University of Tennessee Athletics
Former Vol & Wabash Coach Petty Retires
February 18, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2011
Mac Petty, a fixture in the Wabash College Athletics Department for 35 seasons, has announced his retirement as head basketball coach at the end of the academic calendar year. Wabash will honor the accomplishments of Petty's career at the conclusion of the final regular season home game on Saturday, February 19 versus Oberlin College.
Petty is the winningest coach in Wabash history with a record of 494-387, and has a career win-loss record of 541-415. He began the 2010-11 season 10th in total wins among active Division III men's basketball coaches and ranks 20th on the all-time coaching list.
Petty was a standout baseball and basketball player at Wooster High School in Wooster, Ohio. He signed a basketball scholarship at the University of Tennessee and played for legendary Vols head coach Ray Mears. Petty played for the Vols from 1965-68, earning varsity letters in 1967 and 1968 as well as lettering on the baseball team in 1966 and 1967.
As a standout pitcher, Petty helped the Vols' baseball team to a Southeastern Conference Eastern Division title in 1966 and received a professional offer from the New York Mets.
