Army

Official Name: 
United States Military Academy
Nickname: 
Black Knights, Cadets
Mailing Address: 

639 Howard Road
West Point, NY 10996-9906

Telephone: 
(845) 938-6871
Fax: 
(845) 446-2556
Enrollment: 
4,000
Arena: 

Christl Arena
Capacity: 5,043
Year Opened: 1985

School Colors: 
Black, Gold and Gray
Conference: 

Patriot League (since 1991)
Former Member of Metro Atlantic Athletic (1982-90)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

NCAA Tournament Appearances: None

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1978
13-10 record (.565)
Finished 3rd in 1964, 3rd in 1965, 4th in 1966, 4th in 1969 and 3rd in 1970

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Leo Novak (13 years from 1927-39, 126-61 record, .674)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Kevin Houston (2,325 points from 1984-87)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Gary Winton (1,168 from 1975-78)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Kevin Houston (53 points as senior vs. Fordham in overtime on 2/28/87 in MAAC Tournament quarterfinals)

All-American Selections: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Dale Hall (1944 and 1945)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Kevin Houston* (53 vs. Fordham in OT of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals at Meadowlands Arena)
February 28, 1987 (senior/32.9 ppg)
*MAAC Tournament record.

1

2

OT

Total

Army

33

51

14

98

Fordham

38

46

10

94

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Steptoe

2-3

0-0

1-2

5

Yeager

1-4

0-1

2-2

4

King

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Houston

14-37

0-0

19-22

53

Blackwell

4-4

0-0

2-2

11

Boeschenstein

0-0

0-0

4-4

4

Clouse

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Mattson

3-3

0-0

1-3

7

McGuinness

0-0

0-0

0-1

0

Rothert

1-2

0-0

0-1

2

Whipp

2-3

0-0

6-6

12

Totals

27-59

9-23

35-43

98

Percentages

.458

.391

.814

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Franco

5-9

1-3

1-2

12

Paterno

5-7

0-0

2-2

12

Williams

4-5

0-0

7-10

15

Pedro

3-8

0-1

2-3

8

Taylor

1-2

0-0

0-0

2

Bantum

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Jones

3-5

0-1

2-2

8

McClendon

0-1

0-0

3-4

3

Parotta

9-15

0-0

4-7

22

Robinson

5-8

0-0

2-4

12

Totals

35-60

1-5

23-34

94

Percentages

.583

.200

.676

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Joseph Stilwell

7

1903-11, 1914

49-17

.742

1910

14-1

Harry Fisher

4

1907, 1922-23, 25

55-10

.846

1923

17-0

Harry Higley

2

1912-13

19-6

.760

1913

11-2

Jacob Devers

2

1915-16

16-9

.640

1915

11-2

Arthur Conrad

1

1917

3-8

.375

1917

3-8

Ivens Jones

2

1918-19

11-9

.550

1918

8-4

Joseph O'Shea

2

1920-21

30-7

.811

1920

12-2

John Van Vliet

1

1924

16-2

.889

1924

16-2

Ernest Blood

1

1926

11-6

.647

1926

11-6

Leo Novak

13

1927-39

126-61

.674

1939

13-2

Valentine Lentz

4

1940-43

31-31

.500

1940

11-4

Edward Kelleher

2

1944-45

29-1

.967

1944

15-0

Stuart Holcomb

2

1946-47

18-13

.581

1946

9-6

John Mauer

4

1948-51

33-35

.485

1950, 1951

9-8

Elmer Ripley

2

1952-53

19-17

.528

1953

11-8

Bob Vanatta

1

1954

15-7

.682

1954

15-7

Orvis Sigler

4

1955-58

39-47

.454

1958

13-12

George Hunter

5

1959-63

63-48

.568

1961

17-7

Taylor "Tates" Locke

2

1964-65

40-15

.727

1964

19-7

Bob Knight

6

1966-71

102-50

.671

1968

20-5

Dan Dougherty

4

1972-75

31-66

.320

1972, 1973

11-13

Mike Krzyzewski

5

1976-80

73-59

.553

1977

20-8

Pete Gaudet

2

1981-82

12-41

.226

1981

7-19

Les Wothke

8

1983-90

92-135

.405

1985

16-13

Tom Miller

3

1991-93

13-61

.176

1991

6-22

Mike Connors

1

1993

1-7

.143

1993

1-7

Dino Gaudio

4

1994-97

36-72

.333

1995

12-16

Pat Harris

5

1998-2002

42-96

.304

2002

12-16

Jim Crews

7

2003-09

59-140

.296

2007

15-16

Zach Spiker

2

2010, 1911

25-34

.424

2010

14-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,119-1,118 (.500) from 1903 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Army (NY) was self-coached in 1904-05 and 1905-06
  • Miller compiled a 3-15 record in 1992-93 when he was replaced by Connors on an interim basis.