Clemson Tigers

Clemson Tigers

School Name:	Clemson University
Location:	Clemson, South Carolina
Arena:	Littlejohn Coliseum
Capacity:	10,325
Conference:	ACC
Head coach:	Oliver Purnell

The Clemson Tigers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA Division I. The current coach is Brad Brownell, who succeeds Oliver Purnell who left for DePaul.

Team history

Awards

ACC Coach of the Year

• Cliff Ellis - 1987, 1990

ACC Player of the Year

• Horace Grant - 1987

ACC Freshman of the Year

• Skip Wise - 1975
• Greg Buckner - 1995

All-ACC First Team

• Choppy Patterson - 1960
• Randy Mahaffey - 1967
• Skip Wise - 1975
• Billy Williams - 1980
• Horace Grant - 1987
• Dale Davis - 1990
• Elden Campbell - 1990
• Will Solomon - 2000
• Ed Scott - 2003
• Trevor Booker - 2010

All-ACC Second Team

• Bill Yarborough - 1955 & 1956
• Choppy Patterson - 1961
• Jim Brennan - 1963 & 1964
• Randy Mahaffey - 1965
• Jim Sutherland - 1967
• Butch Zatezalo - 1968, 1969, 1970
• Tree Rollins - 1975, 1976, 1977
• Stan Rome - 1977
• Larry Nance - 1981
• Vince Hamilton - 1982
• Elden Campbell - 1989
• Dale Davis - 1991
• Sharone Wright - 1994
• Greg Buckner - 1997, 1998
• Terrell McIntyre - 1997, 1999
• Will Solomon - 2001
• K.C. Rivers - 2008
• Trevor Booker - 2009

All-ACC Third Team

• Horace Grant - 1987
• Elden Campbell - 1988
• Dale Davis - 1989
• Sharone Wright - 1993
• Chris Whitney - 1993
• Devin Gray - 1994
• Terrell McIntyre - 1998
• Ed Scott - 2002
• Sharrod Ford - 2005
• Cliff Hammonds - 2008

ACC All-Defensive Team

• Greg Buckner - 1997
• Vernon Hamilton - 2006 & 2007
• James Mays - 2007 & 2008
• Cliff Hammonds - 2008
• Trevor Booker - 2009 & 2010

All-Southern Conference

• Banks McFadden - 1938, 1939, 1940

All-Americans

• Banks McFadden (1939 Helms Foundation)
• Tree Rollins (1977 Helms, 3rd Team - AP)
• Billy Williams (1980 Helms, Honorable Mention - AP)
• Horace Grant (1987 Helms, 2nd Team - AP)
• Elden Campbell (1990 Honorable Mention - AP)
• Dale Davis (1990 Honorable Mention - AP)
• Sharone Wright (1990 Honorable Mention - AP)

Clemson Ring of Honor

• Banks McFadden
• Dale Davis

Retired Jerseys

• 23 - Banks McFadden
• 30 - Tree Rollins
• 34 - Dale Davis

Tiger home courts

• Littlejohn Coliseum - November 30, 1968–February 23, 2002, January 5, 2003–Present
• Civic Center of Anderson - November 13, 2002–December 31, 2002, (For eight games as Littlejohn Coliseum was undergoing renovations)
• Clemson Field House - 1930-1968

Coaching history

Coaches and staff

Name	From	To	Record
Brad Brownell	2010	Present
Oliver Purnell	2003	2010	138-88
Larry Shyatt	1998	2003	70-84
Rick Barnes	1994	1998	74-48
Cliff Ellis	1984	1994	177-128
Bill Foster	1975	1984	156-106
Tates Locke	1970	1975	62-70
Bobby Roberts	1962	1970	82-116
Press Maravich	1956	1962	55-96
Banks McFadden	1946	1956	85-131
Rock Norman	1940	1946	32-70
Joe Davis	1931	1940	101-86
Josh Cody	1927	1931	48-55

Season-by-season results

2008 Clemson Tigers Basketball Season Log
1910s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1911–12 Frank Dobson 4-0 1912–13 Frank Dobson 9-5 1913–14 J.O. Erwin 1–3 1914–15 J.O Erwin 2-5-1 1915–16 A.H. Ward 2-6-1 1916–17 Country Morris 8-2 1917–18 Jiggs Donahue 3-2 1918–19 Jiggs Donahue 3-1 1919–20 Country Morris 8-6
1920s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1920–21 Larry Conover 10-4 Southern Conference (1921–1953) 1921–22 E.J. Stewart 0–3 8–13 1922–23 E.J. Stewart 3–3 11-6 1923–24 Bud Sanders 0–7 2–14 1924–25 Bud Sanders 3-2 4–14 1925–26 A.A.Gillian 1–7 4–17 1926–27 Josh Cody 1–7 2–13 1927–28 Josh Cody 5–7 9–14 1928–29 Josh Cody 6-4 15-12 1929–30 Josh Cody 9-6 16-9
1930s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1930–31 Josh Cody 3–5 6–7 1931–32 Joe Davis 2–9 7–13 1932–33 Joe Davis 0–2 10-9 1933–34 Joe Davis 0–6 7–12 1934–35 Joe Davis 3-1 15-3 1935–36 Joe Davis 5–5 15-7 1936–37 Joe Davis 3–7 6–15 1937–38 Joe Davis 8-4 16-7 SoCon Tournament Runner-Up 1938–39 Joe Davis 6–6 16-8 SoCon Tournament Champions 1939–40 Joe Davis 9-7 9–12
1940s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1940–41 Rock Norman 7–8 9–12 1941–42 Rock Norman 2–10 3–14 1942–43 Rock Norman 0–10 3–13 1943–44 Rock Norman 0–3 1–10 1944–45 Rock Norman 4–5 8–8 1945–46 Rock Norman 5–7 9–11 1946–47 Banks McFadden 2–12 7–13 1947–48 Banks McFadden 3–14 6–17 1948–49 Banks McFadden 6–9 10–11 1949–50 Banks McFadden 8–8 10–10
1950s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1950–51 Banks McFadden 9-4 11-7 1951–52 Banks McFadden 11-4 17-7 1952–53 Banks McFadden 6–8 8–10 Atlantic Coast Conference (1953–Present) 1953–54 Banks McFadden 0–9 5–18 1954–55 Banks McFadden 0–14 2–21 1955–56 Banks McFadden 1–13 9–17 1956–57 Press Maravich 3–11 7–17 1957–58 Press Maravich 4–10 8–16 1958–59 Press Maravich 5–9 8–16 1959–60 Press Maravich 4–10 10–16
1960s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1960–61 Press Maravich 5–9 10–16 1961–62 Press Maravich 4–10 12–15 ACC Tournament Runner-up 1962–63 Bobby Roberts 5–9 12–13 1963–64 Bobby Roberts 7-6 13-12 1964–65 Bobby Roberts 4–10 8–15 1965–66 Bobby Roberts 8-6 15-10 1966–67 Bobby Roberts 9-5 17-8 1967–68 Bobby Roberts 3–11 4–20 1968–69 Bobby Roberts 2–12 6–19 1969–70 Bobby Roberts 2–12 7–19
1970s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1970–71 Tates Locke 3–11 9–17 1971–72 Tates Locke 2–10 10–16 1972–73 Tates Locke 4–8 12–14 1973–74 Tates Locke 3–19 14-12 1974–75 Tates Locke 8-4 17-11 NIT First Round 1975–76 Bill Foster 5–7 18-10 1976–77 Bill Foster 8-4 22-6 1977–78 Bill Foster 3–9 15-12 1978–79 Bill Foster 5–7 19-10 NIT First Round 1979–80 Bill Foster 8-6 23-9 NCAA Elite Eight
1980s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1980–81 Bill Foster 6–8 20-11 NIT First Round 1981–82 Bill Foster 4–10 14–14 NIT First Round 1982–83 Bill Foster 2–12 11–20 1983–84 Bill Foster 3–11 14–14 1984–85 Cliff Ellis 5–9 16-13 NIT First Round 1985–86 Cliff Ellis 3–11 19-15 NIT Quarterfinals 1986–87 Cliff Ellis 10-4 25-6 NCAA First Round 1987–88 Cliff Ellis 4–10 14–15 NIT First Round 1988–89 Cliff Ellis 7–7 19-11 NCAA Second Round 1989–90 Cliff Ellis 10-4 24-8 NCAA Sweet Sixteen1 ACC Regular Season Champs2 1 - Clemson's 1990 NCAA Tournament participation was vacated by the NCAA 2 - Regular season championships are not officially recognized by the ACC
1990s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 1990–91 Cliff Ellis 2–12 11–17 1991–92 Cliff Ellis 4–12 14–14 1992–93 Cliff Ellis 5–11 17-13 NIT Second Round 1993–94 Cliff Ellis 6–10 18-16 NIT Quarterfinals 1994–95 Rick Barnes 5–11 15-13 NIT First Round 1995–96 Rick Barnes 7–9 18-11 NCAA First Round 1996–97 Rick Barnes 9-7 23-10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen3 1997–98 Rick Barnes 7–9 18-14 NCAA First Round 1998–99 Larry Shyatt 5–11 20-15 NIT Runner-Up 1999–2000 Larry Shyatt 4–12 10-20 3 - Minnesota's win over Clemson in the Sweet 16 was vacated by the NCAA
2000s Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Postseason Notes 2000–01 Larry Shyatt 2–14 12–19 2001–02 Larry Shyatt 4–12 13–17 2002–03 Larry Shyatt 5–11 15-13 2003–04 Oliver Purnell 3–13 10–18 2004–05 Oliver Purnell 5–11 16–16 NIT First Round 2005–06 Oliver Purnell 7–9 19-15 NIT Second Round 2006–07 Oliver Purnell 7–9 25-11 NIT Runner-Up 2007–08 Oliver Purnell 10-6 24-10 NCAA First Round ACC Tournament Runner-Up 2008–09 Oliver Purnell 9-7 23-9 NCAA First Round All-Time Conference Record: 397–716 (.357) All-Time Overall Record: 1138-1165-2 (.494)

External Links

• Official athletics site