List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

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.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1903–1905 1906–1907	J. P. Quinlisk	3	25–10	.714
2	1905–1906	John Schmitt	1	10–7	.588
3	1907–1909	John Mahoney	2	9–5	.643
4	1909–1911 1912–1913 1914–1915	Charles McCabe	4	40–13	.755
–	1911–1912 1913–1914 1915–1916	No record	3	15–11	.577
5	1916–1918	Raymond McDonald	2	14–1	.933
6	1919–1920	Edward C. Miller	1	10–4	.714
7	1920–1921	Mike Sweeney	1	5–4	.556
8	1921–1924 1925–1931	Luke Urban	9	68–49	.581
9	1924–1925 1931–1933	Russell Burt	3	28–12	.700
10	1933–1944	Allie Seelbach	11	104–83	.556
11	1944–1946	Art Powell	2	20–22	.476
12	1946–1948	Earl Brown	2	24–20	.545
13	1948–1953	Joseph Niland	5	72–53	.576
14	1953–1959	Joseph Curran	6	76–66	.535
15	1959–1972	Bob MacKinnon	13	142–163	.466
16	1972–1974	John Morrison	2	27–23	.540
17	1974–1977	Johnny McCarthy	3	28–49	.364
18	1977–1987	Nick Macarchuk	10	149–128	.538
19	1987–1992	Marty Marbach	5	49–94	.343
20	1992–1997	John Beilein	5	89–62	.589
21	1997–2006	Mike MacDonald	9	108–153	.414
22	2006–2012	Tom Parrotta	6	64–121	.346
23	2012–2016	Jim Baron	4	73–61	.545
24	2016–present	Reggie Witherspoon	7	94–112	.456
Totals		24 coaches	117 seasons	1,343–1,326	.503
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

References

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

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[RecordBook-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.

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