Alexander Severance

Alex Severance
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1905-06-03)June 3, 1905 New York City, New York
Died	April 1, 1985(1985-04-01) (aged 79) Lexington, Kentucky
Playing career
1926–1929	Villanova
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1936–1961	Villanova
Head coaching record
Overall	413–201(.673)
Tournaments	NCAA: 4-4(.500) NIT 1-2(.333)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1939 NCAA Final Four

Alexander G. Severance Sr. (June 3, 1905 – April 1, 1985) was a college men's basketball player and coach. Born in New York City, New York, Severance graduated from Villanova University in 1929 and received his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1932. In addition to coaching basketball for Villanova, Severance was a professor of business law at the university.

Severance coached the Villanova Wildcats for 25 seasons (1936–1961), compiling a 413-201 (.673) record. Among his former players is Hall of Fame member Paul Arizin. Severance coached his team to the first Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 1939. His teams also played in the NCAA Tournament in 1949 and 1955. Under his leadership, Villanova was selected for the NIT in 1959 and 1960.

Severance died on the morning of April 1, 1985 in Lexington, Kentucky on the day Villanova won the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The championship game was played at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Postseason
Villanova (NCAA Independent) (1936–1961)
1936–37	Villanova	15-8
1937–38	Villanova	25-5
1938–39	Villanova	20-5	NCAA Final Four
1939–40	Villanova	17-2
1940–41	Villanova	13-3
1941–42	Villanova	13-9
1942–43	Villanova	19-2
1943–44	Villanova	9-11
1944–45	Villanova	6-11
1945–46	Villanova	10-13
1946–47	Villanova	17-7
1947–48	Villanova	15-9
1948–49	Villanova	23-4	NCAA Elite Eight
1949–50	Villanova	25-4
1950–51	Villanova	25-7	NCAA First Round
1951–52	Villanova	19-8
1952–53	Villanova	19-8
1953–54	Villanova	20-11
1954–55	Villanova	18-10	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1955–56	Villanova	14-12
1956–57	Villanova	10-15
1957–58	Villanova	12-11
1958–59	Villanova	18-7	NIT First Round
1959–60	Villanova	20-6	NIT Quarterfinals
1960–61	Villanova	11-13
Villanova:		413–201 (.673)
Total:		413–201(.673)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Villanova Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Michael Saxe (1920–1926) John Cashman (1926–1929) George Jacobs (1929–1936) Alexander Severance (1936–1961) Jack Kraft (1961–1973) Rollie Massimino (1973–1992) Steve Lappas (1992–2001) Jay Wright (2001– )

Villanova Wildcats head baseball coaches

Unknown (1866–1874)
No team (1876–1881)
Unknown (1882)
No team (1883–1888)
Unknown (1889–1891)
No team (1892)
Unknown (1893–1904)
Fred Crolius (1905–1911)
Charles McGeehan (1912–1932)
George Jacobs (1933–1943)
Alexander Severance (1944)
Edward McCarthy (1944–1945)
Lefty Weinert (1946–1949)
Art Mahan (1950–1972)
Larry Shane (1973–1985)
George Bennett (1986–2001)
Joe Godri (2002– )

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