List of North Alabama Lions men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of North Alabama Lions men's basketball head coaches. There have been seven head coaches of the Lions in their 90-season history.^[1]

North Alabama's current head coach is Tony Pujol. He was hired as the Lions' head coach in April 2018,^[2] replacing Bobby Champagne, who was fired after the 2017–18 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1931–1948^[a]^[b]	Eddie Flowers	15	77–91	.458
2	1948–1972	Ed Billingham	24	249–312	.444
3	1972–1974	Bill E. Jones	2	28–17	.622
4	1974–1988	Bill L. Jones	14	259–141	.648
5	1988–2003	Gary Elliott	15	270–150	.643
6	2003–2018	Bobby Champagne	15	245–194	.558
7	2018–present	Tony Pujol	5	63–86	.423
Totals		7 coaches	90 seasons	1,191–991	.546
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ Records for multiple seasons during this period are incomplete.
↑ North Alabama did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

References

1 2 "2022-23 UNA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). North Alabama Athletics. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
↑ Wray, Cheryl (April 2, 2018). "North Alabama hires former Bama assistant as new head basketball coach". AL.com . Retrieved March 27, 2023.
↑ Wray, Cheryl (March 13, 2018). "UNA fires men's basketball coach Bobby Champagne". AL.com . Retrieved March 27, 2023.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[Incomplete-4] Records for multiple seasons during this period are incomplete.

[NoTeam-5] North Alabama did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 UNA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). North Alabama Athletics. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[2] Wray, Cheryl (April 2, 2018). "North Alabama hires former Bama assistant as new head basketball coach". AL.com . Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[3] Wray, Cheryl (March 13, 2018). "UNA fires men's basketball coach Bobby Champagne". AL.com . Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[b]

v t e North Alabama Lions men's basketball
Venues	Flowers Hall (1972–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics