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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1944–1997)}}
Lynn Archibald(September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was the former men's basketballcoach of the University of Utah from1983-1989. Archibald led the Utes to three postseason appearances in a row from1986 to '88. In 1986 he led the Utes to the WAC Championship and a birth in theNCAA tournament before losing to Dean Smith & the North Carolina Tarheelsin the first round.  Archibald was fired after the 1989 season when theUtes underachieved partly due to injuries. The Utes were pre-season top 20 andfailed to make the tournament. Prior to Utah, Archibald was the head coach at Idaho StateUniversity. After his career with Utah, Archibald became anassistant at Arizona StateUniversity from 1989-1994, when he left the program to become anassistant coach, and later, the director of basketball operations for Brigham YoungUniversity. Archibald died on May 28,[1] 1997after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 52.He is Survive by his Wife Anne, Son’s Beau andDamon, Daughter LeeAnne.
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Lynn Archibald
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|9|27}}
| birth_place = [[Logan, Utah]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|28|1944|9|27}}
| death_place = [[Provo, Utah]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]], 1968
| player_years1 = (one year)
| player_team1 = [[Utah State Aggies men's basketball|Utah State]]
| player_years2 = (one year)
| player_team2 = [[El Camino College|El Camino JC]]
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1970–1972
| coach_team1 = [[Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball|Long Beach State]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1972–1973
| coach_team2 = [[Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball|Cal Poly]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1974–1976
| coach_team3 = [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball|UNLV]] (assistant))
| coach_years4 = 1976–1977
| coach_team4 = [[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1977–1982
| coach_team5 = [[Idaho State Bengals men's basketball|Idaho State]]
| coach_years6 = 1982–1983
| coach_team6 = [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1983–1989
| coach_team7 = Utah
| coach_years8 = 1989–1994
| coach_team8 = [[Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball|Arizona State]] (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1994–1996
| coach_team9 = [[BYU Cougars men's basketball|Brigham Young]] (assistant)
| overall_record = {{winning percentage|163|152|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
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'''Lynn J. Archibald''' (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American [[college basketball]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]. He served as head basketball coach at [[Idaho State University]] and the [[University of Utah]].<ref name=awobsof>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gh5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2173%2C7967430|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Call |first=Jeff |title=Archibald won both sides of U.-Y. fence |date=May 29, 1997 |page=D1}}</ref><ref name=srevclm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=em1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1452%2C7047803 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=wire reports |title=Cancer claims Archibald, father of WSU basketball player |date=May 30, 1997 |page=C2}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born in [[Logan, Utah]], Archibald moved to [[Oregon]] and [[California]] with his family and graduated from [[Torrance High School]] in [[Torrance, California]]. He played college basketball at [[Utah State Aggies men's basketball|Utah State]] in Logan as a freshman and at [[El Camino College]] as a sophomore; he completed his bachelor's degree at [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]].<ref name=desobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/563238/Death--Lynn-J-Archibald.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023528/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/563238/Death--Lynn-J-Archibald.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2018<!--https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gh5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3525%2C7999572-->|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=(obituary) |title=Lynn Archibald |date=May 29, 1997|page=D8}}</ref>

== Career ==
Archibald was an assistant coach under [[Jerry Tarkanian]] at [[Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball|Long Beach State]] and [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball|UNLV]], and also had brief stints at {{nowrap|[[Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball|Cal Poly–SLO]]}} and {{nowrap|[[USC Trojans men's basketball|USC]].<ref name=replpimm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P7xNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5521%2C4672466 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Rock |first=Brad |title=Archibald replaces Pimm at Utah |date=April 12, 1983 |page=D1}}</ref>}} As a head coach, he worked at Idaho State in [[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]] for five seasons {{nowrap|(1977–1982),<ref name=isuqui>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uLdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5682%2C4472566 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU's Archibald quits |date=February 27, 1982 |page=1C}}</ref><ref name=dnisqu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rFwzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U4MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7055%2C7929866 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU coach calls it quits |date=February 27, 1982 |page=A6}}</ref><ref name=soupln>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QLxNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5613%2C5008650 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Rock |first=Brad |title=From soup line to U. coach in 1 year |date=April 13, 1983 |page=G1}}</ref>}} and then was an assistant at Utah in [[Salt Lake City]] for a season. When [[Jerry Pimm]] departed for [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball|UC Santa Barbara]],<ref name="replpimm" /> Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years {{nowrap|(1983–1989),}} with a {{winning percentage|98|86|record=y}} {{nowrap|record.<ref name=sercuwa>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2D5TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HYQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6668%2C5644535|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Sorensen |first=Mike |title=The search is underway for Archibald's successor |date=March 14, 1989 |page=D1}}</ref><ref name=integ>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gx5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3369%2C8793688<!-- https://www.deseretnews.com/article/563605/Archibalds-legacy-is-one-of-integrity.html -->|work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Sorensen |first=Mike |title=Archibald's legacy is one of integrity |date=May 31, 1997 |page=D4}}</ref>}}

Succeeded by [[Rick Majerus]] at Utah, Archibald was an assistant at [[Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball|Arizona State University]] {{nowrap|(1989–1994),}} then at [[BYU Cougars men's basketball|Brigham Young University]] in [[Provo, Utah]], and later, the director of basketball operations.<ref name=srhotlfe>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wm1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3699%2C1115042<!-- http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/feb/02/holding-on-to-life-time-is-precious-to-lynn/ -->|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Sando |first=Mike |title=Holding on to life |date=February 2, 1997 |page=C1}}</ref> After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52 {{nowrap|in 1997.<ref name=desobit/>}}

While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiar [[Idaho–Idaho State football rivalry#King Spud Trophy|King Spud Trophy]] for the intrastate series with [[Idaho Vandals men's basketball|Idaho]] should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."<ref name=smorg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rvpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6393%2C3666510 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Van Sickel |first=Charlie |title=Dutch Rub: Today's smorgasbord |date=February 28, 1979 |page=18}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His son [[Beau Archibald|Beau]], who played college basketball at [[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|Washington State]],<ref name=srhotlfe/> and later, at [[Connecticut Huskies men's basketball|Connecticut]], is also a basketball coach.<ref>[http://www.jimcalhouncamp.com/coacharchibald.php Beau Archibald biography at jimcalhouncamp.com] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130814204720/http://www.jimcalhouncamp.com/coacharchibald.php |date=August 14, 2013 }} Retrieved September 11, 2013</ref> Another son, Damon, is currently an assistant at [[Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball|Green Bay]].

Archibald's son-in-law is [[Mark Pope]], who played collegiately at [[Washington Huskies men's basketball|Washington]] and [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]] and became head coach at Kentucky in 2024 after stops at [[Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball|Utah Valley]] and [[BYU Cougars men's basketball|BYU]]; Archibald recruited Pope while an assistant at Arizona State.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Tyler |date=2024-10-23 |title="Our Dream": How Lee Anne Pope helped chart the course for Mark Pope's return to Kentucky |url=https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/lee-anne-pope-mark-pope-wife-kentucky-our-dream/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=On3 |language=en}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Idaho State Bengals men's basketball|Idaho State Bengals]]
| conference = [[Big Sky Conference]]
| startyear = 1977
| endyear = 1982
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1977–78]]
| name = Idaho State
| overall = 16–10
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1978–79]]
| name = Idaho State
| overall = 14–13
| conference = 8–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1979–80]]
| name = Idaho State
| overall = 9–17
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1980–81]]
| name = Idaho State
| overall = 12–14
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1981–82]]
| name = Idaho State
| overall = 14–12
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Idaho State
| overall = {{winning percentage|65|66|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|35|35|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah Utes]]
| conference = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = 1989
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1983–84]]
| name = Utah
| overall = 11–19
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1984–85]]
| name = Utah
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1985–86]]
| name = [[1985–86 Utah Utes men's basketball team|Utah]]
| overall = 20–10
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = T–1st <!-- three-way tie; Wyo was champ, also UTEP -->
| championship = conference
| postseason = [[1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA 1st Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1986–87]]
| name = Utah
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = [[1987 National Invitation Tournament|NIT 1st Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1987–88]]
| name = Utah
| overall = 19–11
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = [[1988 National Invitation Tournament|NIT 1st Round]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1988–89]]
| name = Utah
| overall = 16–17
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Utah
| overall = {{winning percentage|98|66|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winning percentage|50|46|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winning percentage|163|152|record=y}}
}}


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/lynn-archibald-1.html Coaching record @ Sports-Reference.com]
*{{Find a Grave|103362296}}


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Latest revision as of 18:20, 23 November 2024

Lynn Archibald
Biographical details
Born(1944-09-27)September 27, 1944
Logan, Utah, U.S.
DiedMay 28, 1997(1997-05-28) (aged 52)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Alma materFresno State, 1968
Playing career
(one year)Utah State
(one year)El Camino JC
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970–1972Long Beach State (assistant)
1972–1973Cal Poly (assistant)
1974–1976UNLV (assistant))
1976–1977USC (assistant)
1977–1982Idaho State
1982–1983Utah (assistant)
1983–1989Utah
1989–1994Arizona State (assistant)
1994–1996Brigham Young (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall163–152 (.517)

Lynn J. Archibald (September 27, 1944 – May 28, 1997) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head basketball coach at Idaho State University and the University of Utah.[1][2]

Early life

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Born in Logan, Utah, Archibald moved to Oregon and California with his family and graduated from Torrance High School in Torrance, California. He played college basketball at Utah State in Logan as a freshman and at El Camino College as a sophomore; he completed his bachelor's degree at Fresno State.[3]

Career

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Archibald was an assistant coach under Jerry Tarkanian at Long Beach State and UNLV, and also had brief stints at Cal Poly–SLO and USC.[4] As a head coach, he worked at Idaho State in Pocatello for five seasons (1977–1982),[5][6][7] and then was an assistant at Utah in Salt Lake City for a season. When Jerry Pimm departed for UC Santa Barbara,[4] Archibald was promoted and led the Utes for six years (1983–1989), with a 98–86 (.533) record.[8][9]

Succeeded by Rick Majerus at Utah, Archibald was an assistant at Arizona State University (1989–1994), then at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and later, the director of basketball operations.[10] After a long battle with prostate cancer, Archibald died at his Provo home at age 52 in 1997.[3]

While at Idaho State in 1979, Archibald mused that the peculiar King Spud Trophy for the intrastate series with Idaho should be awarded to the loser: "It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. The only good thing that happened last week was losing it."[11]

Personal life

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His son Beau, who played college basketball at Washington State,[10] and later, at Connecticut, is also a basketball coach.[12] Another son, Damon, is currently an assistant at Green Bay.

Archibald's son-in-law is Mark Pope, who played collegiately at Washington and Kentucky and became head coach at Kentucky in 2024 after stops at Utah Valley and BYU; Archibald recruited Pope while an assistant at Arizona State.[13]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (1977–1982)
1977–78 Idaho State 16–10 11–3 2nd
1978–79 Idaho State 14–13 8–6 T–2nd
1979–80 Idaho State 9–17 5–9 T–5th
1980–81 Idaho State 12–14 6–8 4th
1981–82 Idaho State 14–12 5–9 T–6th
Idaho State: 65–66 (.496) 35–35 (.500)
Utah Utes (Western Athletic Conference) (1983–1989)
1983–84 Utah 11–19 4–12 8th
1984–85 Utah 15–16 8–8 6th
1985–86 Utah 20–10 12–4 T–1st NCAA 1st Round
1986–87 Utah 17–13 9–7 5th NIT 1st Round
1987–88 Utah 19–11 11–5 2nd NIT 1st Round
1988–89 Utah 16–17 6–10 6th
Utah: 98–66 (.598) 50–46 (.521)
Total: 163–152 (.517)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ Call, Jeff (May 29, 1997). "Archibald won both sides of U.-Y. fence". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  2. ^ "Cancer claims Archibald, father of WSU basketball player". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire reports. May 30, 1997. p. C2.
  3. ^ a b "Lynn Archibald". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). (obituary). May 29, 1997. p. D8. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Rock, Brad (April 12, 1983). "Archibald replaces Pimm at Utah". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  5. ^ "ISU's Archibald quits". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 27, 1982. p. 1C.
  6. ^ "ISU coach calls it quits". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. February 27, 1982. p. A6.
  7. ^ Rock, Brad (April 13, 1983). "From soup line to U. coach in 1 year". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. G1.
  8. ^ Sorensen, Mike (March 14, 1989). "The search is underway for Archibald's successor". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  9. ^ Sorensen, Mike (May 31, 1997). "Archibald's legacy is one of integrity". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D4.
  10. ^ a b Sando, Mike (February 2, 1997). "Holding on to life". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  11. ^ Van Sickel, Charlie (February 28, 1979). "Dutch Rub: Today's smorgasbord". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 18.
  12. ^ Beau Archibald biography at jimcalhouncamp.com Archived August 14, 2013, at archive.today Retrieved September 11, 2013
  13. ^ Thompson, Tyler (2024-10-23). ""Our Dream": How Lee Anne Pope helped chart the course for Mark Pope's return to Kentucky". On3. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
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