Wagner

Official Name: 
Wagner College
Nickname: 
Seahawks
Mailing Address: 

631 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301-4495

Telephone: 
(718) 390-3227
Fax: 
(718) 390-3347
Enrollment: 
2,000
Arena: 

Spiro Sports Center
Capacity: 2,100
Year Opened: 1999

School Colors: 
Green and White
Conference: 

Northeast (since 1982)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 2003
0-1 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(4) 1958, 1967, 1968, and 1969
4-4 record (.500)

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1979 and 2002
0-2 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Herb Sutter (27 years from 1938-65 when school was classified as a small college, 352-251 record, .584)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Terrance Bailey (2,591 points from 1984-87)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Charlie Harreus (1,096 from 1952-55 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Terrance Bailey (49 points as junior vs. Brooklyn in triple overtime on 1/29/86)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Terrance Bailey* (49 vs. Brooklyn in 3OT)
January 29, 1986 (junior/29.4 ppg)
*School Division I record tied all-time Wagner mark set by Ray Hodge (49 vs. Moravian, Pa., on 12-3-69).

1

2

OT

2OT

3OT

Total

Wagner

41

43

12

4

5

105

Brooklyn

30

54

12

4

3

103

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Crawford

2-4

0-0

4

Smolka

3-5

0-0

6

House

5-10

2-6

12

Van Drost

8-16

4-7

20

Bailey

19-34

11-13

49

Coombs

1-1

0-0

2

Johnson

0-0

0-0

0

Bookhard

5-7

2-4

12

Jackson

0-2

0-0

0

Totals

43-79

19-30

105

Percentages

.544

.633

Brooklyn

Name

FG

FT

PTS

K. Grady

2-8

0-0

4

Eley

3-6

4-9

10

D. Grady

11-18

3-5

25

Gaffney

2-8

2-4

6

Richardson

13-25

2-5

28

Blackett

6-11

2-3

14

De La Guardia

0-0

0-0

0

Brady

0-1

0-0

0

Lainge

5-6

6-12

16

Totals

42-73

19-38

103

Percentages

.575

.500

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Erastus LaRue Ely

1

1921

1-4

.200

1921

1-4

Walter B. Peterson

1

1922

1-6

.143

1922

1-6

Elmer Ripley

3

1923-25

23-22

.511

1925

9-8

Joseph Flotten

1

1926

10-4

.714

1926

10-4

John Futchs

1

1927

8-10

.444

1927

8-10

John Morris

2

1928-29

7-19

.269

1928

4-9

Ray Kirschmeyer

5

1930-34

16-36

.308

1933

6-3

Bill Keegan

3

1935-37

29-25

.537

1935

14-5

Herb Sutter

27

1938-65

352-252

.583

1956

20-3

Chester Sellitto

7

1966-72

97-89

.522

1968

21-8

John C. Goodwin

4

1973-76

26-73

.263

1974, 1975

9-16

Peter "P.J." Carlesimo

6

1977-82

65-93

.411

1979

21-7

Neil Kennett

7

1983-89

80-116

.408

1986, 1987

16-13

Tim Capstraw

10

1990-99

117-164

.416

1993

18-12

Dereck Whittenburg

4

2000-03

67-50

.573

2003

21-11

Mike Deane

7

2004-10

93-115

.447

2008

23-8

Dan Hurley

1

2011

13-17

.433

2011

13-17

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,008-1,092 (.480) from 1921 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Wagner (NY) moved up to major-college status in 1977
  • Kennett's record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from Cleveland State in 1988-89
  • Deane's record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from Lehigh in 2004-05
  • Wagner did not field a team in 1943-44 during World War II.