List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball head coaches

Last updated February 10, 2024

The following is a list of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches of the Fightin' Blue Hens in their 118-season history.^[1]

Delaware's current head coach is Martin Ingelsby. He was hired as the Fightin' Blue Hens' head coach in May 2016,^[2] replacing Monté Ross, who was fired after the 2015–16 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1905–1906	Samuel Saunders	1	3–4–1	.438
–	1906–1909	No coach	3	15–18	.455
2	1909–1918 1922–1925	William McAvoy	12	58–83	.411
3	1918–1922	Burton Shipley	4	35–19	.648
4	1925–1927	Frank M. Forstburg	2	6–23	.207
5	1927–1930	Joseph J. Rothrock	3	17–33	.340
6	1930–1937	Gerald Doherty	7	43–64–1	.403
7	1937–1938	Lyal Clark	1	6–10	.375
8	1938–1940	Stephen Grenda	2	13–19	.406
9	1940–1941	Flucie Stewart	1	7–9	.438
10	1941–1943	Emery Adkins	2	14–23	.378
11	1943–1944	Edmund Prince	1	7–9	.438
12	1944–1945	William D. Murray	1	3–9	.250
13	1945–1946	Kenneth Steers	1	7–9	.438
14	1946–1949	Joseph Brunansky	3	24–30	.444
15	1949–1954	Fred Emmerson	5	66–41	.617
16	1954–1966	Irv Wisniewski	12	111–154	.419
17	1966–1971	Dan Peterson	5	69–49	.585
18	1971–1976	Donald Harnum	5	69–57	.548
19	1976–1985	Ronald Rainey	9	91–147	.382
20	1985–1995	Steve Steinwedel	10	163–121	.574
21	1995–2000	Mike Brey	5	99–52	.656
22	2000–2006	David Henderson	6	85–93	.478
23	2006–2016	Monté Ross	10	132–184	.418
24	2016–present	Martin Ingelsby	7	112–103	.521
Totals		24 coaches	118 seasons	1,255–1,363–2	.479
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

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The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware (UD) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football as a member of CAA Football, the technically separate football arm of UD's full-time home of the Coastal Athletic Association. The team is currently led by head coach Ryan Carty and plays on Tubby Raymond Field at 18,500-seat Delaware Stadium located in Newark, Delaware. The Fightin' Blue Hens have won six national titles in their 117-year history – 1946, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1979, and 2003. They returned to the FCS National Championship game in 2007 and 2010. The program has produced NFL quarterbacks Rich Gannon, Joe Flacco, Jeff Komlo, Pat Devlin and Scott Brunner. The Blue Hens are recognized as a perennial power in FCS football and Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010. In 2023, the program announced it will move into Conference USA and the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) prior to the 2025 season.

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are the athletic teams of the University of Delaware (UD) of Newark, Delaware, in the United States. The Blue Hens compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Coastal Athletic Association and its technically separate football league, CAA Football.

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. The school's team currently competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) since 2001. Home games are played at the Acierno Arena at the Bob Carpenter Center.

The 2012–13 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by seventh year head coach Monté Ross, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in CAA play to finish in a tie for second place. They lost in the semifinals of the CAA tournament to James Madison.

The 2013–14 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by eighth year head coach Monté Ross, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 25–10, 14–2 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season championship. They were also champions of the CAA tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Michigan State.

The 2014–15 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by ninth year head coach Monté Ross, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 10–20, 9–9 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament to Northeastern.

The 2015–16 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by ninth year head coach Monté Ross, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–23, 2–16 in CAA play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the CAA tournament to the College of Charleston.

The 2016–17 CAA men's basketball season marked the 32nd season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball. The season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in late February.

Tiara Patryce Malcom is an American college basketball coach, who was head women's basketball coach at FIU from 2016 to 2020.

Martin Ingelsby is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach for the University of Delaware.

The 2016–17 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by first-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 13–20, 5–13 in CAA play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Hofstra in the first round of the CAA tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to UNC Wilmington.

The 2016–17 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by 21st year head coach Tina Martin, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16–14, 10–8 CAA play to finish in fourth place. They played in the quarterfinal of the CAA women's tournament where they lost to William & Mary.

The 2017–18 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by second-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 14–19, 6–12 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They defeated Elon in the first round of the CAA tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Northeastern.

The 2018–19 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by third-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

The 2019–20 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represents the University of Delaware during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hens are led by fourth-year head coach Martin Ingelsby and play their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Nathan Joseph Darling is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UAB Blazers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. He is the first and only Blue Hens player in NBA history.

The 2020–21 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by fifth-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, play their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

The 2021–22 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by sixth-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 22–13, 10–8 in CAA Play to finish a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed, they defeated Drexel, Towson, and UNC Wilmington to win the CAA tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 15 seed in the South Region, where they lost in the first round to Villanova.

The 2022–23 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represented the University of Delaware in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by seventh-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

The 2023–24 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball team represents the University of Delaware during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by eighth-year head coach Martin Ingelsby, play their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware as members of the Coastal Athletic Association.

References

1 2 "Delaware Men's Basketball Information Central". University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ Borzello, Jeff (May 24, 2016). "Martin Ingelsby to be named Delaware's new coach". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
↑ Tresolini, Kevin (March 18, 2016). "Ross fired as University of Delaware basketball coach" . The News Journal . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Delaware Men's Basketball Information Central". University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[2] Borzello, Jeff (May 24, 2016). "Martin Ingelsby to be named Delaware's new coach". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[3] Tresolini, Kevin (March 18, 2016). "Ross fired as University of Delaware basketball coach" . The News Journal . Retrieved March 6, 2023.

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