Middle Tennessee State

Official Name: 
Middle Tennessee State University
Nickname: 
Blue Raiders
Mailing Address: 

MTSU Box 20
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Telephone: 
(615) 898-2450
Fax: 
(615) 898-5626
Enrollment: 
20,070
Arena: 

Murphy Center
Capacity: 11,520
Year Opened: 1972

School Colors: 
Navy Blue and White
Conference: 

Sun Belt (since 2001)/East Division
Former Member of Ohio Valley (1953-2000)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(6) 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1989
2-6 record (.250)

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1986 and 1988
2-2 record (.500)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1955
0-1 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jimmy Earle (10 years from 1970-79, 164-103 record, .614)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Robert Taylor (1,622 points from 1990-93)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Warren Kidd (1,048 from 1990-93)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Mike Milholland (44 points as senior vs. Austin Peay on 1/23/65)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Mike Milholland (44 vs. Austin Peay State)
January 23, 1965 (senior/12.8 ppg)

1

2

Total

Middle Tennessee State

60

65

125

Austin Peay State

41

54

95

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Milholland

14-24

16-19

44

Spencer

5-11

0-1

10

Samuels

0-4

0-0

0

Meadows

1-1

0-0

2

Sutter

7-10

4-6

18

Martin

10-17

5-7

25

Cannon

1-5

2-4

4

Midgett

4-10

2-2

10

Cardnen

1-5

0-0

2

Jackson

1-3

0-0

2

Lannon

1-3

1-3

3

Gilbandy

1-2

2-2

4

Shults

0-3

1-4

1

Totals

46-98

33-48

125

Percentages

.469

.688

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Sledd

0-5

0-0

0

Jackson

9-21

12-14

30

Van Hooser

3-6

0-1

6

Toombs

0-6

2-3

2

McEffresh

1-4

0-0

2

DeForest

0-2

3-7

3

Keller

4-9

1-1

9

Drake

1-1

0-0

2

Ellis

2-10

0-2

4

Morgan

4-12

12-12

20

Wilkerson

0-2

0-0

0

Holliday

3-4

6-8

12

Gray

2-7

1-3

5

Totals

29-89

37-52

95

Percentages

.326

.712

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Alfred B. Miles

4

1914, 15, 23, 24

27-6

.818

1924

13-1

Guy Stephenson

3

1925-27

18-15

.545

1925

3-1

Frank Faulkinberry

6

1928-33

45-38

.542

1930

16-6

E.M. "Nig" Waller

2

1934-35

9-12

.429

1934

6-5

Johnny "Red" Floyd

4

1936-39

13-34

.277

1939

5-8

Edwin W. Midgett

3

1940-42

25-35

.417

1942

9-9

Otis L. Freeman

1

1946

4-0

1.000

1946

4-0

Elbert K. Patty

2

1947-48

24-19

.558

1947

14-8

Charles M. Murphy

1

1949

11-12

.478

1949

11-12

Charles N. Greer

7

1950-56

77-103

.428

1952

19-12;

Ed Diddle Jr.

6

1957-62

56-80

.412

1958

11-10

Bill Stokes

3

1963-65

26-43

.377

1964

11-10

Ken Trickey

4

1966-69

45-54

.455

1968

15-9

Jimmy Earle

10

1970-79

164-103

.614

1975

23-5

Stan Simpson

5

1980-84

71-66

.518

1982

22-8

Bruce Stewart

7

1985-91

141-76

.650

1987

22-7

Dave Farrar

5

1992-96

61-73

.455

1992

16-11

Randy Wiel

6

1997-2002

84-90

.483

1998

19-9

Kermit Davis Jr.

9

2003-11

153-126

.548

2005

19-12