Forrest Twogood (2012) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Forrest Twogood

Induction:
2012

The popular, personable and witty Forrest Twogood, affectionately known to all as “Twogie,” was USC’s men’s basketball coach for 16 years (1951-66) and took three Trojan teams to the NCAA Tournament, including reaching the Final Four in 1954. He posted a 251-179 overall record at Troy, captured three conference titles, had 13 winning seasons and won 20 or more games three times. He played football, basketball and baseball at Iowa, then was a minor league pitcher for six years while spending the off-seasons serving at USC for his former Hawkeye coach, Sam Barry, as the head freshman and assistant varsity basketball and baseball coach. He then coached basketball and baseball at Idaho for five years (1937-41) and at San Francisco in 1942 before serving in the Navy in World War II. After four years selling real estate, he returned to USC in 1949 as an assistant basketball coach for two years before taking over for the deceased Barry. He was president of the National Basketball Coaches Association in 1965. After his coaching career, he became a Trojan assistant athletic director. He was inducted into the Helms Hall College Basketball Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. He died on April 26, 1972, at the age of 64.