STATISTICS & HISTORY
Press Maravich had a brief, World War II interrupted, career in professional basketball. Maravich remained active in basketball over the next four decades as a college basketball coach: West Virginia Wesleyan (1949-50), David & Elkins (1950-52) , Clemson (1956-62) , North Carolina State (1964-66) , Louisiana State University (1966-72) and Appalachian State (1972-75). His overall record in twenty-one seasons of college coaching was 234 wins and 289 losses. He coached his son , Pete Maravich, for three seasons at LSU. Pete, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball with 3,667 points and an average of 44.2 points per game.
| PRESS MARAVICH | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 185 | College: | David & Elkins’41 | |||||
| Peter Maravich | Born: | Aug 29, 1915 | Died: Apr 15, 1987 | Hometown: | Aliquippa, Pa. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1936-37 | New Castle Polish Falcons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | David & Elkins | College | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | David & Elkins | College | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | David & Elkins | College | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | David & Elkins | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Detroit Eagles | Indep | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Navy | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Youngstown | NBL | 32 | 72 | 34 | 178 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Pittsburgh | BAA | 51 | 102 | 30 | 234 | 4.6 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 83 | 174 | 64 | 412 | 5.0 | ||||||