1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs Big Sky Conference Big Sky 16–10 7–7 Dan Fitzgerald 1st Kennedy Pavilion The 1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 16–10 overall and 7–7 in conference play.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CMwnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2664%2C1445997 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Final college basketball standings March 5, 1979 3Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IPZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9O0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4070%2C5793266 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington College basketball standings February 27, 1979 21https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v_JVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3404%2C7899800 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon College basketball standings February 26, 1979 4B Gonzaga tied for fourth in the regular season standings but did not qualify for the four-team conference tournament. They lost their final game to Boise State in overtime and were on the short end of the tiebreaker with Montana for the fourth seed.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H_ZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9O0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6869%2C5654575 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Overtime! Bad news for WSU, Gonzaga... February 26, 1979 23https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rfpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7400%2C2719040 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Brown Butch Big Sky playoffs next; Zags out February 26, 1979 24https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eb1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5612%2C9049882 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Big Sky February 25, 1979 4B Senior center Paul Cathey was named to the all-conference team and four Bulldogs were honorable mention: guard Don Baldwin, guard Eddie White, forward Carl Pierce, and forward James Sheppard.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nntfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5231%2C2197943 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho All league: Newman on Big Sky second unit March 7, 1979 3Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9PVLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8O0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6866%2C3666859 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Cathey named All-Big Sky March 7, 1979 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2NlSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TIADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7197%2C1550674 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah UPI 3 Wildcats on all-Big Sky team March 7, 1979 E4 Hired in April 1978, Fitzgerald was previously an assistant at Santa Clara; he was also an assistant at Gonzaga during Adrian Buoncristiani's first two years (1972–74) and a teammate from high school (St. Ignatius) in San Francisco.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jq4SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2932%2C83444 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Gonzaga picks Dan Fitzgerald April 17, 1978 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=45dfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2131%2C5823372 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Gonzaga hires cage coach April 17, 1978 2B This was the sixteenth and final year in the Big Sky Conference for charter member Gonzaga; in the summer they moved to the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC), trading places with Nevada. Schedule Nov 25, 1978 yes yes Whitworth 83–70 1–0 Nov 28, 1978 yes yes Eastern Washington 74–63 2–0 Nov 30, 1978 yes yes Loyola Marymount 70–55 3–0 Dec 2, 1978 yes yes St. Martin’s 90–74 4–0 Dec 4, 1978 yes yes Portland 76–91 4–1 Dec 8, 1978 yes yes Central Washington 76–59 5–1 Dec 10, 1978 yes yes Portland State 92–72 6–1 Dec 13, 1978 yes Washington State Spokane Coliseum 63–66 6–2 Dec 16, 1978 yes yes Oregon State 58–59 6–3 Dec 22, 1978 yes yes Wisconsin-Milwaukee 63–61 7–3 Dec 23, 1978 yes yes Portland State 93–79 8–3 Dec 30, 1978 yes yes College Of Great Falls 93–68 9–3 Jan 5, 1979 no yes Montana 53–68 9–4 Jan 6, 1979 no yes Montana State 95–72 10–4 Jan 13, 1979 no yes Idaho 66–61 11–4 Jan 19, 1979 no yes Weber State 61–62 11–5 Jan 20, 1979 no yes Northern Arizona 62–54 12–5 Jan 26, 1979 no yes Boise State 70–72 12–6 Jan 27, 1979 no yes Idaho State 75–79 12–7 Feb 2, 1979 no yes Montana State 70–64 13–7 Feb 3, 1979 no yes Montana 56–52 14–7 Feb 10, 1979 no yes Idaho 65–58 15–7 Feb 15, 1979 no yes Northern Arizona 65–84 15–8 Feb 17, 1979 no yes Weber State 66–73 15–9 Feb 23, 1979 no yes Idaho State 75–67 16–9 Feb 24, 1979 no yes Boise State 81–85 16–10 AP Poll https://gozags.com/documents/2024/11/14/2024-25_Record_Book.pdf 2024-25 Record Book June 7, 2026 References 2 External links Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs: 1978–79 basketball season Category:Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Gonzaga Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Category:Long stubs with short prose