List of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Last updated November 16, 2024

The following is a list of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 18 coaches in their 116-season history. One Arizona coach has been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Lute Olson. The current head coach of Arizona Wildcat is Tommy Lloyd.

Statistics

Key
#	Number of coaches
GC	Games coached
OW	Overall Wins
OL	Overall Losses
O%	Winning percentage
CW	Conference Wins
CL	Conference Losses
C%	Winning percentage
RCs	Regular Season Conference Champions
CCs	Conference Tournament Champions
NCs	National Championships
^†	Helms champion
^†	NIT champion
^†	NCAA tournament champion

Coaching awards
^†	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
FHOF	FIBA Hall of Fame
BHOF	Basketball Hall of Fame
NMBHOF	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
NCHOF	National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
LOCA	Legend of Coaching Award
SN	Sporting News Coach of the Year
NABC	National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year
N	Naismith Coach of the Year
BT	Basketball Times Coach of the Year
USBWA	U.S. Basketball Writers Association
UPI	United Press International Coach of the Year
CBS	CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year
AP	Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
ARC	Adolph Rupp Cup
SY	Sportsman of the Year
OGM	Olympic Gold Medal
Pac-12	Pac-12 Coach of the Year

Statistics are correct as of the 2023–24 college basketball season.

Career coaching records

Source:^[1]

Coach	Years	Record	Conference Record	Overall win percentage	Conference titles	Conference tournament titles	NCAA Appearances	NCAA Championships	Coach of the Year
Orin A. Kates	1904–1906	1–0–1 (.750)	--	75%	--	--	--	--	--
No coach	1906–1911	10–6 (.625)	--	62%	--	--	--	--	--
Frank L. Kleeberger	1911–1912	2–2 (.500)	--	50%	--	--	--	--	--
Raymond L. Quigley	1912–1914	10–4 (.714)	--	71%	--	--	--	--	--
Pop McKale	1914–1921	49–12 (.803)	--	80%	--	--	--	--	--
James Pierce	1921–1923	10–2 (.833)	--	83%	--	--	--	--	--
Basil Stanley	1923–1924	31–6 (.838)	--	83%	--	--	--	--	--
Walter Davis	1924–1925	7–4 (.636)	--	63%	--	--	--	--	--
Fred Enke	1925–1961	509–324 (.611)	232–138 (.627)	61%	10	--	1	--	--
Bruce Larson	1961–1972	136–148 (.479)	44–68 (.393)	47%	--	--	--	--	--
Fred Snowden	1972–1982	167–108 (.607)	82–146 (.360)	60%	--	1	2	--	--
Ben Lindsey	1982–1983	4–24 (.143)	1–17 (.056)	14%	--	--	--	--	--
Lute Olson†+	1983–2007	589–188 (.758)	327–101 (.764)	75%	11	4	23	1	7
Jim Rosborough^	2000–2001	3–2 (.600)	--	60%	--	--	--	--	--
Kevin O'Neill++	2007–2008	19–15 (.559)	8–10 (.444)	55%	--	--	1	--	--
Russ Pennell+++	2008–2009	21–14 (.600)	9–9 (.500)	60%	--	--	1	--	--
Sean Miller++++	2009–2021	302–109 (.735)	153–74 (.674)	73%	5	3	7	--	3
Tommy Lloyd	2021–present*	90–19 (.826)	47–13 (.783)	83%	1	2	2	--	1
Totals	1904–present	1,960–991–1 (.664)	903–576(.611)	66%	27	9	36	1	11

Notes

* Only intrasquad games were played in 1905–06.

+ Record for the 1999 and 2008 were vacated by NCAA due to NCAA infractions. Actual on-court records was 589-188 for Lute Olson and 19–15 for Kevin O'Neil.

^ Rosborough served as head coach for five games during the 2000–01 campaign while Olson took a leave of absence. Arizona was 28–8 overall and 15–3 in Pac-10 play that season.

++ O'Neill served as interim head coach while Olson missed the season due to a leave of absence.

+++ Pennell served as interim head coach following Olson's retirement in October 2008.

++++ The NCAA vacated 32 wins from the 2016–17 season, and 18 wins from the 2017–18 season as a result of the 2017–18 NCAA men's basketball corruption scandal. The players involved in the scandal played in every game in the 2016–17 & 23 games in the 2017–18 season, resulting in a 9–8 record.^[2]^[3]^[4]

An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.

† – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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References

↑ "Arizona 2015-2016 Media Guide History and Records pp. 60" (PDF). arizonaathletics.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02.
↑ "NCAA Career Statistics".
↑ "2016-17 Arizona Basketball Season".
↑ "2017-18 Arizona Basketball Season".

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[Arizona_08-09_Media_Guide_Records-1] "Arizona 2015-2016 Media Guide History and Records pp. 60" (PDF). arizonaathletics.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02.

[2] "NCAA Career Statistics".

[3] "2016-17 Arizona Basketball Season".

[4] "2017-18 Arizona Basketball Season".

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