The dual duties, plus extra studies, were second nature to Lancaster, who had served as assistant football and basketball coach at Georgetown College (1932-33) and Paris High School (1933-34), head basketball coach at Bagdad High School (1934-36) and principal and coach at Gleneyrie High School (1936-42) and physical education instructor at UK in 1 942. He was to continue that trend of carrying extra loads, serving as UK's baseball coach for 17 seasons prior to relinquishing the post following the 1965 campaign and teaching a physical education class during the past 18 years.
Basketball was his forte, however, and he became recognized as one of the game's master strategists and designer of offenses and defenses to fit certain situations. In addition to coaching Rupp's freshman teams, he has always been at the side of the "baron" during the heat of battle. In his own right, Lancaster has traveled extensively and received a single honor when he was invited to prepare the Greek National Basketball Team for the 1968 Olympics. A six-week tour in Athens was cancelled when Lancaster was asked to stay home and serve as acting athletics chief of staff.
Traveled To Greece In 1951
Lancaster had traveled to Greece in the summer of 1951 on a special athletic assignment for the U.S. State Department. The mission called for him to act as an advisor to Greek Basketball Federation officials in Olympic procedures and other matters. He also conducted numerous clinics and coaching schools and gave public lectures on the cage sport. During the summer of 1962, he helped Coach Rupp conduct clinics for Army personnel in the Far East Theater and worked with Rupp on the team's Middle East Tour in 1 966 and a clinic in Germany in the summer of 1 967.
It is ironic that Lancaster gained greatest fame in basketball, since he always considered himself a better football player. He was an all-conference halfback for three straight years and captain during his last two seasons at Georgetown College and also played semi-pro ball in Louisville and Cincinnati. His success on the basketball court was equally great, however, as he earned three all-conference nominations and two team captaincies. As a coach, he has guided Kentucky yearlings to 204 victories, against only 57 losses, against formidable competition that included the more elite junior college clubs and top-notch service teams during the past 1 8 seasons. He posted respectable records as a baseball coach and gave the school its winningest seasons in history by posting identical 18-8 marks in 1959-1960.
A native of Paris, Ky., Lancaster attended Paris High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball under Coach Blanton Collier. At Georgetown College, he was president of Kappa Alpha Social Fraternity and the Student Body during his senior year. He is one of four persons named honorary life members by the organization of sports letter winners at the University.
He was married to.the late Mrs. Katherine Louise Wright of Christiansburg. A daughter, Mrs. Dan Spain Jr. and two grandchildren, Kevin, 6, and Dana, 4, live in Rockville, Md.  His father, U. F. Lancaster, resides at Richmond, Ky.
UK RECORD 20-GAME WINNERS
Kentucky lives up completely to its billing as the all-time champion of major college basketball with its run of 14 straight 20-victory seasons beginning in 1945, according to Boston sports authority Bill Mokray. The Wildcats were not permitted to field a team in 1953, but made up for it with a perfect record (25-0) the following season and continued their streak through 1959. Baron Adolph Rupp's warriors also achieved the magic circle with a 20-3 record in 1 933 and posted a 23-3 mark in 1962, 21-6 in 1964, 32-2 in 1965, 22-5 in 1968 and 23-5 in 1969. Only other major teams to boast of as many as ten straight 20-victory campaigns are North Carolina State and Western Kentuckyeach showing 10-year runs.
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