List of Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball head coaches. The Crimson Tide have had 21 head coaches in their 110-season history.

Alabama's current head coach is Nate Oats. He was hired in March 2019 to replace Avery Johnson, who was let go by Alabama a few days earlier.

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1912–1915	D. V. Graves	3	20–12	.625
2	1915–1916	Griff Harsh	1	13–4	.765
3	1916–1917	Thomas Kelley	1	6–8	.429
4	1917–1918	B. L. Noojin	1	2–5	.286
5	1918–1919	Yancey Goodall	1	3–3	.500
6	1919–1920	Bill Moore	1	5–7	.417
7	1920–1923	Charles A. Bernier	3	47–19	.712
8	1923–1942 1945–1946	Hank Crisp	20	264–133	.665
9	1942–1943	Paul Burnum	1	10–10	.500
10	1944–1945	Malcolm Laney	1	10–5	.667
11	1946–1952	Floyd Burdette	6	81–59	.579
12	1952–1956	John Dee	4	68–25	.731
13	1956–1960	Eugene Lambert	4	49–49	.500
14	1960–1968	Hayden Riley	8	102–104	.495
15	1968–1980	C. M. Newton	12	211–123	.632
16	1980–1992	Wimp Sanderson	12	267–119	.692
17	1992–1998	David Hobbs	6	110–76	.591
18	1998–2009	Mark Gottfried	11	216–138	.610
19	2009–2015	Anthony Grant	6	117–85	.579
–	2015*	John Brannen	1	1–1	.500
20	2015–2019	Avery Johnson	4	75–62	.547
21	2019–present	Nate Oats	5	117–54	.684
Totals		21 coaches	111 seasons	1,794–1,101	.620
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source

Alabama fired Anthony Grant on March 15, 2005, and named John Brannen as interim coach for the 2015 NIT

References

^ "Men's Basketball Media Guide". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Casagrande, Michael (March 28, 2019). "The story behind Alabama hiring Nate Oats in 3 days". AL.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Byington, Alex (March 24, 2019). "Official: Alabama, Avery Johnson mutually part ways". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Goodman, Jeff (March 15, 2015). "Anthony Grant out at Alabama". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

v t e Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball head coaches
D. V. Graves (1912–1915) Griff Harsh (1915–1916) Thomas Kelley (1916–1917) B. L. Noojin (1917–1918) Yancey Goodall (1918–1919) Bill Moore (1919–1920) Charles A. Bernier (1920–1923) Hank Crisp (1923–1942) Paul Burnum (1942–1943) No team (1943–1944) Malcolm Laney (1944–1945) Hank Crisp (1945–1946) Floyd Burdette (1946–1952) John Dee (1952–1956) Eugene Lambert (1956–1960) Hayden Riley (1960–1968) C. M. Newton (1968–1980) Wimp Sanderson (1980–1992) David Hobbs (1992–1998) Mark Gottfried (1998–2009) Philip Pearson # (2009) Anthony Grant (2009–2015) John Brannen # (2015) Avery Johnson (2015–2019) Nate Oats (2019– ) # denotes interim head coach

Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball head coaches

D. V. Graves (1912–1915)
Griff Harsh (1915–1916)
Thomas Kelley (1916–1917)
B. L. Noojin (1917–1918)
Yancey Goodall (1918–1919)
Bill Moore (1919–1920)
Charles A. Bernier (1920–1923)
Hank Crisp (1923–1942)
Paul Burnum (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Malcolm Laney (1944–1945)
Hank Crisp (1945–1946)
Floyd Burdette (1946–1952)
John Dee (1952–1956)
Eugene Lambert (1956–1960)
Hayden Riley (1960–1968)
C. M. Newton (1968–1980)
Wimp Sanderson (1980–1992)
David Hobbs (1992–1998)
Mark Gottfried (1998–2009)
Philip Pearson # (2009)
Anthony Grant (2009–2015)
John Brannen # (2015)
Avery Johnson (2015–2019)
Nate Oats (2019– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
Venues	Little Hall (1915–1939) Foster Auditorium (1939–1968) Coleman Coliseum (1968–present)
Rivalries	Auburn
Culture & lore	Traditions Big Al Gambling scandal 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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