HERB MAGEE
HEAD COACH

PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY 

Entering his 36th season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Philadelphia University, Herb Magee finds himself among some elite company. With a victory over St. Thomas Aquinas College on Wednesday, January 31, 2001, he became just the third NCAA Division II coach with 700 career coaching victories.

A two-time All-America selection as a player with the Rams, Magee finished his career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,235 points. Magee, who takes a career coaching record of 730-278 (.724) into the 2002-03 season, took over the head coaching job in 1967 at the age of 25 and guided the Rams to a 21-6 record in his first season.

In his 35 years as head coach, Magee has taken his team to the NCAA Tournament 20 times. In addition, he has had 23 twenty-plus win seasons and one 30-win season. As a player, assistant coach and head coach at the University, Magee has helped the program to an overall record of 988-318.

His exploits as a coach have not gone unnoticed, as his list of awards and achievements can attest. The Kodak District Coach of the Year in 1993, Magee was also tabbed New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year that season and again in 1994. In addition, he has been honored as regional Coach of the Year four times, national Coach of the Year twice and Co-Coach of the Year in the Mideast Collegiate Conference twice. He was also inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.

In addition to his coaching and playing resume, Magee also frequently works with NBA players from around the league on the art of shooting. He is also a popular speaker at camps and clinics, and released his vew videotape entitled, "Nothing But Net," in 2001.