Elmer Ripley

Elmer Ripley
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1892-07-21)July 21, 1892 Staten Island, New York
Died	April 29, 1982(1982-04-29) (aged 89)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1922–1925	Wagner
1927–1929	Georgetown
1929–1935	Yale
1938–1943	Georgetown
1943–1945	Columbia
1945–1946	Notre Dame
1946–1949	Georgetown
1949–1951	John Carroll
1951–1953	Army
Head coaching record
Overall	301–226 (college)

Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile)

Elmer H. Ripley (July 21, 1891 – April 29, 1982) was an American college men's and professional basketball coach. In over 30 years, he coached collegiately at seven different schools as well as professionally for several teams.

Early life

Ripley was born in Staten Island, New York on July 21, 1891. After graduating from local Curtis High School, he attended Brown University.

Playing career

Considered to be one of the great basketball coaches of the last century, Ripley began his career as a player before making the switch to coach in 1922. At age 19, Ripley decided to leave Brown to play basketball professionally with the Interstate League Brooklyn Trolly Dodgers, the New York League's Utica Utes and the "Original Celtics" club. Ripley would enjoy numerous achievements including being voted among the ten best pro players from 1909 to 1926.

Coaching career

After playing, he went on to coach basketball at several major American universities and traveled the world teaching the game. Ripley began his first professional coaching tenure with Wagner College in 1922, before moving into a position at Georgetown University in 1927. His skills as a coach were evident as he won 12 of his first 13 games. During his many years with the Georgetown, he achieved a 133–82 record and lead the Hoyas to the NCAA tournament twice. Ripley was in high demand and was hired away by several prestigious colleges including Columbia University, University of Notre Dame, and Yale University, which he coached to the 1933 Ivy League championship.

After leaving Georgetown for good in 1949, Ripley coached the Harlem Globetrotters (1953–1956), the Israeli Olympic team (1956) and the Canadian Olympic team (1960). Held in high regard, the U.S. Committee for Sports sent Ripley to Israel in 1957 to teach basketball. Ripley continued to coach through his 80th birthday and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.

Ripley died on April 29, 1982 at the age of 89.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wagner Seahawks (Independent) (1922–1925)
1922–23	Wagner	6-6
1923–24	Wagner	8-8
1924–25	Wagner	9-8
Wagner:		23–22 (.511)
Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1927–1929)
1927–28	Georgetown	12-1
1928–29	Georgetown	12-5
Georgetown:		24–6 (.800)
Yale Bulldogs (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1929–1935)
1929–30	Yale	13-8	4-6	T-3rd
1930–31	Yale	15-8	6-4	T-2nd
1931–32	Yale	10-12	1-9	6th
1932–33	Yale	19-3	8-2	1st
1933–34	Yale	14-9	7-5	T-3rd
1934–35	Yale	11-10	5-7	4th
Yale:		82–50 (.621)	31–33 (.484)
Georgetown Hoyas (Eastern Intercollegiate Conference) (1938–1939)
1938–39	Georgetown	13-9	6-4	T-1st
Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1939–1943)
1939–40	Georgetown	8-10
1940–41	Georgetown	16-4
1941–42	Georgetown	9-11
1942–43	Georgetown	22-5			NCAA Runner-Up
Georgetown:		68–39 (.381)	6–4 (.600)
Columbia Lions (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1943–1945)
1943–44	Columbia	7-9	2-6	T-3rd
1944–45	Columbia	9-10	1-5	4th
Columbia:		16–19 (.457)	3–11 (.214)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1945–1946)
1945–46	Notre Dame	17-4
Notre Dame:		17–4 (.810)
Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1946–1949)
1946–47	Georgetown	17-4
1947–48	Georgetown	13-15
1948–49	Georgetown	9-15
Georgetown:		39–34 (.534)
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Independent) (1949–1951)
1949–50	John Carroll	9-11
1950–51	John Carroll	2-21
John Carroll:		11–32 (.256)
Army Black Knights (Independent) (1951–1953)
1951–52	Army	8-9
1952–53	Army	11-8
Army:		19–17 (.528)
Total:		301–226 (.571)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Wagner Seahawks men's basketball head coaches

Erastus LaRue Ely (1920–1921)
Walter B. Peterson (1921–1922)
Elmer Ripley (1922–1925)
Joseph Flotten (1925–1926)
John Futchs (1926–1927)
John Morris (1927–1929)
Ray Kirschmeyer (1929–1934)
Bill Keegan (1934–1937)
Herb Sutter (1937–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Herb Sutter (1944–1965)
Chester Sellitto (1965–1972)
John C. Goodwin (1972–1976)
P. J. Carlesimo (1976–1982)
Neil Kennett (1982–1989)
Tim Capstraw (1989–1999)
Dereck Whittenburg (1999–2003)
Mike Deane (2003–2010)
Dan Hurley (2010–2012)
Bashir Mason (2012– )

Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball head coaches

Maurice Joyce (1906–1911)
James Colliflower (1911–1914)
John D. O'Reilly (1914–1921)
James Colliflower (1921–1922)
Jock Maloney (1922–1923)
John D. O'Reilly (1923–1927)
Elmer Ripley (1927–1929)
Bill Dudak (1929–1930)
John T. Colrick (1930–1931)
Fred Mesmer (1931–1938)
Elmer Ripley (1938–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Ken Engles (1945–1946)
Elmer Ripley (1946–1949)
Buddy O'Grady (1949–1952)
Buddy Jeannette (1952–1956)
Tommy Nolan (1956–1960)
Tommy O'Keefe (1960–1966)
Jack Magee (1966–1972)
John Thompson Jr. (1972–1999)
Craig Esherick (1999–2004)
John Thompson III (2004– )

Yale Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

Henry S. Anderson (1895–1898)
No coach (1898–1902)
Yale Murphy (1902–1903)
Unknown (1903–1906)
Billy Lush (1906–1911)
R. B. Hyatt (1911–1912)
Pop Foster (1912–1913)
Haskell Noyes (1913–1914)
Robert Stowe (1914–1916)
A. Bernie Tommers (1916–1917)
Walter Mace (1917–1919)
Albert Sharpe (1919–1921)
Orson Kinney (1921–1922)
J. J. Fogarty (1922–1925)
George Taylor (1925–1928)
Elmer Ripley (1928–1935)
Ken Loeffler (1935–1942)
Red Rolfe (1942–1946)
Ivy Williamson (1946–1947)
Howard Hobson (1947–1956)
Joe Vancisin (1956–1975)
Ray Carazo (1975–1982)
Tom Brennan (1982–1986)
Dick Kuchen (1986–1999)
James Jones (1999– )

Columbia Lions men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1900–1906)
Harry A. Fisher (1906–1916)
Carl Merner (1916–1917)
John Murray (1917–1918)
Fred Dawson (1918–1919)
Claus Benson (1919–1920)
Joseph Deering (1920–1925)
Daniel Meehan (1925–1933)
Paul Mooney (1933–1942)
Cliff Battles (1942–1943)
Elmer Ripley (1943–1945)
Paul Mooney (1945–1946)
Gordon Ridings (1946–1950)
Lou Rossini (1950–1958)
Archie Oldham (1958–1961)
Kenneth Hunter # (1961)
Jack Rohan (1961–1974)
Tom Penders (1974–1978)
Buddy Mahar (1978–1984)
Wayne Szoke (1984–1987)
Wally Halas (1987–1990)
Jack Rohan (1990–1995)
Armond Hill (1995–2003)
Joe Jones (2003–2010)
Kyle Smith (2010–2016)
Jim Engles (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball head coaches

Frank E. Hering (1898)
J. Fred Powers (1899)
No team (1899–1907)
Bertram Maris (1907–1912)
Bill Nelson (1912–1913)
Jesse Harper (1913–1918)
Gus Dorais (1918–1920)
Walter Halas (1920–1923)
George Keogan (1923–1943)
Moose Krause (1943–1944)
Clem Crowe (1944–1945)
Elmer Ripley (1945–1946)
Moose Krause (1946–1951)
John Jordan (1951–1964)
John Dee (1964–1971)
Digger Phelps (1971–1991)
John MacLeod (1991–1999)
Matt Doherty (1999–2000)
Mike Brey (2000– )

Army Black Knights men's basketball head coaches

Joseph Stilwell (1902–1904)
No coach (1904–1906)
Harry A. Fisher (1906–1907)
B. H. Koehler (1907–1908)
Joseph Stilwell (1908–1911)
Harvey Higley (1911–1913)
Joseph Stilwell (1913–1914)
Jacob L. Devers (1914–1916)
Arthur Conard (1916–1917)
Ivens Jones (1917–1919)
Joseph O'Shea (1919–1921)
Harry A. Fisher (1921–1923)
John Van Vliet (1923–1924)
Harry A. Fisher (1924–1925)
Ernest Blood (1925–1926)
Leo Novak (1926–1939)
Valentine Lentz (1939–1943)
Ed Kelleher (1943–1945)
Stu Holcomb (1945–1947)
John Mauer (1947–1951)
Elmer Ripley (1951–1953)
Bob Vanatta (1953–1954)
Orvis Sigler (1954–1958)
George Hunter (1958–1963)
Tates Locke (1963–1965)
Bob Knight (1965–1971)
Dan Dougherty (1971–1975)
Mike Krzyzewski (1975–1980)
Pete Gaudet (1980–1982)
Les Wothke (1982–1990)
Tom Miller (1990–1993)
Dino Gaudio (1993–1997)
Pat Harris (1997–2002)
Jim Crews (2002–2009)
Zach Spiker (2009–2016)
Jimmy Allen (2016– )

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1973

Players	John Beckman Dolph Schayes

Coaches	Bruce Drake Dutch Lonborg John Wooden

Contributors	Elmer Ripley

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (100)

Alexeeva Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Izzo Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire McLendon Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Ramsay Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Tarkanian Taylor Teague Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players Italics indicates those who are also inducted as contributors.

Contributors (67)

Abbott Barksdale Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Clifton Colangelo Cooper Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Gavitt Gottlieb Granik Gulick Harrison Hearn Henderson Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish Jones Kennedy Knight Lemon Liston Lloyd McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Raveling Reid Reinsdorf Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Stern Taylor Tower Trester Vitale Wells Wilke Winter Zollner

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches.

Players (174)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton Yao

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (16)

Bavetta Enright Garretson Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (10)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team All American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

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