The 9th-winningest basketball program in NCAA history - 1,538 victories - 37 Twenty-win seasons - 31 Postseason Tournament Appearances - 4 Final Fours - 35 All-Americans. In 42 seasons (1922-64) as the head basketball coach at Western Kentucky, Edgar Allen Diddle's teams claimed 32 conference championships; played in 11 postseason tournaments; won 20+ games eighteen different times, (including one stretch of ten years in a row); became the first team from the South to participate in the Olympic Trials; and they won an amazing 759 games! When he stepped down in 1964 Diddle had won more games than any coach in NCAA history and today he still ranks fifth on the all-time list. At the time of his death in 1970 over 100 of Diddle's former players were coaching in the high school, college, or professional ranks. An incredible example of the influence that he had on his beloved players. Presently, at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., visitors can view a display honoring Mr. Diddle, which includes one of the coach's legendary Red Towels, which he developed into a Western tradition. "I'll never leave Western. I like it here. I hope to die here. No amount of money could ever tempt me to leave." (E. A.Diddle 1948)

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