List of Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball head coaches. There have been 19 head coaches of the Wolf Pack in their 110-season history.^[1]

Nevada's current head coach is Steve Alford. He was hired as the Wolf Pack's head coach in April 2019,^[2] replacing Eric Musselman, who left to become the head coach at Arkansas.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1912–1913	C. E. Holoway	1	3–1	.750
2	1913–1919	Silas Ross	6	33–21	.611
3	1919–1923	Ray Courtright	4	25–29	.463
4	1923–1929 1930–1939	Doc Martie	15	129–122	.514
5	1929–1930	Chester Scranton	1	6–13	.316
6	1939–1942	Charles Schuhardt	3	12–28	.300
7	1942–1943 1945–1959	Jake Lawlor	15	204–156	.567
8	1944–1945	Jim Aiken	1	8–9	.471
9	1959–1972	Jack Spencer	13	123–99	.554
10	1972–1976	Jim Padgett	4	43–61	.413
11	1976–1980	Jim Carey	4	65–46	.586
12	1980–1987	Sonny Allen	7	114–89	.562
13	1987–1993	Len Stevens	6	91–79	.535
14	1993–1999	Pat Foster	6	90–81	.526
15	1999–2004	Trent Johnson	5	79–74	.516
16	2004–2009	Mark Fox	5	123–43	.741
17	2009–2015	David Carter	6	98–97	.503
18	2015–2019	Eric Musselman	4	110–34	.764
19	2019–present	Steve Alford	4	70–51	.579
Totals		19 coaches	110 seasons	1,426–1,233	.536
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

References

1 2 "2022-23 Nevada Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Nevada Reno Athletics. p. 19. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
↑ "Nevada quickly hires former UCLA coach Steve Alford". The Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. April 11, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
↑ Boone, Kyle (April 7, 2019). "Arkansas hires Eric Musselman away from Nevada as new Razorbacks men's basketball coach". CBSSports.com . Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Nevada Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Nevada Reno Athletics. p. 19. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

[2] "Nevada quickly hires former UCLA coach Steve Alford". The Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. April 11, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

[3] Boone, Kyle (April 7, 2019). "Arkansas hires Eric Musselman away from Nevada as new Razorbacks men's basketball coach". CBSSports.com . Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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