George R. Edwards
# George R. Edwards

George R. Edwards (1890 – June 10, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and golf coach and college athletics administrator. He was the fourth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for two seasons, in 1914 and again in 1917, and compiling a record of 4–11. He was the head basketball coach at the University of Missouri from 1926 to 1946. He coached Missouri to a 181–172 record, winning three Big Six Conference championships and one NCAA tournament appearance. He also served as Missouri's athletic director from 1943 to 1945. Edwards grew up in Palmyra, Missouri. He died on June 10, 1972, at the age of 81, Columbia, Missouri. He was inducted into the Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.

## Head coaching record

### College basketball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1926–1928) ||||||
| 1926–27 | Missouri | 9–8 | 6–4 | 3rd | |
| 1927–28 | Missouri | 13–5 | 13–5 | 2nd | |
| Missouri Tigers (Big Six Conference) (1928–1946) ||||||
| 1928–29 | Missouri | 11–7 | 7–3 | 2nd | |
| 1929–30 | Missouri | 15–3 | 8–2 | 1st | |
| 1930–31 | Missouri | 8–9 | 5–5 | T–3rd | |
| 1931–32 | Missouri | 9–9 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |
| 1932–33 | Missouri | 10–8 | 6–4 | 3rd | |
| 1933–34 | Missouri | 10–8 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |
| 1934–35 | Missouri | 9–9 | 8–8 | 3rd | |
| 1935–36 | Missouri | 5–12 | 2–8 | 6th | |
| 1936–37 | Missouri | 7–9 | 2–8 | 5th | |
| 1937–38 | Missouri | 9–9 | 4–6 | T–3rd | |
| 1938–39 | Missouri | 12–9 | 7–3 | T–1st | |
| 1939–40 | Missouri | 13–6 | 8–2 | T–1st | |
| 1940–41 | Missouri | 6–10 | 2–8 | 6th | |
| 1941–42 | Missouri | 6–12 | 2–8 | 6th | |
| 1942–43 | Missouri | 7–10 | 5–5 | T–3rd | |
| 1943–44 | Missouri | 10–9 | 5–5 | T–3rd | NCAA Regional Third Place |
| 1944–45 | Missouri | 8–10 | 5–5 | T–3rd | |
| 1945–46 | Missouri | 6–11 | 3–7 | T–4th | |
| Missouri: | Missouri: | 181–172 (.513) | 110–104 (.514) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 181–172 (.513) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
