List of Drexel Dragons men's basketball head coaches

The men's college basketball program of the Drexel University was founded in 1894 and is known competitively as the Drexel Dragons. The team has had 26 head coaches in its history, and they have made 4 appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, including a first round victory in 1996.[1] Sam Cozen won 213 career games as head coach between 1952 and 1968, the second most in the school's history behind Bruiser Flint.

Bruiser Flint held the head coach position from the 2001 season through the 2015 season.

In 2013, Bruiser Flint won his 214th regular season game as the Dragon's head coach, achieving in the program's history the distinction of its winningest head coach.[2]


Coaches

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Years Duration of head coaching career at Drexel
Won Number of games won at Drexel
Lost Number of games lost at Drexel
% Percentage of games won at Drexel
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
Statistics updated through 2020–21 season
Head Coach Years Won Lost %
John Gray 1894–1895 7 2 .778
F. Knight 1895–1896 0 1 .000
No team 1896–1900 0 0
No coach 1900–1905 5 15 .250
Walter S. Brokaw 1905-1907 21 7 .750
F. Bennett 1908-1908 7 10 .412
G. Doughty 1908-1909 1 2 .333
No coach 1909-1910 2 7 .222
Frank Griffin 1910–1913 15 15 .500
No coach 1913–1914 2 0 1.000
E.L. Lucas 1914-1917 15 14 .517
No coach 1917–1918 0 2 .000
James Barrett 1918-1920 12 10 .545
William McAvoy 1920-1922 12 14 .462
Harvey O'Brien 1922-1925 16 21 .432
Ernest Lange 1925-1927 11 19 .367
Walter Halas 1927–1934 52 78 .400
Ernest Lange 1934–1940 30 63 .323
Lawrence Mains 1940-1943 26 17 .605
Maury McMains 1943-1944 3 2 .600
John Marino 1944–1945 2 11 .154
John McNally 1945-1946 2 14 .125
Ralph Chase 1946-1949 26 26 .500
Harold Kollar 1949-1952 25 27 .481
Samuel Cozen 1952-1968 213 94 .694
Robert Morgan 1967-1968 2 7 .222
Frank Szymanski 1968–1971 26 39 .400
Ray Haesler 1971–1977 80 60 .571
Eddie Burke 1977-1991 205 189 .520
Bill Herrion 1991–1999 167 71 .702
Steve Seymour 1999–2001 28 29 .491
Bruiser Flint 2001–2016 245 217 .530
Zach Spiker 2016–Present 61 89 .407
TOTAL 114 Seasons 1,319 1,172 .530

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Drexel Dragons Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Drexel Athletic Department. 2013. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Drexel Dragons Men's Basketball Record Book". 2013. p. 11.