George Washington

Official Name: 
George Washington University
Nickname: 
Colonials
Mailing Address: 

Smith Center
Room 107
600 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Website: 
www.gwsports.com
Telephone: 
(202) 994-8604
Fax: 
(202) 994-2713
Enrollment: 
23,000
Arena: 

Charles E. Smith Center
Capacity: 5,000
Year Opened: 1975

School Colors: 
Buff and Blue
Conference: 

Atlantic 10 (since 1977)/West Division
Former Member of southern (1942, 1943 and 1946-70)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(10) 1954, 1961, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, and 2007
4-10 record (.286)

NIT Appearances: 

(4) 1991, 1995, 1997, and 2004
0-4 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Bill Reinhart (24 years from 1936-42 and 1950-66, 316-237 record, .571)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Joe Holup (2,226 points from 1953-56)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Joe Holup (2,030 from 1953-56)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Joe Holup (49 points as senior vs. Furman on 2/17/56)

All-American Selections: 

(3) F Walt Corky Devlin (1955), F Bob Faris (1939), C Joe Holup (1956)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Joe Holup (49 vs. Furman)
February 17, 1956 (senior/25 ppg)

1

2

Total

George Washington

51

56

107

Furman

45

42

87

George Washington

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Holup

12-19

25-30

49

Petcavich

4-11

7-10

15

Jolly

3-5

2-2

8

Klein

2-9

0-0

4

Telasky

8-17

2-5

18

Matalavage

3-12

0-0

6

Manning

1-1

3-5

5

Baker

1-1

0-0

2

Young

0-0

0-0

0

Sweeney

0-0

0-0

0

Goodwin

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

34-77

39-52

107

Percentages

.442

.750

Furman

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Floyd

15-33

6-9

36

Herring

1-7

5-6

7

Hanks

0-2

0-0

0

Fraley

3-10

3-4

9

Kyber

1-4

2-5

4

Gaines

0-1

0-0

0

Wright

11-27

7-10

29

Gordon

0-3

0-1

0

Cooper

1-4

0-0

2

Ruth

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

32-92

23-35

87

Percentages

.348

.657
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

J. Kramer

2

1907-08

7-12

.368

1907

6-2

Slitz Schlosser

2

1913-14

4-17

.190

1914

3-11

Nathan Dougherty

1

1915

5-9

.357

1915

5-9

George Colliflower

2

1916-17

9-18

.333

1917

7-8

1

1918

5-6

.455

1918

5-6

Bryan Morse

3

1921-23

16-27

.372

1922

8-6

Jack Dailey

2

1924-25

8-14

.364

1925

7-5

James Lemon

2

1926-27

13-16

.448

1927

8-7

Maud Crum

2

1928-29

13-14

.481

1928

11-6

Joe Mitchell

1

1930

9-7

.563

1930

9-7

James A. Pixlee

3

1931-32, 1935

36-15

.706

1932

11-4

Ted O'Leary

2

1933-34

26-9

.743

1933

15-5

Logan Wilson

1

1935

14-6

.700

1935

14-6

Bill Reinhart

24

1936-42, 1950-66

316-237

.571

1954

23-3

Arthur "Otts" Zahn

3

1943, 1946-47

45-21

.682

1947

21-7

George Garber

2

1948-49

37-15

.712

1948

19-7

James "Babe" McCarthy

1

1967

6-18

.250

1967

6-18

Wayne Dobbs

3

1968-70

31-45

.408

1969

14-11

Carl J. Slone

4

1971-74

54-48

.529

1973

17-9

Bob Tallent

7

1975-81

102-84

.548

1976

20-7

Gerry Gimelstob

4

1982-85

58-55

.513

1984

17-12

John Kuester

5

1986-90

50-94

.347

1988

13-15

Mike Jarvis

8

1991-98

152-90

.628

1998

24-9

Tom Penders

3

1999-2001

49-42

.538

1999

20-9

Karl Hobbs

10

2002-11

166-129

.563

2006

27-3
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,220-1,042 (.539) from 1907 through 2011.
  • NOTES: George Washington (DC) did not field a varsity squad for four consecutive years from 1909-12
  • GWU did not field a formal team in 1919, 1920, 1944 and 1945 during World War I and World War II
  • Pixlee and Wilson served as co-coaches in 1935.