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List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

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Reggie Witherspoon at a postgame press conference
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. 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 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

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  1. ^ a b "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.