Columbia

Official Name: 
Columbia University
Nickname: 
Lions
Mailing Address: 

406 Dodge Physical Fitness Center
3030 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

Website: 
www.gocolumbialions.com
Telephone: 
(212) 854-2534
Fax: 
(212) 854-8168
Enrollment: 
4,000
Arena: 

Levien Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,408
Year Opened: 1974

School Colors: 
Columbia Blue and White
Conference: 

Ivy League (since 1902)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1951 and 1968

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1948, 1951, and 1968
2-4 record (.333)

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jack Rohan (18 years from 1962-74 and 1991-95, 197-248 record, .443)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Leonard Buck Jenkins (1,766 points from 1990-93)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Frank Thomas (1,022 from 1954-56)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Buck Jenkins (47 points as sophomore at Harvard on 2/15/91)

All-American Selections: 

(6) F John Azary (1951), G Chet Forte (1957), C George Gregory (1931), F Jim McMillian (1968, 1969 and 1970)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) George Gregory (1931), Chet Forte (1957)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Leonard Buck Jenkins (47 at Harvard)
February 15, 1991 (sophomore/18 ppg)

1

2

Total

Columbia

32

60

92

Harvard

29

48

77

Columbia

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Buckelew

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Jelinsky

1-3

0-0

6-6

8

Jenkins

15-23

0-0

17-21

47

Adams

2-3

0-0

0-0

4

Livingston

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Bennett

5-8

1-1

0-0

11

Dumelien

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Holmes

4-6

0-0

1-2

9

Steward

3-8

0-0

6-10

13

Casey

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

30-57

2-2

30-39

92

Percentages

.526

1.000

.769

Harvard

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Curry

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

Campbell

1-5

0-2

1-6

3

Ruilman

7-18

3-10

3-3

20

Condakes

3-12

3-11

0-0

9

McClain

10-19

4-8

2-3

26

Mitchell

6-9

0-0

3-7

15

LaPointe

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Abdi

1-7

0-0

0-0

2

Minor

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Chhabra

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

29-72

10-32

9-19

77

Percentages

.403

.313

.474
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Harry Fisher

10

1907-16

101-39

.721

1910

11-0

Carl Merner

1

1917

6-8

.429

1917

6-8

John Murray

1

1918

4-9

.308

1918

4-9

Fred Dawson

1

1919

3-6

.333

1919

3-6

Claus "Babe" Benson

1

1920

4-10

.286

1920

4-10

Joe Deering

5

1921-25

46-40

.535

1924

15-4

Dan Meehan

8

1926-33

94-56

.627

1931

20-2

Paul Mooney

10

1934-42, 1946

101-81

.555

1936

19-3

Cliff Battles

1

1943

8-8

.500

1943

8-8

Elmer Ripley

2

1944-45

16-19

.457

1945

9-10

Gordon Ridings

4

1947-50

69-20

.775

1948

20-3

Lucio "Lou" Rossini

8

1951-58

117-71

.622

1951

21-1

Archie Oldham

3

1959-61

15-39

.278

1960

9-14

Kenneth Hunter

1

1961

5-11

.313

1961

5-11

John "Jack" Rohan

18

1962-74, 1991-95

197-248

.443

1969

20-4

Tom Penders

4

1975-78

43-60

.406

1977

16-10

Arthur "Buddy" Mahar

6

1979-84

70-86

.449

1979

17-9

Wayne Szoke

3

1985-87

37-41

.474

1985

13-13

Wally Halas

3

1988-90

18-60

.231

1989

8-18

Armond Hill

8

1996-2003

72-141

.338

2000

13-14

Joe Jones

7

2004-10

86-108

.443

2007

16-12

Kyle Smith

1

2011

15-13

.536

2011

15-13
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,177-1,188 (.498) from 1901 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Columbia (NY) did not have an official coach in its first six seasons from 1901-06 while compiling a 49-15 record
  • Rohan's record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from California in 1994-95 for using an ineligible player.