Illinois State

Official Name: 
Illinois State University
Nickname: 
Redbirds
Mailing Address: 

Campus Box 7130
Horton Field House 133
College at Delaine
Normal, IL 61790-7130

Website: 
www.goredbirds.com
Telephone: 
(309) 438-3825
Fax: 
(309) 438-5634
Enrollment: 
21,035
Arena: 

Redbird Arena
Capacity: 10,200
Year Opened: 1989

School Colors: 
Red and White
Conference: 

Missouri Valley (since 1981)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1968

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(6) 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1997, and 1998
3-6 record (.333)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(5) 1957, 1962, 1967, 1968, and 1969
6-7 record (.462)
Finished 4th in 1967

NIT Appearances: 

(11) 1977, 1978, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2009, and 2010
8-11 record (.421)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(1) 1959
2-1 record (.667)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Joseph Cogdal (22 years from 1928-49 when school was classified as a small college, 280-177 record, .613)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Doug Collins (2,240 points from 1971-73)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Ron deVries (1,033 from 1972-74)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Bubbles Hawkins (58 points as sophomore vs. Northern Illinois on 2/20/74)

All-American Selections: 

(1) G Doug Collins (1973)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Doug Collins (1973)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Robert Bubbles Hawkins (58 vs. Northern Illinois)
February 20, 1974 (sophomore/18.6 ppg)

1

2

Total

Illinois State

58

72

130

Northern Illinois

42

51

93

Illinois State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Hawkins

25-38

8-11

58

Whitlow

15-25

2-4

32

Bonczyk

2-10

1-2

5

DeVries

5-14

1-3

11

Harper

5-8

2-6

12

Weaver

3-4

0-2

6

J. Jones

1-5

0-1

2

R. Jones

2-3

0-0

4

Scott

0-1

0-0

0

Henry

0-1

0-0

0

Jeter

0-1

0-0

0

Widdel

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

58-108

14-29

130

Percentages

.537

.483

Northern Illinois

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Holmes

8-19

6-7

22

Fisher

4-11

2-3

10

McDowell

1-6

0-0

2

Valaika

6-15

4-5

16

Caldwell

3-8

2-2

8

Williams

4-7

0-1

8

Newton

6-9

7-8

19

Bryant

1-4

0-1

2

Kraus

1-1

2-4

4

Walter

0-1

0-0

0

Topinka

1-3

0-0

2

Hindes

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

35-82

23-31

93

Percentages

.427

.742
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

B.C. Edwards

4

1899-1902

14-2

.875

1900

5-0

John P. Stewart

4

1903-06

20-10

.667

1904

7-1

William Bawden

2

1907-08

10-4

.714

1908

5-1

George Binnewies

2

1909-10

17-5

.773

1909

9-0

Harrison H. Russell

13

1911-23

86-99

.465

1913

12-4

Clifford E. "Pop" Horton

2

1924-25

8-20

.286

1924

8-6

Don Kames

2

1926-27

9-20

.310

1927

6-10

Joseph R. Cogdal

22

1928-49

280-177

.613

1937

20-3

James "Pim" Goff

8

1950-57

97-98

.497

1952

17-7

James E. Collie

13

1958-70

209-139

.601

1968

25-3

Will Robinson

5

1971-75

78-51

.605

1974

17-9

Gene Smithson

3

1976-78

66-18

.786

1978

24-4

Bob Donewald

11

1979-89

208-121

.632

1983

24-7

Bob Bender

4

1990-93

60-57

.513

1993

19-10

Kevin Stallings

6

1994-99

123-63

.661

1998

25-6

Tom Richardson

4

2000-03

56-64

.467

2001

21-9

Porter Moser

4

2004-07

51-67

.432

2005

17-13

Tim Jankovich

4

2008-11

83-50

.624

2008

25-10
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,474-1,066 (.580) from 1899 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Illinois State moved up to major-college status in 1972.