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COACHING RECORDS SEASON
CAREER
VICTORIES Overall: 25, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 & Oliver Purnell, 2006-07 Consecutive: 17, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 & Oliver Purnell, 2006-07 Consecutive Start of a Career: 10, Rick Barnes, 1994-95 First Year: 22, Brad Brownell, 2010-11 In ACC Regular Season: 10, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87, 89-90 & Oliver Purnell, 2007-08; Brad Brownell, 2013-14, 15-16 Consecutive ACC: 7, Bobby Roberts, 1966-67 Against AP Top 20: 6, Bill Foster, 1979-80 5 points or less: 8, Oliver Purnell, 2006-07; Brad Brownell, 2013-14 ACC 5 points or less: 6, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 In Overtime: 3, 3 coaches in 3 seasons Home: 16, Oliver Purnell, 2006-07; Brad Brownell, 2013-14 ACC Home: 7, Bill Foster, 1979-80, Cliff Ellis, 1989-90, Oliver Purnell, 2007-08 & 2009-10 & Brad Brownell, 2010-11, 15-16 Consecutive ACC Home: 7, Bill Foster, 1979-80, Cliff Ellis, 1989-90 & Oliver Purnell, 2007-08 Road: 10, 3 coaches in 3 seasons Consecutive Road: 10, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 Consecutive ACC Road: 5, Cliff Ellis, 1986-87
VICTORIES Overall: 177, Cliff Ellis (177-128), 1985-94 ACC Regular Season: 56, Cliff Ellis (56-90), 1985-94 vs. ACC Teams: 59, Cliff Ellis (59-100), 1985-94 At Home: 123, Cliff Ellis (123-36), 1985-94 Consecutive Home: 29, Cliff Ellis (1988-90) Away: 45, Joe Davis (45-51), 1932-40 ACC Home: 42, Cliff Ellis (42-31), 1985-94 ACC Away: 16, Oliver Purnell (16-40), 2003-10 vs. AP Top 20: 16, Bill Foster, 1976-84 & Cliff Ellis, 1985-94 vs. AP Top 25: 22, Cliff Ellis, 1985-94 5 points or less: 37, Cliff Ellis (37-39), 1985-94 ACC 5 points or less: 23, Cliff Ellis (23-21), 1985-94 In Overtime: 13, Bill Foster (13-10), 1976-84 Years as Coach: 10, Banks McFadden, 1947-56 & Cliff Ellis, 1985-94
WINNING PERCENTAGE Overall: .833 (15-3), Joe Davis, 1934-35 Min. 20 Games: .806 (25-6), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 Road: .833 (10-2), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 Home: 1.000 (15-0), Bill Foster, 1979-80, 1.000 (14-0) & Cliff Ellis, 1989-90 ACC Regular Season: .714 (10-4), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87, 89-90 ACC Home: 1.000 (7-0), Bill Foster, 1979-80 & 1.000 (70), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 ACC Road: .714 (5-2), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 First Year: .647 (22-12), Brad Brownell, 2010-11 Overtime (Min. 2 games): 1.00 (3-0), Press Maravich, 1956-57 Games decided 5 points or less: .875 (7-1), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87 ACC games decided 5 points or less: .857 (6-1), Cliff Ellis, 1986-87
ACC ERA (1953-PRESENT) BASKETBALL STAFF MEMBERS AHEARN, DAN (Providence ‘93) Graduate Assistant 1994-96; Director of Basketball Operations 1996-98 BAIZE, JONAH (Clemson ‘11) Graduate Manager 2012-13 BERNSTEIN, SPENCER (Clemson ‘00) Graduate Manager 2000-02 BENDER, DICK (Western Maryland ‘86) Director of Operations, 2010-14, Assistant Coach 2016-Present BRENNAN, JIM (Clemson ‘65) Assistant Coach 1965-70 BRADLEY, RON (Eastern Nazarene ‘74) Associate Head Coach 2003-10 BROWN, LARRY (Stephen F. Austin ‘71) Assistant Coach 1991-93 BROWN, STEWART (Clemson ‘15) Graduate Manager, 2015-16 BUTTERS, TEE (Clemson ‘11) Graduate Manager 2011-12 BRYANT, CLINT (Bel. Abbey ‘77) Assistant Coach 1977-84 CAMPBELL, DAVE (Catawba ‘66) Assistant Coach 1983-84 CLAUNCH, AUSTIN (Emory ‘12) Graduate Manager 2013-15
WINNING PERCENTAGE (Minimum three years experience) Overall: .611, Oliver Purnell (138-88), 2003-10 vs. ACC: .464, Brad Brownell (52-60), 2010-16 At Home: .808, Cliff Ellis (123-36), 1985-94 Away: .458, Joe Davis (44-52), 1932-40 ACC Home: .673, Brad Brownell (35-17), 2010-16 ACC Away: .286, Oliver Purnell (16-40), 2003-10 5 points or less: .510, Oliver Purnell (25-24), 2003-10 ACC 5 points or less: .523, Cliff Ellis (23-21), 1985-94 In Overtime: .750, Tates Locke (6-2), 1971-75
CLENDINEN, BILL (Florida State ‘59) Assistant Coach 1970-75 COUSINS, BRIAN (Providence ‘91) Assistant Coach 1997-98 D’ALESSANDRO, BEN (Providence ‘95) Director of Basketball Operations 2003-05 DALLESSIO, JERRY (Notre Dame ‘74) Assistant Coach 1988-89 DEN BOER, TOM (Carroll College ‘84) Volunteer Assistant 198687; Director of Basketball Operations 1989-91 DRISCOLL, MATT (Slippery Rock ‘92) Assistant Coach 19982003 DUNCAN, SCOTT (Wooster ‘78) Assistant Coach 1998-2000 FAULKNER, JERRY (Newberry ‘67) Assistant Coach 1980-84 FELTON, DENNIS (Howard ‘85) Assistant Coach 1994-97; Associate Head Coach 1997-98 GAFFNEY, JIMMY (Presbyterian College ‘82) Graduate Assistant 1983-84 GAITHER, TOMMY (Clemson ‘69) Graduate Assistant 1974-75 GORDON, ADAM (Tampa ‘06) Graduate Assistant 2008-11 GORDY, LEN (Arizona ‘77) Assistant Coach 1985-92 GRANT, EARL (Georgia College ‘00) Assistant Coach 2010-14 HANKS, MAURY (Cal State Northridge ‘84) Assistant Coach 1985-87 HARRIS, EUGENE (Florida State ‘78) Assistant Coach 1984-94 HARRISON, CHARLIE (Guilford ‘71) Assistant Coach 1974-75 HAMILTON, VERNON (Clemson ‘07) Graduate Manager, 201416 HESKETT, TIM (Oklahoma ‘01) Graduate Assistant 2002-04 HILL, GEORGE (Auburn ‘51) Assistant Coach 1970-72 HOGAN, DON (South Alabama ‘82) Assistant Coach 1984-87
HUSSEY, BOBBY (Appalachian State ‘62) Assistant Coach 1989-91; Assistant Coach 2000-03 KAISER, TOM (Army ‘82) Graduate Assistant 1987-88 KINGERY, JOE (Shorter ‘66) Assistant Coach 1975-80 KOHTALA, ED (Maine ‘79) Graduate Assistant 1997-98 KRAJACK, GEORGE (Clemson ‘60) Assistant Coach 1962-65 LAING, ROBBIE (Troy ‘81) Assistant Coach 1993-94 LOUCKS, RAY (Miami-Ohio ‘69) Assistant Coach 1972-73 LUTZ, BOBBY (UNC Charlotte ‘80) Director of Basketball Operations 1984-85; Assistant Coach 1985-86 MALPASS, CLIFF (Carson-Newman ‘61) Asst. Coach 1970-74 MARTIN, BRUCE (Clemson ‘94) Graduate Assistant 19982000; Director of Basketball Operations 2000-03 MARSHALL, RICH (Marquette ‘81) Assistant Coach 1989-90 McDONALD, KEN (Providence ‘92) Assistant Coach 1994-98 McKAY, LUCAS (UNC Wilmington ‘06) Director of Operations, 2014-Present MORRELL, MICHAEL (Milligan ‘05) Graduate Assistant 200708; Director of Basketball Operations 2008-10 MUSE, BILL (Mississippi ‘79) Assistant Coach 1990-92 MUSSELMAN, ART (The Citadel ‘60) Assistant Coach 1968-70 NASH, CARL (Fort Lewis College ‘82) Assistant Coach 1993-94 NICKELBERRY, KEVIN (Virginia Wesleyan ‘86) Assistant Coach 2003-06 NORMAN, A.W. “ROCK” (Roanoke College ‘13) Assistant Coach 1956-57 PAYNE, EDDIE (Wake Forest ‘75) Graduate Assistant 1975-77; Volunteer Assistant 1977-78 POSTORINO, JOSH (Dayton ‘99) Director of Basketball Operations 2007-08; Assistant Coach 2008-10 RAINEY, DWIGHT (Shorter ‘67) Assistant Coach 1975-83 RAY, RICK (Grand View ‘94) Associate Head Coach 2010-12 RILEY, RICHIE (Eastern Kentucky ‘05) Assistant Coach 201416 ROBERSON, WILL (Davidson ‘02) Graduate Assistant 2006-07 ROBERTS, BOBBY (Furman ‘53) Assistant Coach 1958-62 SHYATT, LARRY (Wooster ‘73) Associate Head Coach 1994-97 SKELTON, BOBBY (Clemson ‘80) Graduate Assistant 1986-88; Director of Basketball Operations 1991-96 SMART, SHAKA (Kenyon ‘99) Assistant Coach 2006-08 SMITH, FRANK (Old Dominion ‘88) Assistant Coach 2003-10 SMITH, STEVE (Trinity College ‘02) Assistant Coach 2012-Present SOLOMON, ANTHONY (Virginia ‘87) Director of Basketball Operations 1998-2000 STRUNK, BOB (Belmont Abbey ‘75) Volunteer Assistant 1978-83 TILLIS, DARREN (Paul Quinn College ‘96) Assistant Coach 1999-2003 WADE, WILL (Clemson ‘05) Graduate Assistant 2005-06; Director of Basketball Operations 2006-07 WASHINGTON, RUDY (University of the Redlands ‘80) Assistant Coach 1984-85 WELP, ALEX (Wittenberg ‘01) Director of Basketball Operations 2005-06 WILLIAMS, MIKE (Greensboro College ‘76) Graduate Assistant 1983-84 WINIECKI, MIKE (Richmond ‘89) Assistant Coach 2010-12; Associate Head Coach 2012-Present
CLEMSON HEAD COACHING SUMMARY Non ACC NovName Seasons Years Home Away Neut. Conf Teams Dec Jan Feb Mar Overall Frank Dobson 2 1912-13 6-2 7-3 0-0 3-1 9-4 1-0 13-5 John Erwin 2 1914-15 2-1 2-7 0-0 1-2 2-4 1-2 4-8 A.H. Ward 1 1916 1-2-1 1-4 0-0 1-2 1-4-1 0-0 2-6-1 Country Morris 2 1917/1920 10-3 6-5 0-0 3-7 12-1 1-0 16-8 Jiggs Donahue 2 1918-19 5-0 1-3 0-0 1-1 5-0 0-2 6-3 Larry Conover 1 1921 6-0 4-4 0-1 3-1 6-4 1-0 10-5 E.R. Stewart 2 1922-23 12-7 7-11 0-1 6-13 12-6 1-0 19-19 Bud Sanders 2 1924-25 4-12 1-18 1-1 2-16 4-15 0-0 6-31 A.A. Gilliam 1 1926 2-6 2-11 0-0 2-9 2-8 0-0 4-17 Josh Cody 5 1927-31 30-13 18-38 0-4 4-5 19-29 24-20 1-1 48-55 Joe Davis 9 1932-40 51-29 45-51 5-5 5-7 36-37 54-40 6-2 101-86 Rock Norman 6 1941-46 19-31 12-37 1-2 2-6 13-28 17-36 0-0 32-70 Banks McFadden 10 1947-56 45-48 34-75 6-8 22-36 26-40 37-49 0-6 85-131 Press Maravich 6 1957-62 28-25 14-40 13-31 30-37 25-59 20-34 14-28 18-27 3-7 55-96 Bobby Roberts 8 1963-70 45-32 28-57 9-27 41-45 41-71 20-30 30-34 31-45 1-7 82-116 Tates Locke 5 1971-75 43-15 11-38 8-17 42-28 20-42 23-14 19-24 16-24 4-8 62-70 Bill Foster 9 1976-84 102-36 31-50 23-20 112-32 44-74 72-15 38-43 37-36 9-12 156-106 Cliff Ellis 10 1985-94 123-36 33-73 21-19 118-28 59-100 83-16 43-46 36-43 15-23 177-128 Rick Barnes 4 1994-98 48-13 16-25 10-10 44-8 30-40 37-4 16-18 13-17 8-9 74-48 Larry Shyatt 5 1998-03 51-31 9-40 10-13 49-21 21-62 44-16 7-32 14-24 5-12 70-84 Oliver Purnell 7 2003-10 88-26 32-46 18-15 84-19 54-69 77-12 23-31 22-27 16-18 138-88 Brad Brownell 6 2010-16 74-27 20-46 13-14 57-30 52-60 48-26 29-19 19-24 11-17 107-87
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