{{Short description|American basketball coach and college athletics administrator (1910–1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Wilbur Stalcup | image = Wilbur Stalcup.jpg | alt = | caption = Stalcup, c. 1952 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|2|13}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|4|21|1910|2|13}} | death_place = Columbia, Missouri, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1928–1931 | player_team2 = Northwest Missouri State | player_sport3 = Basketball | player_years4 = 1929–1932 | player_team4 = Northwest Missouri State | player_positions = | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1932 | coach_team2 = Jackson HS (MO) | coach_sport3 = Basketball | coach_years4 = 1932–1933 | coach_team4 = Jackson HS (MO) | coach_years5 = 1933–1943 | coach_team5 = Northwest Missouri State | coach_years6 = 1946–1962 | coach_team6 = Missouri | admin_years1 = 1971–1972 | admin_team1 = Missouri | overall_record = 332–236 (college basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = MIAA regular season (1940) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Wilbur Neil "Sparky" Stalcup''' (February 13, 1910 – April 21, 1972) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—from 1933 to 1943 and at the University of Missouri from 1946 to 1962, compiling a career college basketball record of 332–236. Stalcup was also the athletic director at Missouri from 1971 until his death in 1972.
==Early life and playing career== Stalcup grew up in Oregon, Missouri, where he played for the 1928 team that won the Missouri State High School championship at a time when there were no size divisions for high school basketball. The Oregon team made it to the quarterfinals of the National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at the University of Chicago.<ref>[http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=National_Interscholastic_Basketball_Tournament National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament - hoopedeia.nba.com - Retrieved September 13, 2009]</ref> During the run Oregon did not have a gymnasium and practiced on an outdoor court and occasionally inside a Methodist church. There were only 10 people from the school body of 100 who played.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/71813402/?terms=Oregon%2BMissouri%2BBasketball |title=30 Mar 1928, Page 4 - Sedalia Weekly Democrat at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1928-03-30 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref>
Stalcup attended Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College and played for Henry Iba. He was an Iba's 1932 team member that lost a title game in the Amateur Athletic Union national championship.
==Coaching career== After graduating from Northwest Missouri State in 1932, Stalcup began his coaching career that fall as head coach at Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Wilbur Stalcup Will Be Coach At Jackson High School This Fall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61912008/the-maryville-daily-forum/ |newspaper=The Maryville Forum |location=Maryville, Missouri |date=May 18, 1932 |page=10 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
===Northwest Missouri State=== Following one year at Jackson High School, Stalcup returned to Northwest Missouri State to succeed Iba as head basketball coach.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Maryville Teachers' to Develop Its Own Stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61856318/st-joseph-news-press/ |newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press |location=St. Joseph, Missouri |date=July 11, 1937 |page=12 |access-date=October 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> With a 138–57 record, Stalcup is second only to Iba in won-loss percentage. His only Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association was in 1939–40 when his team was 17–0 in conference play and 20–1 overall. His teams had winning records in eight of his nine seasons.<ref>[http://www.nwmissouri.edu/sports/mensbball/mediaguide/08mbbmg05.pdf NWMSU Men's Basketball Media Guide - 2008]</ref>
===Missouri=== Following a hiatus on basketball during World War II, Stalcup moved to Missouri. He compiled a 194–179 record at Missouri. His team won no conference championships, although they did win two Big Seven Holiday Tournaments. Among his players was Norm Stewart. He had the most wins in the school history until Stewart eclipsed him. He was president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1961–62. He was color commentator on basketball broadcasts after leaving coaching and was the athletic director at the university when he died.<ref>[http://www.mutigers.com/genrel/stalcup_wilbursparky00.html Missouri Hall of Fame Profiles - mutigers.com - Retrieved September 25, 2009]</ref> The Stalcup Room in the Mizzou Arena is named for him.
==Head coaching record== ===College basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Northwest Missouri State Bearcats | conference = Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association | startyear = 1933 | endyear = 1943 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1933–34 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 8–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1934–35 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 10–8 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1935–36 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 11–7 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1936–37 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 13–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1937–38 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 15–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1938–39 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 11–7 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1939–40 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 20–1 | conference = | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1940–41 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 18–5 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1941–42 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 14–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1942–43 | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 18–7 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Northwest Missouri State | overall = 138–57 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Missouri Tigers | conference = Big Six / Big Seven / Big Eight Conference | startyear = 1946 | endyear = 1962 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1946–47 | name = Missouri | overall = 15–10 | conference = 6–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1947–48 | name = Missouri | overall = 14–10 | conference = 7–5 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1948–49 | name = Missouri | overall = 11–13 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1949–50 | name = Missouri | overall = 14–10 | conference = 4–8 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1950–51 | name = Missouri | overall = 16–8 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1951–52 | name = Missouri | overall = 14–10 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1952–53 | name = Missouri | overall = 11–9 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1953–54 | name = Missouri | overall = 11–10 | conference = 6–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1954–55 | name = Missouri | overall = 16–5 | conference = 9–3 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1955–56 | name = Missouri | overall = 15–7 | conference = 8–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1956–57 | name = Missouri | overall = 10–13 | conference = 4–8 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1957–58 | name = Missouri | overall = 9–13 | conference = 3–9 | confstanding = T–6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1958–59 | name = Missouri | overall = 6–19 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1959–60 | name = Missouri | overall = 12–13 | conference = 5–9 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1960–61 | name = Missouri | overall = 11–13 | conference = 7–7 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1961–62 | name = Missouri | overall = 9–16 | conference = 3–11 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Missouri | overall = 194–179 | confrecord = 91–107 }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 332–236 }}
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