The University of Chicago graduate went into journalism and became sports editor of the Spokane Chronicle and Seattle Times. He competed in the 1904 Olympics, placing fourth in two hurdles races, and became one of the top football officials on the West Coast. Coached GU to a 11-2 record his only season, though he relaunched football on campus and coached that team from 1907-11.

Gonzaga’s first star athlete in football, basketball and baseball had an 7-2 record in his only year as basketball player-coach. He later returned to campus as athletic director — hiring Ray Flaherty away from the NFL. He was also business manager of the Seattle Rainiers baseball club and began the tradition of having “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” sung during the seventh-inning stretch.

Credited with an 8-1 record, player-coach McKevitt was a three-sport athlete and a true big-man-on-campus — president of the glee club, gold medal winner for elocution. A 1912 cum laude graduate, he also graduated from the school’s first law school class in 1915.

A member of the Class of 1914, Burns' two Gonzaga teams compiled a 12-3 record, including the school's first win over Oregon State. Also coached football in 1912 to a 1-1 record.

Served as coach his junior year and finished with a 1-2 record, the Class of 1914 graduate was also recognized on campus as first trombone in the Gonzaga orchestra and first baritone horn in the band.

Another former Gonzaga athlete, he doubled as football and basketball coach — as he did later at Santa Clara. Known as “Red Bob,” he had back to back seasons of 5-2 and 3-2 for an 8-4 record.

A graduate of South Central High school in Spokane, he was captain of the University of Minnesota's basketball team in 1915, then returned home to begin a dentistry practice. His 2-9 team struggled through a Montana road trip that included six games in as many nights.

His lone Gonzaga team finished 4-5. A graduate of Colgate who also coached football — and both sports at New Mexico — he was a 1917 law school graduate who later was an attorney in Montana.

A three-sport letterman at Gonzaga, his impact as an athlete was mostly in football and baseball. The abbreviated basketball schedule he oversaw as coach his senior year ended with a 5-2 record — and he doubled as sports editor of the campus magazine. He later graduated from Creighton Medical School and practiced in Spokane.

The last of the “volunteer” coaches, he coached the team his junior and senior years to a combined record of 9-15.

The Notre Dame connection began with the former Irish quarterback who popularized the forward pass with an end named Knute Rockne. Coached football and basketball at GU and Detroit, football at Columbia and basketball at his alma mater. His teams at Gonzaga were 39-60.

A football guard for Notre Dame, his football coaching stops included Villanova, Santa Clara and USF in addition to Gonzaga, where he also coached four seasons of basketball and compiled a 50-45 record.

A nine-game winning streak in January helped Mathews' lone GU team to a 17-9 record. He played three seasons of football at Notre Dame before starting a career that took him to eight schools, including Idaho and Gonzaga, as football coach. Later coached football at Portland and Lewis and Clark, where he died at age 60 during his third season.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame member was a GU football great, and coached two NFL championship teams and played on another. In the middle of his NFL playing career, he was lured back to Gonzaga to coach football for one year and went 12-10 on the basketball court. After football, made his home in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Died in 1994.

A Spokane native and four-sport athlete at North Central, the former GU quarterback saw World War II interrupt his tenure. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Air Force before returning to coach the “G-Whiz Kids,” the 1948 team that was the first at Gonzaga to reach a post-season tournament, Finished with 151-181 record before moving into private business. Died in 1989.

The legendary Gonzaga Prep football and baseball coach — he won 15 City League titles on the gridiron and 16 on the diamond — was a wartime fill-in at his alma mater. His Bulldogs rebounded from a 1-7 start to finish 15-15. He passed away in 2000 at the age of 91.

The U.S. Navy’s V-12 officer training program brought 13 candidates to Gonzaga with college playing experience at other schools. Their coach — with the rank of Navy Chief Specialist — had been a two-year letterman at Michigan State in the late 1930s. In his only year of coaching college basketball, the Zags won their first 11 games en route to a 21-2 record.

Marquette graduate and basketball letterman in 1936-37 guided the Bulldogs to a 12-21 record in his lone season at the school. Later returned to coach high school athletics in Wisconsin.

Roanoke College graduate and former coach who took his alma mater to an NIT appearance, the ex-Marine spent just a single season at Gonzaga as the post-war Bulldogs struggled to a 5-20 finish.

A Spokane native and four-sport athlete at North Central, the former GU quarterback saw World War II interrupt his tenure. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Air Force before returning to coach the “G-Whiz Kids,” the 1948 team that was the first at Gonzaga to reach a post-season tournament, Finished with 151-181 record before moving into private business. Died in 1989.

The three-year Kentucky letterman had coached small college ball at Transylvania before moving west to Yakima. He went 26-34 in two seasons before becoming a school administrator in Spokane and later with the Red Cross. The last GU coach to juggle multiple assignments — he was baseball coach, too. Died in 1997 at age 94.

Birthed the modern era of Gonzaga basketball, steering the program into NCAA Division I in 1958 and the Big Sky Conference as a charter member in 1962. He also spearheaded the building of Kennedy Pavilion (now Martin Centre) and, in compiling a 290-275 record, coached NCAA scoring champ Frank Burgess and rebounding titan Jerry Vermillion, among others. Passed away in 2005.

Santa Clara graduate and San Francisco native took over after long tenure of Hank Anderson. Nicknamed “ABC,” he was 78-82 in six seasons during the Big Sky era. His biggest contribution may have been introducing Dan Fitzgerald — his former high school teammate — to Spokane, hiring him as an assistant for two years. Retired in Carson City, Nev., area.

The Godfather of the current Gonzaga program, he did more than just bring Dan Monson and Mark Few on staff. In his first stint, he moved the Zags from the Big Sky to the West Coast Conference. In his return, he was the first coach to steer the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament, in 1995. Compiled 252-171 record in 15 years. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 2010.

The most recent Gonzaga grad to lead the program stepped in after Dan Fitzgerald’s first tenure to compile a 60-50 record in four seasons, which included the bulk of John Stockton’s playing years at Gonzaga. Later served as head coach at Loyola Marymount and then moved on to the NBA scounting ranks, where he’s now director of pro personnel for the Chicago Bulls.

The Godfather of the current Gonzaga program, he did more than just bring Dan Monson and Mark Few on staff. In his first stint, he moved the Zags from the Big Sky to the West Coast Conference. In his return, he was the first coach to steer the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament, in 1995. Compiled 252-171 record in 15 years. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 2010.

The son of former Idaho coach Don Monson made his own reputation by engineering the breakthrough that put Gonzaga on the basketball map — the 1999 run to the NCAA Elite Eight. Ran up a 52-17 record in his two-year stay as head coach before moving on to the University of Minnesota and later Long Beach State, where he’s been head coach since 2007.

Not just Gonzaga’s all-time leader in victories (599-124 through 2020 season), but also the winningest active college coach (82.9%). Now in his 23rd year as Bulldogs head coach (after 10 as an assistant), Few has taken teams to the NCAA championship game in 2017, the Elite Eight in 1999, 2015 and 2019, and nine Sweet 16s, on top of the 20 West Coast Conference regular-season championships.