List of Idaho Vandals men's basketball head coaches

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Don Verlin, the winningest head coach in Vandals men's basketball history. Don Verlin in 2015.jpg
Don Verlin, the winningest head coach in Vandals men's basketball history.

The following is a list of Idaho Vandals men's basketball head coaches. There have been 32 head coaches of the Vandals in their 118-season history. [1]

Idaho's current head coach is Alex Pribble. He was hired as the Vandals' head coach in March 2023, [2] replacing Zac Claus, who was fired before the start of the 2023 Big Sky tournament. [3]

No.TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
11905–1907
1910–1915
John G. Griffith 734–50.405
21907–1908 George Wyman 14–4.500
31908–1910 John S. Grogan 215–19.441
41915–1916 Charles M. Rademacher 11–12.077
51916–1918 Hec Edmundson 220–9.690
61918–1919 Wilfred C. Bleamaster 113–2.867
71919–1920 Ralph Hutchinson 114–3.824
81920–1927 Dave MacMillan 7102–37.734
91927–1936 Richard Fox 988–124.415
101936–1941 Forrest Twogood 569–79.466
111941–1942
1946–1947
Guy Wicks 216–40.286
121942–1946 James A. Brown 457–67.460
131947–1954 Charles Finley 7107–96.527
141954–1959 Harlan Hodges 552–77.403
151959–1960 Dave Strack 111–15.423
161960–1963 Joe Cipriano 343–35.551
171963–1966 Jim Goddard 325–52.325
181966–1974 Wayne Anderson 888–117.429
191974–1978 Jim Jarvis 426–78.250
201978–1983 Don Monson 5100–41.709
211983–1986 Bill Trumbo 328–59.322
221986–1988 Tim Floyd 235–25.583
231988–1990
1996–1997
Kermit Davis 363–29.685
241990–1993 Larry Eustachy 361–33.649
251993–1996 Joe Cravens 342–41.506
261997–2001 David Farrar 449–61.445
272001–2006 Leonard Perry 548–97.331
282006–2008 George Pfeifer 212–48.200
292008–2019 Don Verlin 11177–176.501
302019–2023 [a] Zac Claus 428–88.241
312023* Tim Marrion 10–1.000
312023–present Alex Pribble 00–0
Totals32 coaches118 seasons1,428–1,615.469
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
* - Denotes interim head coach.
Source [1]
  1. Claus was fired in February 2023. Tim Marrion was named interim coach for the remainder of the 2022–23 season. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "2022-23 Idaho Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Idaho Athletics. p. 6-7. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. "Seatte U associate head coach Alex Pribble takes over Idaho's men's basketball program". The Spokesman-Review . March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Pixley, Trevan (February 28, 2023). "Idaho fires men's basketball coach Zac Claus after regular-season finale". Lewiston Morning Tribune . Retrieved March 15, 2023.