UW Athletic Hall of Fame
John Powless
- Induction:
- 2002
- Served as head coach of two sports at UW, leading the men's basketball team from 1969-76 and the men's tennis squad from 1964-68
- Posted a record of 88-108 (.449) in years on the UW basketball bench
- Led the basketball Badgers to a 16-8 overall mark (8-6 in the Big Ten) in 1974
- Compiled a five-year coaching record in tennis of 52-39 with three first-division Big Ten finishes
- Coached nine NBA draft choices, the most of any coach in school history
- Attained a world tennis ranking of No. 1 for senior players (55 years and older)
- Former color commentator on Badger basketball TV telecasts
- Served as assistant basketball coach at Cincinnati when it won back-to-back NCAA titles
- All-America tennis player at Murray State from 1953-57, he was undefeated in singles matches as a collegian
- Won numerous national and international tennis competitions, including the 1999 U.S. Senior Open singles title
- First U.S. senior player to win five consecutive national clay court doubles titles
- An honorary member of 22 different nation's tennis associations
- Named U.S. "Senior Tennis Player of the Millennium" in 1999
- A 2000 inductee into the United State Tennis Hall of Fame
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