List of Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

Chris Collins coaching the Northwestern Wildcats in a 2015 game
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. 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]
  1. ^ Glass resigned with six games remaining in the 1968–69 season, and was replaced by Brad Snyder on a permanent basis.

References

  1. ^ a b "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.