Canisius

Official Name: 
Canisius College
Nickname: 
Golden Griffins
Mailing Address: 

2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208-1098

Telephone: 
(716) 888-2970
Fax: 
(716) 888-2980
Enrollment: 
3,440
Arena: 

Koessler Athletic Center
Capacity: 1,800
Year Opened: 1968
Marine Midland Arena
Capacity: 20,000
Year Opened: 1996

School Colors: 
Blue and Gold
Conference: 

Metro Atlantic Athletic (since 1990)
Former Member of ECAC North Atlantic (1980-89)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1996
6-4 record (.600)
Regional runner-up in 1955 and 1956

NIT Appearances: 

(5) 1944, 1963, 1985, 1994, and 1995
5-5 record (.500)
Finished 2nd in 1963 and 4th in 1995

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Nick Macarchuk (10 years from 1978-87, 149-128 record, .538)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Ray Hall (2,226 points from 1982-85)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Henry Nowak (880 from 1955-57)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Larry Fogle (55 points as sophomore vs. St. Peter's on 2/9/74)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Larry Fogle (55 vs. Saint Peter's)
February 9, 1974 (sophomore/33.4 ppg)

1

2

Total

Canisius

66

63

129

Saint Peter's

40

69

109

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Kee

7-13

5-5

19

Fogle

20-30

15-19

55

Jordan

8-15

2-2

18

Schofield

3-4

3-4

9

Roberts

7-14

0-0

14

Anthony

1-4

0-2

2

Walton

5-7

0-0

10

Leonard

0-0

0-0

0

Fredericks

1-4

0-0

2

Totals

52-91

25-32

129

Percentages

.571

.781

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Slappy

4-13

0-0

8

Markowski

4-16

6-6

14

Klos

9-11

4-8

22

O'Reilly

0-2

2-2

2

Burch

0-0

0-0

0

Baker

1-3

0-0

2

Allen

11-23

4-4

26

Sires

6-9

7-10

19

Perrin

1-3

1-3

3

Richardson

4-4

2-2

10

Corcoran

0-0

3-4

3

Totals

40-84

29-39

109

Percentages

.476

.743

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

J.P. Quinlisk

3

1904-05, 1907

25-10

.714

1904

9-2

John Schmitt

1

1906

10-7

.588

1906

10-7

John Mahoney

2

1908-09

9-5

.643

1908

6-1

Charles McCabe

3

1911, 1913, 1915

25-11

.694

1911

13-3

Denis C. Harrington

1

1914

5-3

.625

1914

5-3

Raymond McDonald

2

1917-18

14-1

.933

1918

5-0

Ed Miller

1

1920

10-4

.714

1920

10-4

Mike Sweeney

1

1921

5-4

.556

1921

5-4

Luke Urban

9

1922-24, 1926-31

68-49

.581

1924

8-1

Russell Burt

3

1925, 1932-33

28-12

.700

1932

11-1

Allie Seelbach

11

1934-44

104-83

.556

1935

14-2

Arthur L. Powell

2

1945-46

20-22

.476

1945

12-11

Earl M. Brown

2

1947-48

28-28

.500

1947

18-13

Joseph Niland

5

1949-53

72-53

.576

1950

17-8

Joe Curran

6

1954-59

76-66

.535

1957

22-6

Bob MacKinnon

14

1959-72

142-163

.466

1963

19-7

John Morrison

2

1973-74

27-23

.540

1973

13-11

John McCarthy

3

1975-77

28-49

.364

1975

15-10

Nick Macarchuk

10

1978-87

149-128

.538

1986

21-8

Marty Marbach

5

1988-92

49-94

.343

1989

13-15

John Beilein

5

1993-97

89-62

.589

1994

22-7

Mike MacDonald

9

1998-2006

109-152

.418

2001

20-11

Tom Parrotta

5

2007-11

59-96

.381

2011

15-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,175-1,136 (.508) from 1904 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Canisius (NY) did not have an official coach in 1910 (15-2 record), 1912 (10-4) and 1916 (0-4)
  • Canisius did not field a formal team in 1919
  • MacKinnon (1-3) succeeded Curran (6-13) with four games remaining in the 1958-59 season.