Michigan

Official Name: 
University of Michigan
Nickname: 
Wolverines
Mailing Address: 

1000 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2201

Telephone: 
(734) 763-4423
Fax: 
(734) 647-1188
Enrollment: 
38,250
Arena: 

Crisler Arena
Capacity: 13,562
Year Opened: 1967

School Colors: 
Maize and Blue
Conference: 

Big Ten (since 1896)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(11) 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1993

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(21) 1948, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2009
42-20 record (.677)
Reached Final Four in 1964 (3rd), 1965 (2nd), 1976 (2nd), 1989 (1st), 1992 (2nd) and 1993 (2nd)

NIT Appearances: 

(10) 1971, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2007
25-7 record (.781)
Finished 1st in 1984, 1997 and 2004 and 2nd in 2006

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Johnny Orr (12 years from 1969-80, 209-113 record, .649)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Glen Rice (2,442 points from 1986-89)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Rudy Tomjanovich (1,039 from 1968-70)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Cazzie Russell (48 points as senior vs. Northwestern on 3/5/66) and Rudy Tomjanovich (48 as junior vs. Indiana in overtime on 1/7/69)

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

(5) Cazzie Russell (1965 and 1966), Rickey Green (1977), Gary Grant (1988), Chris Webber (1993)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Cazzie Russell (48 vs. Northwestern)
March 5, 1966 (senior/30.8 ppg)

1

2

Total

Michigan

54

51

105

Northwestern

39

53

92

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Darden

8-15

3-4

19

Clawson

2-7

0-0

4

Myers

7-11

0-0

14

Russell

20-34

8-11

48

Thompson

5-8

0-0

10

Bankey

2-4

0-0

4

Dill

3-5

0-0

6

Pitts

0-1

0-0

0

Brown

0-0

0-0

0

Delzer

0-1

0-0

0

Tillotson

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

47-87

11-15

105

Percentages

.540

.733

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Kozlicki

8-20

2-2

18

Weaver

9-18

2-3

20

Pitts

3-12

3-4

9

Burns

13-35

12-14

38

Tiberi

3-12

1-1

7

Cummins

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

36-97

20-24

92

Percentages

.371

.833

Box Score Notes: 

Rudy Tomjanovich (48 vs. Indiana in OT)
January 7, 1969 (junior/25.7 ppg)

1

2

OT

Total

Michigan

39

41

9

89

Indiana

43

37

7

87

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Stewart

8-24

1-1

17

Carter

1-3

0-2

2

Tomjanovich

21-34

6-8

48

Fife

2-9

0-0

4

Maxey

4-8

1-2

9

Sullivan

0-1

3-4

3

Edwards

1-1

0-0

2

Henry

0-2

0-0

0

Bloodworth

0-1

0-0

0

Ford

2-3

0-1

4

Totals

39-86

11-18

89

Percentages

.453

.611

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Stocksdale

6-16

6-6

18

Johnson

8-19

5-9

21

Branaugh

7-14

3-5

17

Gipson

1-5

2-2

4

Cookie

7-16

1-4

15

DeHeer

2-7

1-3

5

Noland

3-6

1-2

7

Atkinson

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

34-84

19-31

87

Percentages

.405

.613

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Elmer D. Mitchell

2

1918-19

24-18

.571

1919

18-6

Edward "E.J." Mather

9

1920-28

106-53

.667

1927

14-3

George Veenker

3

1929-31

35-12

.745

1929

13-3

Franklin "Cappy" Cappon

7

1932-38

78-57

.578

1937

16-4

Bennie G. Oosterbaan

8

1939-46

81-72

.529

1940

13-7

Osborne "Ozzie" Cowles

2

1947-48

28-14

.667

1948

16-6

Ernie B. McCoy

4

1949-52

40-47

.460

1949

15-6

Bill Perigo

8

1953-60

78-100

.438

1959

15-7

Dave Strack

8

1961-68

113-89

.559

1965

24-4

Johnny Orr

12

1969-80

209-113

.649

1977

26-4

Bill Frieder

9

1981-89

191-87

.687

1985

26-4

Steve Fisher

9

1989-97

193-82

.702

1993

31-5

Brian Ellerbe

4

1998-2001

62-60

.508

1998

25-9

Tommy Amaker

6

2002-07

108-84

.563

2004

23-11

John Beilein

4

2008-11

67-67

.500

2009, 1911

21-14

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,290-960 (.573) from 1909 through 2011.
  • NOTES: The 1918 squad was Michigan's first varsity team
  • Fisher succeeded Frieder for Michigan's six victories in the 1989 NCAA Tournament
  • The Wolverines vacated a total of 107 regular-season victories in 1993 (26), 1996 (21), 1997 (24), 1998 (24) and 1999 (12). They also vacated a total of 15 NCAA Tournament games in 1992 (5-1 record), 1993 (5-1), 1996 (0-1) and 1998 (1-1).