Chuck Noe

Charles Warren Noe (November 13, 1924 – December 8, 2003) was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster. Noe was credited by former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith with creating the 4-corner "stall" offense for which Smith became famous for utilizing at UNC, during Noe's time as hoops coach at the University of South Carolina.

Chuck Noe

Noe from the 1964 Garnet & Black
Biographical details
Born	(1924-11-13)November 13, 1924 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	December 8, 2003(2003-12-08) (aged 79) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1944–1948	Virginia
Baseball
1946–1948	Virginia
1948	El Paso Texans
1950	Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1948–1949	Virginia (assistant)
1950–1951	Madison County HS
1951–1952	Hopewell HS
1952–1955	VMI
1955–1962	Virginia Tech
1962–1964	South Carolina
1970–1976	VCU
Baseball
1951	Madison County HS
1953–1955	VMI
Football
1950	Madison County HS
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1976	VCU
Head coaching record
Overall	241–160 (college basketball) 24–14 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball SoCon regular season (1960)
Awards
Basketball 2× SoCon Coach of the Year (1956, 1962)

Chuck Noe was a two-sport athlete at the University of Virginia, lettering in both basketball and baseball from 1944 to 1948. Following his collegiate career, Noe played briefly in the Boston Red Sox chain, but his career ended due to a severely dislocated ankle.^[1]

Following the early end of his playing career, Noe turned to coaching. He was first an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of Virginia, in 1948–49. He then coached at the high school level in the state of Virginia—football, basketball, and baseball at Madison County High School in 1950–51 and basketball at Hopewell High School in 1951–52.^[2] Noe got his first college head coaching job in 1952 when he was named head coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Following three years at VMI, Noe moved to the same position at Virginia Tech.

At Virginia Tech, Noe had a successful seven-year stint. His teams went 109–51 and in the 1959–60 season won the Southern Conference regular season championship, beating out West Virginia and star guard Jerry West.^[3] His contributions at Tech earned him a spot in the university's sports hall of fame.

In 1962, Noe moved to South Carolina where he accumulated a record of 15–21 in a year and a half. In 1970, Noe became head basketball coach and athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and led the program to NCAA Division I status. He went 95–42 in six years as head basketball coach at VCU. Following his career as a head coach, Noe became a sports radio host in Richmond, Virginia.^[1]

He died on December 8, 2003, in Richmond.^[4]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1952–1955)
1952–53	VMI	5–19	1–14	15th
1953–54	VMI	11–12	6–7	5th
1954–55	VMI	8–15	4–9	8th
VMI:		24–46	11–30
Virginia Tech Hokies (Southern Conference) (1955–1962)
1955–56	Virginia Tech	14–11	10–7	3rd
1956–57	Virginia Tech	14–8	12–5	3rd
1957–58	Virginia Tech	11–8	10–5	2nd
1958–59	Virginia Tech	16–5	10–2	2nd
1959–60	Virginia Tech	20–6	12–1	1st
1960–61	Virginia Tech	15–7	12–3	2nd
1961–62	Virginia Tech	19–6	9–3	2nd
Virginia Tech:		109–51	75–26
South Carolina Gamecocks (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1962–1964)
1962–63	South Carolina	9–15	4–10	T–6th
1963–64	South Carolina	6–6	3–3	4th
South Carolina:		15–21	7–13
VCU Rams (Independent) (1970–1976)
1970–71	VCU	15–9
1971–72	VCU	15–4
1972–73	VCU	15–5
1973–74	VCU	17–7
1974–75	VCU	17–8
1975–76	VCU	16–9
VCU:		95–42
Total:		243–160
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

References

1. Chuck Noe Continues To Be Vital To UVa, accessed April 29, 2011
2. "Noe Will Coach Hopewell High". The News Leader. Staunton, Virginia. Associated Press. August 29, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved September 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
3. Six named to Tech Hall of Fame, accessed April 29, 2011
4. AP Reports (December 11, 2003). "Chuck Noe, 79, college basketball coach". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 29, 2011.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Chuck Noe at Find a Grave