Southern Methodist

Official Name: 
Southern Methodist University
Nickname: 
Mustangs
Mailing Address: 

SMU Box 750216
6024 Airline Road
Dallas, TX 75275-0216

Telephone: 
(214) 768-2883
Fax: 
(214) 768-2044
Enrollment: 
10,035
Arena: 

Moody Coliseum
Capacity: 8,998
Year Opened: 1956

School Colors: 
Red and Blue
Conference: 

Conference USA (since 2006)
Former Member of SWC (1919-96) and Western Athletic (1997-2005)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1956 and 1957

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(10) 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1984, 1985, 1988, and 1993
10-12 record (.455)
Reached Final Four in 1956 (4th)

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1986 and 2000
0-2 record (.000)

CCAT/NCIT Record: 

0-1 in 1974

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

E.O. Doc Hayes (20 years from 1948-67, 299-191 record, .610)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Jeryl Sasser (1,992 points from 1998-2001)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Jon Koncak (1,169 from 1982-85)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Gene Phillips (51 points as senior at Texas on 3/2/71)

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

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Gene Phillips* (51 at Texas)
March 2, 1971 (senior/28.3 ppg)
*Southwest Conference game record.

1

2

Total

Southern Methodist

46

42

88

Texas

44

52

96

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Phillips

20-38

11-11

51

Putnam

1-3

1-1

3

Miller

1-12

2-3

4

Delzell

1-9

5-6

7

Rollings

3-12

0-2

6

Trout

5-6

2-2

12

Korver

1-1

3-4

5

Fleetwood

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

32-82

24-29

88

Percentages

.390

.828

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Black

6-14

7-8

19

Howden

5-9

4-5

14

Brosterhous

4-8

0-1

8

Lenox

9-22

8-8

26

Blacklock

10-20

6-9

26

Elliott

1-4

0-2

2

Louis

0-3

0-0

0

Langdon

0-0

1-2

1

Blandenbeckler

0-0

0-0

0

Baker

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

35-81

26-35

96

Percentages

.432

.743

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Dale Morrison

1

1917

12-2

.857

1917

12-2

J. Burton Rix

4

1918-21

22-34

.393

1918

5-4

R.N. Blackwell

1

1922

8-11

.421

1922

8-11

H.A. Faulkner

2

1923-24

19-26

.422

1923

10-11

James W. St. Clair

14

1925-38

120-110

.521

1935

14-3

Forrest "Whitey" Baccus

6

1939-42, 1946-47

55-71

.436

1939, 1947

14-8

James H. Stewart

2

1943-44

18-17

.514

1943

10-8

Roy D. "Rusty" Baccus

1

1945

11-10

.524

1945

11-10

Elmore O. "Doc" Hayes

20

1948-67

299-191

.610

1956

26-4

Bob Prewitt

8

1968-75

88-115

.433

1971

16-10

William "Sonny" Allen

5

1976-80

61-77

.442

1976, 1980

16-12

Dave Bliss

8

1981-88

142-101

.584

1988

28-7

John Shumate

7

1989-95

78-118

.398

1993

20-8

Mike Dement

9

1996-2004

138-120

.535

2000

21-9

Robert Lineberg

1

2004

2-3

.400

2004

2-3

Jimmy Tubbs

2

2005-06

27-30

.439

2005

14-14

Matt Doherty

5

2007-11

67-90

.427

2011

20-15

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,177-1,129 (.510) from 1917 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Dement compiled a 10-15 record in 2003-04 before he was fired and replaced by interim Lineberg.