MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
 
JOHN MAYBERRY
  
Residence:  Berkeley, California
Birthday:  September 26
Final Fours Attended: (42) -- 1958-1959, 1962-1965, 1972-1975, 1978-1980, 1982-2010
 Other Notable Sporting Events Attended:  Kentucky Derby 1958; World Series 1976, 1977;
Super Bowl 1987;  U.S. Open Golf Tournament 2010; Pebble Beach Golf Tournament 2006, 2007, 2010.  Summer Olympic Games 1968, 1984, 1988


A graduate of Marshall University, where he lettered in baseball, basketball, cross-country and football, John Mayberry has coached in West Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and California and has been a teacher, coach and counselor for 53 years.  Mayberry won over 300 games as basketball coach at Kennedy High School in La Palma, California and earned the name of "Mr. Kennedy High School".  His 1987-88 hoops team earned a berth in the California State Tournament and John was named League and County "Coach of the Year".  Mayberry has been the Director of Camp Meadowlark with Hall of Fame Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon for nearly 20 years.  Recognized as one of the original "Shot Doctors", he still works camps and clinics.  He has coached basketball, baseball, cross-country football, golf and swimming and was inducted into the Southern California High School Coaches' Hall of Fame, along with being awarded the Hoop Historians Ambassador of Basketball Award in 2007.  In addition to his service through athletics, John is a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War winning recognition with a Combat Infantry Badge and a Bronze Star. Mayberry was the freshman baseball coach at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio as a graduate assistant and was a "bird dog" scout for the Cincinnati Reds for five years.  John is a member of the Hoop Historians Board of Directors and is currently a substitute teacher in Richmond, California.


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John Mayberry NCAA Tournament Game Log      
               
Year  Round Games  Location   Year  Round Games  Location
1956  First / Second Round 4  Philadelphia, PA   1957  First / Second Round 4  Philadelphia, PA
1958  Final Four 4  Louisville, KY   1959  Final Four 4  Louisville, KY
1962  Final Four 4  Louisville, KY   1963  Final Four 4  Louisville, KY
1964  Final Four 4  Kansas City, MO   1965  Final Four 4  Portland, OR
1972  Final Four 4  Los Angeles, CA   1973  Final Four 4  St. Louis, MO
1974  Final Four 4  Greensboro, NC   1975  Final Four 4  San Diego, CA
1978  Final Four 4  St. Louis, MO   1979  Final Four 4  Salt Lake City, UT
1980  Final Four 4  Indianapolis, IN   1981  Final Four 4  Philadelphia, PA
1982  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA   1983  Final Four 3  Albuquerque, NM
1984  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA   1985  Final Four 3  Lexington, KY
1986  Final Four 3  Dallas, TX   1987  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
1988  Final Four 3  Kansas City, MO   1989  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA
1990  Final Four 3  Denver, CO   1991  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
1992  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN   1993  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
1994  Final Four 3  Charlotte, NC   1995  First / Second Round 6  Boise, ID
1995  Regional 3  Oakland, CA   1995  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA
1996  Final Four 3  East Rutherford, NJ   1997  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
1998  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   1999  Final Four 3  St. Petersburg, FL
2000  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   2001  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN
2002  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA   2003  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
2004  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   2005  Final Four 3  St. Louis, MO
2006  Regional 3   Oakland, CA   2006  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
2007  Regional 3  San Jose, CA   2007  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA
2008  First / Second Round 6  Anaheim, CA   2008  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX
2009  Final Four 3  Detroit, MI       2010  Regional 2  San Jose, CA
2010  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN        

Total NCAA Tournament Games:  174



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