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Tuscaloosa Basketball Yearly Summary

Tuscaloosa Black Bears

Tuscaloosa High School

Tuscaloosa, AL
Colors: Red & Black

Season	Games	Class	Area	Championship	Record	Coach
1978-79		4A	8		-
1977-78		4A	8		-	Ben Shurett
1976-77		4A	8		-	Marion Pierson
1975-76		4A	4		-	Tom Tarleton
1974-75		4A	4	Area Champs & Elite 8	22-3	Tom Tarleton
1973-74		4A	4		25-3	Tom Tarleton
1972-73		4A	4		18-6	Tom Tarleton
1971-72		4A	4		-	Tom Tarleton
1970-71		4A	4		19-7	Tom Tarleton
1969-70		4A	4		26-3	Tom Tarleton
1968-69		4A	4		25-4	Tom Tarleton
1967-68		4A	2	Area Champs & Final Four	23-8	Tom Tarleton
1966-67		4A	3	Area Champs & Final Four	29-2	Tom Tarleton
1965-66		4A	3	Area Champs & Elite 8	26-4	Tom Tarleton
1964-65		4A	3	Area Champs & Elite 8	25-5	Tom Tarleton
1963-64		4A	3	Area & State Champs	28-1	Tom Tarleton

1923-1963 District Format
Season	Games	Class	Area	Championship	Record	Coach
1962-63		AA	5	District Champs & Final Four	29-3	Tom Tarleton
1961-62		AA	5	District Champs & Final Four	33-2	Tom Tarleton
1960-61		AA	5	District & State Champs	34-0	Tom Tarleton
1959-60		AA	5		28-5	Tom Tarleton
1958-59		AA	5		23-7	Billy Henderson
1957-58		AA	5	District Champs & Elite 8	21-7	Billy Henderson
1956-57		AA	5		12-15	Billy Henderson
1955-56		AA	5		14-11	Billy Henderson
1954-55		AA	5	District & State Champs	29-3	Billy Henderson
1953-54		AA	5		18-7	Billy Henderson
1952-53		AA	5		23-8	Billy Henderson
1951-52		AA	5		16-11	Billy Henderson
1950-51		AA	5		14-7	Billy Henderson
1949-50		AA	5		24-4	Wheeler Leath
1948-49		AA	5		13-11	Wheeler Leath
1947-48		AA	5		10-8	Wheeler Leath
1946-47		A	5		8-11	Frank Kendall
1945-46		A	5		13-7	Frank Kendall
1944-45		A	5		6-10	Frank Kendall
1943-44		A	5		7-4	Frank Kendall
1942-43		A	5		8-3	Frank Kendall
1941-42		A	5		6-11	Frank Kendall
1940-41		A	5		13-6	Frank Kendall
1939-40		A	5	District Champs	18-4	Frank Kendall
1938-39		A	5		10-8	Hilmon Holley
1937-38		A	5		15-7	Hilmon Holley
1936-37		A	5		18-14	Hilmon Holley
1935-36		A	5		9-11	Hilmon Holley
1934-35		A	5	District & State Champs	19-2	Hilmon Holley
1933-34		A	5		9-6	Hilmon Holley
1932-33		A	5	District Champs & Final Four	14-8	Al Clemens
1931-32		A	5		10-7	Al Clemens
1930-31		A	5		10-4	Al Clemens
1929-30		A	5		-	Paul Burnum
1928-29					-	Paul Burnum
1927-28					11-6	Paul Burnum
1926-27					-
1925-26					-
1924-25					6-3	Harvey Pugh
1923-24					8-3	Matt Clinton
1922-23					5-3	Matt Clinton
1921-22					-	A.L. Dawson
1920-21					-	A.L. Dawson

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