Wayne Tinkle (2021) - Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame - University of Montana Athletics

Wayne Tinkle

Induction:
2021
Class:
1989

AS A PLAYER: •A three-time All-Big Sky pick.
• Was the team's Carl Dragstedt Award (MVP) winner in 1988 and 1989.
• Ranked fourth in school history in career rebounds with 836 and tenth in career points with 1,500 as of 2021.
• Led UM in rebounding three years in '87, '88, and '89, and in scoring in '88 and '89.
• Played professionally for 12 seasons (1990-2001) in Sweden, Spain, Italy, and Greece and was an All-Star in the CBA.
• He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Montana in health and human performance in 2005.

AS HEAD COACH: • Served as UM's head basketball coach for eight seasons (2006-2014).
• In that time went 158-91 and posted four 20-win seasons, with his 158 wins stacking up as the second-most in school history.
• Was the only coach to take Montana to the NCAA tourney three times (2010, 12, and 13) at the time of his induction.
• As head coach at Oregon State, lead the Beavers to the Pac-12 tournament championship and the NCAA Elite 8 in 2021 after being picked last in the preseason Pac-12 poll.
• Married to the former Lisa McLeod, who was a standout basketball player at Montana and was inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. They have two daughters, Joslyn and Elle, and one son, Tres.
• Joslyn played in three basketball Final Fours during her four-year career at Stanford and recently joined the coaching staff of Montana's Lady Griz. Elle played basketball at Gonzaga and helped lead the Bulldogs to the Sweet 16 in 2015. Tres played at Oregon State and became the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,233 points.