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NIU Athletics Hall of Famer John McDougal Passes Away
DEKALB, Ill. – John McDougal, the winningest coach in Northern Illinois University men's basketball history and a 1995 NIU Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on Friday morning (Oct. 28) at the age of 92. McDougal led the Huskies for 10 seasons from 1976-86, guiding NIU to its first NCAA Tournament berth in 1982.
In his first season at NIU, McDougal was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Huskies from a 5-21 overall record in the year prior to his arrival to a 13-14 mark, including 10-6 in league play, in his first season. Matt Hicks was named the MAC Player of the Year, earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American status and Sporting News Special Mention All-America honors during McDougal's first season. Hicks became the first of four Huskies selected in the NBA Draft during McDougal's tenure when he was taken by the San Antonio Spurs in 1977.
Two years later, McDougal mentored Paul Dawkins to an All-America season as he earned Special Mention All-American status from the Sporting News while also being named MAC Player of the Year; Dawkins was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 1979 NBA Draft.
McDougal led NIU to a co-MAC regular season title during the 1980-81 season as the Huskies posted a 17-12 record, 10-6 in league play. One year later, NIU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history by winning the MAC Tournament, going on to face Kansas State in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Dallas, Texas. Allen Rayhorn, a three-time First Team All-MAC honoree and three-time MAC All-Tournament Team selection, joined the ranks of McDougal's All-Americans when he earned AP Honorable Mention All-America honors in 1982; Rayhorn was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1982 NBA Draft.
Tim Dillon also earned All-America honors during McDougal's tenure when he received Associated Press Honorable Mention recognition in both 1982-83 and 1983-84; Dillon was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft.
During the 1985-86 season, McDougal's final year as head coach at NIU, Kenny Battle received AP and Sporting News Honorable Mention All-America honors. Battle was taken by the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft after finishing his collegiate career at Illinois.
In his 10 seasons in DeKalb, McDougal posted a record of 136-141, he mentored five honorable mention All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, two MAC Players of the Year, 11 All-MAC honorees and six members of the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Beloved by his former Huskie players, NIU Athletics Hall of Famer Rodney Davis recalled sitting with McDougal the day he was scheduled to sign his National Letter of Intent to attend NIU.
"I was sitting in my living room with Coach McDougal, David Kaplan (then a NIU assistant basketball coach and now a Chicago sports television personality) and my mom," Davis recollects. "Then my sister came out and explained that I had other schools to look at and that I wasn't going to sign that day. Coach McDougal was very patient and said that we would be in touch."
About a week later, Davis signed his Letter of Intent to play at NIU, but the initial, aborted signing day left Davis and McDougal with a connection that lasted for more than 30 years.
"Here we are, 30-plus years later and he would still ask every time I saw him, 'how is your sister doing?' So that was our inside joke," Davis recalled. "He was very patient, he could have easily turned to the next kid on his list but he didn't, he came back the next week and the rest is history. He gave me that second chance (to sign) and he was just a great guy, until the day he died he would ask about my sister and we would laugh about it."
Originally from Okmulgee, Okla., McDougal moved to Salem, Ill., at the age of 12 and went on to star for the Salem High School football and basketball teams. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, McDougal went on to the University of Evansville (then Evansville College) where he was a three-year letterwinner as a halfback in the late 1940s. He was inducted into the Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.
Following his graduation from Evansville, McDougal served as the head basketball coach at Palestine (1950-54) and Carmi High Schools (1954-64) and as a sophomore coach at Prospect High (1964-65) before spending 11 seasons at West Aurora High School (1965-76), where he compiled a 209-85 record. While at West Aurora, McDougal's Blackhawks won four regional titles, three sectional crowns and finished as state runners-up in 1976. McDougal was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1974
Following his tenure at NIU, McDougal coached again on the high school level at Rockford Lutheran from 1992-95, guiding the Crusaders to a fourth-place state finish in 1994 and a 26-6 mark in the 1994-95 season, his final as head coach. McDougal finished his distinguished high school coaching career with 556 career victories. In 2006, McDougal was named to the Illinois High School Association's "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament" list.
McDougal was preceded in death by his wife, the former Betty Meyers. McDougal is survived by three daughters, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.