George Ziegenfuss was the head men's basketball coach at San Diego State University

San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...

 from 1948 until 1969.

Playing career

Ziegenfuss was a three-year letterman for the Washington Huskies. He was an All-Pacific Coast Conference

Pacific Coast Conference

The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...

 player in 1939, when the Huskies finished 20-5 under coach Hec Edmundson.

Coaching career

Ziegenfuss was the winningest and longest-tenured head coach for the San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball

San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball

The San Diego State Aztecs basketball team is the basketball team that represent San Diego State University Aztecs in San Diego, California. The school's team currently competes in the Mountain West Conference, and play their home games in Viejas Arena...

team, serving from 1948 until 1969. He compiled 316 wins during his tenure, winning five conference championships. He was inducted into the Aztecs Hall of Fame in 1994.