AHJ_ah400071 Inventory of the Jimmy Ray Brandenburg oral history, 2015 Brandenburg (Jimmy Ray) oral history Processed by Jamie J. Greene University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2016

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene April 2016 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Brandenburg, Jimmy Ray, 1935- Jimmy Ray Brandenburg oral history 2015 400071 1.27 GB University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Jim Brandenburg was a University of Wyoming men's basketball coach from 1978-1987. Collection contains an oral history with Brandenburg regarding his career at the University of Wyoming. Biography of Jimmy Ray Brandenburg

Jimmy Ray “Jim” Brandenburg, born December 10, 1935, was an American college basketball coach. Brandenburg played basketball at Colorado State from 1953-1958. He started his coaching career as a high school basketball coach in 1958. In 1970 he started coaching men’s college basketball at the University of Montana as an assistant coach, then in 1976 he moved up to the head coach position. In 1978 Brandenburg came to the University of Wyoming to coach men’s basketball until 1987 when he went to San Diego State University, where he retired from coaching in 1992.

While at the University of Wyoming he had a combined career record of 254-213. He led his teams to two NCAA tournament appearances including the Sweet 16 round in 1987, and he led his team to the NIT championship game in 1986. During his tenure, he oversaw the construction of the Arena Auditorium that replaced War Memorial Fieldhouse. He coached numerous players who went on to have post college careers including Charles Bradley, Chris Engler, Fennis Dembo, and Eric Leckner. Brandenburg is currently the third winningest coach in the history of Wyoming Cowboys basketball and was inducted into the Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame in September 2000.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains an oral history interview with Jim Brandenburg conducted by John Waggener, Archivist at the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center and Bill Schrage, friend of Brandenburg on September 4, 2015 at the American Heritage Center. Brandenburg discusses his coaching career at the University of Wyoming.

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There are no known other archival collections created by Jimmy Ray Brandenburg at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

This material was received from Jim Brandenburg in September 2015.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in April 2016.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms University of Wyoming -- Basketball Basketball -- Wyoming Basketball players -- Wyoming> Basketball coaches -- Wyoming Basketball -- Coaching Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999 <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Colleges and Universities Wyoming Social Life and Customs Sports and Recreation Container List Digitalahcdm_400071_001Oral history: Jim Brandenburg discusses his time as the coach of the University of Wyoming men’s basketball teamSeptember 4, 2015