William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

The William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represents the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) and play their home games in Kaplan Arena. Former Cornell Head Coach Brian Earl was hired as the 32nd coach in school history following the dismissal of Coach Dane Fischer. Tony Shaver served as the head coach from 2003–2019 and leads the school in all-time wins for a coach.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
2024–25 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team
University	College of William & Mary
Head coach	Brian Earl (1st season)
Conference	Coastal Athletic Association
Location	Williamsburg, Virginia
Arena	Kaplan Arena (capacity: 11,300)
Nickname	Tribe
Colors	Green, gold, and silver
Uniforms
Home Away
Conference regular season champions
1983, 1998, 2015

Coach Brian Earl

Postseason berths

NIT results

The Tribe have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament three times. Their combined record is 0–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1983	First Round	Virginia Tech	L 79–85
2010	First Round	North Carolina	L 72–80
2015	First Round	Tulsa	L 67–70

NCAA results

• None (have never qualified)

The Tribe (an original Division I team since the NCAA division classification in 1948–49) are one of 35 Division I programs to have never appeared in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Of all Division I schools today that were charter members of this new classification, only William & Mary, The Citadel, and Army have never reached the NCAA men's basketball tournament at least once. The closest effort by the Tribe to reach the NCAA Tournament was a 75–74 loss in the 2014 CAA Tournament Final to Delaware. The Tribe also lost conference tournament championships in 1958, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, and 2015, now having gone 0–9 in NCAA Tournament berth-clinching games.

Recent seasons

Main article: List of William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons

Rivalries

William & Mary's traditional rivals have included in-state opponents Old Dominion University, James Madison University, the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, and George Mason University. However, of these teams, none are still members of the CAA. The Richmond Spiders, VCU Rams, and George Mason Patriots have all moved on to the Atlantic 10 Conference while the Old Dominion Monarchs left for Conference USA in 2013 and the James Madison Dukes left for the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. Some of these teams are maintained as part of William & Mary's out of conference schedule each year along with other Virginia schools like Virginia, Virginia Tech, Hampton, Radford, VMI, and Liberty.

Series records

• Records through the 2019–20 season

Opponent	Match Ups	Record (Pct.)	Last Game
Richmond	200	97–103 (.487)	Dec. 3, 2014
VMI	118	77–41 (.653)	Nov. 27, 2013
Virginia Tech	117	41–76 (.350)	Dec. 17, 2005
James Madison	98	49–49 (.500)	Feb. 22, 2020
Old Dominion	91	23–68 (.253)	Dec. 3, 2019
Virginia	81	29–52 (.358)	Dec. 22, 2018
George Mason	68	28–40 (.412)	Dec. 1, 2018
VCU	51	12–39 (.235)	Feb. 1, 2012

Statistical leaders

Main article: William & Mary Tribe men's basketball statistical leaders

NCAA records

Individual

• Bill Chambers – single game rebound total (51); occurred on February 14, 1953 vs. Virginia (rules changes since then make this record unlikely to be broken)

Accolades

Southern Conference (1936–1977)

Season	Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year	Coach of the Year	First Team All-SoCon	Second Team All-SoCon	Third Team All-SoCon	Rookie of the Year
1936–37	N/A	—
1937–38	N/A	—
1938–39	N/A	—
1939–40	N/A	—
1940–41	N/A	—
1941–42	N/A	—
1942–43	N/A	—
1943–44	N/A	—
1944–45	N/A	—
1945–46	N/A	—
1946–47	N/A				Chet Giermak
1947–48	N/A	—
1948–49	N/A			Chet Giermak
1949–50	N/A			Chet Giermak (2)
1950–51	N/A				Perry Lewis Ed McMillan
1951–52					Bill Chambers
1952–53					Bill Chambers (2)
1953–54	—
1954–55	—
1955–56	—
1956–57	—
1957–58				Roy Lange
1958–59				Roy Lange (2)	Jeff Cohen
1959–60				Jeff Cohen	Ben Vaughan
1960–61	Jeff Cohen			Jeff Cohen (2)
1961–62	—
1962–63					Roger Bergey
1963–64					Dave Hunter
1964–65	—
1965–66				Ben Pomeroy
1966–67				Ben Pomeroy (2)	Ron Panneton
1967–68				Bob Sherwood
1968–69	—
1969–70					Bob Sherwood
1970–71	Tom Jasper			Tom Jasper	Steve Dodge
1971–72					Jeffrey Trammell
1972–73					Mike Arizin
1973–74					Mike Arizin (2)
1974–75				Ron Satterthwaite
1975–76				John Lowenhaupt	Ron Satterthwaite
1976–77					John Lowenhaupt

ECAC South (1977–1982)

William & Mary joined the CAA, its current conference, in 1982–83. The CAA's predecessor was the ECAC South, which existed between 1977–78 and 1984–85. The CAA recognizes the 1982–83 through 1984–85 seasons as part of its basketball history but not any earlier. The CAA was formally founded in 1982–83 as the ECAC South Basketball League. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985–86 when it added championships in other sports, and the Coastal Athletic Association in 2023 (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports).

Season	Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year	Coach of the Year	First Team All-ECAC	Second Team All-ECAC	Third Team All-ECAC	Rookie of the Year
1977–78	—
1978–79	—
1979–80	—
1980–81				Mike Strayhorn
1981–82	—

Colonial/Coastal Athletic Association (1982–present)

Season	Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year	Coach of the Year	First Team All-CAA	Second Team All-CAA	Third Team All-CAA	Rookie of the Year
1982–83			Bruce Parkhill	Keith Cieplicki, Brant Weidner
1983–84				Keith Cieplicki (2)
1984–85				Keith Cieplicki (3)
1985–86	—
1986–87	—
1987–88					Tim Trout
1988–89					Tom Bock
1989–90							Thomas Roberts
1990–91					Thomas Roberts
1991–92					Thomas Roberts (2)
1992–93					Thomas Roberts (3)
1993–94	—
1994–95					Kurt Small
1995–96					David Cully
1996–97					Bobby Fitzgibbons
1997–98			Charlie Woollum	Randy Bracy	Terence Jennings
1998–99	—
1999–00					Jim Moran
2000–01					Jim Moran (2)
2001–02					Mike Johnson
2002–03				Adam Hess
2003–04				Adam Hess (2)		Corey Cofield	Corey Cofield
2004–05						Corey Cofield (2)
2005–06	—
2006–07						Adam Payton
2007–08			Tony Shaver			Laimis Kisielius
2008–09						David Schneider
2009–10			Tony Shaver (2)		David Schneider	Quinn McDowell
2010–11						Quinn McDowell (2)
2011–12	—
2012–13					Marcus Thornton	Tim Rusthoven
2013–14				Marcus Thornton	Tim Rusthoven		Omar Prewitt
2014–15	Marcus Thornton	Terry Tarpey		Marcus Thornton (2)	Terry Tarpey	Omar Prewitt
2015–16		Terry Tarpey (2)		Omar Prewitt	Terry Tarpey (2)
2016–17				Daniel Dixon	Omar Prewitt (2)
2017–18					Nathan Knight	David Cohn, Justin Pierce
2018–19				Nathan Knight (2)		Justin Pierce (2)
2019–20	Nathan Knight	Nathan Knight	Dane Fischer	Nathan Knight (3)		Andy Van Vliet
2020–21					Luke Loewe		Connor Kochera
2021–22	—
2022–23	—

Retired jerseys

Banners honoring the 1983 NIT berth, Keith Cieplicki, Bill Chambers

Banners honoring Chet Giermak, John Lowenhaupt, Jeff Cohen and Lynn Norenberg

William & Mary has retired six men's basketball jerseys in its program's history. Uniform numbers are not retired, only ceremonial jerseys. Banners depicting the all-time greats hang in the rafters of Kaplan Arena (the banner in white is for Lynn Norenberg, the only W&M women's basketball player to have a jersey retired). There also hang banners which commemorate their 1983 National Invitation Tournament and 2010 National Invitation Tournament bids.

Players in the NBA

This section is for William & Mary players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason NBA game.

• Andy Duncan – Rochester Royals, Boston Celtics (1947–1951)
• Nathan Knight – Atlanta Hawks (2020–2021), Minnesota Timberwolves (2021–present)
• Brant Weidner – San Antonio Spurs (1983–1984)

Players in international leagues

• David Cohn – VfL AstroStars Bochum
• Anders Nelson — Starwings Basel
• Justin Pierce — Veertien Mie
• Omar Prewitt – Tofaş S.K.
• Terry Tarpey — AS Monaco
• Marcus Thornton – G.S. Lavrio B.C.
• Andy Van Vliet – Trefl Sopot

External links

• Official website