normjoann.JPG When Mizzou men’s and women’s basketball were powerhouses in the Big 8, Norm Stewart and Joann Rutherford stormed the sidelines.  Rutherford, Mizzou’s most winningest coach for any women’s program with 422 career wins coached for 23 years and won 4 Big 8 titles.  Stewart, whom Mizzou Arena’s court is named after, coached 32 years and amassed 634 wins with 8 Big 8 titles.

They joined five others as the 2007 class in the Mizzou Hall of Fame.  All of the inductees were enshrined Friday night in Columbia and honored at halftime of the MU-K-State game

Name                          Sport                                                   Hometown

Dianne Berg                 Volleyball (1983-85)                            Moose Lake, Mn.

Christian Cantwell         Track & Field (2000-03)                      Eldon, Mo.

Conrad Goode             Football (1980-83)                               St. Louis, Mo.

Charles Henke              Men’s Basketball (1959-61)                 Malta Bend, Mo.

Jake Jacobson              Gymnastics Coach (1979-99)               Des Moines, Iowa

Joann Rutherford          Women’s B- Coach  (1976-98)            Pittsburg, Kan.

 Norm Stewart              Men’s Basketball Coach (1967-99)      Shelbyville, Mo.



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