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Louis Menze

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Sport(s)
  
Basketball

Tournaments
  
NCAA: 1-1 (.500)

1928-1947
  
Iowa State

Name
  
Louis Menze

1945-1958
  
Iowa State

Role
  
Basketball Coach

Overall
  
166–153 (.520)


Died
  
October 7, 1982, Ames, Iowa, United States

Louis Edmond Menze (June 28, 1894 – October 7, 1982) was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Iowa State from 1928 to 1947. He coached Iowa State to a 166-153 record, winning four Big Six Conference championships and made the 1944 Final Four in one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Iowa State's athletic director from 1945 to 1958. He was inducted into the Iowa State athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.

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