Jud Heathcote

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George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote is a former college basketball coach. He was a head coach for 24 seasons: five at the University of Montana (1971-76) and 19 at Michigan State University (1976-95).

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He was born May 27, 1927 in Harvey, North Dakota to Marion Grant Heathcote and Fawn (Walsh) Heathcote. Two years after his father died in a diphtheria epidemic of 1930, he was sent to live with his maternal grandparents in Manchester, Washington, where he lived the entire time he grew up.

The stint at Montana was the first for Jud as head coach of a college varsity program. Previously, he had coached at West Valley High School in Spokane, Washington, for 14 seasons, and at Washington State for seven years, five seasons as freshman coach and two seasons as frosh-varsity coach.

In the 1974-75 season at Montana, he lead them to their first Big Sky Conference championship. The Grizzlies advanced to the NCAA regionals, losing to eventual tournament champion UCLA.

In his third season at Michigan State, Heathcote guided the Spartans to the 1979 NCAA Championship. The Spartans, led by Magic Johnson, defeated the Larry Bird-led Indiana State Sycamores in the title game.

In his 19 years at Michigan State, his teams made three National Invitation Tournament and nine NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament appearances.

Autobiography: Jud : A Magical Journey / Jud Heathcote with Jack Ebling ; Publisher Champaign, IL : Sagamore, c1995. ISBN 1571670165.

Preceded by
Lou Rocheleau		 Montana Men's Basketball Head Coach
1971–1976		 Succeeded by
Jim Brandenburg
Preceded by
Gus Ganakas		 Michigan State Men's Head Basketball Coach
1976–1995		 Succeeded by
Tom Izzo


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Bemies • Denman • Brewer • Macklin • Gauthier • Frimodig • Walker • Kobs • VanAlstyne • Kircher • Newell • Anderson • Benington • Ganakas • Heathcote • Izzo

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