Hall of Fame

Magee HOF

Herb Magee

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball Coach

HERB MAGEE, Philadelphia Textile
1963-77 / Men’s Basketball Coach

Herb Magee is one of the most accomplished coaches in the history of college basketball. He concluded his 55th season leading the Rams in 2021-22 and is the all-time Division II leader with 1,144 career victories. Magee ranks second in NCAA history across all divisions behind only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski. He has led the Rams to 31 NCAA Tournament appearances with five regional titles, including capturing the 1970 National Championship. Magee was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. 

In the team's 10 seasons as a member of the MAC under Magee (1967-77 as head coach), he led the Rams to a 217-59 overall record (.786) with an astounding 79-8 conference mark (.908). The squad posted an undefeated conference record seven times and captured four consecutive MAC College Division - Northern championships (1969-73) among the five years that the Rams were eligible for MAC titles. 

While a MAC member, the Rams won the 1970 National Championship, rattling off 28 straight victories to end the campaign with a 29-2 record. Magee led his team to nine NCAA Tournament appearances in the 10-year span. He was named the NABC District Coach of the Year twice (1971, 73) and won NABC Division II Co- Coach of the Year honors in 1976. Magee's teams produced 20 MAC All-Conference selections, including five Northern Division Players of the Year. 

Magee was inducted into the Philadelphia University Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Additionally, he was honored at the NCAA Division I Final Four in 2007 with the NABC’s Guardian of the Game Award, inducted into the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022 and is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011.