Ex-OSU player Parrack dies

? Doyle Parrack, who played on a national championship basketball team and later coached at three NCAA Div. I schools in Oklahoma, has died.

Parrack, 86, died late Friday in Perkins, said his son.

Parrack started for Oklahoma A&M – now Oklahoma State – when the Cowboys won the 1945 national championship under Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba.

Parrack went on to coach at Oklahoma City University. He later became coach at Oklahoma before returning to his alma mater as Iba’s assistant.