List of Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches

Last updated February 15, 2024

The following is a list of Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches. The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team has had 16 head coaches.

Coach	Years	Conference	Overall	Conference Titles	NCAA Tournament Appearances	NCAA Championships
Unknown	1898–1901	–	21–11	–	–	–
(No team)	1901–1902	–	–	–	–	–
D. C. Huddleson	1902–1904	–	15–6	–	–	–
Unknown	1904–1908	–	33–14	–	–	–
Thomas Kibler	1908–1910	–	22–2	–	–	–
Stockton A. "Sox" Raymond	1910–1911	–	6–3	–	–	–
Lynn St. John	1911–1919	24–43	79–70	0	–	–
George Trautman	1919–1922	10–26	29–33	0	–	–
Harold Olsen	1922–1946	154–135	259–197	5	4	0
Tippy Dye	1946–1950	27–21	53–34	1	1	0
Floyd Stahl	1950–1958	51–65	84–92	0	0	0
Fred Taylor	1958–1976	158–102	297–158	7	5	1
Eldon Miller	1976–1986	96–84	174–120	0	4	0
Gary Williams	1986–1989	24–30	59–41	0	1	0
Randy Ayers	1989–1997	64–80	124–108	2	3	0
Jim O’Brien	1997–2004	*61–51	*133–88	*2	*4	0
Thad Matta	2004–2017	150–78	337–123	5	9	0
Chris Holtmann	2017–2024	67–64	137–85	0	4	0
Jake Diebler(interim)	2024–present	0–0	0–0	0	4	0
Totals	16 coaches	114 seasons	1,770–1,1154 (.605)	20	31	1

*113 games vacated by the NCAA.

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