He played basketball there under his father, Henry Iba, the Hall of Fame coach who developed the motion offense.
This achievement was depicted in the film Glory Road and Iba was portrayed on screen by Evan Jones.
Iba was, however, let go after a 6–20 season in 1969–70 and never got to coach them on a collegiate level, but left his mark on the program when Gene Bartow took those recruits and went to the NCAA championship game in 1973.
He was named acting head coach when Joe Cipriano became ill with cancer.
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