List of Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

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^[a]	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.

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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