Drake

Official Name: 
Drake University
Nickname: 
Bulldogs
Mailing Address: 

Drake Fieldhouse
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311

Website: 
www.drakebulldogs.org
Telephone: 
(515) 271-3012
Fax: 
(515) 271-3015
Enrollment: 
3,330
Arena: 

Knapp Center
Capacity: 7,002
Year Opened: 1992

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

Missouri Valley (1908-51 and since 1957)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1969, 1970, 1971, and 2008
5-4 record (.556)
Reached Final Four in 1969 (3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(3) 1964, 1981, and 1986
1-3 record (.250)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1938
0-1 record (.000)

CCAT/NCIT Record: 

3-0 to finish 1st in 1975

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Maury John (13 years from 1959-71, 211-131 record, .617)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Phillip Red Murrell (1,657 points from 1956-58)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Melvin Mathis (854 from 1983-86)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Phillip Red Murrell (51 points as senior vs. Houston in overtime on 3/3/58)

All-American Selections: 

(5) F Lewis Lloyd (1980 and 1981), G Willie McCarter (1969), F Phil Red Murrell (1958), G Chuck Orebaugh (1937)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Philip Red Murrell (51 vs. Houston in OT)
March 3, 1958 (senior/26.7 ppg)

1

2

OT

Total

Drake

39

37

12

88

Houston

41

35

11

87

Drake

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Murrell

20

11-14

51

Tealer

7

5-7

19

Bowman

0

1-2

1

Linke

3

2-5

8

Callahan

2

3-5

7

Eckhoff

1

0-0

2

Gaer

0

0-0

0

Martel

0

0-0

0

Totals

33

22-33

88

Percentages

.667

Houston

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Tuffl

6

5-6

17

Boone

7

0-0

14

Erickson

4

9-15

17

Byrd

4

4-4

12

Kapner

7

7-8

21

Markle

0

0-0

0

Schisler

1

0-1

2

Welch

1

2-2

4

Bigott

0

0-0

0

Totals

30

27-36

87

Percentages

.750
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Charles A. Pell

3

1907-09

6-12

.333

1907

2-1

John L. Griffith

3

1910, 1913-14

2-24

.077

1913

1-8

A.R. Hackett

2

1911-12

1-14

.067

1912

2-7

Ray Whisman

2

1915-16

8-15

.348

1915

5-6

Ralph Glaze

1

1917

5-7

.417

1917

5-7

S.W. Hobbs

1

1918

2-17

.105

1918

2-17

Mark B. Banks

3

1919-21

32-37

.464

1921

10-8

Ossie Solem

4

1922-25

37-31

.544

1922

14-4

Bill Boelter

7

1926-32

46-86

.348

1930

10-9

E.O. "Bill" Williams

11

1933-43

113-115

.496

1938

14-6

Bill Easton

1

1944

7-13

.350

1944

7-13

Vee J. Green

2

1945-46

22-28

.440

1945

11-13

Forrest "Forddy" Anderson

2

1947-48

32-23

.582

1947

18-11

Jack McClelland

8

1949-56

90-105

.462

1950

14-12

John Benington

2

1957-58

21-28

.429

1958

13-12

Maury John

13

1959-71

211-131

.617

1969

26-5

Howard Stacey

3

1972-74

34-44

.436

1973

14-12

Bob Ortegel

7

1975-81

91-103

.469

1975

19-10

Gary Garner

7

1982-88

95-104

.477

1986

19-11

Tom Abatemarco

2

1989-90

23-29

.442

Eddie Fields

1

1990

2-6

.250

1990

2-6

Rudy Washington

6

1991-96

63-102

.382

1993

14-14

Kurt Kanaskie

7

1997-2003

62-136

.313

2002

14-15

Dr. Tom Davis

4

2004-07

54-66

.450

2007

17-15

Keno Davis

1

2008

28-5

.848

2008

28-5

Mark Phelps

3

2009-11

44-53

.454

2009

17-16
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,131-1,334 (.459) from 1907 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Drake (IA) had an 11-12 record under Abatemarco in the 1989-90 season when he was succeeded by Fields.