Norman Shepard

Norman Westbrook Shepard (August 20, 1897 – August 22, 1977) was a head coach of various college athletics at several American colleges and universities. He is best known for being the only Division I college basketball coach to go undefeated in his first season coaching.: 159 His 1923–24 Tar Heels team finished the season with a 26–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.