Boston College

Official Name: 
Boston College
Nickname: 
Eagles
Mailing Address: 

321 Conte Forum
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167

Telephone: 
(617) 552-3004
Fax: 
(617) 552-4903
Enrollment: 
14,500
Arena: 

Silvio O. Conte Forum
Capacity: 8,606
Year Opened: 1988

School Colors: 
Maroon and Gold
Conference: 

Atlantic Coast
Former Member of Big East (1980-2005)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(3) 1967, 2001, and 2006

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(18) 1958, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009
22-19 record (.537)
Regional runner-up in 1967, 1982 and 1994

NIT Appearances: 

(10) 1965, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, and 2003
16-11 record (.593)
Finished 2nd in 1969, 3rd in 1974 and 4th in 1988

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Al Skinner (13 years from 1998-2010, 247-165 record, .600)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Troy Bell (2,632 points from 2000-03)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Craig Smith (1,114 from 2003-06)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

John Austin (49 points as sophomore vs. Georgetown on 2/21/64)

All-American Selections: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

John Austin (49 vs. Georgetown)
February 21, 1964 (sophomore/29.2 ppg)

1

2

Total

Boston College

50

57

107

Georgetown

45

47

92

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Austin

16-28

17-18

49

Furbush

6-11

1-1

13

Power

7-15

4-7

18

Papoula

1-2

0-0

2

Fitzsimmons

5-7

2-2

12

Humann

1-1

0-0

2

Hockembury

2-2

1-2

5

Ezell

2-3

2-3

6

Totals

40-69

27-33

107

Percentages

.580

.818

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Christy

2-4

3-4

7

Franz

4-7

0-1

8

Prendergast

7-10

6-6

20

Mazelin

3-9

6-10

12

Brown

4-11

7-9

15

Devlin

2-5

2-2

6

Solano

0-0

0-0

0

Philbin

1-4

0-0

2

Gibbons

3-6

1-1

7

Gillen

7-14

1-1

15

Totals

33-70

26-34

92

Percentages

.471

.765

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Luke Urban

1

1921

7-6

.538

1921

7-6

William Coady

4

1922-25

21-20

.512

1924

8-3

Al McClellan

8

1946-53

94-79

.543

1952

22-5

Don Martin

9

1954-62

111-103

.519

1958

16-6

Frank Power

1

1963

9-16

.360

1963

9-16

Bob Cousy

6

1964-69

117-38

.755

1967

23-3

Chuck Daly

2

1970-71

26-24

.520

1971

15-11

Bob Zuffelato

6

1972-77

83-80

.509

1974, 1975

21-9

Tom Davis

5

1978-82

100-47

.680

1981

23-7

Gary Williams

4

1983-86

76-45

.628

1983

25-7

Jim O'Brien

11

1987-97

168-166

.503

1997

22-9

Al Skinner

13

1998-2010

247-165

.600

2001

27-5

Steve Donahue

1

2011

21-13

.618

2011

21-13

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,103-841 (.567) from 1905 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Boston College competed in seven seasons from 1904-05 through 1919-20 under several coaches, but did not field a formal team from 1925-26 through 1944-45. Among the reasons for BC dropping the sport: Boston public schools dropped the sport (thus depleting the local talent pool), no dormitories to house the players and the team was without a home gym.