List of Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Kansas Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 23 head coaches. A number of notable and successful coaches have led the Wildcats through the years. Following are all the coaches that have been at Kansas State.^[1]

Coach	Years at KSU	W	L	Win%	Conf. W	Conf. L	Conf. Win %	Awards and Achievements During Tenure
Charles W. Melick	1905–1906	7	9	.438	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mike Ahearn	1906–1911	26	24	.520	N/A	N/A	N/A
Guy Lowman	1911–1914	30	16	.652	0	10	.000
Carl J. Merner	1914–1916	19	15	.559	13	13	.500
Zora G. Clevenger	1916–1920	54	17	.761	38	16	.704	• 2 Conference Regular Season Championships (1917, 1919) • Highest winning percentage in program history
E.A. Knoth	1920–1921	14	6	.700	11	4	.733	• Highest conference winning percentage in program history
E.C. Curtiss	1921–1923	5	28	.152	5	27	.156
Charles Corsaut	1923–1933	89	81	.524	61	63	.492
Frank Root	1933–1939	38	72	.345	19	47	.287
Jack Gardner^†^	1939–1942; 1946–1953	147	81	.645	66	46	.589	• 1 NCAA Championship Game (1951) • 2 Final Fours (1948, 1951) • 1 Sweet Sixteen (1951) • 2 Tournament Appearances (1948, 1951) • 3 Conference Regular Season Championships (1948, 1950, 1951) • 3 Conference Holiday Tournament Championships (1947, 1950, 1952) • 2 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls (1951, 1952)
Chili Cochrane	1942–1943	6	14	.300	1	9	.100
Cliff Rock	1943–1944	7	15	.318	1	9	.100
Fritz Knorr	1944–1946	14	33	.298	6	14	.300
Tex Winter^†^	1953–1968	261	118	.689	154	57	.730	• 2 Final Fours (1958, 1964) • 4 Elite Eights (1958, 1959, 1961,1964) • 6 Sweet Sixteens (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968) • 6 Tournament Appearances (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968) • 8 Conference Regular Season Championships (1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1964, 1968) • 4 Conference Holiday Tournament Championships (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963) • Ranked No. 1 in final AP and UPI polls (1959) • 4 times ranked in top 6 of final AP and UPI polls (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962) • UPI National Coach of the Year (1958) • Big 7 Coach of the Year (1958) • 2-time Big 8 Coach of the Year (1959, 1960) • Undefeated conference season (14–0) (1959) • Developed the Triangle offense
Cotton Fitzsimmons	1968–1970	34	20	.630	19	9	.679	• 1 Sweet Sixteen (1970) • 1 Tournament Appearances (1970) • 1 Conference Regular Season Championship (1970) • Big 8 Coach of the Year (1970) • NABC District Coach of the Year (1970)
Jack Hartman	1970–1986	295	169	.636	133	91	.594	• 4 Elite Eights (1972, 1973, 1975, 1981) • 6 Sweet Sixteens (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982) • 7 Tournament Appearances (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980–1982) • 3 Conference Regular Season Championships (1972, 1973, 1977) • 2 Conference Tournament Championships (1977, 1980) • NABC Coach of the Year (1980) • 2-time Big 8 Coach of the Year (1975, 1977) • NABC District Coach of the Year (1977) • Most wins in program history
Lon Kruger	1986–1990	81	46	.638	34	22	.607	• 1 Elite Eight (1988) • 1 Sweet Sixteen (1988) • 4 Tournament Appearances (1987–1990) • NABC District Coach of the Year (1988) • Only KSU coach to take squads to NCAA Tournament in four consecutive seasons
Dana Altman	1990–1994	68	54	.557	19	37	.339	• 1 Tournament Appearance (1993) • Big 8 Coach of the Year (1993)
Tom Asbury	1994–2000	85	88	.491	29	63	.315	• 1 Tournament Appearance (1996)
Jim Wooldridge	2000–2006	83	90	.480	32	64	.333
Bob Huggins	2006–2007	23	12	.657	10	6	.625
Frank Martin	2007–2012	117	54	.684	50	32	.610	• 1 Elite Eight (2010) • 1 Sweet Sixteen (2010) • 4 Tournament Appearances (2008, 2010–2012) • Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP and coaches) (2010) • Highest NCAA seed (2) in program history (2010) • Most wins (29) in one season in program history (2010) • CollegeInsider.com Big 12 Coach of the Year (2008) • Jim Phelan Award as mid-season National Coach of the Year (2009–10) • USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2010) • NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2010) • Only KSU coach to win 20 or more games in first 5 seasons
Bruce Weber	2012–present	117	75	.609	51	50	.505	• 2 Tournament Appearances (2013–2014) • 1 Conference Regular Season Championship (2013) • Big 12 Coach of the Year (AP and coaches) (2013) • USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2013) • Most wins (27) by a first-year coach in program history (2013) • Most wins (47) in the first 2 years. • Most conference wins (14) by a first-year coach in program history (2013) • Most conference wins (24) in the first 2 years.

†Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

References

^ Kansas State Athletics, K-State Men's Basketball Media Guide

[MediaGuide-1] Kansas State Athletics, K-State Men's Basketball Media Guide

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v t e Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Manhattan YMCA (1902–1911) Nichols Hall (1911–1950) Ahearn Field House (1950–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas (results)
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Kansas Wildcats" "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 Final Four appearances in italics