Stu Aberdeen

Stuart Worth Aberdeen (July 19, 1935 – June 11, 1979) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Acadia in Nova Scotia and the head coach at Marshall. At Acadia, Aberdeen had a 122–50 record. He was posthumously inducted into the Acadia Hall of Fame in 1989.^[1]

Stu Aberdeen

Aberdeen as an assistant at Tennessee
Biographical details
Born	(1935-07-19)July 19, 1935 Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1979(1979-06-11) (aged 43) New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Tusculum (1957) Springfield (MA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1966	Acadia
1966–1977	Tennessee (assistant)
1977–1979	Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall	147–81
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
W. P. McGee Trophy (1965)

Aberdeen left Acadia to become an assistant to Ray Mears at Tennessee, where he was the lead recruiter for some of UT’s top players, including future Hall of Fame forward Bernard King.^[2] He left the Volunteers after eleven years, taking the head coaching position at Marshall.^[3] Aberdeen had a record of 25–31 in two seasons at Marshall.^[4] During the 1979 offseason, while vacationing in Florida, Aberdeen died from a heart attack while jogging.^[5][6][7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall Thundering Herd (Southern Conference) (1977–1979)
1977–78	Marshall	14–15	8–5	3rd
1978–79	Marshall	11–16	5–8	5th
Marshall:		25–31 (.446)	13–13 (.500)
Total:		147–81 (.645)