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  • A&M coaching icon Metcalf dies at 76

    02/09/2007 8:23:51 AM PST · by TexanByBirth · 7 replies · 287+ views
    Bryan/College Station Eagle ^ | February 9, 2007 | Robert Cessna
    Shelby Metcalf, the winningest basketball coach in Southwest Conference history, died Thursday night at College Station Medical Center after a lengthy undisclosed illness. Metcalf, who was 76, was surrounded by his wife, Janis, and daughter, Shelley, and her husband, Jack Valerius. Metcalf coached the Aggies for 26 1/2 seasons. He won 438 games - 239 of them in SWC play, both league records. Shelby Metcalf was head basketball coach for Texas A&M for 26 1/2 years. Metcalf died at 76. "A&M is going to miss a very good man," said Wally Groff, retired A&M athletics director. "I'll certainly miss a...