0111051202 – John
William
This is John W.’s obituary from the Pikeville, Kentucky Appalachian News Express. He died January 3, 1993.
John W. Trivette died Sunday of cancer at
"He was one of the best basketball
coaches ever, but he was demanding," said Gene David, a co-worker of Trivette's. "He redefined the meaning of 100 percent.
He got more out of the kids than anybody."
Trivette coached the Pikeville Panthers from 1944 to 1960, amassing
a 427-126 record. But perhaps his biggest contribution to the game was his use
of his so-called "diamond press."
"That was new to basketball -
period," Brooks Downing, sports information director for the Kentucky High
School Athletics Association, said Monday. "We're under the impression
that that was the first time that anyone did anything but a man-to-man. It was
evolutionary."
During his career, Trivette led his teams to seven regional championships and
14 district titles. The Louisville Courier-Journal named Trivette
coach of the year in 1957, when his team finished third in the state tournament
after being ranked No. 1 much of the season.
Howard Lockhart played for
Pikeville that year and said Trivette was "way
out ahead" of other coaches.
"Of all the coaches I had, I
would have to rate him the best."
Trivette was a member of the KHSAA Sweet 16 and Pikeville High
School Hall of Fame.
He was also a charter inductee of
the Dawahare's KHSAA Hall of Fame in 1988.
Trivette was a graduate of the
A member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Pikeville, Trivette leaves his wife, Justine
Smith Trivette; another son, William Sidney Trivette, of Pikeville; two
daughters, Marilyn May and Patti Rai Blair, both of
Pikeville; a sister, Marjorie Trivette Self of
Funeral services are scheduled
today at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Pikeville. Burial will
follow at
The J.W. Call and Son Funeral Home
of Pikeville is in charge of arrangements.
He was known as “John Bill.”
He was born February 10, 1917.