List of BYU Cougars men's basketball head coaches

Last updated April 17, 2024

The following is a list of BYU Cougars men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Cougars in their 122-season history.^[1]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1902–1903	W. A. Colton	1	4–5	.444
–	1903–1905	Unknown	2	12–6	.667
2	1905–1908	Clayton Teetzel	3	22–6	.786
3	1908–1910	Fred Bennion	2	16–6	.727
4	1910–1911	Henry Rose	1	8–0	1.000
5	1911–1920 1925–1927	E. L. Roberts	11	87–49	.640
6	1920–1925	Alvin Twitchell	5	49–21	.700
7	1927–1935	G. Ott Romney	8	139–71	.662
8	1935–1936 1938–1941	Eddie Kimball	4	59–38	.608
9	1936–1938	Fred Dixon	2	25–23	.521
10	1941–1949	Floyd Millet	8	104–77	.575
11	1949–1972	Stan Watts	23	371–254	.594
12	1972–1975	Glenn Potter	3	42–36	.538
13	1975–1983	Frank Arnold	8	137–94	.593
14	1983–1989	LaDell Andersen	6	114–71	.616
15	1989–1996^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Roger Reid	8	152–77	.664
16	1996–1997*	Tony Ingle	1	0–19	.000
17	1997–2005	Steve Cleveland	8	138–108	.561
18	2005–2019^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Dave Rose	14	301–133	.694
19	2019–2024	Mark Pope	5	110–52	.679
19	2024–present	Kevin Young	1	0–0	–
Totals		20 coaches	122 seasons	1,869–1,134	.622
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

↑ Reid was fired on December 17, 1996. Tony Ingle served as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2]
↑ BYU vacated 49 games from the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. Rose's on-court record is 348–135 (.720).

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References

1 2 "BYU Coaching Records". BYU Athletics. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
↑ "BYU basketball coach, team stunned by firing"". APNews.com . Associated Press. December 18, 1996. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

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[Reid-3] Reid was fired on December 17, 1996. Tony Ingle served as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2]

[RoseVacated-4] BYU vacated 49 games from the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. Rose's on-court record is 348–135 (.720).

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "BYU Coaching Records". BYU Athletics. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

[2] "BYU basketball coach, team stunned by firing"". APNews.com . Associated Press. December 18, 1996. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

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