Northern Iowa
Official Name:
University of Northern Iowa
Nickname:
Purple Panthers
Mailing Address:
UNI-Dome NW Upper
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314
Website:
Telephone:
(319) 273-6354
Fax:
(319) 273-3602
Enrollment:
12,825
Arena:
McLeod Center
Capacity: 7,018
Year Opened: 2006
School Colors:
Purple and Old Gold
Conference:
Missouri Valley (since 1992)
Former Member of Mid-Continent (1983-91)
Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings:
(1) 1964
NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:
NIT Appearances:
None
All-Time Winningest Coach:
Eldon Miller (12 years from 1987-98, 164-178 record, .480)
All-Time Scoring Leader:
Jason Reese (2,033 points from 1987-90)
All-Time Rebounding Leader:
Pete Spoden (1,104 from 1961-64 when school was classified as a small college)
Single-Game Individual Scoring Record:
Cam Johnson (40 points as senior at Drake on 2/12/94)
Additional School Information on this Page:
Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:
Cam Johnson* (40 at Drake)
February 12, 1994 (senior/21.1 ppg)
*Tied all-time Northern Iowa mark set by Jerry Waugh (40 vs. North Dakota on 2-27-68) when school was classified as a small college.
1 | 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
49 | 53 | 102 | |
38 | 41 | 79 |
Name | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnson | 14-25 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 40 |
Ellis | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Anderson | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
Madlock | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 |
Jones | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
Carpenter | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6 |
Blocker | 12-18 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 31 |
Merfeld | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Rice | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
Holterhaus | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 |
Sims | 5-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 12 |
Totals | 38-70 | 10-18 | 16-21 | 102 |
Percentages | .543 | .556 | .762 |
Name | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Allen | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 5 |
C. Allen | 5-17 | 3-10 | 5-6 | 18 |
Washington | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 |
Surla | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 |
Knuckey | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 |
Rogers | 6-12 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 16 |
Celestine | 6-17 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 15 |
Caracoza | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 |
Gottlieb | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
Overton | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 9 |
King | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
Donner | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 |
Totals | 26-77 | 5-23 | 22-31 | 79 |
Percentages | .338 | .217 | .710 |
Coach | Seasons | Years | Record | W-L % | Best Season(s) | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1903 | 0-2 | .000 | 1903 | 0-2 | |
Charles A. Pell | 3 | 1904-06 | 11-12 | .478 | 1905, 1906 | .500 |
Roy F. Seymour | 3 | 1907-09 | 14-15 | .483 | 1907 | 5-4 |
Clayton B. Simmons | 1 | 1911 | 4-3 | .571 | 1911 | 4-3 |
H.F. Pasini | 2 | 1912-13 | 8-12 | .400 | 1913 | 6-4 |
Allen P. Berkstresser | 2 | 1914-15 | 10-12 | .455 | 1914 | 6-4 |
Russell Glaesner | 1 | 1919 | 2-6 | .250 | 1919 | 2-6 |
Ivan Doseff | 2 | 1920-21 | 14-14 | .500 | 1921 | 7-5 |
L.L. Mendenhall | 3 | 1922-24 | 27-7 | .794 | 1923 | 10-1 |
Arthur D. Dickinson | 12 | 1925-32, 34-37 | 102-66 | .607 | 1925 | 10-1 |
Melvin Fritzel | 1 | 1933 | 9-4 | .692 | 1933 | 9-4 |
Oliver M. "Hon" Nordly | 15 | 1938-54 | 166-127 | .567 | 16-5 | |
Stanley Hall | 2 | 1955-56 | 19-22 | .463 | 11-11 | |
James H. Witham | 5 | 1957-61 | 63-49 | .562 | 16-5 | |
6 | 1962-67 | 97-42 | .698 | 23-4 | ||
Wesley "Zeke" Hogeland | 6 | 1968-73 | 70-74 | .486 | 15-7 | |
Jim Berry | 13 | 1974-86 | 144-210 | .407 | 18-10 | |
12 | 1987-98 | 164-178 | .480 | 23-9 | ||
Thurlon "Sam" Weaver | 3 | 1999-2001 | 30-57 | .345 | 14-15 | |
5 | 2002-06 | 90-63 | .588 | 23-10 | ||
5 | 2007-11 | 109-57 | .657 | 30-5 |
- All-Time W-L Record: 1,159-1,042 (.527) from 1901 through 2011.
- NOTES: Northern Iowa moved up to major-college status in 1981
- UNI did not field a team in 1943-44 and 1944-45 during World War II
- Coaches are unknown for 1901, 1902 and 1918.