List of Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

The following is a list of Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball head coaches. There have been 28 head coaches of the Big Green in their 121-season history.^[1]

Dartmouth's current head coach is David McLaughlin. He was hired as the Big Green's head coach in April 2016,^[2] replacing Paul Cormier, who was fired after the 2015–16 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1900–1906 1907–1909	No coach	8	96–49–1	.661
1	1906–1907	Henry Lane	1	13–4	.765
2	1909–1910	Benjamin Lang	1	6–4	.600
3	1910–1911	Tom Keady	1	5–6	.455
4	1911–1912	Francis Brady	1	9–5	.643
5	1912–1913	James Mullen	1	4–8	.333
6	1913–1914	C. A. Reed	1	4–13	.235
7	1914–1916	Paul Loudon	2	17–23	.425
8	1916–1917	J. A. Pelletier	1	10–12	.455
9	1917–1918	Mysterious Walker	1	0–26	.000
10	1919–1924	George Zahn	5	57–52	.523
11	1924–1928	Leonard Wachter	4	59–26	.694
12	1928–1936	Dolly Stark	8	101–60	.627
13	1936–1943 1944–1946	Osborne Cowles	9	147–47	.758
14	1943–1944	Earl Brown	1	19–2	.905
15	1946–1950	Elmer A. Lampe	4	45–55	.450
16	1950–1966^[a]	Doggie Julian	17	183–236	.437
17	1967–1969^[a]	Dave Gavitt	3	20–48	.294
18	1969–1972	George Blaney	3	37–40	.481
19	1972–1974	Tom O'Connor	2	10–42	.192
20	1974–1975	Marcus Jackson	1	8–18	.308
21	1975–1979	Gary Walters	4	44–60	.423
22	1979–1983	Tim Cohane	4	30–74	.288
23	1983–1984	Reggie Minton	1	11–15	.423
24	1984–1991 2010–2016	Paul Cormier	13	142–211	.402
25	1991–2004	Dave Faucher	13	136–208	.395
26	2004–2010^[b]	Terry Dunn	6	47–103	.313
27	2010*	Mark Graupe	1	2–13	.133
28	2016–present^[c]	David McLaughlin	6	56–110	.337
Totals		28 coaches	121 seasons	1,317–1,572–1	.456
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

1 2 Julian suffered a stroke on December 28, 1966. Gavitt took over as head coach on a permanent basis starting January 6, 1967.^[4]
↑ Dunn resigned as head coach in January 2010. Graupe was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2009–10 season.^[5]
↑ Dartmouth's 2020–21 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1 2 "Dartmouth Men's Basketball Archives". Dartmouth Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ Wykes, Tris (April 27, 2016). "Tough Task for New Dartmouth Men's Basketball Coach" . Valley News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ Wykes, Tris (March 22, 2016). "Paul Cormier Out as Head Coach of Dartmouth Men's Basketball". Valley News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ "Dartmouth's "Doggie" Julian". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. February 1967. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ "Terry Dunn resigns as Dartmouth basketball coach". ESPN.com . Associated Press. January 9, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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[JulianGavitt-5] 1 2 Julian suffered a stroke on December 28, 1966. Gavitt took over as head coach on a permanent basis starting January 6, 1967.^[4]

[Dunn-7] Dunn resigned as head coach in January 2010. Graupe was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2009–10 season.^[5]

[COVID-8] Dartmouth's 2020–21 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Dartmouth Men's Basketball Archives". Dartmouth Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[2] Wykes, Tris (April 27, 2016). "Tough Task for New Dartmouth Men's Basketball Coach" . Valley News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[3] Wykes, Tris (March 22, 2016). "Paul Cormier Out as Head Coach of Dartmouth Men's Basketball". Valley News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[4] "Dartmouth's "Doggie" Julian". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. February 1967. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[6] "Terry Dunn resigns as Dartmouth basketball coach". ESPN.com . Associated Press. January 9, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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