List of Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball head coaches. There have been 19 head coaches of the Eagles in their 115-season history.^[1]

Eastern Washington's current head coach is David Riley. He was hired as the Eagles' head coach in March 2021,^[2] replacing Shantay Legans, who left to become the head coach at Portland.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1903–1905 1911–1912	Unknown	3	1–4	.200
1	1905–1906	Nick E. Hinch	1	3–6	.333
2	1906–1909	Paul Lienau	3	16–10	.615
3	1912–1916	Albert Fertsch	4	11–2	.846
4	1919–1927	Vin Eustis	8	108–43	.715
5	1927–1930	Arthur C. Woodward	3	26–29	.473
6	1930–1942 1945–1964	Red Reese	31	470–301	.610
7	1942–1945	Bob Brumlay	3	75–17	.815
8	1964–1967	Ernie McKie	3	23–52	.307
9	1967–1982 1983–1985	Jerry Krause	17	261–197	.570
10	1982–1983 1985–1987	Joe Folda	3	42–42	.500
11	1987–1990	Bob Hofman	3	32–54	.372
12	1990–1995	John Wade	5	34–98	.258
13	1995–2000	Steve Aggers	5	51–82	.383
14	2000–2004	Ray Giacoletti	4	69–50	.580
15	2004–2007	Mike Burns	3	38–49	.437
16	2007–2011	Kirk Earlywine	4	42–78	.350
17	2011–2017	Jim Hayford	6	106–91	.538
18	2017–2021	Shantay Legans	4	75–49	.605
19	2021–present	David Riley	2	41–27	.603
Totals		19 coaches	115 seasons	1,524–1,281	.543
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

References

1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Eastern Washington Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
↑ Collingwood, Ryan (March 25, 2021). "New coach David Riley excited to take the reins of Eastern Washington basketball". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved March 9, 2023.
↑ Arnold, Geoffrey C. (March 22, 2021). "University of Portland hires Shantay Legans as the new men's basketball coach". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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

[2] Collingwood, Ryan (March 25, 2021). "New coach David Riley excited to take the reins of Eastern Washington basketball". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[3] Arnold, Geoffrey C. (March 22, 2021). "University of Portland hires Shantay Legans as the new men's basketball coach". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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