San Jose State

Official Name: 
San Jose State University
Nickname: 
Spartans
Mailing Address: 

1 Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192

Website: 
www.sjsuspartans.com
Telephone: 
(408) 924-1217
Fax: 
(408) 924-1291
Enrollment: 
30,065
Arena: 

Event Center
Capacity: 5,000
Year Opened: 1989

School Colors: 
Gold, White and Blue
Conference: 

Western Athletic (since 1997)
Former Member of West Coast Athletic (1953-69) and Big West (1970-96)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1951, 1980, and 1996
0-3 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(1) 1981
0-1 record (.000)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1948 and 1949
3-2 record (.600)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Walt McPherson (17 years in 1941, 1942 and from 1946-60, 251-197 record, .560)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Ricky Berry (1,767 points from 1986-88 after transferring from Oregon State)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Marv Branstrom (864 from 1956-58)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Wally Rank (40 points as senior vs. Sacramento State on 1/3/80)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Wally Rank (40 vs. Sacramento State)
January 2, 1980 (senior/16.3 ppg)

1

2

Total

San Jose State

40

50

90

Sacramento State

24

22

46

San Jose State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Rank

14-20

12-13

40

Jackson

4-4

0-0

8

Graham

3-4

2-4

8

Byrd

1-8

2-2

4

Mendez

2-3

2-2

6

Chisholm

0-2

0-0

0

Saunders

2-3

0-0

4

Russo

4-5

4-4

12

Swarbrick

1-3

1-2

3

Williams

0-3

0-0

0

Sullivan

1-2

3-4

5

Totals

32-57

26-31

90

Percentages

.561

.839

Sacramento State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Jacobsen

2-6

0-3

4

Tredwell

1-3

0-1

2

Anderson

7-18

0-2

14

McCarty

3-6

2-2

8

Jacobs

1-6

2-2

4

McClure

0-0

0-1

0

Wodell

0-0

1-2

1

Reed

0-3

0-0

0

Johnson

0-0

0-0

0

Dosh

0-2

0-0

0

Cramer

2-4

1-1

5

Wright

0-0

1-2

1

Langston

0-0

0-0

0

Patterson

2-4

3-3

7

Totals

18-52

10-19

46

Percentages

.346

.526
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Charles Furley

1

1910

7-3

.700

1910

7-3

Benjamin Spaulding

1

1916

4-3

.571

1916

4-3

Karl S. Hazeltine

2

1917-18

7-11

.389

1917

7-5

David Wooster

2

1922-23

17-9

.654

1922

8-4

Hovey C. McDonald

12

1924-35

142-81

.637

1925

18-3

Wilbur V. Hubbard

6

1936-40, 1945

66-57

.537

1938

19-4

Walt McPherson

17

1941-42, 1946-60

251-197

.560

1950

21-7

T. Elwin Blesh

1

1943

10-13

.435

1943

10-13

Stu Inman

6

1961-66

77-68

.531

1963, 1964, and 1965

14-10

Dan Glines

5

1967-71

43-80

.349

1969

16-8

Ivan Guevara

8

1972-79

99-117

.458

1976

17-10

Bill Berry

10

1980-89

142-144

.497

1981

21-9

Stan Morrison

9

1990-98

72-172

.295

1994

15-12

Phil Johnson

4

1999, 2003-05

31-83

.272

1999

12-16

Steve Barnes

3

2000-02

39-51

.433

2000, 2001

.500

George Nessman

6

2006-11

68-119

.364

2011

17-16
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,102-1,242 (.470) from 1910 through 2011.
  • NOTES: San Jose State moved up to major-college status in 1953
  • The Spartans did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II
  • Coaches are unknown from 1910-11 through 1914-15
  • Inman's record does not reflect 11 forfeits in 1961-62.