Jerry Krause was not only a legendary name in the Inland Northwest but a well-known pioneer throughout the basketball world.
Krause was the head men’s basketball coach for Eastern Washington for 17 seasons from 1967-85, finishing with a 262-195 overall record. He was inducted into their Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
He would later spend 20 years in operations roles at Gonzaga University before being named the Director of Basketball Operations between 2001 and 2015.
As an executive, Krause became the research committee chairperson for the NABC in 1966. While continuing to hold his research chair until the 2010s, he was the rules chair for NCAA basketball in the late 1980s.