George Ziegenfuss

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George Ziegenfuss (1917 in Centerville, Wisconsin – December 2, 2007 in San Diego, California) was the head men's basketball coach at San Diego State University from 1948 until 1969.

Playing career

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.^[2]^[3] He was inducted into the Aztecs Hall of Fame in 1994.^[4]

References

San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball head coaches

C. 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– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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Name	Ziegenfuss, George
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball coach
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth
Date of death	December 2, 2007
Place of death

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