Hall of Fame

Harold Blevins

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
  • Arkansas-Pine Bluff
  • Harold Blevins (born October 19, 1943) is an American former collegiate basketball player and coach, most notably associated with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
  • He played at Arkansas–Pine Bluff (then Arkansas AM&N) from 1961 to 1965, earning three consecutive NAIA All-American honors and three First-Team All-SWAC selections.
  • Blevins was selected in the second round of the 1965 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, becoming the first UAPB player drafted to the NBA.
  • After his playing career, which included a stint with the Trenton Colonials and military service in Vietnam, he became head coach of UAPB’s men’s basketball team from 1995 to 2002.
  • He was inducted into the UAPB Hall of Fame in 2004 and the SWAC Hall of Fame in 2005, and his jersey number 50 was retired by the school in 2016.