Hugh Durham
Hugh Durham
Full Name:  Hugh Nelson Durham
   School:  Eastern High School in Louisville, Kentucky

Awards:  2016 College Basketball Hall of Fame

Retired Jersey:  25 - 2007

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FSU Career
Basketball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
56-57 25  G       5-11 165  So   *   Louisville, KY              
57-58 25  G       5-11 160  Jr   *   Louisville, KY              
58-59 25  G       5-11 160  Sr   *   Louisville, KY              
Coaches & Administrators

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Conference Awards
Basketball
Year  Award
1978  Metro Conference - Coach of the Year


All-American Awards
Basketball
Year  Award
1959  Helms Foundation - All-American - Honorable Mention
      United Press International - All-American - Honorable Mention


Member of the FSU Hall of Fame
Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1980
Hugh Durham led the Seminole basketball teams of the late 1950s and later coached FSU to the national title game in 1972. As a player from 1956-1959, Durham scored 1,281 points and averaged 18.9 a game. Twenty-five years later, he was still on the school's top ten lists for scoring average, total points and free throw percentage. His 43 points against Stetson still ranked second in school history in the year 2000. In his senior year, Durham was named honorable mention All-American. After a term as Bud kennedy's assistant at FSU, Durham became head coach in 1966 and posted a record of 230-95 from 1966-78. He led three teams to the NCAA Tournament including the 1971-72 squad that advanced to the national title game against John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins.



FSU Statistics
Basketball
                                 --3 Point---                            ----REBOUNDS-----
Year  GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  PCT  FGM FGA  PCT  FTM FTA  PCT  PTS  AVG    OFF DEF  TOT  AVG  PF DQ  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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56-57 26          177  438 .404          .000  155 213 .728  509 19.6             116  4.5  53                       
57-58 24          122  377 .324          .000  124 154 .805  368 15.3              95  4.0  51  1                    
58-59 23          171  415 .412          .000  162 201 .806  504 21.9              86  3.7  57                       
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Tot   73   0    0 470 1230 .382    0   0 .000  441 568 .776 1381 18.9      0   0  297  4.1 161  1    0    0    0    0
Basketball
Game Statistics
1956-57                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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Dec  1 Duquesne             1            6                  0   1   12                                        
Dec  3 Steubenville, Col of 1            3                  0        6                                        
Dec  4 West Virginia        1            5                  2       12                                        
Dec  8 Bradley              1            9                  8       26                                        
Dec 10 Florida              1            7                  4   5   18                                        
Dec 13 Texas A&M            1            7                  5  10   19                                        
Dec 15 East Tennessee State 1            0                  6   7    6                                        
Jan  1 Georgia              1            5                  0   1   10                                        
Jan  2 Morehead State       1            6                  1   3   13                   2                    
Jan  3 Furman               1           13                  5   6   31                   2                    
Jan 10 North Carolina State 1            4                  0   1    8                   1                    
Jan 12 Miami                1            6                  7  10   19                   4                    
Jan 14 Stetson              1            7                  1   2   15                   0                    
Jan 19 Stetson              1           14                 15  22   43                                        
Jan 21 Georgia              1            9                 15  17   33                   3                    
Feb  2 Tampa                1           13                  7  10   33                   4                    
Feb  4 Rollins College      1           10                 12  12   32                   3                    
Feb  5 Florida Southern Col 1            5                  8  13   18                   0                    
Feb 11 Florida Southern Col 1            9                  5   7   23                   2                    
Feb 16 Rollins College      1            9                  9  11   27                                        
Feb 18 Mississippi Southern 1            8                  7  11   23                   1                    
Feb 20 Loyola-New Orleans   1            3                 16  21   22                   5                    
Feb 23 Miami                1            7                  4   6   18                   1                    
Feb 25 Tampa                1            5                 10  11   20                   2                    
Mar  1 Centenary College    1            5                  4   6   14                   3                    
Mar  2 Loyola-New Orleans   1            2                  4   4    8                   1                    
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Totals                     26   0    0 177    0    0   0  155 197  509      0   0    0  34    0    0    0    0

1957-58                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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Dec  2 Tennessee Tech       1            3                  4   5   10                   3                    
Dec  7 Murray State         1            8                 14  14   30              11   1                    
Dec  9 Tennessee            1            8                  9  11   25                   2                    
Dec 11 Florida              1            5                  6   9   16                   3                    
Dec 14 Furman               1            0                  0   1    0                   1                    
Dec 17 Loyola-New Orleans   1            2                  0   0    4                   1                    
Jan  1 Citadel              1            5                  4   5   14                   2                    
Jan  2 Georgia              1            1                 15  20   17                   0                    
Jan  6 Loyola-New Orleans   1            6                  8  10   20                   2                    
Jan  9 Tampa                1            6                  2   2   14                   2                    
Jan 13 Memphis State        1            3                  4   5   10                   4                    
Jan 16 Stetson              1            4                  8   9   16                   4                    
Jan 18 Miami                1            8                  4   6   20                                        
Jan 31 West Virginia        1            5                  7   8   17                   1                    
Feb  1 Marshall             1            4                  1   1    9                                        
Feb  3 Ohio                 1            9                  3   3   21                   2                    
Feb  4 Xavier               1            7                 11  12   25                                        
Feb  7 Army                 1            7                  0   0   14                   4                    
Feb 12 Oklahoma City        1   g        5                  5   8   15                   1                    
Feb 13 Rollins College      1            4                  5   5   13                   1                    
Feb 18 Memphis State        1            5                  8  11   18                   1                    
Feb 22 Miami                1   g        2                  1   3    5                                        
Feb 24 Tampa                1            6                  1   1   13                   3                    
Mar  3 Georgia              1            9                  4   5   22                   3                    
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Totals                     24   2    0 122    0    0   0  124 154  368      0   0   11  41    0    0    0    0

1958-59                                          3 Point                  --REBOUNDS--
Date  Opponent             GP  GS  Min FGM  FGA  FGM FGA  FTM FTA  PTS    OFF DEF  TOT  PF  AST   TO  BLK  STL
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Dec  1 Kentucky             1            8   21            14  15   30                   2                    
Dec  6 Furman               1            6                 11  11   23                                        
Dec  9 Spring Hill College  1           11   24             5   8   27                   2                    
Dec 11 Wake Forest          1            6                  5   5   17                   4                    
Dec 13 Florida              1            6                  6   7   18                   1                    
Dec 17 Auburn               1            8   22            10  11   26                   3                    
Dec 19 Miami                1            8   21             0   3   16                   4                    
Dec 20 Georgia              1            6                  0   2   12                   3                    
Dec 27 Louisiana State      1           11                  9  12   31                   0                    
Dec 29 Auburn               1           11   28             4   5   26                   3                    
Jan  6 Mississippi Southern 1            8                 11  13   27                   3                    
Jan 13 Memphis State        1            7                  7  12   21                   2                    
Jan 17 Miami                1            9   21            11  15   29                   1                    
Jan 19 Georgia              1           12   20            12  13   36                   2                    
Jan 31 Oklahoma City        1            5   15            10  10   20                   2                    
Feb  2 Centenary College    1            1    5             1   6    3                   4                    
Feb  7 Loyola-New Orleans   1            2   13             4   5    8                   2                    
Feb  9 Murray State         1            7   16             2   4   16                   2                    
Feb 10 Memphis State        1            9                  7  10   25                   1                    
Feb 16 Oklahoma City        1            8   21             2   3   18                   3                    
Feb 21 Stetson              1            7                 10  10   24                   4                    
Feb 23 Rollins College      1            8   12            12  13   28                   2                    
Feb 28 Miami                1            7   21             9   9   23                   3                    
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Totals                     23   0    0 171  260    0   0  162 202  504      0   0    0  53    0    0    0    0