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record for consecutive wins in men's basketball for almost 40 years. He led his
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269:Texas men's basketball
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273:1914 and 1915 seasons
252:football game in the
185:Bellmont was born in
162:September 24, 1881 –
372:Southwest Conference
307:Statistics overview
302:Head coaching record
277:Southwest Conference
226:Southwest Conference
136:Head coaching record
33:Biographical details
599:www.utrecsports.org
564:Berry, Margaret C.
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292:E. J. "Doc" Stewart
285:1921 and 1922 teams
258:State Fair of Texas
187:Rochester, New York
51:Rochester, New York
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705:McConnell, Scott.
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1178:Chris Beard
1172:(2015–2021)
1170:Shaka Smart
1164:(1998–2015)
1162:Rick Barnes
1156:(1988–1998)
1154:Tom Penders
1148:(1982–1988)
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831:(1962–1980)
823:(1956–1962)
815:(1937–1956)
807:(1935–1937)
799:(1930–1935)
791:(1913–1929)
482:28–9 (.757)
479:58–9 (.866)
467:28–9 (.757)
464:58–9 (.866)
411:(1921–1922)
327:Postseason
321:Conference
254:Cotton Bowl
1203:Categories
1138:Abe Lemons
1130:Leon Black
730:2008-05-02
663:2008-05-02
629:2008-05-02
604:2015-06-05
575:2015-06-05
542:References
176:basketball
166:1967-12-27
158:1881-09-24
44:1881-09-24
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1098:Jack Gray
1082:Jack Gray
324:Standing
122:1913-1929
99:1921-1922
89:1914-1915
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318:Overall
250:Oklahoma
234:Arkansas
230:Oklahoma
1066:Ed Olle
962:No team
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383:1915
351:Texas
347:1914
334:Texas
315:Team
246:Texas
240:with
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126:Texas
102:Texas
93:Texas
686:ISBN
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446:20–4
425:13–5
391:14–0
355:11–0
281:NCAA
199:YMCA
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58:Died
38:Born
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