Wayne Yates, a Memphis basketball All-America center who later coached the Tigers for five seasons, died Aug. 16 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was 84.

Yates who succeeded Gene Bartow as coach in 1974 at then-Memphis State – led the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in 1976, the program’s first appearance there since reaching the national championship game in 1973.

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Wayne Yates wife

Harriet Ardala “Dala” Harding Yates was the wife of Wayne Yates. The couple was married for more than a decade, and they have four children. Mr. Wayne Yates kept his family life very private, there, there is little information about their life.

Wayne Yates children

Yates was preceded in death by his wife, Harriet Ardala “Dala” Harding Yates, and is survived by his four children, Dawayna Dare Yates Sanders Christman, Wayne Edward Yates, Jr., Kathrin Ellen Yates, and Mary Elizabeth Yates,

Wayne Yates parents

Wayne was born in Longview, Tx to Loys Gilbert Yates and Susan Racheal Webb Yates.

Wayne Yates siblings

There is no information on the internet showing whether he has siblings or was born as the only child.  Yates won 93 games as the head coach of the Tigers in the 1970s and was one of just three former Tigers to both play for and later coach the team.

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