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Robert Duck Dowell

Robert "Duck" Dowell

  • Class
  • Induction
    1980
  • Sport(s)
    Administration, Men's Basketball
Head men's basketball coach for 20 seasons (1948-49 through 1967-68) ... Produced six All-Americans and teams that won four CCAA titles and one WCC championship ... Took teams to NAIA national tournament three straight years from 1950-52 ... After Pepperdine returned to the NCAA level, took the team to the 1962 NCAA Tournament ... Finished with a record of 263-264 and has won more games than any other Pepperdine basketball coach ... Served as the school's athletic director as well from 1955-68, and also taught at the school after he finished coaching ... Firestone Fieldhouse's basketball court is named after him.
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