Paul Graham (basketball coach)

American basketball coach (born 1951)

Born (1951-03-11) March 11, 1951 (age 74)
Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.

1974–1982Kimball HS

1982–1988SMU (asst.)

Paul Graham
Biographical details
Born	(1951-03-11) March 11, 1951 (age 74) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	North Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1982	Kimball HS
1982–1988	SMU (asst.)
1990–1992	New Mexico (assistant)
1992–1999	Oklahoma State (assistant)
1999–2003	Washington State
2003–2007	Colorado (assistant)
2007–2011	Georgia State (assistant)
2011	Georgia State (interim HC)
2011–2021	Skyline HS

Paul Graham (born March 11, 1951) is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Washington State University from 1999 to 2003.

From 1992 to 1999, Graham worked under Eddie Sutton as an assistant at Oklahoma State.^[1]

In March 1999, Washington State University hired Graham, giving him his first head coaching position at the college level.^[2] The Cougars struggled while he was their head coach, posting a 31–79 record; the team failed to win 10 games in three of his four seasons. Washington State fired Graham following the 2002–03 season.^[1]

After his firing, Graham joined Colorado as an assistant, staying there through the 2006–07 season.^[3] Graham then took an assistant job at Georgia State under Rod Barnes,^[4] and remained there through the 2010–2011 season.^[5]

In 2011 Graham returned to Dallas, Texas and joined the Skyline High School staff as an assistant coach, and in 2012 as their head coach. During the 2013–14 Season Graham led the Raiders to a share of the 5A Region II District 9 Championship with an 11–3 district record.

Graham retired from coaching following the 2021 season.^[6]

References

1 2 "Another bad season signals end for Washington State's Graham". USA Today. Associated Press. March 10, 2003. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ "Paul Graham is out as Washington State basketball coach". 247Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
↑ "Bio: Paul Graham". University of Colorado at Boulder. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ Associated Press (October 11, 2007). "Former Washington State coach Paul Graham joins staff at Georgia State". Sporting News. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ "Bio: Paul Graham". Georgia State University. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
↑ "Skyline boys basketball coach Paul Graham, who reached a UIL and NCAA Final Four, will retire at the end of the season". Dallas News. February 8, 2021. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

Washington State Cougars men's basketball head coaches

John B. Evans (1901–1903)
James N. Ashmore (1904–1905)
Everett Sweeley (1905–1907)
John R. Bender (1907–1908)
Fred Bohler (1908–1926)
Karl Schlademan (1926–1928)
Jack Friel (1928–1958)
Marv Harshman (1958–1971)
Bob Greenwood (1971–1972)
George Raveling (1972–1983)
Len Stevens (1983–1987)
Kelvin Sampson (1987–1994)
Kevin Eastman (1994–1999)
Paul Graham (1999–2003)
Dick Bennett (2003–2006)
Tony Bennett (2006–2009)
Ken Bone (2009–2014)
Ernie Kent (2014–2019)
Kyle Smith (2019–2024)
David Riley (2024– )

Georgia State Panthers men's basketball head coaches

Stoney Burgess (1963–1964)
Dick Wehr (1964–1967)
Jack Waters (1967–1970)
Frank Davis (1970–1971)
Roger McDowell (1971–1972)
Jack Waters (1972–1977)
Roger Couch (1977–1981)
Jim Jarrett (1981–1983)
Tom Pugliese (1983–1984)
Mark Slonaker # (1984–1985)
Bob Reinhart (1985–1994)
Carter Wilson (1994–1997)
Lefty Driesell (1997–2003)
Michael Perry (2003–2007)
Rod Barnes (2007–2011)
Paul Graham # (2011)
Ron Hunter (2011–2019)
Rob Lanier (2019–2022)
Jonas Hayes (2022– )

# denotes interim head coach.

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