“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.”

 Abe Lemons

Abe Lemons (November 21, 1922 – September 2, 2002) was one of the most successful head basketball coaches in Oklahoma history. Lemons grew up in the town of Walters, Oklahoma. He served in World War II in the Pacific and often referred to the pressures of his war experience to put sports pressures into perspective. He joined Oklahoma City University (OCU) as a student in 1947.