Jack Heron, American college basketball coach (Sacramento State University), died he was 85.

Jack E. Heron was an American basketball coach. He is the winningest coach in Sacramento State University history  died he was 85..

(July 28, 1926 – January 10, 2012) 

Heron, from Worland, Wyoming, played collegiately for Whitman College and Sacramento State. After coaching at the high school level in Shoshoni, Wyoming and Sacramento, Heron joined Everett Shelton staff at Sacramento State.^[1]
Following Shelton's retirement in 1968, Heron was named head coach, where he remained until 1984 (with the exception of the 1978–79 season, which he missed due to illness). Heron amassed a record of 196–258 (.432), making him the school's all time leader in wins.
Heron died on January 10, 2012 in his home in Dubois, Wyoming.^[1]


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