Clair Bee

Alma Mater: 

Waynesburg (PA)

Class of: 

1925

Hometown: 
Grafton, WV
  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1967
  • Coached Long Island-Brooklyn to NIT titles in 1939 and 1941
  • All-time winningest coach by percentage (.826)
  • Long Island's all-time winningest coach
  • Compiled a 34-116 record (.227) with the Baltimore Bullets in three NBA seasons from 1952-53 through 1954-55
  • Final AP Top 20 Rankings (one)--1950 (13)
  • All-Americans (four): Long Island's Jules Bender (1937), Oscar Schechtman (1941), Irv Torgoff (1939) and Sherman White (1950).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1928-29

Rider

19-3

1929-30

Rider

17-2

1930-31

Rider

17-2

1931-32

Long Island-Brooklyn

16-4

1932-33

Long Island-Brooklyn

6-11

1933-34

Long Island-Brooklyn

26-1

1934-35

Long Island-Brooklyn

24-2

1935-36

Long Island-Brooklyn

25-0

1936-37

Long Island-Brooklyn

28-3

1937-38

Long Island-Brooklyn

23-5

NIT (0-1)

1938-39

Long Island-Brooklyn

23-0

NIT (3-0)

1939-40

Long Island-Brooklyn

19-4

NIT (0-1)

1940-41

Long Island-Brooklyn

25-2

NIT (3-0)

1941-42

Long Island-Brooklyn

25-3

NIT (0-1)

1942-43

Long Island-Brooklyn

13-6

DNP

1945-46

Long Island-Brooklyn

14-9

DNP

1946-47

Long Island-Brooklyn

17-5

NIT (0-1)

1947-48

Long Island-Brooklyn

17-4

DNP

1948-49

Long Island-Brooklyn

18-12

DNP

1949-50

Long Island-Brooklyn

20-5

NIT (0-1)

1950-51

Long Island-Brooklyn

20-4

DNP
  • 21-Year Coaching Record: 412-87 (.826) overall
  • 53-7 (.883) in three years at Rider
  • 359-80 (.818) in 18 years at Long Island-Brooklyn
  • 6-5 (.545) in NIT