Tulane

Official Name: 
Tulane University
Nickname: 
Green Wave
Mailing Address: 

James W. Wilson Jr. Center for Athletics
Ben Weiner Drive
New Orleans, LA 70118-5681

Telephone: 
(504) 865-5506
Fax: 
(504) 865-5512
Enrollment: 
11,300
Arena: 

Avron B. Fogelman Arena
Capacity: 3,600
Year Opened: 1933
New Orleans Arena
Capacity: 17,832
Year Opened: 1999

School Colors: 
Olive Green and Sky Blue
Conference: 

Conference USA (since 1996)
Former Member of southern (1923-32), SEC (1933-66) and Metro (1976-85 and 1990-95)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1949

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1992, 1993, and 1995
3-3 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

(6) 1982, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2000
7-6 record (.538)
Finished 3rd in 1996

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Clifford Wells (18 years from 1946-63, 259-171 record, .602)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Jerald Honeycutt (2,209 points from 1994-97)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Jack Ardon (1,062 from 1960-62)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jim Kerwin (45 points as sophomore vs. Southeastern Louisiana on 2/1/61)

All-American Selections: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jim Kerwin (45 vs. Southeastern Louisiana)
February 1, 1961 (sophomore/20.5 ppg)

1

2

Total

Tulane

40

43

83

Southeastern Louisiana

45

42

87

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Cloak

5-7

0

10

Wenzel

2-4

2

6

Ardon

2-10

1

5

Pearl

5-11

3

13

Kerwin

20-30

5

45

Berger

0-3

0

0

Krider

1-3

0

2

March

1-2

0

2

Totals

36-70

11-17

83

Percentages

.514

.647

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Link

7-13

2

16

Votaw

2-7

1

5

Brinkley

9-24

2

20

Waddell

8-15

12

28

Cress

9-15

0

18

Totals

35-74

17-20

87

Percentages

.473

.850

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Silas Hickey

1

1906

8-5

.615

1906

8-5

A.A. Mason

1

1913

7-3

.700

1913

7-3

Carl Hanson

1

1914

8-4

.667

1914

8-4

T.R. Sweetland

1

1915

2-3

.400

1915

2-3

Clark Shaughnessy

3

1916-18

27-14

.659

1918

6-2

M.A. Moenck

2

1919-20

11-12

.478

1919

6-3

Claude Simons Sr.

9

1921-28, 1931

101-59

.631

1924

21-1

Bernie Bierman

2

1929-30

25-12

.676

1930

16-7

George E. Roby

2

1932-33

14-25

.359

1932

6-10

Ray G. Dauber

5

1934-38

27-61

.307

1934

10-10

Claude Simons Jr.

4

1939-42

19-44

.302

1941

8-6

Vernon Haynes

3

1943-45

28-26

.519

1944

16-6

Clifford Wells

18

1946-63

259-171

.602

1948

23-3

Ted Lenhardt

1

1964

1-22

.043

1964

1-22

Ralph Pedersen

7

1965-71

68-110

.382

1967

14-10

Dick Longo

2

1972-73

20-32

.385

1973

12-14

Charles Moir

3

1974-76

46-33

.582

1976

18-9

Roy Danforth

5

1977-81

45-90

.333

1981

12-15

Ned Fowler

4

1982-85

70-45

.609

1982

19-9

Perry Clark

11

1990-2000

185-145

.561

1992, 1993

22-9

Shawn Finney

5

2001-05

60-86

.411

2003

16-15

Dave Dickerson

5

2006-10

68-84

.447

2007

17-13

Ed Conroy

1

2011

13-17

.433

2011

13-17

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,116-1,144 (.494) from 1906 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Names of coaches not available for Tulane (LA) teams in 1907 (2-8 record), 1908 (5-3), 1909 (3-7), 1910 (3-4) and 1911 (5-4)
  • Tulane did not field a formal team in 1912 and for four years from 1986-89 after a betting scandal.