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Blair Patterson (1938-40) led Tiffin's first ever intercollegiate basketball team. He was the Captain and starting point guard for TU's first intercollegiate team in 1939-40, winning the Indiana-Ohio Basketball Conference in their initial year. It was the first ever title of any kind for the men's basketball team and was the pinnacle of the pre-World War II era athletically for the Dragons. Patterson went on to Northwestern University and Temple Law School while also serving on a sub during World War II. He went on to become Vice-President of All-State Insurance and served on its Board of Directors until retiring in 1978.
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George Janson coached for Tiffin University from 1962-90. He helped redefine Dragon athletics in the 1960s and 1970s. The men's basketball team became a power in the Lake Erie Conference from 1964-73, following that with a Mid-Ohio Conference title in 1976. In all Janson won 529 games, five LEC titles, one MOC title, two National Little College Athletic Association championships, and led the nation in scoring in 1969 at 110 points per game. He coached five different programs at TU. Over his first 10 years of coaching the basketball team compiled a 171-72 record, the greatest single stretch of dominance in TU history. He also helped TU to their only MOC golf title, and led the women's basketball program into postseason competition for the first time.
Hallblai.jpg (51519 bytes) Tom Blair (1967-71) helped lead Tiffin to its first ever National title in basketball. Over the final three seasons of his career, TU compiled a 53-16 record. That team won two LEC titles and was led offensively by Blair. Blair averaged 18 points per game for his career. His sterling career was completed in 1971 with TU's National Championship team. During that season Blair was named First Team All-American. He totaled 1273 points in his career, at the time the highest in TU history. He graduated in 1971 with a degree in Business Management.
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Art Loescher (1968-72) manned the post during his TU basketball career, helping to lead the Dragons during that stretch to a 71-27 record. Those teams won three LEC titles and one National Championship. He averaged 13 points per game over his career. Those TU teams never finished lower than 3rd in the nation in any of those years. After graduation, Loescher went on to coach at Northwestern Business College in Lima for seven years. He then entered the cablevision business in 1980 and currently manages Coaxial Communications of Southern Ohio Inc. in Cincinnati.
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Robin Farris (1974-76) enjoys the distinction of having the greatest single season scoring performance in TU men's basketball history. He averaged 21 points per game for his career, totaling over 1170 points. He helped lead TU to their first ever MOC title in 1976. During that season, Farris averaged 26.8 points per game, placing eighth in the nation in scoring. He was a First Team All-MOC pick Farris went on to play professional basketball in England and Scotland for two years before returning to coach at TU in 1979. He then went back to Europe to coach, helping to lead Norway to a national championship in women's basketball. He currently serves as women's athletic director, basketball coach and volleyball coach at Indiana University-Southeast.