Willem "Butch" van Breda Kolff
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Montclair, NJ
- USBWA national coach of the year in 1965
- Directed Princeton to a third-place finish in 1965 NCAA Tournament
- Won 1994 ECC Tournament championship with Hofstra
- Hofstra's all-time winningest coach
- Compiled a 266-253 NBA coaching record (.513) with the Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Jazz in nine seasons from 1967-68 to 1976-77. Posted a 24-60 record (.286) with the Memphis Tams in one ABA season in 1973-74
- Averaged 4.7 ppg with the New York Knicks in four NBA seasons from 1946-47 through 1949-50
- Final Division I Top 20 Rankings (one)--1967 (5/5)
- Final Division II Top 10 Rankings (two)--1961 (6) and 1962 (10)
- Major-College All-Americans (two): Princeton's Bill Bradley (1963 through 1965) and Chris Thomforde (1967).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15-9 | 3-0 | 1st | Middle Three | DNP | ||
13-12 | DNP | |||||
17-10 | DNP | |||||
23-3 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
22-4 | DNP | |||||
11-15 | DNP | |||||
15-8 | 8-3 | 4th | MASCC (Northern) | DNP | ||
20-7 | 9-1 | T-1st | MAC (Northern) | DII (1-1) | ||
23-1 | 9-1 | 2nd | MAC (Northern) | DNP | ||
21-4 | 10-1 | 2nd | MAC (Northern) | DNP | ||
24-4 | 8-2 | 2nd | MAC (Northern) | DII (1-1) | ||
19-6 | 12-3 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
20-9 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (1-2) | |||
23-6 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
16-7 | 9-5 | 4th | DNP | |||
25-3 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
New Orleans | 21-6 | 8-2 | 2nd | DNP | ||
New Orleans | 11-16 | 3-7 | 5th | DNP | ||
15-13 | 8-6 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
14-15 | 8-6 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
16-13 | 10-4 | 2nd | DNP | |||
19-10 | 11-3 | 1st | DNP | |||
14-15 | 7-7 | T-4th | DNP | |||
13-15 | 8-6 | T-1st | DNP | |||
14-14 | 7-5 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
20-9 | 10-2 | 1st | DNP | |||
9-18 | DNP | |||||
9-20 | 1-4 | 5th | DNP |
- 28-Year Coaching Record: 482-272 (.639) overall
- 132-85 (.608) in eight years at Lafayette
- 215-134 (.616) in 13 years at Hofstra
- 103-31 (.769) in five years at Princeton
- 32-22 (.593) in two years at New Orleans
- 114-51 (.691) in Middle Atlantic/East Coast Conference (77-32 with Hofstra/37-19 with Lafayette)
- 59-12 (.831) in Ivy League
- 11-9 (.550) in Sun Belt Conference
- 8-8 (.500) in ECC Tournament (3-4 Lafayette/5-4 with Hofstra)
- 7-5 (.583) in NCAA Division I Tournament
- 0-1 (.000) in NIT
- 2-2 (.500) in NCAA College Division/Division II Tournament