Presley Askew

Presley Askew

Biographical details
Born	(1909-11-17)November 17, 1909 Le Flore, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	February 7, 1994(1994-02-07) (aged 84) Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Alma mater	Eastern Oklahoma State College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1930–1932	Fanshawe Public School (assistant)
1932-1937	Fanshawe Public School
1937–1942	Red Oak HS
1942–1948	Van Buren HS
1948–1949	Arkansas (assistant)
1949–1952	Arkansas
1952–1953	Connors State
1953–1965	New Mexico A&M / State
Baseball
1957–1965	New Mexico A&M / State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1953–1958	New Mexico A&M
Head coaching record
Overall	169–183 (college basketball) 68–126–3 (college baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 0–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 1 Southwest Conference regular season (1950) 3 Border Conference regular season (1959–1961)

Presley Askew (November 17, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American basketball and baseball coach. Overall Askew won 169 games at New Mexico State and Arkansas and had an overall record of 509–312 in all high school and college coaching.

Coaching career

Born in Red Oak, Oklahoma, Askew played basketball and graduated from Red Oak High School in 1926. He played for and graduated from Eastern Oklahoma State College, and eventually Oklahoma State University in 1930. He began coaching at Fanshawe Public School and became head varsity coach in 1932. In 1937 Askew moved to his hometown Red Oak High School to coach and was there until 1942 when he moved on to Van Buren High School in Arkansas. Askew's teams at Van Buren were very competitive and went to the state championship tournaments.

In 1947 Askew accepted an assistant coaching position at Arkansas and the following year was named the head coach. In his first season he tied for first in the Southwest Conference. The following two seasons were not as good and he was fired. Askew coached at Connors State College the next season before being hired as the head basketball and baseball coach at what was then New Mexico A&M in 1953.

Askew coached New Mexico State for twelve seasons that included three Border Conference championships and two NCAA tournament appearances. He resigned after the 1964–65 season.

Legacy and death

Askew was awarded the NABC Merit and Honor awards in 1977. New Mexico State dedicated their baseball field as Presley Askew Field in 1981 in honor of their former coach.

He died on February 7, 1994, at the age of 84 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Head coaching record

College basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Arkansas Razorbacks (Southwest Conference) (1949–1952)
1949–50	Arkansas	12–12	8–4	T–1st
1950–51	Arkansas	13–11	7–5	4th
1951–52	Arkansas	10–14	4–8	T–6th
Arkansas:		35–37	19–17
New Mexico A&M / State Aggies (Border Conference) (1953–1962)
1953–54	New Mexico A&M	6–12	3–9	T–6th
1954–55	New Mexico A&M	6–13	1–11	7th
1955–56	New Mexico A&M	16–7	7–5	T–2nd
1956–57	New Mexico A&M	6–18	3–7	6th
1957–58	New Mexico A&M	14–9	7–3	2nd
1958–59	New Mexico A&M	17–11	7–3	T–1st	NCAA first round
1959–60	New Mexico A&M	20–7	8–2	1st	NCAA first round
1960–61	New Mexico State	19–5	9–1	T–1st
1961–62	New Mexico State	10–14	3–5	T–3rd
New Mexico State Aggies (NCAA University Division independent) (1963–1965)
1962–63	New Mexico State	4–17
1963–64	New Mexico State	8–15
1964–65	New Mexico State	8–18
New Mexico State:		134–146	48–46
Total:		169–183
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion