Herb Magee
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Herb Magee, Philadelphia Textile, Philadelphia University, Jefferson University
Herb Magee is the winningest coach in NCAA Division II history, and the winningest coach in all of small college basketball history, finishing his career with an astounding 1,144 wins, while winning 71.8% of his career games. He led the Rams to 31 NCAA Tournaments and the 1970 College Division National Championship. During the 1969-70 season, Textile overcame a 1-2 start to run off 28 consecutive victories on its way to the crown. The Rams won their final 26 contests by a double-figure margin. In the NCAA Tournament, the Rams won their five games by an average of 23.8 points, winning the school’s first national title with a 76-65 win over Tennessee State.
During his career, he had 38, 20-win seasons, and 12, 25-win seasons. Coach Magee’s teams from 1991-1995 won 80 consecutive home games, which stood as the longest home win streak in NCAA Division II men’s basketball history for 30 years.
Coach Magee is highly decorated, and has been inducted into the Philadelphia University Athletics Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, the Middle Atlantic Conferences Hall of Fame, the National College Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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