George Ziegenfuss
American basketball coach
George Ziegenfuss (September 26, 1917 – December 2, 2007) was the head men's basketball coach at San Diego State University from 1948 until 1969.
Playing career
Born in Centerville, Wisconsin, Ziegenfuss was a three-year letterman for the Washington Huskies. He was an All-Pacific Coast Conference player in 1939, when the Huskies finished 20-5 under coach Hec Edmundson.[1]
Coaching career
Ziegenfuss was the winningest and longest-tenured head coach for the San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team, serving from 1948 until 1969. He compiled 316 wins during his tenure, winning five conference championships. He died on December 2, 2007, in San Diego, California.[2][3] He was inducted into the Aztecs Hall of Fame in 1994.[4]
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San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball head coaches
- Charles E. Peterson (1921–1926)
- Tom McMullen (1926–1929)
- Morris Gross (1929–1942)
- Dom DeLauer & Dick Mitchell (1942–1943)
- Alex Alexander (1943–1945)
- Charles R. Smith (1945–1948)
- George Ziegenfuss (1948–1969)
- Dick Davis (1969–1974)
- Tim Vezie (1974–1979)
- Smokey Gaines (1979–1987)
- Jim Brandenburg (1987–1992)
- Jim Harrick Jr. # (1992)
- Tony Fuller (1992–1994)
- Fred Trenkle (1994–1999)
- Steve Fisher (1999–2017)
- Brian Dutcher (2017– )
# denotes interim head coach
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