List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

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Reggie Witherspoon, the current head coach of the Canisius Golden Griffins. Reggie Witherspoon.jpg
Reggie Witherspoon, the current head coach of the Canisius Golden Griffins.

The following is a list of Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches of the Golden Griffins in their 117-season history. [1]

Canisius' current head coach is Reggie Witherspoon. He was hired as the Golden Griffins' head coach in May 2016, [2] replacing Jim Baron, who retired after the 2015–16 season. [3]

No.TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
11903–1905
1906–1907
J. P. Quinlisk 325–10.714
21905–1906 John Schmitt 110–7.588
31907–1909 John Mahoney 29–5.643
41909–1911
1912–1913
1914–1915
Charles McCabe 440–13.755
1911–1912
1913–1914
1915–1916
No record315–11.577
51916–1918 Raymond McDonald 214–1.933
61919–1920 Edward C. Miller 110–4.714
71920–1921 Mike Sweeney 15–4.556
81921–1924
1925–1931
Luke Urban 968–49.581
91924–1925
1931–1933
Russell Burt 328–12.700
101933–1944 Allie Seelbach 11104–83.556
111944–1946 Art Powell 220–22.476
121946–1948 Earl Brown 224–20.545
131948–1953 Joseph Niland 572–53.576
141953–1959 Joseph Curran 676–66.535
151959–1972 Bob MacKinnon 13142–163.466
161972–1974 John Morrison 227–23.540
171974–1977 Johnny McCarthy 328–49.364
181977–1987 Nick Macarchuk 10149–128.538
191987–1992 Marty Marbach 549–94.343
201992–1997 John Beilein 589–62.589
211997–2006 Mike MacDonald 9108–153.414
222006–2012 Tom Parrotta 664–121.346
232012–2016 Jim Baron 473–61.545
242016–present Reggie Witherspoon 794–112.456
Totals24 coaches117 seasons1,343–1,326.503
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
Source [1]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Canisius Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Canisius Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
    2. Gaughan, Mark (May 28, 2016). "Reggie Witherspoon returns home to become Canisius basketball coach". The Buffalo News . Retrieved February 27, 2023.
    3. McNamara, Kevin (May 20, 2016). "Former URI basketball coach Jim Baron to retire at Canisius" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved February 27, 2023.