Tennessee Tech

Official Name: 
Tennessee Tech University
Nickname: 
Golden Eagles
Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box 5057
Cookeville, TN 38505

Website: 
www.ttusports.com
Telephone: 
(931) 372-3088
Fax: 
(931) 372-6139
Enrollment: 
8,900
Arena: 

Eblen Center
Capacity: 10,152
Year Opened: 1977

School Colors: 
Purple and Gold
Conference: 

Ohio Valley (since 1949)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1958 and 1963
0-2 record (.000)

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1985 and 2002
3-2 record (.600)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Putty Overall (22 seasons in 1925 and from 1927-47 when school was classified as a small college, 164-134 record, .550)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Earl Wise (2,196 points from 1987-90)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Jimmy Hagan (1,108 from 1958-60)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Jimmy Hagan (48 points as junior vs. East Tennessee State on 2/16/59) and Ron Filipek (48 as junior vs. Middle Tennessee State on 2/21/66)

All-American Selections: 

(1) C Jimmy Hagan (1959)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Jimmy Hagan (48 vs. East Tennessee State)
February 16, 1959 (junior/28.8 ppg)

1

2

Total

Tennessee Tech

40

38

78

East Tennessee State

37

43

80

Tennessee Tech

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Puckett

1

2-5

4

Loyd

0

0-2

0

Shumate

0

2-2

2

Hagan

19

10-10

48

Phelps

3

0-1

6

Pearson

7

3-4

17

Herron

0

1-2

1

Price

0

0-1

0

Totals

30

18-27

78

Percentages

.667

East Tennessee State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Chilton

9

8-11

26

Johnson

0

1-2

1

Brown

3

5-6

11

Williams

0

0-0

0

Jenkins

4

3-3

11

Kern

1

0-0

2

Webb

2

6-6

10

Wright

1

2-2

4

Hartsell

6

3-6

15

Cole

0

0-0

0

Bell

0

0-0

0

Totals

26

28-36

80

Percentages

.778
Box Score Notes: 

Ron Filipek (48 vs. Middle Tennessee State)
February 21, 1966 (junior/17 ppg)

1

2

Total

Tennessee Tech

53

55

108

Middle Tennessee State

30

47

77

Tennessee Tech

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Jordan

4-12

3-3

11

Filipek

20-34

8-8

48

Carvell

4-7

3-3

11

Hobson

4-10

6-7

14

Hilson

6-15

3-4

15

McKinney

0-0

0-0

0

Kirby

1-3

4-4

6

Pratt

0-3

0-0

0

Hays

1-1

1-3

3

Hagan

0-1

0-0

0

Worrell

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

40-86

28-32

108

Percentages

.465

.875

Middle Tennessee State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Cole

7-20

6-7

20

Fiedler

1-8

2-3

4

Cannon

3-7

1-5

7

Gardner

12-26

4-8

28

Ford

3-10

1-1

7

Boner

0-1

0-0

0

Sutter

1-6

0-0

2

Whittington

1-7

3-4

5

Thomas

2-8

0-0

4

Totals

30-93

17-28

77

Percentages

.323

.608
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Preston "Putty" Overall

23

1925-47

170-151-1

.530

1931

14-2

Hooper Eblen

1

1948

18-7

.720

1948

18-7

Raymond H. Brown

7

1949-55

75-76

.497

1951

12-9

John Oldham

9

1956-64

118-83

.587

1962

16-6

Kenny Sidwell

5

1965-69

66-57

.537

1966

17-8

Connie Inman

7

1970-76

78-94

.453

1976

14-10

Cliff Malpass

4

1977-80

34-70

.327

1978, 1979

11-15

Tom Deaton

9

1981-89

106-119

.471

1985

19-9

Frank Harrell

10

1989-98

128-154

.454

1990

19-9

Jeff Lebo

4

1999-2002

75-43

.636

2002

27-7

Mike Sutton

9

2003-11

149-130

.534

2003

20-12
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,018-984 (.508) from 1925 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Tennessee Tech moved up to major-college status in 1956
  • Deaton compiled a 2-3 record in 1988-89 before Harrell went 8-17 the remainder of the year
  • Sutton missed early portion of 2005-06 season after he was stricken with Guillain-Barre Syndrome.