The following is a list of Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Panthers in their 127-season history. [1]
Milwaukee's current head coach is Bart Lundy. He was hired as the Panthers' head coach in March 2022, [2] replacing Pat Baldwin, who was fired after the 2021–22 season. [3]
No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | 1896–1908 | No coach | 12 | 79–46 | .632 |
1 | 1908–1910 | Charles Davies | 2 | 11–19 | .367 |
2 | 1910–1914 | Emmett Angeli | 4 | 51–17 | .750 |
3 | 1914–1917 1920–1926 | Barney Anderson | 9 | 59–76–1 | .438 |
4 | 1917–1918 | Paul Stothart | 1 | 1–9 | .100 |
5 | 1918–1920 | George Downer | 2 | 15–12 | .556 |
6 | 1926–1930 | Milton Murray | 4 | 17–40 | .298 |
7 | 1930–1942 1946–1952 | Guy Penwell | 18 | 186–145 | .562 |
8 | 1942–1946 | John Tierney | 4 | 34–25 | .576 |
9 | 1952–1963 | Russ Rebholz | 11 | 123–105 | .539 |
10 | 1963–1970 | Ray Krzoska | 7 | 86–87 | .497 |
11 | 1970–1973 | Charlie Parsley | 3 | 46–29 | .613 |
12 | 1973–1975 | Bill Klucas | 2 | 22–30 | .423 |
13 | 1975–1980 | Bob Gottlieb | 5 | 62–70 | .470 |
14 | 1980–1983 | Bob Voight | 3 | 51–25 | .671 |
15 | 1983–1987 | Ray Swetalla | 4 | 33–74 | .308 |
16 | 1987–1995 | Steve Antrim | 8 | 124–100 | .554 |
17 | 1995–1999 | Ric Cobb | 4 | 28–81 | .257 |
18 | 1999–2001 | Bo Ryan | 2 | 30–27 | .526 |
19 | 2001–2005 | Bruce Pearl | 4 | 86–38 | .694 |
20 | 2005–2016 | Rob Jeter | 11 | 184–170 | .520 |
21 | 2016–2017 | LaVall Jordan | 1 | 11–24 | .314 |
22 | 2017–2022 | Pat Baldwin | 5 | 57–92 | .383 |
23 | 2022–present | Bart Lundy | 1 | 22–12 | .647 |
Totals | 23 coaches | 127 seasons | 1,418–1,353–1 | .512 | |
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source [1] |
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