Henry Payne Iba, named "Hank" (born 6 August 1904 in Easton, Missouri, 15 January 1993 in Stillwater, Oklahoma), was an American basketball coach. He is known for his time as a coach of the Oklahoma State University (1934-1970), which led him to the NCAA championships in 1945 and 1946. He was the first coach to win the title. Likewise, Iba was known for his work as a coach of the US Olympiams in 1964 in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico City and 1972 in Munich, where he was the only coach to win two gold medals (1964, 1968). Ibas's total score as a college coach includes 767 victories at 338 defeats. When he returned in 1970, he was the second-strongest coach in college basketball (behind Phog Allen). On April 13, 1969, Iba was admitted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007, he became one of the first coaches to join the FIBA Hall of Fame. Edit source text
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