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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2025-26 Penn Men's Basketball Quick Facts

GENERAL
Name of School:
 University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
Location (Zip): Philadelphia, Pa. (19104)
Founded: 1740
Enrollment: 10,497
Nickname: Quakers
School Colors: Red (PMS 201) and Blue (PMS 288)
Arena/Capacity: The Palestra/8,722
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Ivy League
President: J. Larry Jameson
Athletics Director: Alanna Wren C'96
Athletic Department Phone: 215.898.6121
Ticket Office Phone: 215.898.6151
 

COACHING STAFF
John R. Rockwell Head Coach:
 Fran McCaffery (Penn '82)
Record at Penn: 1st season
Career Record: 548-384 (297-208 at Iowa, 112-51 at Siena, 90-87 at UNCG, 49-40 at Lehigh)
Ivy League Record (Penn): 1st season
Basketball Office Phone: 215.898.0280
Keith B. Gelb Assistant Coach: Tristan Spurlock (UCF '14), 1st season
Assistant Coaches:
  Ben Luber (Penn State '07), 1st season
  Ronald Moore (Siena '10), 1st season
Director of Basketball Operations: Dave Duda Jr. (East Stroudsburg '23), 1st season
Athletic Trainer: Cristina Kossak
 

TEAM INFORMATION
2024-25 Overall Record: 8-19
2024-25 Ivy League Record/Finish: 4-10/7th
Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 12/4
All-Ivy Players Returning:
none
 

HISTORY
First Year of Basketball:
 1897
Overall All-Time Record: 1,854-1,189-2
Ivy League Championships: 26
NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last): 24 (2018)
NIT Appearances (Last ): 1 (1981)
Last Postseason: 2018 NCAA Tournament (16 seed in Midwest, lost to 1 seed Kansas 76-60 in Wichita, Kan.)
 

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Director/Men's Basketball Contact:
 Mike Mahoney
Office Phone: 215.898.9232
Cell Phone: 267.278.7795
E-Mail: mahoneyw@upenn.edu
Office Mailing Address:

  Weightman Hall
  235 S. 33rd Street
  Philadelphia, Pa. 19104-6322