	6–12	2–8	6th
1942–43	Missouri	7–10	5–5	T–3rd
1943–44	Missouri	10–9	5–5	T–3rd	NCAA Regional Third Place
1944–45	Missouri	8–10	5–5	T–3rd
1945–46	Missouri	6–11	3–7	T–4th
Missouri:		181–172 (.513)	110–104 (.514)
Total:		181–172 (.513)
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