The following is a list of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 18 coaches in their 116-season history. One Arizona coach has been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Lute Olson. The current head coach of Arizona Wildcat is Tommy Lloyd.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct as of the 2023–24 college basketball season.
Career coaching records
Source:
| Coach | Years | Record | Conference Record | Overall win percentage |
Conference titles |
Conference tournament titles |
NCAA Appearances |
NCAA Championships |
Coach of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orin A. Kates | 1904–1906 | 1–0–1 (.750) | -- | 75% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| No coach | 1906–1911 | 10–6 (.625) | -- | 62% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Frank L. Kleeberger | 1911–1912 | 2–2 (.500) | -- | 50% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Raymond L. Quigley | 1912–1914 | 10–4 (.714) | -- | 71% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pop McKale | 1914–1921 | 49–12 (.803) | -- | 80% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| James Pierce | 1921–1923 | 10–2 (.833) | -- | 83% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Basil Stanley | 1923–1924 | 31–6 (.838) | -- | 83% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Walter Davis | 1924–1925 | 7–4 (.636) | -- | 63% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Fred Enke | 1925–1961 | 509–324 (.611) | 232–138 (.627) | 61% | 10 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Bruce Larson | 1961–1972 | 136–148 (.479) | 44–68 (.393) | 47% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Fred Snowden | 1972–1982 | 167–108 (.607) | 82–146 (.360) | 60% | -- | 1 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Ben Lindsey | 1982–1983 | 4–24 (.143) | 1–17 (.056) | 14% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Lute Olson†+ | 1983–2007 | 589–188 (.758) | 327–101 (.764) | 75% | 11 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 7 |
| Jim Rosborough^ | 2000–2001 | 3–2 (.600) | -- | 60% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kevin O'Neill++ | 2007–2008 | 19–15 (.559) | 8–10 (.444) | 55% | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Russ Pennell+++ | 2008–2009 | 21–14 (.600) | 9–9 (.500) | 60% | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| Sean Miller++++ | 2009–2021 | 302–109 (.735) | 153–74 (.674) | 73% | 5 | 3 | 7 | -- | 3 |
| Tommy Lloyd | 2021–present* | 90–19 (.826) | 47–13 (.783) | 83% | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | 1 |
| Totals | 1904–present | 1,960–991–1 (.664) | 903–576 (.611) | 66% | 27 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 11 |
Notes
* Only intrasquad games were played in 1905–06.
+ Record for the 1999 and 2008 were vacated by NCAA due to NCAA infractions. Actual on-court records was 589-188 for Lute Olson and 19–15 for Kevin O'Neil.
^ Rosborough served as head coach for five games during the 2000–01 campaign while Olson took a leave of absence. Arizona was 28–8 overall and 15–3 in Pac-10 play that season.
++ O'Neill served as interim head coach while Olson missed the season due to a leave of absence.
+++ Pennell served as interim head coach following Olson's retirement in October 2008.
++++ The NCAA vacated 32 wins from the 2016–17 season, and 18 wins from the 2017–18 season as a result of the 2017–18 NCAA men's basketball corruption scandal. The players involved in the scandal played in every game in the 2016–17 & 23 games in the 2017–18 season, resulting in a 9–8 record.
- An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.
† – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
References
- "Arizona 2015-2016 Media Guide History and Records pp. 60" (PDF). arizonaathletics.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02.
- "NCAA Career Statistics".
- "2016-17 Arizona Basketball Season".
- "2017-18 Arizona Basketball Season".
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