List of Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Last updated March 11, 2023

The following is a list of Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 15 head coaches in their 102-season history.^[1]

Abilene Christian's current head coach is Brette Tanner. He was promoted to head coach in April 2021^[2] to replace Joe Golding, who left to become the head coach at UTEP.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1919–1920	Vernon McCasland	1	4–3	.571
2	1920–1921	G. C. Morlan	1	0–2	.000
3	1921–1922	Dad Noles	1	5–2	.714
4	1922–1924	Victor Payne	2	11–8	.579
5	1924–1955^{[lower-alpha 1]}	A. B. Morris	29	306–248	.552
6	1955–1969 1988–1990	Dee Nutt	16	208–201	.509
7	1969–1973	Garnie Hatch	4	50–51	.495
8	1973–1980	Willard Tate	7	119–79	.601
9	1980–1988 1999–2002	Mike Martin	11	148–152	.493
–	1990–1991*	Darryn Shearmire	1	0–26	.000
10	1991–1996	Tony Mauldin	5	61–78	.439
11	1996–1999	Shanon Hays	3	58–26	.690
12	2002–2005	Klint Pleasant	3	33–48	.407
13	2005–2011	Jason Copeland	6	65–96	.404
14	2011–2021	Joe Golding	10	158–144	.523
15	2021–present	Brette Tanner	2	38–28	.576
Totals		15 coaches	102 seasons	1,262–1,189	.515
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

↑ Abilene Christian did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

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The Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Abilene, Texas, United States. The Wildcats joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on July 1, 2021, after having spent the previous eight years in the Southland Conference. Before this move, ACU's most recent conference change was in the 2013 offseason, when the Wildcats made the jump to NCAA Division I and rejoined the Southland Conference after a 40-year absence. They are led by head coach Brette Tanner and play their home games at Moody Coliseum.

The 2013–14 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by third year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They were new members of the Southland Conference. Since this was the first year of a 4-year transition phase from DII to DI, Abilene Christian could participate in the Southland Tournament, and played each conference foe only once, with the exception of Incarnate Word. They finished the season 11–20, 2–12 in Southland play to finish in 12th place.

Joseph Charles Golding is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at The University of Texas at El Paso, having previously served in the same capacity at Abilene Christian University, where he played point guard from 1994 to 1998.

The 2014–15 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fourth year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They are members of the Southland Conference. Abilene Christian, in their second year of DII to DI transition, was not eligible for the Southland Tournament, but was a counter for scheduling purposes and was also considered as a DI RPI member.

The 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by fifth year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. They were members of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats finished the season with a record of 13–18, 8–10 in Southland play to finish in seventh place.

The 2015–16 Abilene Christian Wildcats women's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University in Texas, United States during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third year head coach Julie Goodenough and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum. This was the third year of a 4-year transition phase from D2 to D1, In the third year of transition, Abilene Christian could not participate in the Southland Tournament, but was a Division I counter and was part of the Division I rpi calculation. The Wildcats played a full conference schedule in 2015–16. Although they weren't eligible for the Southland Conference and NCAA tournaments, the Wildcats did compete in the WNIT where they lost in the first round to UTEP. They finished the season 26–4, 17–1 to win the Southland Regular season title.

The 2016–17 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 13–16, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place.

The 2017–18 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by seventh-year head coach Joe Golding and played their home games at the Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 8–10 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Drake.

The 2018–19 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represents Abilene Christian University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by eighth-year head coach Joe Golding and play their home games at the Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 27-7, 14-4 to finish in 2nd place. In the Southland tournament, they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the semifinals before beating New Orleans in the final to win the Southland tournament. As a result, they received a automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Kentucky.

The 2019–20 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth-year head coach Joe Golding, played their home games at the Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 15–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed, they received a double-bye to the semifinals of the Southland tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020, and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5.

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The 2022–23 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach Brette Tanner, played their home games at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

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References

1 2 "Abilene Christian DI Record Book 2021-22" (PDF). Abilene Christian Athletics. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
↑ Simpson, Owen (April 14, 2021). "Brette Tanner named new men's basketball head coach". The Optimist. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
↑ Ryan, Nate (April 13, 2021). "Abilene Christian's Golding hired as new UTEP head basketball coach". KVIA-TV . Retrieved February 22, 2023.

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[NoTeam-4] Abilene Christian did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Abilene Christian DI Record Book 2021-22" (PDF). Abilene Christian Athletics. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[2] Simpson, Owen (April 14, 2021). "Brette Tanner named new men's basketball head coach". The Optimist. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[3] Ryan, Nate (April 13, 2021). "Abilene Christian's Golding hired as new UTEP head basketball coach". KVIA-TV . Retrieved February 22, 2023.

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