Wofford

Official Name: 
Wofford College
Nickname: 
Terriers
Mailing Address: 

429 North Church Street
Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663

Telephone: 
(864) 597-4093
Fax: 
(864) 597-4129
Enrollment: 
1,100
Arena: 

Benjamin Johnson Arena
Capacity: 3,500
Year Opened: 1981

School Colors: 
Old Gold and Black
Conference: 

southern (since 1998)/Southern Division

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 2010
0-1 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1994
0-1 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

None

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1960
2-1 record (.667)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Gene Alexander (19 years from 1959-77 when school was classified as a small college, 283-265 record, .516)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

George Lyons (2,518 points from 1962-65 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

James Daddy Neal (1,521 from 1950-53 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Ian Chadwick (40 points as senior at Georgia Southern on 1/2/01)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Ian Chadwick* (40 at Georgia southern)
January 2, 2001 (senior/20.4 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Wofford mark set by James Daddy Neal (57 vs. Erskine, S.C., on 2-10-53 in Due West, S.C.).

1

2

Total

Wofford

32

50

82

Georgia Southern

29

45

74

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Ravenel

3-5

0-1

0-0

6

Hastie

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Pryor

4-9

0-0

2-4

10

Chadwick

12-22

0-0

10-14

40

Largent

3-8

0-0

2-2

9

Lenzly

0-0

0-0

5-7

5

White

0-0

0-0

1-2

1

Nixon

1-3

0-0

1-2

3

Sterley

0-0

0-0

2-2

2

Masic

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Boyce

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

26-52

7-20

23-33

82

Percentages

.500

.350

.697

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Latham

5-9

0-0

3-4

13

Bennett

6-8

0-0

4-7

16

Shipley

2-5

1-3

0-0

5

Jenkins

3-10

0-4

4-5

10

Peterson

6-13

1-3

2-3

15

Odom

1-2

0-1

0-0

2

Faulk

3-5

1-2

0-1

7

Keith

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Cox

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Wooley

3-3

0-0

0-1

6

Totals

29-56

3-14

13-21

74

Percentages

.518

.214

.619

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

L.J. Denning

1

1916

8-4

.667

1916

8-4

Leslie Moser

3

1917-19

3-5

.375

J.P. Major

4

1920-22-25-26

15-12

.556

John F. Gorsuch

1

1921

8-8

.500

1921

8-8

Capt. Lindsay

1

1927

8-5

.615

1927

8-5

Charles Lutz

3

1928-30

10-35

.222

Jack Frost

5

1931-35

46-21

.687

1933

12-4

Roy Robertson

6

1936-41

66-58

.532

1940

13-6

Phil Dickens

1

1942

10-14

.417

1942

10-14

Ted Petoskey

3

1943, 1945-46

21-24

.467

1943

9-5

Joel E. Robertson

12

1947-58

157-124

.559

1948

18-6

Gene Alexander

19

1959-77

283-265

.516

1960

25-6

Wayne Earhardt

8

1978-85

106-139

.433

1985

21-11

Richard Johnson

17

1986-2002

236-230

.506

1994

21-6

Mike Young

9

2003-11

137-139

.496

2010

26-9

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,116-1,085 (.507) from 1916 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Wofford (SC) moved up to major-college status in 1996
  • The school did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II plus also in 1923 and 1924
  • Record is unavailable in 1918-19-22-25-28-31.