List of Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

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Chris Collins, the current head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats. 20150303 Chris Collins.JPG
Chris Collins, the current head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats.

The following is a list of Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches of the Wildcats in their 118-season history. [1]

Northwestern's current head coach is Chris Collins. He was hired as the Wildcats' head coach in March 2013, [2] replacing Bill Carmody, who was fired at the end of the 2012–13 season. [3]

No.TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
11904–1905 Tom Holland 12–2.500
21906–1910 Louis Gillesby 44–28.125
31910–1911 Stuart Templeton 13–15.167
41911–1912 Charles Hammett 14–9.308
51912–1914 Dennis Grady 225–10.714
61914–1917 Fred J. Murphy 328–24.538
71917–1918
1919–1920
J. Norman Elliott 29–11.450
81918–1919 Tom Robinson 17–6.538
91920–1921 Ray Elder 12–12.143
101921–1922 Dana Evans 17–11.389
111922–1927 Maury Kent 519–62.235
121927–1950 Dutch Lonborg 23236–203–1.538
131950–1952 Harold Olsen 219–25.432
141952–1957 Waldo A. Fisher 535–75.318
151957–1963 Bill Rohr 666–70.485
161963–1969 [a] Larry Glass 661–71.462
171969–1973 Brad Snyder 530–71.297
181973–1978 Tex Winter 544–87.336
191978–1986 Rich Falk 880–142.360
201986–1993 Bill Foster 754–141.277
211993–1997 Ricky Byrdsong 434–78.304
221997–2000 Kevin O'Neill 330–56.349
232000–2013 Bill Carmody 13192–210.478
242013–present Chris Collins 11178–174.506
Totals24 coaches119 seasons1,170–1,593–1.423
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season
Source [1]
  1. Glass resigned with six games remaining in the 1968–69 season, and was replaced by Brad Snyder on a permanent basis.

References

  1. 1 2 "Northwestern Men's Basketball Media Guide 2022-2023" (PDF). Northwestern Athletics. p. 20-21. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. "Northwestern hires Collins as coach" . The State Journal-Register . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. Greenstein, Teddy (March 16, 2013). "Bill Carmody out as Northwestern basketball coach". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 1, 2023.