Dead Teams Walking: Brown, Colgate and UNH Never Have Won 20 Games
The latest individual to be named coach of his alma mater is Mike Martin, a four-year Brown starter who was part of the winningest class in school history (63-45 record from 2000-01 through 2003-04). Martin, an assistant at his alma mater in 2005-06 before tagging along with coach Glen Miller to Penn, helped the Bears' Class of 2004 compile a four-year 39-17 Ivy League mark - the best by a conference member other than Penn and Princeton since 1970.
But what Martin and any other Brown player never has achieved is be part of a 20-win season. After Harvard and Northwestern reached the 20-win plateau for the first time in school annals in 2009-10, Brown and the following two other Eastern schools - Colgate and New Hampshire - are the only institutions never to post a 20-win campaign despite being at the NCAA Division I level more than 50 years:
School | Most Victories (Season/Coach) | Sizing Up Longstanding Futility |
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Brown | 19-10 (2007-08/Craig Robinson) | one winning record in last eight years |
Colgate | 18-10 (1992-93/Jack Bruen) and 18-14 (2007-08/Emmett Davis) | three winning records in last 17 years |
New Hampshire | 19-9 (1994-95/Gib Chapman) | 17 consecutive losing seasons |