Yale

Official Name: 
Yale University
Nickname: 
Elis, Bulldogs
Mailing Address: 

20 Tower Parkway
Ray Thompkins House
Room 105
New Haven, CT 06520-8216

Telephone: 
(203) 432-1456
Fax: 
(203) 432-1454
Enrollment: 
5,200
Arena: 

John J. Lee Amphitheater
Capacity: 3,100
Year Opened: 1932

School Colors: 
Yale Blue and White
Conference: 

Ivy League (since 1902)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1949, 1957, and 1962
0-4 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(1) 2002
1-1 record (.500)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Joe Vancisin (19 years from 1957-75, 206-242 record, .460)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Earl Butch Graves (2,090 points from 1981-84)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Ed Robinson (1,182 from 1955-57)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Tony Lavelli (52 points as senior vs. Williams on 2/26/49)

All-American Selections: 

(4) F Tony Lavelli (1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Tony Lavelli (52 vs. Williams, Mass.)
February 26, 1949 (senior/22.4 ppg)

1

2

Total

Yale

46

54

100

Williams

29

35

64

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Lavelli

20

12

52

Aberg

1

0

2

Anderson

2

1

5

Osbourn

2

2

6

Joyce

4

0

8

Johnson

1

2

4

Gault

0

0

0

Fitzgerald

6

2

14

Nadherny

1

1

3

Upjohn

3

0

6

Jackson

0

0

0

Breen

0

0

0

Totals

40

20

100

Percentages

Williams

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Larson

6

1

13

Cool

0

0

0

Mason

4

2

10

Page

0

0

0

Fusey

5

2

12

Sheehy

4

2

10

Ditmar

4

1

9

Fagerburg

3

0

6

Fraser

2

0

4

Totals

28

8

64

Percentages

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Dr. Henry S. Anderson

3

1896-98

30-19

.612

1897

11-5

William L. Lush

5

1907-11

73-46

.613

1907

30-6

R.B. Hyatt

1

1912

1-9

.100

1912

1-9

C. "Pop" Foster

1

1913

5-7

.417

1913

5-7

Gil Kinney

1

1914

11-7

.611

1914

11-7

Robert G. Stowe

2

1915-16

26-11

.703

1915

14-3

A.E. Bernie Tommers

1

1917

19-5

.792

1917

19-5

Walter K. Mace

2

1918-19

14-16

.467

1919

7-2

Dr. Albert H. Sharpe

2

1920-21

25-26

.490

1920

16-9

Orson A. Kinney

1

1922

6-21

.222

1922

6-21

Joseph J. Fogarty

3

1923-25

31-29

.517

1923

16-3

George E. Taylor

4

1926-29

40-45

.471

1928

12-9

Elmer H. Ripley

6

1930-35

82-50

.621

1933

19-3

Kenneth D. Loeffler

7

1936-42

61-82

.427

1940

13-6

Robert A. "Red" Rolfe

4

1943-46

48-28

.632

1946

14-1

Ivan B. "Ivy" Williamson

1

1947

7-18

.280

1947

7-18

Howard A. Hobson

9

1948-56

121-118

.506

1949

22-8

Joe Vancisin

19

1957-75

206-242

.460

1962

18-6

Ray Carazo

7

1976-82

68-114

.373

1980

16-10

Tom Brennan

4

1983-86

46-58

.442

1985

14-12

Dick Kuchen

13

1987-99

151-189

.444

1990

19-7

James Jones

12

2000-11

157-181

.464

2002

21-11

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,324-1,386 (.489) from 1896 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Names of coaches for eight years from 1899 through 1906 are unavailable
  • Vancisin's record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded in 1970-71.