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 24 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)
E.A. Knoth 1920–1921 14 6 .700 11 4 .733
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 2012–2022 143 85 .627 63 55 .534 • 1 Elite Eight (2018)
• 1 Sweet Sixteen (2018)
• 5 NCAA Tournament Appearances (2013, 2014, 2017-2019)
• 2 Conference regular season Championships (2013, 2019)
• 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.
• Most conference wins (32) in the first 3 years.
• Most all-time Top 25 victories (27)
• Only KSU coach to win 25 or more games in back to back seasons
Jerome Tang 2022–Present 45 25 .643 19 17 .528
• Best start in program history by a first year coach
• Naismith College Coach of the Year (2023)

• Big 12 Coach of the Year (2023)
• AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2023)
• USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2023)

• NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2023)
†Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

References

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  1. ^ Kansas State Athletics, K-State Men's Basketball Media Guide, archived from the original on 2011-02-15, retrieved 2014-11-11