List of Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

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.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1904–1905	Tom Holland	1	2–2	.500
2	1906–1910	Louis Gillesby	4	4–28	.125
3	1910–1911	Stuart Templeton	1	3–15	.167
4	1911–1912	Charles Hammett	1	4–9	.308
5	1912–1914	Dennis Grady	2	25–10	.714
6	1914–1917	Fred J. Murphy	3	28–24	.538
7	1917–1918 1919–1920	J. Norman Elliott	2	9–11	.450
8	1918–1919	Tom Robinson	1	7–6	.538
9	1920–1921	Ray Elder	1	2–12	.143
10	1921–1922	Dana Evans	1	7–11	.389
11	1922–1927	Maury Kent	5	19–62	.235
12	1927–1950	Dutch Lonborg	23	236–203–1	.538
13	1950–1952	Harold Olsen	2	19–25	.432
14	1952–1957	Waldo A. Fisher	5	35–75	.318
15	1957–1963	Bill Rohr	6	66–70	.485
16	1963–1969^[a]	Larry Glass	6	61–71	.462
17	1969–1973	Brad Snyder	5	30–71	.297
18	1973–1978	Tex Winter	5	44–87	.336
19	1978–1986	Rich Falk	8	80–142	.360
20	1986–1993	Bill Foster	7	54–141	.277
21	1993–1997	Ricky Byrdsong	4	34–78	.304
22	1997–2000	Kevin O'Neill	3	30–56	.349
23	2000–2013	Bill Carmody	13	192–210	.478
24	2013–present	Chris Collins	11	178–174	.506
Totals		24 coaches	119 seasons	1,170–1,593–1	.423
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season Source^[1]

↑ Glass resigned with six games remaining in the 1968–69 season, and was replaced by Brad Snyder on a permanent basis.

References

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

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[GlassSnyder-4] Glass resigned with six games remaining in the 1968–69 season, and was replaced by Brad Snyder on a permanent basis.

[RecordBook-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.

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