Phil Seymore, one of the best guards in Canisius men’s basketball history, played 49 career games for the Golden Griffins from 1980-82. In two seasons on Main Street, the Brooklyn, N.Y. native averaged 16.8 points, 4.6 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting 49.7 percent (300-for-604) from the field and 80.7 percent (222-for-275) from the free-throw line. His career scoring average of 16.8 points per game ranks 10^th in school history, and his 4.6 assists per game for his career stands tied for fourth in the school’s all-time record book. Additionally, Seymore is the program’s all-time leader in career steals per game average, while his 49.7 percent effort from the field ranks seventh in program history, and is first among all guards. In his senior season, Seymore averaged 17.5 points per game, which led the team, as Canisius posted a 19-8 record during the 1981-82 campaign. In his final career game in Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium, Seymour poured in a career-high 38 points as the Griffs defeated Dayton 81-76. Additionally, Seymore set the program record for consecutive free-throws made when he knocked down 33 straight from the stripe in 1981-82. That record still stands to this day. After closing out his playing career at Canisius, Seymore was drafted in the seventh round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He later joined the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association, where he played for legendary coach Phil Jackson, and then he began his career in the coaching ranks. He has served as an assistant at Canisius, he has worked on former Canisius head coach John Beilein’s staff and he was also the head coach of the Providence College women’s team. A 1988 graduate of the College, Seymore is currently the head men’s basketball coach at Fredonia State. He was inducted into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and he was voted to the Canisius Men’s Basketball All-Century Team in 2004.