Herb Magee

Herb Magee (born June 20, 1941), commonly referred to as the Shot Doctor, is a Division II men's college basketball coach at his alma mater, Philadelphia University, known as Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science until 1999. He is entering his 48th year as head coach, and his 56th year as either a player or coach at the school. In 2015, he achieved his 1,000th win as a head coach, becoming one of only four college coaches to achieve that milestone. On August 12, 2011, Magee became a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011.

Career

Playing

Magee, an Irish American 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.

As a five-foot-ten inch, 150-pound player for the Philadelphia Rams, he scored 2,235 points (before the introduction of the 3-point shot), leading his team to 75 victories. Magee was a two-time All-American and drafted by the Boston Celtics (the 62nd pick of the 1963 NBA draft). However, he broke his fingers before training camp, and opted instead to return to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Buckey Harris. When Harris retired in 1967, Magee became head coach at the age of 25. He has spent his entire adult life at the East Falls school as either a player, assistant coach or head coach.

Accomplishments

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. In addition, he has been honored as regional Coach of the Year four times, national Coach of the Year twice, 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. He led the Rams to the College Division National Championship in 1970.

Coach Magee was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2008), Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (1979), Philadelphia University and West Catholic High School Halls of Fame, and honored by numerous organizations throughout his career. He coached the Olympic Festive team along with John Calipari and was co-coach of the Year in the Mideast Collegiate Conference (twice). The NABC honored him with the Guardian of the Game Award. Coach Magee was awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters by President Stephen Spinelli Jr. at Philadelphia University's 125th Commencement on May 17, 2009 in recognition of his accomplishments and years of dedication and service. Known as "shot Doctor" because of his ability to teach basketball shot-making through unforgettable clinics held thousands of times during his career. In one such clinic, he parked his car, entered onto the court and without any warmup, hit 25 in a row from the top of the key.

Magee received a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Philadelphia University in 1963 and a Master's in Education from St. Joseph's University in 1969.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Philadelphia Rams () (1967–present)
1967–68	Philadelphia College	21–6			NCAA, 1st Round
1968–69	Philadelphia College	20–5			NCAA, 1st Round
1969–70	Philadelphia College	29–2			NCAA, Champions
1970–71	Philadelphia College	22–6			NCAA 1–1
1971–72	Philadelphia College	22–7			NCAA 2–1
1972–73	Philadelphia College	25–4			NCAA 0–2
1973–74	Philadelphia College	10–14
1974–75	Philadelphia College	21–6			NCAA 1–1
1975–76	Philadelphia College	25–3			NCAA 1–1
1976–77	Philadelphia College	22–6			NCAA 0–2
1977–78	Philadelphia College	18–10			NCAA 1–1
1978–79	Philadelphia College	20–8			NCAA 0–2
1979–80	Philadelphia College	13–13
1980–81	Philadelphia College	15–12
1981–82	Philadelphia College	13–14
1982–83	Philadelphia College	23–7			NCAA 1–1
1983–84	Philadelphia College	21–8
1984–85	Philadelphia College	24–7			NCAA 1–1
1985–86	Philadelphia College	16–14
1986–87	Philadelphia College	16–14
1987–88	Philadelphia College	20–10
1988–89	Philadelphia College	24–7			NCAA 0–2
1989–90	Philadelphia College	22–8
1990–91	Philadelphia College	24–8			NCAA 2–1
1991–92	Philadelphia College	28–4			NCAA 1–1
1992–93	Philadelphia College	30–2			NCAA 2–1
1993–94	Philadelphia College	29–2			NCAA 1–1
1994–95	Philadelphia College	26–5			NCAA 2–1
1995–96	Philadelphia College	19–9
1996–97	Philadelphia College	13–14
1997–98	Philadelphia College	18–10
1998–99	Philadelphia University	21–6
1999–00	Philadelphia University	17–10
2000–01	Philadelphia University	24–7			NCAA 1–1
2001–02	Philadelphia University	19–9
2002–03	Philadelphia University	16–12
2003–04	Philadelphia University	26–8			NCAA 0–1
2004–05	Philadelphia University	21–9
Philadelphia Rams (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference) (2005–present)
2005–06	Philadelphia University	20–11	15–7	2nd
2006–07	Philadelphia University	20–10	14–6	T–1st	NCAA 0–1
2007–08	Philadelphia University	22–12	16–0	1st (South)	NCAA 0–1
2008–09	Philadelphia University	25–6	14–2	1st (South)	NCAA Division II First Round
2009–10	Philadelphia University	27–8	16–1	1st (South)	NCAA Division II Regional Final
2010–11	Philadelphia University	15–12	10–7	2nd (South)
2011–12	Philadelphia University	19–10	13–4	T–1st (South)	NCAA Division II First Round
2012–13	Philadelphia University	19–10	12–5	2nd (South)
2013–14	Philadelphia University	25–6	16–3	1st (South)	NCAA Division II First Round
2014–15	Philadelphia University	24–8	15–4	T–2nd (South)	NCAA Division II First Round
Philadelphia University:		1009–399
Total:		1009–399
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

See also

• List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins

References

General

Footnotes

External links

• Philadelphia University profile
• Herb MaGree at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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