Herb Magee

Herb Magee (born June 21, 1941), commonly referred to as the Shot Doctor, is an American former men's college basketball coach, who coached for 54 seasons at NCAA Division II Thomas Jefferson University. The school was established in its current form when Philadelphia University, Magee's alma mater, merged with the original Thomas Jefferson University in 2017. The former Philadelphia University was known as Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science and athletically branded as "Philadelphia Textile" when Magee first became head coach in 1967, becoming Philadelphia University in 1999. He has spent 54 years as head coach, and 62 years as either a player or coach at the school as of 2021. 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 was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Herb Magee
Biographical details
Born (1941-06-21) June 21, 1941
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1960–1963Philadelphia Textile
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1967Philadelphia Textile (assistant)
1967–2022Philadelphia Textile/Philadelphia/Jefferson
Head coaching record
Overall1144–450 (.718)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA College Division tournament (1970)
CACC tournament (2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018)
CACC regular season (2007)
CACC South Division regular season (2008–2010, 2012, 2014, 2017)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2011 (profile)
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