List of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball head coaches

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The following is a list of Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball head coaches at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Twenty-three individuals have served as head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball program in its 124-season history. Ed Rule, Rollie Williams, and Bucky O'Connor each served more than one tenure as head coach. Eighteen of the 23 coaches have winning records at Iowa. By default, the list is sorted by the number of seasons in which the coaches served as head coach. The list can be sorted by clicking on the column header. Numbers are updated through the end of the 2024-2025 season.

Four Iowa Hawkeye men's basketball coaches have been inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame: Sam Barry, Ralph Miller, Lute Olson and George Raveling.

Fran McCaffery, the head coach in 2010-2025, is the longest-tenured and winningest coach in school history. Fran McCaffery.jpg
Fran McCaffery, the head coach in 2010-2025, is the longest-tenured and winningest coach in school history.
Pops Harrison had the best winning percentage in school history (.700). Pops Harrison.jpg
Pops Harrison had the best winning percentage in school history (.700).
Steve Alford led the Hawkeyes to three NCAA Tournament appearances. Steve Alford in 2009.jpg
Steve Alford led the Hawkeyes to three NCAA Tournament appearances.
TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
2010–2025 Fran McCaffery 15297–207.589
1929–1942, 1950-1951 Rollie Williams 14139–131.515
1986–1999 Tom Davis 13269–140.658
1974–1983 Lute Olson*9165–95.635
1999–2007 Steve Alford 8152–106.589
1949–1950, 1951–1958 Bucky O'Connor 8114–59.659
1942-1950 Pops Harrison 898–42.700
1922–1929 Sam Barry*762–54.534
1964–1970 Ralph Miller*695–51.651
1958–1964 Sharm Scheuerman 672–69.511
1913–1918 Maury Kent 542–36.538
1970–1974 Dick Schultz 441–55.427
1901–1902, 1903–1904, 1905-1907Ed Rule432–14.696
1983–1986 George Raveling*354–38.587
2007–2010 Todd Lickliter 338–58.396
1907–1910 John Griffith 329–16.644
1919–1922 James Ashmore 329–26.527
1910–1912 Walter Stewart 215–12.556
1912–1913Floyd Thomas19–13.409
1918–1919Edwin Bannick18–7.533
1904–1905 John Chalmers 16–8.429
1902–1903Fred Bailey14–3.571
2025–Present Ben McCollum 10–0
1902–Present23 coaches124 seasonsRecordPct.

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References

  1. "Iowa Hawkeyes Coaches". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball".