List of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

The following is a list of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 25 head coaches of the Panthers in their 122-season history.^[1]

Northern Iowa's current head coach is Ben Jacobson. He was hired as the Panthers' head coach in March 2006,^[2] replacing Greg McDermott, who left to become the head coach at Iowa State.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1899^[a]	S. R. Satterthwaite	1	0–1	.000
2	1900–1901^[a]	Enola P. Pierce	1	1–3	.250
3	1901–1902^[a]	George B. Affleck	1	1–2	.333
4	1902–1903^[a]	Thomas Jones	1	0–2	.000
5	1903–1906^[a]	Charles Pell	3	11–12	.478
6	1906–1909	Roy F. Seymour	3	14–15	.483
7	1909–1911	Clayton B. Simmons	2	4–3	.571
8	1911–1913	Pat Pasini	2	8–12	.400
9	1913–1917	Allen P. Berkstresser	4	10–12	.455
10	1917–1918	James Owen Perrine	1	5–5	.500
11	1918–1919	Russell Glaesner	1	2–6	.250
12	1919–1921	Ivan Doseff	2	14–14	.500
13	1921–1924	Leland L. Mendenhall	3	27–7	.794
14	1924–1932 1933–1937	Arthur D. Dickinson	12	102–66	.607
15	1932–1933	Melvin Fritzel	1	9–4	.692
16	1937–1954^[b]	Hon Nordly	15	166–127	.567
17	1954–1956	Stanley Hall	2	19–22	.463
18	1956–1961	James Witham	5	63–49	.563
19	1961–1967	Norm Stewart	6	97–42	.698
20	1967–1973	Zeke Hogeland	6	70–74	.486
21	1973–1986	James Berry	13	144–210	.407
22	1986–1998	Eldon Miller	12	164–178	.480
23	1998–2001	Sam Weaver	3	30–57	.345
24	2001–2006	Greg McDermott	5	90–63	.588
25	2006–present	Ben Jacobson	17	335–219	.605
Totals		25 coaches	122 seasons	1,385–1,219	.532
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

1 2 3 4 5 Only partial records are available seasons before 1905.
↑ Northern Iowa did not field a team for the 1943–44 or 1944–45 seasons.

References

1 2 "UNI Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Iowa Athletics. p. 50-51. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
↑ "Northern Iowa promotes Jacobson to coach". ESPN.com . Associated Press. March 22, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
↑ "Iowa State hires Greg McDermott". UPI.com. March 21, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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[PartialRecords-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Only partial records are available seasons before 1905.

[NoTeam-5] Northern Iowa did not field a team for the 1943–44 or 1944–45 seasons.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "UNI Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Iowa Athletics. p. 50-51. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

[2] "Northern Iowa promotes Jacobson to coach". ESPN.com . Associated Press. March 22, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

[3] "Iowa State hires Greg McDermott". UPI.com. March 21, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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