List of Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches

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	67–65	137–86	0	4	0
Jake Diebler	2024–present	6-2	5-1	0	0	0
Totals	16 coaches	114 seasons	1,770–1,1154 (.605)	20	31	1

*113 games vacated by the NCAA.

Source

References

"Ohio State Buckeyes Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.

v t e Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches
Unknown (1898–1901) No team (1901–1902) D. C. Huddleson (1902–1904) Unknown (1904–1908) Tom Kibler (1908–1910) Unknown (1910–1911) Lynn St. John (1911–1919) George Trautman (1919–1922) Harold Olsen (1922–1946) Tippy Dye (1946–1950) Floyd Stahl (1950–1958) Fred Taylor (1958–1976) Eldon Miller (1976–1986) Gary Williams (1986–1989) Randy Ayers (1989–1997) Jim O'Brien (1997–2004) Thad Matta (2004–2017) Chris Holtmann (2017–2024) Jake Diebler (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1898–1901)
No team (1901–1902)
D. C. Huddleson (1902–1904)
Unknown (1904–1908)
Tom Kibler (1908–1910)
Unknown (1910–1911)
Lynn St. John (1911–1919)
George Trautman (1919–1922)
Harold Olsen (1922–1946)
Tippy Dye (1946–1950)
Floyd Stahl (1950–1958)
Fred Taylor (1958–1976)
Eldon Miller (1976–1986)
Gary Williams (1986–1989)
Randy Ayers (1989–1997)
Jim O'Brien (1997–2004)
Thad Matta (2004–2017)
Chris Holtmann (2017–2024)
Jake Diebler (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

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Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Fairgrounds Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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