List of Omaha Mavericks men's basketball head coaches

Last updated April 03, 2023

The following is a list of Omaha Mavericks men's basketball head coaches. There have been 22 head coaches of the Mavericks in their 110-season history.^[1]

Omaha's current head coach is Chris Crutchfield. He was hired as the Mavericks' head coach in March 2022,^[2] replacing Derrin Hansen, who was fired following the 2021–22 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1910–1912^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Gus Miller	2	–	–
2	1912–1913	Dutch Nagle	1	3–2	.600
3	1913–1916^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Jim Meyers	3	9–5	.643
4	1918–1919	Ed Evans	1	1–12	.077
5	1919–1927	Ernie Adams	8	58–34	.630
6	1927–1929	Lloyd M. Bradfield	2	3–27	.100
7	1929–1931	Bill Graves	2	8–21	.276
8	1931–1935	Cecil L. Hartman	4	56–12	.824
9	1935–1938	Johnny Baker	3	10–30	.250
10	1938–1941 1943–1944	Stu Baller	4	35–29	.547
11	1941–1943 1945–1948	Harold Johnk	5	30–60	.333
12	1948–1952	Don Pflasterer	4	40–46	.465
13	1952–1955	Virgil Yelkin	3	40–33	.548
14	1955–1959	Jack Cotton	4	27–85	.241
15	1959–1961	Sonny Means	2	7–37	.159
16	1961–1969	Jim Borsheim	8	73–101	.420
17	1969–1994	Bob Hanson	25	382–313	.550
18	1994–1995	Tim Carter	1	11–16	.407
19	1995–2001	Kevin Lehman	6	72–91	.442
20	2001–2005	Kevin McKenna	4	89–33	.730
21	2005–2022	Derrin Hansen	17	253–260	.493
22	2022–present	Chris Crutchfield	1	9–23	.281
Totals		22 coaches	110 seasons	1,216–1,270	.489
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ There are no records available for these seasons.
↑ There are no records available for the 1913–14 season.

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References

1 2 "Omaha Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Omaha Athletics. p. 5. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
↑ Schinzel, Gene (March 17, 2022). "UNO officially hires former Mav Chris Crutchfield as men's basketball coach". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
↑ "Omaha fires men's basketball coach Derrin Hansen following another 5-win season". ESPN.com . Associated Press. March 6, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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[NoRecords-4] There are no records available for these seasons.

[NoRecords2-5] There are no records available for the 1913–14 season.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Omaha Men's Basketball History and Records" (PDF). Omaha Athletics. p. 5. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[2] Schinzel, Gene (March 17, 2022). "UNO officially hires former Mav Chris Crutchfield as men's basketball coach". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[3] "Omaha fires men's basketball coach Derrin Hansen following another 5-win season". ESPN.com . Associated Press. March 6, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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