List of Montana State Bobcats men's basketball head coaches

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Brick Breeden, the winningest head coach in Bobcats men's basketball history. Brick Breeden.jpg
Brick Breeden, the winningest head coach in Bobcats men's basketball history.

The following is a list of Montana State Bobcats men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Bobcats in their 121-season history. [1]

Montana State's current head coach is Matt Logie. He was hired as the Bobcats' head coach in April 2019, [2] replacing Danny Sprinkle,Utah State current head coach the 2023–24 season. [3]

No.TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1901–1907Team captains624–10.706
11907–1908 Walter R. Knox 18–1.889
21908–1911 John H. McIntosh 319–5.792
31911–1913 Earnest A. Dockstader 213–7.650
41913–1914 Joe Markham 110–5.667
51914–1919 Fred Bennion 537–15.712
61919–1920 Walter D. Powell 113–01.000
71920–1922 D. V. Graves 219–13.594
81922–1928 G. Ott Romney 6145–30.829
91928–1935 Schubert R. Dyche 7110–92.545
101935–1947 [lower-alpha 1]
1948–1954
Brick Breeden 17283–198.588
111947–1948 Max Worthington 118–9.667
121954–1955 Wally Lemm 111–16.407
131955–1962 Dobbie Lambert 788–90.494
141962–1969 Roger Craft 792–83.526
151969–1972 Gary Hulst 326–51.338
161972–1974 Hank Anderson 228–24.538
171974–1978 Rich Juarez 441–62.398
181978–1983 Bruce Haroldson 566–69.489
191983–1990 Stu Starner 7110–95.537
201990–2006 [lower-alpha 2] Mick Durham 16231–213.520
212006–2014 Brad Huse 8106–137.436
222014–2019 Brian Fish 565–92.414
232019–2023 Danny Sprinkle 481–43.653
242023–present Matt Logie 10–0
Totals23 coaches121 seasons1,644–1,360.547
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
Source [1]
  1. Montana State did not field a team for the 1943–44 season.
  2. Montana State vacated 15 wins from the 1993–94 season. Durham's on-court record is 246–213 (.536).

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References

  1. 1 2 "Montana State Men's Basketball 2022-23 Media Guide" (PDF). Montana State Athletics. p. 83-85. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  2. "MSU hires former Bobcat as men's basketball coach". ABC Fox Montana News. April 4, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. "Montana State fires head men's basketball coach Fish" . Great Falls Tribune . March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2023.