Hall of Fame
Carl Cole, a two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection, led coach Paul McBrayer’s team to an outright league title in 1958-59 and a share of the hoop crown in 1960-61. While Cole was playing for EKU, the Maroons won 45 and lost 23 as he compiled scoring averages of 12.2 as a sophomore, 18.3 as a junior and 19.3 as a senior. Cole compiled 1,134 career points.
In addition to possessing all the physical qualifications of a great athlete, he carried off honors in mathematics, his major, and in the Reserve Officers Training Corps.
After graduation from Eastern in 1961, he played the 1961-62 seasons with the Phillips’ 66’ers who captured the national AAU championship that season. He also toured the Middle East on an United States State Department sponsored tour in 1961, and provided clinics and played exhibition games in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus and others.
Cole received his master’s degree in economics from UK in 1968.
