Lafayette Stribling


Lafayette Stribling is a retired basketball coach who coached 55 years at the high school level and college level. Stribling has an overall record of 442-367 at MVSU and Tougaloo College.
Stribling led Mississippi Valley State as a 16 seed to a near upset of number one seed Duke in the 1986 NCAA Tournament before falling 85-78.
During his tenure at Tougaloo, Stribling led the "Super 7" to a 16-2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference record and a 28-5 record overall. Stribling and his Super 7 won the GCAC regular and tournament titles and finished in the "Sweet 16" of the NAIA tournament.