Canisius Golden Griffins basketball history
Canisius College (Buffalo, NY)
Koessler Athletic Center
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Current head coach: Jim Christian (2024-)
- Asst: Bill Wuczynski (2024-)
- Asst: Herschel Jenkins (2024-)
- Asst: Kevin Zabo (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 3 (1955, 1956, 1957)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1996)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 6-4
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1963)
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1944, 1963, 1985, 1994, 1995)
- NIT Overall Record: 5-6
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2018)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-1
- CIT Appearances: 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- CIT Overall Record: 4-4
Conference Titles (WNY3, America East, MAAC):
- MAAC Regular Season Championships: 2 (1994, 2018)
- America East Regular Season Championships: 1 (1985)
- Western NY3 Regular Season Championships: 5 (1947, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1957)
- MAAC Tournament Championships: 0
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Larry Fogle, 1974)
- MAAC Player of the Year: 4 (last = Jermaine Crumpton, 2018)
Canisius head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Jim Christian | 2024-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Witherspoon | 2016-24 | 108-130 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Baron | 2012-16 | 73-61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Parrotta | 2006-12 | 64-121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MacDonald | 1997-2006 | 108-153 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Beilein | 1992-97 | 89-62 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marty Marbach | 1987-92 | 49-94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Macarchuk | 1977-87 | 149-128 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John McCarthy | 1974-77 | 28-49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Morrison | 1972-74 | 27-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob MacKinnon | 1959-72 | 142-163 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Curran | 1953-59 | 76-66 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Joseph Niland | 1948-53 | 72-53 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Brown | 1946-48 | 28-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Powell | 1944-46 | 20-22 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Seelbach | 1933-44 | 104-83 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Russell Burt | 1932-33 | 6-9 | – | – | – |
| Luke Urban | 1921-22, 23-32 | 80-48 | – | – | – |
| Jim Hoar | 1922-23 | 10-4 | – | – | – |
| George Sweeney | 1920-21 | 5-4 | – | – | – |
| Edward Miller | 1919-20 | 10-4 | – | – | – |
| Raymond McDonald | 1916-18 | 14-1 | – | – | – |
| Charles McCabe | 1909-16 | 70-35 | – | – | – |
| John Mahoney | 1907-09 | 9-5 | – | – | – |
| J.P. Quinlisk | 1903-05, 06-07 | 25-10 | – | – | – |
| John Schmitt | 1905-06 | 10-7 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.