Head Coach Herb Magee

Head Coach Herb Magee enters his 41st season at the helm of the Philadelphia University  basketball program. Magee's stellar career includes an NCAA Division II record 833 career coaching victories which also ranks fifth all-time in NCAA history, regardless of Division. Magee earned his record-breaking win last season against Wilmington College, breaking the previous mark of 828 held by legendary Winston-Salem State Head Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines.

A two-time All-America selection as a player with the Rams, Magee finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,235 points. While he has since been passed by Randy Stover (2,369 points) in 1992 and Tayron Thomas (2,414) in 2006, Magee still holds the school record for scoring average in a season when he poured in 29.1 ppg in the 1961-62 season. Along the way, the Rams posted a 75-17 record that included the Eastern Regional Championship in 1963 under Head Coach Bucky Harris. Following graduation, Magee was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 62nd pick of the 1963 NBA draft. However, he opted for a career in coaching and he joined his mentor, Harris, as an assistant coach at then-Philadelphia Textile.

Magee, who takes a career coaching record of 833-328 (.717) into the 2007-08 season, took over the head coaching job in 1967 at the age of 25 and guided the Rams to a 21-6 record in his first season. In his second season, Textile posted yet another 20-win season, going 20-5, but it was his third year as head coach that made history.

After losing two of their first three contests to begin the 1969-70 season, Magee's Rams won 28 straight games en route to the NCAA National Championship. In the title game, the Rams defeated Tennessee State, 76-65, and the team finished with a 29-2 mark. For the season, the Rams' average margin of victory was 24.5 points.

In his 40 years as head coach, Magee has taken his team to the NCAA Tournament 22 times. In addition, he has had 27 twenty-plus win seasons and one 30-win season. As a player, assistant coach and head coach at the University, Magee has helped the program to an overall record of 1070-356.

His exploits as a coach have not gone unnoticed, as his list of awards and achievements can attest. The Kodak District Coach of the Year in 1993, Magee was also tabbed New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year that season and again in 1994 and 2004. In addition, he has been honored as regional Coach of the Year four times, national Coach of the Year once and Co-Coach of the Year in the Mideast Collegiate Conference twice. He was also inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. This past season, Magee was honored at the NCAA Division I Final Four with the NABC's Guardian of the Game Award.

In addition to his coaching and playing resume, Magee frequently works with NBA players from around the league on the art of shooting, including Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and current Orlando Magic standout Jameer Nelson. He is also a popular speaker at camps and clinics, and released his new videotape entitled, "Nothing But Net," in 2001.

Magee played his high school basketball at Philadelphia's famed West Catholic High, where his teammates included former Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach Jim Lynam and former St. Joseph's coach Jim Boyle. Magee received a Bachelor of Science in marketing from the University in 1963 and a master's in education from St. Joseph's University in 1969. Magee and his wife, Geri, live in Berwyn, Pa.