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List of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

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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

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Statistics are correct as of the 2023–24 college basketball season.

Career coaching records

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Source:[1]

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* 88–19 (.822) 47–13 (.783) 82% 1 2 2 -- 1
Totals 1904–present 1,958–991–1 (.664) 903–576 (.611) 66% 27 9 36 1 11

Notes

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* 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.[2][3][4]

An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.

† – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

References

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  1. ^ "Arizona 2015-2016 Media Guide History and Records pp. 60" (PDF). arizonaathletics.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02.
  2. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics".
  3. ^ "2016-17 Arizona Basketball Season".
  4. ^ "2017-18 Arizona Basketball Season".