Gene Rhodes
Eugene Stephen Rhodes (September 2, 1927 – March 10, 2018) was an American basketball player and coach.While Rhodes was a player, WKU won the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1949, 1950 and 1951, playing in the National Invitational Tournament in each of those seasons.Rhodes was later head basketball coach at St. Xavier High School, leading that team to the 1958 Kentucky state championship.During the inaugural season of the American Basketball Association the Kentucky Colonels started out with a record of 5–12, which led to the firing of head coach John Givens.During the 1969–70 season the Colonels posted a record of 45 wins and 39 losses, claiming second place in the Eastern Division.