Larry Striplin

Larry Striplin
Sport(s) Basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1929-11-11)November 11, 1929
Selma, Alabama
Died January 23, 2012(2012-01-23) (aged 82)
Birmingham, Alabama
Alma mater Spring Hill College (1950)
Birmingham–Southern College (1951)
Peabody College (1952)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1952–1956 Belmont
Baseball
1954–1955 Belmont
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1952–1956 Belmont
Head coaching record
Overall 24–17 (basketball)
?–? (baseball)

Larry D. Striplin, Jr. (November 11, 1929 – January 23, 2012)[1][2] was an American college basketball and baseball coach. He was also an influential figure in the state of Alabama's sports, having served on numerous boards for halls of fame.

Born in Selma, Alabama, Striplin attended Albert G. Parish High School before enrolling at Spring Hill College. After two years, Striplin transferred to Birmingham–Southern College where he excelled on the school's swimming, basketball, and baseball teams.[2] He graduated in 1951, then pursued his Master's in Education at Peabody College (part of Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] Upon graduation, Striplin established the men's basketball program at Belmont State College (now Belmont University) and served as their first head coach.[1] At the same time, he assumed the role of Belmont's athletic director, the first in their history, and Striplin started the baseball program. Like basketball, he served as the first head coach, covering for the 1954 and 1955 seasons.[3] His influence on the athletics program was great, and has been referred to as the "patriarch" of the whole program.[4] Striplin left Belmont, and education altogether, in 1956 to pursue business in Jackson, Tennessee.[1] Eventually, Striplin owned his own glass company and did well for himself.[1][5] In 1975, Striplin joined the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and spent 23 years on the board, 13 of them as chairman.[2] He continued to push for sports history and preservation in Alabama throughout his life. He has been inducted into the State of Alabama Academy of Honor in 1997, was the 1998 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame's Distinguished Sportsman of the Year, and was later inducted himself in 2007.[2] Belmont's Striplin Gym is named in his honor.[4]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Belmont Bruins (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1952–1956)
1952–53 Belmont 7–10
1953–54 Belmont 17–13
1954–55 Belmont 7–11
1955–56 Belmont 16–8
Belmont: 47–42
Total: 47–42 (.528)

Baseball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Belmont Bruins (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (1954–1955)
1954 Belmont 3–8
1955 Belmont ?–?[3]
Belmont: ?–?
Total: ?–?

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Larry D. Striplin, Jr. Obituary". AL.com. The Birmingham News. January 24, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Larry D. Striplin, Jr.". Selma Times-Journal. January 26, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Belmont Bruins Baseball Historical Records" (PDF). Belmont.edu. Belmont University. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Former Belmont Athletic Director Larry Striplin Passes Away". Belmont.edu. Belmont University. January 24, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alabama Academy of Honor". Alabamaa Government. 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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