List of Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

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]

Reggie Witherspoon at a postgame press conference
Reggie Witherspoon, the current head coach of the Canisius Golden Griffins.

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.