| Hugh Durham |
Full Name: Hugh Nelson Durham School: Eastern High School in Louisville, Kentucky |
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 56-57 25 G 5-11 165 So * Louisville, KY 57-58 25 G 5-11 160 Jr * Louisville, KY 58-59 25 G 5-11 160 Sr * Louisville, KY 59-60 Freshman Basketball Coach 60-61 Assistant Basketball Coach 61-62 Assistant Basketball Coach 62-63 Assistant Basketball Coach 63-64 Assistant Basketball Coach 64-65 Assistant Basketball Coach 65-66 Assistant Basketball Coach 66-67 Basketball Coach 67-68 Basketball Coach 68-69 Basketball Coach 69-70 Basketball Coach 70-71 Basketball Coach 71-72 Basketball Coach 72-73 Basketball Coach 73-74 Basketball Coach 74-75 Basketball Coach 75-76 Basketball Coach 76-77 Basketball Coach 77-78 Basketball Coach |
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| Awards |
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Year Award
1959 Helms Foundation - All-American - Honorable Mention
United Press International - All-American - Honorable Mention
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| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1980 |
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Hugh Durham led the Seminole basketball teams of the late 1950s and later coached FSU to the national title game in 1972. As a player from 1956-1959, Durham scored 1,281 points and averaged 18.9 a
game. Twenty-five years later, he was still on the school's top ten lists for scoring average, total points and free throw percentage. His 43 points against Stetson still ranked second in school
history in the year 2000. In his senior year, Durham was named honorable mention All-American. After a term as Bud kennedy's assistant at FSU, Durham became head coach in 1966 and posted a record of
230-95 from 1966-78. He led three teams to the NCAA Tournament including the 1971-72 squad that advanced to the national title game against John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins.
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| FSU Statistics |
| Basketball |
--3 Point--- ----REBOUNDS-----
Year GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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56-57 26 177 438 .404 .000 155 213 .728 509 19.6 116 4.5 53
57-58 24 122 377 .324 .000 124 154 .805 368 15.3 95 4.0 51 1
58-59 23 171 415 .412 .000 162 201 .806 504 21.9 86 3.7 57
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Tot 73 0 0 470 1230 .382 0 0 .000 441 568 .776 1381 18.9 0 0 297 4.1 161 1 0 0 0 0
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