Phog Allen

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Phog Allen was a pioneering American basketball coach, often called the "Father of Basketball Coaching," who led the University of Kansas program for decades and helped shape the modern game.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball coach
college basketball coach
human
physician
sports hall of fame inductee
advocatedFor basketball as an Olympic sport
coachedNationalTeam United States men's national basketball team
surface form: United States men's basketball team (Olympic trials and selection influence)
coachOf Baker Wildcats men's basketball team
Haskell Indians men's basketball team
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
surface form: Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1885-11-18
dateOfDeath 1974-09-16
educatedAt University of Missouri–Kansas City
surface form: Kansas City Medical College

University of Kansas
employer Baker University
Haskell Institute
University of Kansas
fullName Forrest Clare Allen
givenName Forrest
hallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1959
hasHonor Allen Fieldhouse named in his honor
influenced development of modern basketball coaching
influencedBy James Naismith
knownFor being called the "Father of Basketball Coaching"
leading the University of Kansas basketball program for decades
pioneering modern basketball coaching techniques
leagueChampionshipsWon multiple conference championships with Kansas
memberOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
memberOfSportsTeam Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
surface form: Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
namedAfter Phog Allen self-linksurface differs
nationalChampionshipsWon NCAA championship with Kansas in 1952
nickname Phog
notableStudent Adolph Rupp
Dean Smith
Dutch Lonborg
F. C. "Phog" Allen coaching tree
John Bunn
Ralph Miller
occupation basketball coach
physician
placeOfBirth Jamesport, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath Lawrence, Kansas
surface form: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
positionHeld head men’s basketball coach at Baker University
head men’s basketball coach at Haskell Institute
head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas
residence Lawrence, Kansas
surface form: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
studentOf James Naismith
yearsActiveAsCoach 1905–1907
1907–1909
1919–1956

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subject surface form: Allen Fieldhouse