Cornell

Official Name: 
Cornell University
Nickname: 
Big Red
Mailing Address: 

Teagle Hall
Campus Road
Ithaca, NY 14853-6501

Website: 
www.cornellbigred.com
Telephone: 
(607) 255-3752
Fax: 
(607) 255-9791
Enrollment: 
12,900
Arena: 

Newman Arena
Capacity: 4,750
Year Opened: 1989

School Colors: 
Carnellian Red and White
Conference: 

Ivy League (since 1902)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(5) 1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, and 2010
2-6 record (.250)

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Royner Greene (13 years from 1947-59, 168-145 record, .537)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

John Bajusz (1,663 points from 1984-87)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

George Farley (1,089 from 1958-60)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

George Farley (47 points as senior at Princeton on 3/5/60)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

George Farley (47 at Princeton)
March 5, 1960 (senior/18.1 ppg)

1

2

Total

Cornell

30

43

73

Princeton

39

44

83

Cornell

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Harris

6

3

15

Farley

16

15

47

Zornow

1

2

4

Petry

0

0

0

Baugh

0

3

3

Furlong

1

0

2

Shaffer

0

0

0

Ivkovich

0

0

0

Levin

0

0

0

Wynne

1

0

2

Totals

25

23

73

Percentages

Princeton

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Campbell

8

10

26

Brennan

1

1

3

Brangan

7

7

21

Hyland

0

1

1

Burton

3

4

10

Higgins

0

0

0

Pasalis

0

0

0

Howson

0

0

0

Swan

6

4

16

Adams

3

0

6

Totals

28

27

83

Percentages
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Walter Haggerty

2

1908-09

18-18

.500

1909

13-10

David Coogan

1

1910

7-6

.538

1910

7-6

Paul Sternberg

2

1911-12

13-13

.500

1911

7-6

Albert H. Sharpe

7

1913-19

78-32

.709

1914

14-2

Howard B. Ortner

17

1920-36

156-160

.494

1924

13-3

John H. "Bo" Rowland

2

1937-38

14-21

.400

1938

11-7

Blair Gullion

4

1939-42

48-43

.527

1941

17-6

Emerald B. "Speed" Wilson

4

1943-46

40-36

.526

1945, 1946

12-5

Royner C. Greene

13

1947-59

165-143

.536

1951

20-5

Hugh "Sam" MacNeil

9

1960-68

139-79

.638

1965, 1967

19-5

Jerry Lace

4

1969-72

29-69

.296

1969

12-13

Tony Coma

2

1973-74

7-36

.163

Tom Allen

1

1974

0-9

.000

1974

0-9

Ben Bluitt

6

1975-80

46-107

.301

1977, 1978

9-17

Tom Miller

6

1981-86

71-89

.444

1984

16-10

Mike Dement

5

1987-91

67-67

.500

1988

17-10

Jan van Breda Kolff

2

1992-93

23-29

.442

1993

16-10

Al Walker

3

1994-96

27-51

.346

1996

10-16

Scott Thompson

4

1997-2000

45-60

.429

1997

15-11

Steve Donahue

10

2001-10

146-138

.514

2010

29-5

Bill Courtney

1

2011

10-18

.357

2011

10-18
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,178-1,292 (.477) from 1899 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Cornell (NY) did not have an official coach in its first eight seasons from 1899-1907 while compiling a 29-73 record
  • Cornell had a 3-14 record in the 1973-74 season when Allen succeeded Coma.