Fontbonne men's basketball news

  • Hoopsville: Love D3hoops
    February 14, 2022
    It is a day we celebrate the people we love and that includes Division III basketball for all of us. Tonight on Hoopsville, we share our Valentine with a super-sized show to look back on some incredible games the last week and conference tournaments on the horizon. Tune in LIVE starting at 7:00 PM ET.
  • Team of the Week
    January 13, 2020
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll returns for its 23rd season honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
  • Fontbonne 164, Greenville 154 F
    January 31, 2018
    Fontbonne and Greenville set a new Division III single-game scoring record on Wednesday night when the Griffins outlasted the Panthers 164-154 in overtime. The 318 points breaks the record of 315 set by Grinnell and Simpson in 1994.
  • Kissing named Third-Team All-SLIAC
    February 26, 2016
  • Jared Greenlee joins 1000-point club
    January 23, 2016
  • Fontbonne names longtime assistant head men's coach
    June 09, 2015
    Lance Thornhill, who has been an assistant coach for the Griffins for the past 16 seasons, will finally get a shot as head coach.
  • One year and out for Fontbonne men's coach
    June 08, 2015
    Anthony Hall, who just took over as head men's basketball at Fontbonne last year, is moving on.
  • New familiar faces at Fontbonne
    November 26, 2014
    Both Fontbonne programs have new head basketball coaches this season, but they should be well-known to Griffins fans already.
  • Fontbonne finds its next coach on campus
    April 02, 2014
    Fontbonne has named Anthony Hall the school’s new head men’s basketball coach. Hall, currently the associate athletic director for the university, succeeds Steve Schafer.
  • Schafer steps down as Fontbonne men's coach
    March 11, 2014
    Steve Schafer, who had been with the Griffins for three seasons, will be starting up a new program at Benedictine in Mesa, Ariz.
  • Benedictine assistant hired at Fontbonne
    May 02, 2011
    Steve Schafer was tabbed to try to fill the shoes of coaching legend Lee McKinney, who passed away earlier in the offseason.
  • Fontbonne gets probation from NCAA
    April 13, 2011
    Fontbonne committed major violations in its financial aid process, awarding nearly $50,000 in aid based on high school athletics participation.
  • Fontbonne coach McKinney dies
    April 04, 2011
    McKinney was a two-time cancer survivor but couldn't quite finish the season on the sidelines. He passed away Monday morning.
  • Three coaches to get NABC service awards
    March 31, 2011
    Lee McKinney, Skip Molitor and Mike Neer will be honored by their Division III coaching brethren at their upcoming convention at the D-I Final Four.
  • McKinney confirms: He's retiring
    February 23, 2011
    Longtime Fontbonne coach Lee McKinney confirmed what D3hoops.com reported last week: This is his last year coaching.
  • Fontbonne coach hospitalized
    February 17, 2011
    Two-time cancer survivor Lee McKinney, winner of 518 games and more than 300 at Fontbonne, has been hospitalized. He's been taking chemo treatments throughout the season.
  • Fontbonne coach hits 500th win
    February 07, 2009
    The Fontbonne men's basketball team knocked off Maryville (Mo.) 90-81 on Saturday afternoon to earn Griffin coach Lee McKinney his 500th career collegiate victory.
  • Fontbonne's McKinney beats cancer, again
    October 15, 2002
    For Fontbonne head men's coach, Lee McKinney, Oct. 15th could not come fast enough. Along with being the first day of his 41st season, it was also his first day back on campus following a successful battle with lung cancer.