Tony Hinkle

Paul D. Hinkle

• School University of Chicago
• High School Calumet High School

• Born December 19, 1899 in Logansport, IN USA
• Died September 22, 1992

Biographical Information

Tony Hinkle won over 1,000 games as a college coach.

Hinkle played football, basketball and track, but not baseball in college. He was All-America in basketball in 1920. He was athletic director at Butler University for almost 40 years and coached their basketball (560-392), football (165-99-13) and baseball (335-309-5) teams. He coached baseball in 1921-1927, 1933-1941 and 1946-1970. He missed World War II as he was serving in the US Navy. He coached Oral Hildebrand most notably in baseball. In 1929, he led Butler to a national title in basketball. In 1965, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The Butler arena was named the Tony Hinkle Memorial Fieldhouse in his honor; the movie Hoosiers was filmed here. In 2010-2011, Butler made two straight NCAA title games, following the lead of Hinkle's upset-minded 1929 team, but fell short in their bid to duplicate his success.

Sources: New York Times, Wikipedia

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1921	Butler University	4-5
1922	Butler University	11-4
1923	Butler University	3-4
1924	Butler University	13-9
1925	Butler University	14-7
1926	Butler University	9-6
1927	Butler University	3-3
1933	Butler University	3-4
1934	Butler University	3-7-1
1935	Butler University	2-5
1936	Butler University	7-10
1937	Butler University	5-12
1938	Butler University	12-4
1939	Butler University	10-7
1940	Butler University	7-7
1941	Butler University	7-7
1946	Butler University	6-6
1947	Butler University	9-6
1948	Butler University	11-7
1949	Butler University	10-5
1950	Butler University	9-10
1951	Butler University	10-7
1952	Butler University	8-8
1953	Butler University	9-4
1954	Butler University	11-8
1955	Butler University	5-11-1
1956	Butler University	7-9
1957	Butler University	11-5-1
1958	Butler University	9-9
1959	Butler University	10-6
1960	Butler University	6-9
1961	Butler University	5-10
1962	Butler University	9-6
1963	Butler University	11-8
1964	Butler University	7-9
1965	Butler University	9-10
1966	Butler University	6-9
1967	Butler University	9-13	6-6
1968	Butler University	8-10
1969	Butler University	12-5	7-1
1970	Butler University	3-12	1-6