1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1940–41 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 80 Pacific Coast Conference PCC 14–15 4–12 Forrest Twogood 5th Walter Price Memorial Gymnasium The 1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1940–41 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho. The Vandals were 14–15 overall and 4–12 in conference play.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qKARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6383%2C2422780 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Washington, Oregon State win final division tilts March 9, 1941 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YuJXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R_UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7017%2C2052016 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Townsend wins scoring championship of Northern Division March 10, 1941 11 This was Twogood's fifth and final year at Idaho; he coached baseball in the spring and then went to San Francisco for a year, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, returned to USC in Los Angeles, and was the Trojans' head basketball coach for sixteen seasons (1950–66). Idaho's athletic department underwent a major overhaul in March 1941 with the hiring of George Greene as athletic director, Francis Schmidt as football coach, and Guy Wicks as basketball and baseball coach.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eJcRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BOQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6721,1111187 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Greene and Wicks named to vacant University of Idaho athletic jobs March 18, 1941 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8deAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1581%2C5710006 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho George Greene named athletic director at 'U' Associated Press March 18, 1941 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GsdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1665,5646400 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Francis Schmidt, formerly of Ohio State, is chosen head football coach at Idaho March 17, 1941 6 References 2 External links Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1940–41 basketball season Gem of the Mountains: 1941 University of Idaho yearbook – 1940–41 basketball season Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1941 editions Category:Idaho Vandals men's basketball seasons Idaho Idaho Idaho