Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American
basketball and
baseball player, coach of
American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and
osteopathic physician. Known as the "Father of Basketball Coaching," he served as the head basketball coach at
Baker University (1905–1908), the
University of Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell Institute—now
Haskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), and Warrensburg Teachers College—now the
University of Central Missouri (1912–1919), compiling a career
college basketball record of 746–264. In his 39 seasons at the helm of the
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program, his teams won 24 conference championships and three national titles. The
Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allen's 1921–22 and 1922–23 Kansas teams as national champions. Allen's
1951–52 squad won the
1952 NCAA Tournament and his Jayhawks were runners-up in the NCAA Tournament in
1940 and
1953. His 590 wins are the most of any coach in the storied history of the Kansas basketball program.