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John Beilein

  • Class
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball, Coach/Administrator
• Served as the head coach of the men's basketball program from 1992-97.
• Posted a career record of 89-62.
Guided the Golden Griffins to the 1994 MAAC regular-season championship and the 1996 MAAC Tournament title, the only MAAC crown in program history.
He led the Griffs to three-straight postseason appearances, including the 1995 NIT semifinal round and the 1996 NCAA Tournament, and five of his former players have been inducted into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame.
Beilein is the only coach in program history to be named the MAAC Coach of the Year (1994), and he was also recognized as the New York State Division I Coach of the Year after that season as well.

• Later served as head coach at the University of Richmond, West Virginia University, University of Michigan, and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association.
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