Editing James Naismith (section)

==Head-coaching record==
===Basketball===
[[File: James Naismith at Springfield College circa 1920.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Naismith as University of Kansas athletics director, c. 1920]]

In 1898, Naismith became the first basketball coach of [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|University of Kansas]]. He compiled a record of 55–60 and is the only losing coach in Kansas history.<ref name=kurecord/> Naismith is at the beginning of a massive and prestigious coaching tree, as he coached [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] coach [[Phog Allen]], who himself coached Hall of Fame coaches [[Dean Smith]], [[Adolph Rupp]], and [[Ralph Miller]] who all coached future coaches as well.<ref name=kshs/>

In addition to Allen, Naismith also can be seen as a mentor and therefore beginning for the coaching tree branches of [[John McLendon]] who wasn't permitted to play at Kansas but was close to Naismith during his time as an athletic director.<ref name="Breaking1">{{cite book |title=Breaking Through: John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer |last=Katz |first=Milton S. |year=2010 |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |location=Fayetteville, Arkansas |isbn=978-1557289513 |page=2 }}</ref> [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], was primarily a [[American football|football]] coach, but he did play basketball for Naismith in Springfield, coached a year of basketball at [[Chicago Maroons men's basketball|Chicago]] and had several football players who also coached basketball such as [[Jesse Harper]], [[Mysterious Walker|Fred Walker]] and [[Tony Hinkle]].<ref name="Sumner 2021 53"/>

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1898
 | endyear    = 1907
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1898–99 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1898–99]]
 | name         = [[1898–99 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1899–1900 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1899–00]]
 | name         = [[1899–1900 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 3–4
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1900–01 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1900–01]]
 | name         = [[1900–01 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 4–8
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1901–02 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1901–02]]
 | name         = [[1901–02 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 5–7
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1902–03 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1902–03]]
 | name         = [[1902–03 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 7–8
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1903–04]]
 | name         = [[1903–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 5–8
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1904–05 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1904–05]]
 | name         = [[1904–05 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1905–06 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States|1905–06]]
 | name         = [[1905–06 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 12–7
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | season       = [[1906–07 IAAUS men's basketball season|1906–07]]
 | name         = [[1906–07 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 7–8
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 55–60 ({{Winning percentage|55|60}})
 | legend  = no
}}