List of Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

The following is a list of Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball head coaches. The Mountaineers have had 22 coaches in their 103-season history.^[1]

Appalachian State's current head coach is Dustin Kerns. He was hired in March 2019^[2] to replace Jim Fox, who was let go by Appalachian State at the end of the 2019 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1919–1920	No coach listed	1	0–1	.000
1	1920–1922^[a]	J. T. C. Wright	2	0–0	–
2	1922–1924^[a]^[b] 1925–1927	Chapel Wilson	4	17–5	.773
3	1925^[a]^[b]	T. R. Baine	1	0–0	–
4	1927–1928 1944–1945	Graydon Eggers	2	21–16	.568
5	1928–1929	Vann G. Henson	1	12–8	.600
6	1929–1933	C. B. Johnston	4	46–20	.697
7	1933–1935	Eugene Garbee	2	20–17	.541
8	1935–1940 1946–1947	Flucie Stewart	6	63–41	.606
9	1940–1942	Clyde Canipe	2	38–7	.844
10	1942–1943	Belus Smawley	1	12–9	.571
11	1943–1944	Harold Quincy	1	0–7	.000
12	1945–1946 1947–1957	Francis Hoover	11	133–127	.512
13	1957–1972	Bob Light	15	212–179	.542
14	1972–1975	Press Maravich	3	14–63	.182
15	1975–1981	Bobby Cremins	6	100–70	.588
16	1981–1986	Kevin Cantwell	5	61–78	.439
17	1986–1996	Tom Apke	10	139–147	.486
18	1996–2000 2009–2010	Buzz Peterson	5	103–52	.665
19	2000–2009	Houston Fancher	9	137–136	.502
20	2010–2014	Jason Capel	4	53–70	.431
21	2014–2019	Jim Fox	5	56–99	.361
22	2019–present	Dustin Kerns	4	70–58	.547
Totals		22 coaches	103 seasons	1,307–1,210	.519
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

1 2 3 Records for these seasons are incomplete
1 2 Chapel Wilson coached the 1924–25 team through December; T.R. Blaine took over starting January 1925 and left at the end of the season, to be replaced by Wilson for the 1925–26 season

References

1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Appalachian State Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
↑ Hawkins, Kenny (March 30, 2019). "App State Hires Dustin Kerns as Men's Basketball Head Coach". WJHL-TV . Retrieved February 23, 2023.
↑ Behr, Steve (March 15, 2019). "Appalachian State fires head men's basketball coach Jim Fox: adds Doug Gillin statement". Watauga Democrat . Retrieved February 23, 2023.

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[Incomplete-4] 1 2 3 Records for these seasons are incomplete

[Wilson-5] 1 2 Chapel Wilson coached the 1924–25 team through December; T.R. Blaine took over starting January 1925 and left at the end of the season, to be replaced by Wilson for the 1925–26 season

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Appalachian State Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[2] Hawkins, Kenny (March 30, 2019). "App State Hires Dustin Kerns as Men's Basketball Head Coach". WJHL-TV . Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[3] Behr, Steve (March 15, 2019). "Appalachian State fires head men's basketball coach Jim Fox: adds Doug Gillin statement". Watauga Democrat . Retrieved February 23, 2023.

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