New Mexico State

Official Name: 
New Mexico State University
Nickname: 
Aggies
Mailing Address: 

Box 30001
Department 3145
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

Website: 
www.nmstatesports.com
Telephone: 
(505) 646-3929
Fax: 
(505) 646-2425
Enrollment: 
15,225
Arena: 

Pan American Center
Capacity: 13,071
Year Opened: 1968

School Colors: 
Crimson and White
Conference: 

Western Athletic (since 2006)
Former Member of Border (1932-62), Missouri Valley (1971-83), Big West (1984-2000) and Sun Belt (2001-05)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1970

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(18) 1952, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2007, and 2010
10-20 record (.333)
Reached Final Four in 1970 (3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(4) 1939, 1989, 1995, and 2000
3-4 record (.429)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1938, 1950, 1951, and 1952
5-4 record (.556)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Lou Henson (17 years from 1967-75 and 1998-2005, 309-176 record, .637)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Albert Slab Jones (1,758 points from 1977-80)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Sam Lacey (1,265 from 1968-70)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

John Williamson (48 points as junior at California on 1/17/72)

All-American Selections: 

(1) G Jimmy Collins (1970)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Jimmy Collins (1970)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

John Williamson (48 at California)
January 17, 1972 (junior/27.1 ppg)

1

2

Total

New Mexico State

40

51

91

California

43

46

89

New Mexico State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Neal

2-7

3-5

7

Ward

2-6

1-3

5

Grant

1-7

4-5

6

Scott

5-19

1-2

11

Williamson

19-36

10-13

48

Robinson

5-8

0-1

10

Moore

1-2

0-0

2

Ford

0-0

2-2

2

Totals

35-85

21-31

91

Percentages

.412

.677

California

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Coughran

8-15

8-9

24

Meier

5-18

3-5

13

Truitt

13-23

9-11

35

Duwe

7-20

1-1

15

Long

0-2

0-0

0

Johnson

0-1

0-0

0

Rudow

0-0

0-0

0

Armstrong

1-2

0-0

2

Totals

34-81

21-26

89

Percentages

.420

.808
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

John O. Miller

2

1907-08

0-2

.000

Victor Kays

1

1909

7-2

.778

1909

7-2

George Lain

1

1910

3-5

.375

1910

3-5

Arthur H. Badenoch

3

1911-13

3-22

.120

1913

1-6

Clarence W. Russel

3

1915-17

19-12

.613

1916, 1917

.667

John G. Griffith

3

1918-20

20-9

.690

1919

8-2

Arthur Bergman

2

1921-22

12-5

.706

1921

9-1

Robert R. Brown

4

1923-26

48-31

.608

1923

14-6

A.L. Burkeholder

1

1927

6-13

.316

1927

6-13

Ted R. Coffman

2

1928-29

9-20-1

.317

1929

6-9

Jerry H. Hines

12

1930-40, 1947

157-109

.590

1938

22-3

Julius J. Johnston

2

1941-42

22-30

.423

1941

14-12

Kermit "Bud" Laabs

2

1945-46

14-21

.400

1945

9-5

John Gunn

2

1948-49

21-26

.447

1948

12-11

George McCarty

4

1950-53

65-55

.542

1952

22-11

Presley Askew

12

1954-65

135-146

.480

1961

19-5

Jim McGregor

1

1966

4-22

.154

1966

4-22

Lou Henson

17

1967-75, 1998-2005

309-176

.637

1970

27-3

Ken Hayes

4

1976-79

69-46

.600

1979

22-10

Weldon Drew

6

1980-85

82-84

.494

1980

17-10

Neil McCarthy

12

1986-97

248-123

.668

1990

26-5

Tony Stubblefield

1

2005

2-12

.143

2005

2-12

Reggie Theus

2

2006-07

41-23

.641

2007

25-9

Marvin Menzies

4

2008-11

76-58

.567

2010

22-12
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,329-1,019 (.566) from 1905 through 2011.
  • NOTES: New Mexico State moved up to major-college status in 1951
  • The Aggies vacated six NCAA Tournament games in 1992 (2-1 record), 1993 (1-1) and 1994 (0-1) plus 19 regular-season victories in 1996-97 and 18 in 1997-98
  • Henson compiled a 4-12 record in 2004-05 when he missed a portion of the season due to illness
  • The school did not field a team in 1942-43 and 1943-44 during World War II
  • Coaches are unknown in 1904-05 and 1905-06.