List of Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball head coaches

Last updated March 18, 2023

The following is a list of Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball head coaches. There have been 27 head coaches of the Mountain Hawks in their 122-season history.^[1]

Lehigh's current head coach is Brett Reed. He was hired as the Mountain Hawks' head coach in August 2007,^[2] replacing Billy Taylor, who left to become the head coach at Ball State.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1901–1912	J. W. H. Pollard	11	67–38–1	.637
2	1912–1913	Tim Keady	1	12–2	.857
3	1913–1915	S. E. Muthart	2	21–9	.700
4	1915–1916	Harry Haring	1	12–11	.522
5	1916–1919 1926–1932	Roy Geary	9	79–66	.545
6	1919–1921	J. Murphy	2	11–15–1	.426
7	1921–1922	Ray Fisher	1	7–9	.438
8	1922–1925	James A. Baldwin	3	33–16	.673
9	1925–1926	Charles Lingro	1	13–1	.929
10	1932–1934	Fay Bartlett	2	14–16	.467
11	1934–1937	Glen Harmeson	3	14–27	.341
12	1937–1941	Paul Calvert	4	27–35	.435
13	1941–1942	Marty Westerman	1	7–8	.467
14	1942–1943	James Gordon	1	5–10	.333
15	1943–1946	Leo Prendergast	3	9–39	.188
16	1946–1950	Dan Yarbro	4	18–54	.250
17	1950–1966	Tony Packer	16	112–213	.345
18	1966–1967	Pete Carril	1	11–12	.478
19	1967–1972	Roy Heckman	5	52–72	.419
20	1972–1975	Tom Pugliese	3	12–61	.164
21	1975–1983	Brian Hill	8	75–131	.364
22	1983–1985	Tom Schneider	2	16–42	.276
23	1985–1988	Fran McCaffrey	3	49–39	.557
24	1988–1996	Dave Duke	8	90–134	.402
25	1996–2002	Sal Mentesana	6	43–125	.256
26	2002–2007^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Billy Taylor	5	68–82	.453
27	2007–present	Brett Reed	16	262–222	.541
Totals		27 coaches	122 seasons	1,140–1,489–2	.434
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ Lehigh forfeited 13 wins from the 2004–05 season.^[4] Taylor's on-court record is 81–69 (.540).

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References

1 2 "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Lehigh Athletics. p. 11. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
↑ "Brett Reed named Lehigh men's hoops coach". UPI.com. August 10, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
↑ Katz, Andy (August 7, 2007). "Taylor gets Ball State job after Hunter declines". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
↑ "Lehigh men forfeit 13 games from '04-05 ** NCAA ruling stems from use of Joe Knight when he was ineligible". The Morning Call . April 8, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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[TaylorForfeit-5] Lehigh forfeited 13 wins from the 2004–05 season.^[4] Taylor's on-court record is 81–69 (.540).

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Lehigh Athletics. p. 11. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[2] "Brett Reed named Lehigh men's hoops coach". UPI.com. August 10, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[3] Katz, Andy (August 7, 2007). "Taylor gets Ball State job after Hunter declines". ESPN.com . Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[4] "Lehigh men forfeit 13 games from '04-05 ** NCAA ruling stems from use of Joe Knight when he was ineligible". The Morning Call . April 8, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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