List of Little Rock Trojans men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Little Rock Trojans men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Trojans in their 85-season history.^[1]

Little Rock's current head coach is Darrell Walker. He was hired as the Trojans' head coach in March 2018,^[2] replacing Wes Flanigan, who was fired after the 2017–18 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1930–1931	John A. Larson	1	9–15	.375
2	1931–1939	Alvin Longstreth	8	21–73	.223
–	1941–1942	No coach	1	6–5	.545
3	1942–1946^[a]	Herman Bogan	3	38–24	.613
4	1946–1947	George Haynie	1	4–7	.364
5	1947–1948	Deno Nichols	1	11–12	.478
6	1948–1949	David Sibley	1	7–15	.318
7	1949–1950	John Floyd	1	1–20	.048
8	1950–1951	Jim Bearden	1	7–13	.350
9	1951–1953	John Kincannon	2	19–30	.388
10	1953–1956	Woody Johnson	3	25–44	.362
11	1961–1965	Bill Ballard	4	44–55	.444
12	1965–1967	Cleve Branscum	2	23–28	.451
13	1967–1979	Happy Mahfouz	12	122–176	.409
14	1979–1984	Ron Kestenbaum	5	85–52	.620
15	1984–1990	Mike Newell	6	133–60	.689
16	1990–1994	Jim Platt	4	56–59	.487
17	1994–1999	Wimp Sanderson	5	85–58	.594
18	1999–2000	Sidney Moncrief	1	4–24	.143
19	2000–2003	Porter Moser	3	54–34	.614
20	2003–2015	Steve Shields	12	192–178	.519
21	2015–2016	Chris Beard	1	30–5	.857
22	2016–2018	Wes Flanigan	2	22–42	.344
23	2018–present	Darrell Walker	5	61–86	.415
Totals		23 coaches	85 seasons	1,059–1,115	.487
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ Little Rock did not field a team for the 1944–45 season.

References

1 2 "2022-23 Little Rock Basketball Media and Record Book" (PDF). Little Rock Athletics. p. 73-74. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
↑ Kubena, Brooks (March 28, 2018). "UALR hires former Razorback Darrell Walker as next men's basketball coach". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
↑ Brantley, Max (March 9, 2018). "UA-Little Rock fires Wes Flanigan as basketball coach". Arkansas Times . Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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[NoTeam-4] Little Rock did not field a team for the 1944–45 season.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Little Rock Basketball Media and Record Book" (PDF). Little Rock Athletics. p. 73-74. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[2] Kubena, Brooks (March 28, 2018). "UALR hires former Razorback Darrell Walker as next men's basketball coach". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[3] Brantley, Max (March 9, 2018). "UA-Little Rock fires Wes Flanigan as basketball coach". Arkansas Times . Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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