Drexel Dragons basketball
Drexel Dragons basketball history
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Daskalakis Athletic Center, aka The DAC
Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Current head coach: Zach Spiker (2016-)
- Asst: Paul Fortier (2016-)
- Asst: Will Chavis (2021-)
- Asst: Frantz Massenat (2023-)
- Chief of Staff: Jason Allison (2022-)
- DBO: Zack Duffy (2021-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-5
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012)
- NIT Overall Record: 2-6
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1957, 1960, 1966, 1967)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 0-7
Conference Titles (Mid-Atlantic, ECC, America East, CAA):
- CAA Regular Season Championships: 1 (2012)
- America East Regular Season Championships: 5 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999)
- East Coast Regular Season Championships: 1 (1986)
- MAC-College Southern (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 12 (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
- CAA Tournament Championships: 1 (2021)
- America East Tournament Championships: 3 (1994, 1995, 1996)
- East Coast Tournament Championships: 1 (1986)
- MAC-College Southern (Div II) Tournament Championships: 2 (1960, 1967)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- CAA Player of the Year: 0
- America East Player of the Year: 2 (Malik Rose, 1995 & 1996)
- East Coast Player of the Year: 4 (last = Michael Anderson, 1988)
Drexel head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Zach Spiker | 2016-Pres | 113-130 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bruiser Flint | 2001-16 | 245-217 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Seymour | 1999-2001 | 28-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Herrion | 1991-99 | 167-71 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Eddie Burke | 1977-91 | 205-189 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ray Haesler | 1971-77 | 80-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Szymanski | 1968-71 | 26-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Morgan (int.) | 1968 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Samuel Cozen | 1952-68 | 213-94 | 12^ | 4^ | 0 |
Harold Kollar | 1949-52 | 25-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Chase | 1945-49 | 28-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Marino | 1944-45 | 2-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maury McMains | 1943-44 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lawrence Mains | 1940-43 | 26-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernest Lange | 1925-27, 34-40 | 41-82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walter Halas | 1927-34 | 52-78 | – | – | – |
Harry O’Brien | 1922-25 | 16-21 | – | – | – |
William McAvoy | 1920-22 | 12-14 | – | – | – |
James Barrett | 1918-20 | 12-10 | – | – | – |
E.L. Lucas | 1914-17 | 15-14 | – | – | – |
Frank Griffin | 1910-13 | 15-15 | – | – | – |
G. Doughty | 1908-09 | 1-2 | – | – | – |
F. Bennett | 1907-08 | 7-10 | – | – | – |
W.S. Brokaw | 1905-07 | 21-7 | – | – | – |
F. Knight | 1895-96 | 0-1 | – | – | – |
John Gray | 1894-95 | 7-2 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles/tournament appearances came when the Drexel program was still at the Division II level; Drexel moved up to Division I prior to the 1973-74 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.