Akron

Official Name: 
University of Akron
Nickname: 
Zips
Mailing Address: 

Rhodes Arena
Room 76
373 Carroll Street
Akron, OH 44325-5201

Website: 
www.gozips.com
Telephone: 
(330) 972-7468
Fax: 
(330) 374-8844
Enrollment: 
24,300
Arena: 

James A. Rhodes Arena
Capacity: 5,500
Year Opened: 1983

School Colors: 
Blue and Gold
Conference: 

Mid-American/East Division (since 1993)
Former Member of Ohio Valley (1981-87) and Mid-Continent (1991 and 1992)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1967 and 1973

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1986 and 2009
0-2 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(9) 1958, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1975
21-9 record (.700)
Reached national semifinals in 1964 (2nd), 1966 (3rd) and 1972 (2nd)

NIT Appearances: 

(4) 1987, 1989, 2006, and 2008
2-4 record (.333)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1943
0-1 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Russell Beichly (19 years from 1941-59, 288-142 record, .670)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Joe Jakubick (2,583 points from 1981-84)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Fred Golding (1,360 from 1957-59 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Joe Jakubick (47 points as junior vs. Murray State on 2/5/83)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Joe Jakubick (47 points vs. Murray State)
February 5, 1983 (junior/26.7 ppg)

1

2

Total

Akron

41

43

84

Murray State

31

45

76

Akron

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Acord

2-9

1-5

2-4

7

Suthers

5-6

0-0

3-4

13

Spikes

3-5

0-0

2-4

8

Jakubick

14-24

0-0

12-17

47

Pierce

4-9

0-0

1-6

9

Johnson

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Shaffer

0-3

0-0

0-1

0

Totals

28-56

8-16

20-36

84

Percentages

.500

.500

.556

Murray State

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Green

8-22

3-8

6-8

25

Curran

1-5

0-0

3-4

5

Hood

5-11

0-0

0-0

10

Sleets

7-17

3-8

2-2

19

Stewart

3-10

2-8

1-2

9

Davis

2-8

0-0

0-0

4

Preston

0-1

0-1

4-4

4

Ingram

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Youngblood

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Lindauer

0-2

0-2

0-0

0

Totals

26-76

8-27

16-20

76

Percentages

.342

.296

.800
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Earl Williams

1

1905-08

23-20

.535

1907

5-2

Dwight Bradley/Walter East

1

1909

6-7

.462

1909

6-7

Clarence Weed

1

1910

5-3

.625

1910

5-3

Frank J. Haggerty

5

1911-15

29-24

.547

1913

7-1

Fred Sefton

11

1916-24, 26, 27

103-42

.710

1919

14-0

James Coleman

1

1925

8-5

.615

1925

8-5

Howard "Red" Blair

9

1928-36

89-40

.690

1934

15-1

Paul Bixler

3

1937-39

31-15

.674

1938

13-5

Thomas Dowler

1

1940

7-11

.389

1940

7-11

Russell Beichly

19

1941-59

288-142

.670

1945, 1959

21-2

Tony Laterza

9

1960-68

178-59

.751

1963

22-3

Wyatt Webb

7

1969-75

126-60

.677

1972

26-5

Alex Adams

1

1976

10-14

.417

1976

10-14

Ken Cunningham

4

1977-80

43-60

.417

1977

14-11

Bob Rupert

4

1981-84

37-71

.343

1983

14-15

Bob Huggins

5

1985-89

97-46

.678

1988

21-7

Coleman Crawford

6

1990-95

71-91

.438

1990, 1992

16-12

Dan Hipsher

9

1996-2004

112-137

.450

1999

18-9

Keith Dambrot

7

2005-11

162-75

.684

2007

26-7
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,434-934 (.606) from 1902 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Akron (OH), classified as a small college from 1951-79, permanently moved up to major-college status in 1980.