Cliff Aultman earned 15 letters at Geneva
College in football, basketball, track, and tennis, making him one
of the most versatile athletes in the history of the school. He
played football under Coach Howard Harpster and basketball for
Ken Loeffler. Cliff captained the 1934 and 1935 Geneva cagers,
who beat such eastern powers as City College of New York and Long
Island University. After graduating from Geneva in 1935, he coached
at Avalon High before beginning a 22 year basketball coaching career
at Geneva, where his teams won 291 games and lost 221 against strong
competition. His best teams had a 104-32 record between 1952 and
1957 and played in the NAIA title tournament at Kansas City four times.
Cliff also coached the Indonesian team in the 1958 Asian Games and was a
member of the US Olympic Committee Board of Directors in 1964. He
served as president of the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics in 1963 and 1964 and was elected to its
Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1970. Cliff stepped down as coach in 1971 but continued as
Geneva’s athletic director, tennis coach, and chairman of the
physical education department until his retirement in 1976.
Cliff Aultman earned 15 letters at Geneva
College in football, basketball, track, and tennis, making him one
of the most versatile athletes in the history of the school. He
played football under Coach Howard Harpster and basketball for