Samford

Official Name: 
Samford University
Nickname: 
Bulldogs
Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box 292253
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229-2253

Website: 
www.samfordsports.com
Telephone: 
(205) 726-2799
Fax: 
(205) 726-2545
Enrollment: 
4,495
Arena: 

Seibert Hall
Capacity: 4,000
Year Opened: 1959

School Colors: 
Red and Blue
Conference: 

Ohio Valley (since 2004)
Former Member of Atlantic Sun (1980-2003)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1999 and 2000
0-2 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jimmy Tillette (13 years from 1998-2010, 206-179 record, .535)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Craig Beard (1,925 points from 1983-85)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Dwayne Barnette (1,008 from 1973-76 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jonathan Pixley (39 points as sophomore vs. Mercer on 2/18/95)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jonathan Pixley* (39 vs. Mercer)
February 18, 1995 (sophomore/17.9 ppg)
*Division I school record. All-time Samford mark set by Jim Harrison (48 vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga on 1-6-56).

1

2

Total

Samford

39

51

90

Mercer

47

47

94

Samford

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Pixley

10-22

9-19

10-10

39

Hays

3-8

0-0

0-0

6

Jones

2-14

0-0

4-4

9

Davenport

4-16

0-0

3-4

15

Taylor

2-5

0-0

2-2

7

Barnes

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Davis

2-2

0-0

0-0

6

Williams

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Ware

2-3

0-0

2-3

6

Totals

26-72

17-44

21-23

90

Percentages

.361

.386

.913

Mercer

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Farley

2-3

0-0

0-0

4

Green

3-6

0-2

0-0

6

Belmer

5-9

0-0

1-5

11

Solomon

9-18

3-8

13-18

34

Elliot

8-14

4-7

6-6

26

Bristol

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Etchison

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Tuttle

2-4

0-0

0-0

4

Robinson

1-3

0-0

0-0

2

Bowling

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Odom

3-3

1-1

0-0

7

Totals

33-61

8-18

20-29

94

Percentages

.541

.444

.690
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

J.B. Longwell

1

1917

3-5

.375

1917

3-5

R.E. Mitchell

1

1918

4-3

.571

1918

4-3

Chester "Chet" Dillon

4

1919, 20, 26, 27

20-37

.351

1919

7-2

Robert C. Marshall

2

1921-22

6-14

.300

1922

5-9

Edward C. McLane

6

1928-31, 33, 34

38-72

.345

1929

11-8

Wilbur Eaton

1

1932

6-20

.231

1932

6-20

William H. "Billy" Bancroft

4

1935-38

50-37

.575

1938

15-6

Jim Stuart

4

1939-42

58-37

.611

1939

25-5

Euil "Snitz" Snider

1

1943

10-5

.667

1943

10-5

Donald Lance

1

1947

11-10

.524

1947

11-10

Herman Roberson

3

1948-50

43-37

.538

1950

14-11

Earl Gartman

5

1951-55

71-73

.493

1955

16-14

Virgil C. Ledbetter

6

1956-59, 64, 65

56-83

.403

1956

15-14

Walt Barnes

4

1960-63

61-40

.604

1961

23-1

John Edwards

3

1966-68

32-40

.444

1966

12-14

Van L. Washer

4

1969-72

45-55

.450

1970

16-9

Ron Harris

3

1973-75

20-57

.260

1975

9-17

Fred J. Crowell

4

1976-79

28-76

.269

1979

10-15

Cliff Wettig

2

1980-81

18-36

.333

1981

10-17

Mike Hanks

3

1982-84

46-38

.548

1984

22-8

Mel Hankinson

3

1985-87

38-47

.447

1985

18-12

Ed McLean

4

1988-91

27-83

.245

1989

8-19

John Brady

6

1992-97

89-77

.536

1997

19-9

Jimmy Tillette

14

1998-2011

218-200

.522

1999

24-6
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,015-1,209 (.456) from 1902 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Samford (AL) moved up to major-college status in 1973
  • Samford did not field a team for three years from 1943-44 through 1945-46 during World War II
  • Coaches are unknown from 1901-02 through 1904-05.