Frank Arnold (basketball)

Frank Harold Arnold (born October 1, 1934)[1] is an American retired college basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1975 to 1983 and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1985 to 1987.

For other people named Frank Arnold, see Frank Arnold (disambiguation).
Frank Arnold
Arnold from 1973 UCLA yearbook
Biographical details
Born (1934-10-01) October 1, 1934
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Playing career
1954–1956Idaho State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1956–1958Payette HS (assistant)
1958–1960Brigham Young HS
1960–1962BYU Laboratory HS
1962–1963Oregon (GA)
1963–1964Pocatello HS
1964–1966Clark JC
1966–1971Oregon (assistant)
1971–1975UCLA (assistant)
1975–1983BYU
1985–1987Hawaii
1987–1989Arizona State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall148–139 (college)
30–22 (junior college)
Tournaments3–3 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 WAC regular season (1979, 1980, 1983)

Early life and college playing career

Born in Ogden, Utah, Arnold grew up in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1952. He then attended Idaho State University in Pocatello and lettered on the Idaho State Bengals basketball team from 1954 to 1956.[1][2]

Coaching career

After graduating from Idaho State in 1956, Arnold became an assistant basketball coach at Payette High School in Payette, Idaho in 1956. In 1958, Arnold became head coach at Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah and enrolled in graduate school at the Brigham Young University College of Education, from which he earned a master's degree in education in 1960, then coached at BYU's laboratory school until 1962.[1]

In 1962, Arnold enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Oregon and became a graduate assistant on the Oregon Ducks basketball team. In 1963, Arnold returned to Pocatello High to be head coach. The following year, Arnold moved to Vancouver, Washington to be head coach at Clark Junior College, where he would stay for two seasons until 1966. Arnold then returned to the University of Oregon to be assistant coach under Steve Belko, who coached Arnold at Idaho State.[1]

Arnold joined John Wooden's staff at UCLA in 1971 to replace Denny Crum, who left to take the head coaching position at Louisville.[3]

Arnold was hired to replace BYU coach Glenn Potter in 1975. Prior to coming to BYU, Arnold had been tutored by UCLA legendary coach John Wooden, working as an assistant for the “Wizard of Westwood” during the school's glory years. Arnold was Wooden's assistant coach for three NCAA championships.

Arnold led the Cougars to a 137–94 (.593) record, won three Western Athletic Conference basketball titles and also coached them to three trips to NCAA tournament and another to the NIT. BYU made it to the NCAA final 8 with a team starring future NBA players Danny Ainge, Greg Kite and Fred Roberts. Arnold struggled after the 1981 season and finished coaching at BYU in 1983.

Arnold accepted the head coaching position at the University of Hawaii in 1985 and coached at the school for two seasons and led the Rainbow Warriors to an 11–45 (.244) record. He resigned in 1987 and noted that his lack of success at the school was because "In order to win here you have to have J.C. transfers and that doesn't fit into my recruiting or coaching style". Arnold then was an assistant at Arizona State for two seasons.[4]

Personal life

His son Gib Arnold also became a basketball coach and was most recently head coach at Hawaii from 2010 to 2014.[5]

Head coaching record

Junior college
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Clark Penguins (Northwestern Athletic Conference) (1964–1966)
1964–65 Clark 15–1112–42nd (Western)[6]
1965–66 Clark 15–1111–5T–2nd (Western)[6]
Clark: 30–2223–9
Total:30–22

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
BYU Cougars (Western Athletic Conference) (1975–1983)
1975–76 BYU 12–146–8T–5th
1976–77 BYU 12–154–107th
1977–78 BYU 12–186–8T–4th
1978–79 BYU 20–810–21stNCAA Division I Second Round
1979–80 BYU 24–513–11stNCAA Division I Second Round
1980–81 BYU 25–712–43rdNCAA Division I Elite Eight
1981–82 BYU 17–139–7T–4thNIT First Round
1982–83 BYU 15–1411–5T–1st
BYU: 137–9471–45
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (Western Athletic Conference) (1985–1987)
1985–86 Hawaii 4–241–159th
1986–87 Hawaii 7–212–14T–8th
Hawaii: 11–453–29
Total:148–139

      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
  1. "Head Coach: Frank Arnold" (PDF). BYU 1982–83 Basketball Media Guide. Brigham Young University. 1982. p. 24.
  2. "All-Time Roster- Alphabetical". Idaho State Bengals. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  3. May, Peter (2007), The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985–86 Celtics and the NBA's Greatest Team of All Time, Simon and Schuster, p. 29, ISBN 978-1416552123
  4. Reardon, Dave (October 30, 2000). "Arnold has no hard feelings". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  5. "Gib Arnold Named New Hawai'i Men's Basketball Coach". March 20, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  6. "NWAACC Men's Basketball History" (PDF), 2014 NWAACC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, Northwest Athletic Conference, p. 1, 2014, archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2016
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