Massachusetts

Official Name: 
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Nickname: 
Minutemen, UMass
Mailing Address: 

Box 31010
225 Boyden Building
131 Commonwealth Avenue
Amherst, MA 01003

Telephone: 
(413) 545-2439
Fax: 
(413) 545-1556
Enrollment: 
23,670
Arena: 

William D. Mullins Memorial Center
Capacity: 9,493
Year Opened: 1992

School Colors: 
Maroon and White
Conference: 

Atlantic 10 (since 1977)
Former Member of New England/Yankee (1947-76)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(3) 1994, 1995, and 1996

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(8) 1962, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998
11-8 record (.579)
Reached Final Four in 1996 (T3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(11) 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2007, and 2008
10-12 record (.455)
Finished 4th in 1991 and 2nd in 2008

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jack Leaman (13 years from 1967-79, 217-126 record, .632)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Jim McCoy (2,374 points from 1989-92)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Lou Roe (1,070 from 1992-95)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Billy Tindall (41 points as senior vs. Vermont on 2/10/68)

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

(1) Lou Roe (1995)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Billy Tindall (41 vs. Vermont)
February 10, 1968 (senior/19.6 ppg)

1

2

Total

Massachusetts

49

47

96

Vermont

21

37

58

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Tindall

19-33

3-13

41

Gasperack

3-3

1-1

7

Gayeska

0-1

3-4

3

Ellerbrook

7-12

4-6

18

DiSarcina

5-8

4-6

14

Samuelson

1-2

0-0

2

Shockro

0-6

2-6

2

Gallagher

2-4

0-0

4

Dreyer

0-1

3-6

3

Starsiak

0-1

2-2

2

Girotti

0-1

0-0

0

Perkins

0-2

0-0

0

Totals

37-74

22-44

96

Percentages

.500

.500

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Librera

4-15

3-6

11

Bueb

1-1

0-2

2

Salati

1-6

1-4

3

Martiniuk

9-17

4-7

22

Lapointe

2-8

5-7

9

Katz

2-5

1-3

5

Greenman

2-4

0-1

4

Lombard

1-5

0-0

2

Green

0-0

0-0

0

Sivret

0-0

0-1

0

Totals

22-61

14-31

58

Percentages

.361

.452

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Harold M. "Kid" Gore

11

1917, 19, 21-29

85-53

.616

1926

12-2

Sumner A. Dole

2

1918-19

6-10

.375

1918

6-6

Emory Grayson

1

1920

7-8

.467

1920

7-8

Fred C. "Fritz" Ellert

5

1930-33, 1941

39-23

.629

1930

11-3

Melvin H. Taube

3

1934-36

20-16

.556

1934

12-0

Wilho Frigard

4

1937-40

24-33

.421

1937, 1938

8-6

Louis Bush

1

1941

4-5

.444

1941

4-5

Walter G. Hargesheimer

3

1942-43, 1947

13-21

.382

1942

8-6

Lorin E. Ball

7

1946-52

34-82

.293

1950

8-11

Thomas W. Eck

1

1946

4-8

.333

1946

4-8

Robert T. Curran

7

1953-59

81-80

.503

1956

17-6

Matt Zunic

4

1960-63

57-41

.582

1962

15-9

Johnny Orr

3

1964-66

39-33

.542

1964

15-9

Jack Leaman

13

1967-79

217-126

.632

1971

23-4

Ray Wilson

2

1980-81

5-48

.094

1981

3-24

Tom McLaughlin

2

1982-83

16-40

.286

1983

9-20

Ron Gerlufsen

5

1984-88

55-84

.396

1985

13-15

John Calipari

8

1989-96

193-71

.731

1996

35-2

James "Bruiser" Flint

5

1997-2001

86-72

.544

1998

21-11

Steve Lappas

4

2002-05

50-65

.435

2005

16-12

Travis Ford

3

2006-08

62-35

.639

2007

24-9

Derek Kellogg

3

2009-11

39-53

.424

2011

15-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,152-1,041 (.525) from 1900 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Massachusetts moved up to major-college status in 1962
  • The Minutemen vacated five NCAA Tournament games in 1996 (4-1 record)
  • Ellert was 1-4 in 1940-41 when replaced by Bush
  • Massachusetts did not field a team in 1943-44 and 1944-45 during World War II.