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The Baltimore City College boys basketball team, known as the "Knights", or formerly, the "Collegians", "Castlemen", and "Alamedans", is the interscholastic boys basketball team of Baltimore City College, the city of Baltimore's flagship public college preparatory school. The team has represented the school for more than a century and is the oldest high school basketball program in the state of Maryland. Baltimore City College has won four consensus high school basketball national championships in its history: 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2020. Additionally, the Knights have won six National High School Invitational (NHSI) tournament titles in 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2025. B.C.C. boys basketball has finished the season ranked among the top-25 nationally in the USA Today Super 25, Student Sports Top-25, or ESPN RISE FAB 50 boys basketball polls 17 times in the 18 seasons between 2008 and 2025. The Knights have been ranked in a record 134 consecutive Baltimore Sun metro boys basketball polls and have finished the season as the No. 1-ranked team in the poll 21 times in school history (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025). Twelve Baltimore City College players have been named ESPN RISE high school boys basketball All-Americans since 2013, including Omari Braswell, the Mr. Basketball USA National Player of the Year award winner in 2014 and Chris Simmons, the 2025 award winner. In the program's recorded history, 72 City College scholar-athletes have accepted scholarships to major NCAA Division 1 colleges and universities.

Baltimore City College joined the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) in 1919 as a founding member. When it announced its withdrawal from the MSA in 1992, the Knights had won 14 MSA A-Conference boys basketball championships (1922, 1923, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1990). City College currently competes in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), and has won 16 MPSSAA state championships (1995, 1999, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025), most in Maryland high school basketball history. City College has won 17 Baltimore City League (BCL) district championships in 1993, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025. B.C.C. ranked first among all Baltimore-area high schools -- public, private, and parochial -- with 12 former players on NCAA Division I rosters in 2025. The program boasts 26 First Team All-Metro players since 2007. City College boys basketball teams have completed undefeated seasons nine times in school history: 1966, 1967, 1995, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2025.

Early years - MSA era (1919-1993)
One of the earliest recorded results in program history is a one-point overtime road loss to the University of Maryland Terrapins (then known as the Maryland Agricultural College Aggies) on January 25, 1913. Baltimore City College began competing in the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) in 1919 when it was invited to join as a founding member. The Knights captured MSA championships in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The 1960s was the most dominate decade in program history. Between 1960 and 1968, head coach George Howard “Jerry” Phipps led the Knights to a record of 133-27 (.831), four MSA championships (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967), and a 40-game consecutive win streak between 1966 and 1967. City's 1967 team posted an undefeated season, the second of back-to-back perfect seasons, and was led to the MSA championship by team captain Leonard Hamm, who later became commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department. Eugene Parker, who in 1954 became the first Black faculty member in City College history, replaced Phipps as head coach in 1969 and guided the Knights to the MSA championship. In all, City College won fourteen MSA basketball titles. After 75 years of membership, the school withdrew from the MSA to join the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) in 1993.

MPSSAA era (1993-present)
Baltimore City College has won 16 MPSSAA state championships (1995, 1999,  2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025). City has won more boys basketball state titles (14) than any school in Maryland since 2000. The Knights have advanced to the MPSSAA state tournament semifinals 21 times (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025).

Wayne Cook took over as head boys basketball coach in 1989 and led the Knights to the school's final Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) victory in 1993. Following a disappointing 10-10 finish in 1994, Daryl Wade replaced Cook as head boys basketball coach in 1995. In his second season at the helm, Coach Wade led the Knights to the first Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) state tournament semifinal appearance in school history in 1997, the school's fourth year as a MPSSAA member. Coach Wade led City College boys basketball to two additional trips to the MPSSAA state semifinals in 1998 and 1999 before leaving the program to coach at nearby Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School in 2000.

Named head coach prior to the 2005-2006 season, Warren Jones led Baltimore City College to consensus high school basketball national championships in 2011 and 2014, and has guided the Knights to three National High School Invitational championships in his ten years with the program. He has won the MPSSAA state championship eight times and has taken City College to the MPSSAA semifinals nine times. Those nine trips since 2007 are the most by any coach in Maryland in that span. He has led City to seven Baltimore City League championships in the last decade and 11 straight MPSSAA state tournament appearances.

Since being named head coach 10 years ago, 27 of his players have accepted scholarships to play basketball at colleges and universities, including Arizona, Connecticut, Duke, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan State, Kansas State, Stanford, and Syracuse. Three of his players earned First Team All-American honors, including the 2014 National High School Basketball Player of the Year. Jones was twice named National Coach of the Year and has been the Baltimore Sun All-Metro Coach of the Year fives times. He's spent his entire coaching career at City College and has won more than eighty nine percent of his games. His 270 wins this season is 10th most all-time in Maryland high school basketball history.

Consensus National Championship Seasons
Warren Jones is the current head boys basketball coach and also serves as Senior Associate Head of School for Institutional Advancement and Director of Interscholastic Athletics at Baltimore City College. Jones, an alumnus of B.C.C, is also a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business and was named head coach prior to the 2005 season when he replaced then-coach Derrick Lifsy. Coach Jones, who has overseen the winningest decade in program history, has averaged 26 wins per season as head coach and was named National Coach of the Year Baltimore Sun All-Metro Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014.

Under Coach Jones, the Knights have earned two consensus mythical high school basketball national championships their first national championship in school history by finishing the 2011 season as the No. 1 team in the USA Today Super 25,ESPN FAB 50, Student Sports Top 25, and Street & Smith's national boys basketball polls. After finishing the season as the top-ranked team in each of the four major national polls, Baltimore City College was again named consensus high school basketball national champions in 2014.

2010-11 National Championship Season Results (30-0, 12-0 BCL)
Rankings are from USA Today national boys basketball poll.

‡ MPSSAA Class 3A game

† Baltimore City League (MPSSAA District 9) game

2013-14 National Championship Season Results (31-0, 12-0 BCL)
‡ MPSSAA Class 3A game

† Baltimore City League (MPSSAA District 9) game

Knights in the NCAA


In 2013, City College ranked third among all Baltimore-area high schools with five former players on current NCAA Division I rosters. Nick Faust, a member of two B.C.C. state championship teams, was named to the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman team at Maryland. Former small forward C.J. Fair, who helped lead City College to a 25-4 record and the MPSSAA Class 2A regional semifinals as a sophomore, was named 2013 ACC Preseason Player of the Year at Syracuse. Former forward Charles Tapper played basketball and football at City College and was a First Team All-Big 12 Conference defensive end for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2013. Will Barton, a current member of the Denver Nuggets, was a shooting guard at City College before ultimately finishing his high school basketball career at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. Barton was the Conference USA men's basketball Player of the Year in 2011 and was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2012 NBA Draft.

In recent years, several former boys basketball student-athletes have accepted scholarship offers to play basketball at NCAA Division I schools in recent years. That list includes:


 * Will Barton, SG, 2010 Memphis Tigers


 * Tim Bond, G, 2014 Eastern Michigan Eagles


 * Mike Cheatham, SG, 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd


 * C.J. Fair, SF, 2008 Syracuse Orange


 * Nick Faust, SG, 2011 Maryland Terrapins


 * Todd Galloway, SG, 2003 Florida State Seminoles


 * Jordan Latham, PF, 2009 Xavier Musketeers


 * Dwayne Morgan, SF, 2013 UNLV Running Rebels


 * Aron Nwankwo, F, 2010 Pittsburgh Panthers


 * Kamau Stokes, PG, 2014 Kansas State Wildcats


 * Mike Cheatham, SG, 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd


 * C.J. Fair, SF, 2008 Syracuse Orange


 * Nick Faust, SG, 2011 Maryland Terrapins


 * Todd Galloway, SG, 2003 Florida State Seminoles


 * Jordan Latham, PF, 2009 Xavier Musketeers


 * Dwayne Morgan, SF, 2013 UNLV Running Rebels


 * Aron Nwankwo, F, 2010 Pittsburgh Panthers


 * Kamau Stokes, PG, 2014 Kansas State Wildcats


 * Charles Tapper, F, 2011 Oklahoma Sooners football

First-Team All-Metro Players
Baltimore City College ranks second among all Baltimore-area high schools -- public, private, and parochial -- with eight first-team All-Metro selections since 2007. In 2011, four players were selected to the All-Metro first team, a single-season school record.

First-Team All-Metro Selections

(Selected by the Baltimore Sun )




 * Devin Brown, Guard (2007)


 * C.J. Fair, Forward (2008)


 * Adam Johnson, Forward (2009)


 * Jordan Latham, Center (2010)


 * Will Barton, Forward (2010)


 * Nick Faust, Guard (2011)


 * Jonathan Stokley, Guard (2011)


 * Adrian Patterson, Foward (2011)


 * Keith Jones, Center (2011)


 * Timmy Bond, Guard (2014)


 * Omari George, Guard (2014)


 * Kamau Stokes, Guard (2014)


 * Jimmy Jones, Guard (2015)


 * Cameron Lyles, Forward (2015)


 * Cameron Lyles, Forward (2016)


 * Kevin Lyles, Guard (2016)

2013-2014: Most Wins in School History
With a record of 22-0, the 2014 Knights won the Baltimore City Division I basketball championship and posted the school's first undefeated regular season since 1967. The Knights entered the MPSSAA 3A state basketball tournament as the top-seeded team in the East region. On March 15, 2014, the Knights defeated Westlake High School (Maryland) in the MPSSAA finals to win the 3A state championship, finishing the season 27-0. The Knights set a school record with 27 wins in a single season. In so doing, City College completed its third perfect season in school history and became the first Baltimore City League team since the 2008-2009 season to post an undefeated record. City finished the season as the No. 1-ranked team in the Baltimore Sun boys basketball poll for the second time in four years. The Knights finished ranked No. 18 nationally in the final USA Today Super 25 and Student Sports Fab 50 boys basketball polls, the second highest ranking of any team in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

1966-1967: Back-to-Back Undefeated Seasons and MSA Championships
In 1967, City College completed its second of two consecutive undefeated seasons under Coach Jerry Phipps. The Knights finished the season ranked No. 1 in the final Baltimore Sun boys basketball poll and won the second of back-to-back MSA championships. Leonard Hamm, who later became commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, was team captain.

1965-1966: First Undefeated Season in School History
The top-ranked Knights finished the season with a record of 20-0 and beat perennial power Dunbar High School twice during the 1965-66 season. City College was coached by Jerry Phipps and led by Lee Dedmon, who became an All-Atlantic Coast Conference center at North Carolina.