Butler

Official Name: 
Butler University
Nickname: 
Bulldogs
Mailing Address: 

4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208

Website: 
www.butlersports.com
Telephone: 
(317) 940-9671
Fax: 
(317) 940-9808
Enrollment: 
4,100
Arena: 

Hinkle Fieldhouse
Capacity: 11,043
Year Opened: 1928

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

Horizon League (since 1980)
Former Member of Missouri Valley (1933 and 1934) and Mid-American (1947-50)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(10) 1962, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
13-10 record (.565)
Finished national runner-up in 2010

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1958, 1959, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2002, and 2006
5-8 record (.385)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Paul Tony Hinkle (41 years from 1927-70, 560-392 record, .588)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Chad Tucker (2,321 points from 1984-88, sat out most of 1986-87 season because of shoulder injury)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Daryl Mason (961 from 1972-74)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Darrin Fitzgerald (54 points as senior vs. Detroit on 2/9/87)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Darrin Fitzgerald (54 vs. Detroit)
February 9, 1987 (senior/26.2 ppg)

1

2

Total

Butler

34

54

88

Detroit

30

47

77

Butler

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Fowlkes

5-10

0-0

4-6

14

Yeater

0-4

0-0

4-6

4

Harper

1-3

0-0

1-2

3

Fitzgerald

16-30

12-22

10-10

54

Littrell

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Herbert

0-0

0-0

0-1

0

Gallahar

5-11

0-0

3-5

13

Harris

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Givens

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Berry

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

VonBargen

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Donovan

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

27-59

12-24

22-30

88

Percentages

.458

.500

.733

Detroit

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Humes

8-17

0-1

4-5

20

Owens

5-12

0-1

2-2

12

Kennedy

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Wood

4-6

2-3

0-0

10

Tullos

13-18

4-7

2-3

32

Brown

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Cook

0-2

0-0

3-4

3

Williams

0-0

0-0

0-2

0

Miller

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Bruszka

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Maher

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

30-57

6-12

11-16

77

Percentages

.526

.500

.688
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

James Zink

2

1898, 1999

2-5

.286

1898

2-3

Walter Kelly

4

1900-03

6-7

.462

1900, 1901

2-1

Ralph Jones

1

1904

1-2

.333

1904

1-2

Edgar Wingard

2

1905-06

7-2

.778

1905

6-1

Art Guedel

1

1907

2-4

.333

1907

2-4

John McKay

2

1908-09

8-6

.571

1909

5-2

Walter Gipe

1

1910

3-4

.429

1910

3-4

Bill Diddle

2

1911-12

10-11

.476

1912

5-4

G. Cullen Thomas

5

1913-18

16-27

.372

1917

7-6

Joe Mullane

1

1919

1-7

.125

1919

1-7

F.E. Ellis

1

1920

1-4

.200

1920

1-4

Harlan O. "Pat" Page

6

1921-26

94-29

.764

1921

16-3

Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle

41

1927-70

549-384

.588

1929, 1931

17-2

Frank Hedden

2

1943, 1945

18-15

.545

1945

14-6

George Theofanis

7

1971-77

79-105

.429

1973, 1974

14-12

Joe Sexson

12

1978-89

143-188

.432

1985

19-10

Barry Collier

11

1990-2000

196-132

.598

2000

23-8

Thad Matta

1

2001

24-8

.750

2001

24-8

Todd Lickliter

6

2002-07

131-61

.682

2003

27-6

Brad Stevens

4

2008-11

117-25

.824

2008

30-4
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,427-1,042 (.578) from 1897 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Joe McCrea also coached Butler's team in 1909
  • No records are available for the 1914 season
  • Butler (IN) did not field a formal team in 1943-44 during World War II
  • Hinkle compiled a 3-5 record in 1956-57 before Bob Dietz coached the last 17 games (8-9 mark).