In 2021, Wayne Tinkle led the Oregon State men’s basketball team to its first Elite Eight appearance since 1982. (Photo by Jack Dempsey / NCAA Photos)
College basketball runs deep for Wayne Tinkle and his family.
Tinkle, who coached Oregon State to an Elite Eight appearance in the Division I men's basketball tournament in March and will chair the Division I Men's Basketball Ethics Coalition for the next year, was a standout at Montana during his playing days in the 1980s.
He was a three-time all-Big Sky Conference player and ranks fourth in school history in career rebounds and 10th in scoring.