Joe Sexson was an American college basketball

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 coach. He was he men's head coach at Butler University

Butler Bulldogs

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 in Indianapolis

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, Indiana

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 from 1978 to 1989. He previously was the head baseball

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 coach at Purdue University

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 from 1960 to 1977 and an assistant basketball coach at Purdue

Sexson was a graduate of Arsenal Technical High School

Arsenal Technical High School

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 in Indianapolis where he was a star athlete and the 1952 Indiana Mr. Basketball

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. He was also awarded the Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude, after leading Arsenal Tech to a Runner-Up finish in the state basketall tournament. He graduated Purdue where he was a 3-year starter, the team captain and All-Big Ten star on the basketball and baseball teams. When he graduated, he was the leading scorer (he's currently #36 on the all-time scoring list), his 16.6 ppg avg ranks in the Top Ten at Purdue. He was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1956 but chose to enter the high school teaching and coaching ranks but returned to Purdue as an assistant.

He played for Head Coach Ray Eddy and later joined Eddy's staff as an assistant in 1960. He was a part of the staff that led the Boilermakers to the 1974 National Invitational Tournament.

While coaching the Butler Bulldogs, he won one conference titles and was twice named conference coach of the year.