List of Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Colonels in their 111-season history.^[1]

Eastern Kentucky's current head coach is A. W. Hamilton. He was hired as the Colonels' head coach in March 2018,^[2] replacing Dan McHale, who was fired after the 2017–18 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1909–1912	Clyde H. Wilson	3	10–11	.476
2	1912–1913	Charles A. Keith	1	9–3	.750
3	1913–1917	Ben Barnard	4	14–10	.583
4	1919–1920	Charles F. Miller and Clyde McCoy	1	3–4	.429
5	1920–1929	George Hembree	9	49–88	.358
6	1929–1935	Turkey Hughes	6	68–40	.630
7	1935–1946^[a]	Rome Rankin	10	135–53	.718
8	1946–1962^[b]	Paul McBrayer	16	214–142	.601
9	1962–1967	Jim Baechtold	6	70–57	.551
10	1967–1973	Guy R. Strong	6	78–65	.545
11	1973–1976	Bob Mulcahy	3	25–48	.342
12	1976–1981	Ed Byhre	5	69–63	.523
13	1981–1989	Max Good	8	96–129	.427
14	1989–1992	Mike Pollio	3	51–41	.554
15	1992–1997	Mike Calhoun	5	58–77	.430
16	1997–2000	Scott Perry	3	19–61	.238
17	2000–2005	Travis Ford	5	61–80	.433
18	2005–2015	Jeff Neubauer	10	188–134	.584
19	2015–2018	Dan McHale	3	38–55	.409
20	2018–present	A. W. Hamilton	5	87–74	.540
Totals		20 coaches	111 seasons	1,342–1,235	.521
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ Eastern Kentucky did not field a team for the 1943–44 season
↑ McBrayer left Eastern Kentucky after eight games in the 1961–62 season. Baechtold replaced him on a permanent basis.

References

1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
↑ Moody, Aaron (March 23, 2018). "NC State's AW Hamilton takes over men's basketball program at Eastern Kentucky". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved March 9, 2023.
↑ "Eastern Kentucky fires men's basketball coach Dan McHale". WKYT-TV . February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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[NoTeam-4] Eastern Kentucky did not field a team for the 1943–44 season

[McBrayerBaechtold-5] McBrayer left Eastern Kentucky after eight games in the 1961–62 season. Baechtold replaced him on a permanent basis.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[2] Moody, Aaron (March 23, 2018). "NC State's AW Hamilton takes over men's basketball program at Eastern Kentucky". The Charlotte Observer . Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[3] "Eastern Kentucky fires men's basketball coach Dan McHale". WKYT-TV . February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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