The Texas Longhorns men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Texas in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association .[ 1] The team has seen 25 individuals hold the head coach position since its inception in 1906.
The current head coach is Rodney Terry , who was named interim head coach when Chris Beard was suspended in December 2022 after being arrested on a domestic violence charge. Beard was fired in January 2023. On March 27, 2023, Terry agreed to a deal to become Texas's full-time Head Coach.[ 2]
Over the history of the Texas basketball program, only one coach, Tom Penders, has been enshrined in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame .[ 3] The all-time wins leader is Rick Barnes , having won 402 games over his 17-year tenure at the University of Texas.
Conference[ b] CW Wins CL Losses C% Winning percentage
NCAA Tournament[ c] TA Total appearances[ d] TW Total wins TL Total losses
Championships NC National championships CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournaments
Bold = leader in each category
List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, NCAA Tournament records, championships and selected awards. *Statistics correct as of November 27, 2023. [ 4] # Name Term 1 Magnus Mainland 1906–1907 16 11 5 .688 — — — — — — — — — 2 W. E. Metzenthin 1909–1911 27 13 14 .481 — — — — — — — — — 3 J. Burton Rix 1912 6 5 1 .833 — — — — — — — — — 4 Carl C. Taylor 1913 12 8 4 .667 — — — — — — — — — 5 L. Theo Bellmont 1914–1915, 1921–1922 67 58 9 .866 28 9 .757 — — — 1 — — 6 Roy Henderson 1916, 1918–1919 51 43 8 .843 25 6 .806 — — — 2 — — 7 Eugene Van Gent 1917 16 13 3 .813 7 1 .875 — — — 1 — — 8 Berry Whitaker 1920 16 10 6 .625 4 6 .400 — — — — — — 9 Milton Romney 1923 18 11 7 .611 9 7 .563 — — — — — — 10 E. J. Stewart 1924–1927 92 65 27 .707 42 15 .737 — — — 1 — — 11 Fred Walker 1927–1931 81 51 30 .630 27 21 .563 — — — — — — 12 Ed Olle 1931–1934 67 49 18 .731 22 14 .611 — — — 1 — — 13 Marty Karow 1934–1936 47 31 16 .660 13 11 .542 — — — — — — 14 Jack Gray 1936–1942, 1945–1951 291 194 97 .667 89 55 .618 2 2 3 3 — — 15 Bully Gilstrap 1942–1945 71 43 28 .606 20 16 .556 1 1 1 1 — — 16 Thurman Hull 1951–1956 118 60 58 .508 33 27 .550 — — — 1 — — 17 Marshall Hughes 1956–1959 71 25 46 .352 10 30 .250 — — — — — — 18 Harold Bradley 1959–1967 198 125 73 .631 73 39 .652 2 2 3 3 — — 19 Leon Black 1967–1976 227 106 121 .467 63 65 .492 2 1 2 2 — — 20 Abe Lemons 1976–1982 173 110 63 .636 58 38 .604 1 0 1 2 — — 21 Bob Weltlich 1982–1988 175 77 98 .440 40 56 .417 — — — 1 — — 22 Tom Penders † 1988–1998 318 208 110 .654 101 49 .673 8 10 8 3 2 — 23 Rick Barnes 1998–2015 582 402 180 .691 186 94 .664 16 19 16 3 — — 24 Shaka Smart 2015–2021 195 109 86 .559 51 56 .477 3 0 3 — 1 — 25 Chris Beard 2021–2022 42 29 13 .690 10 8 .556 1 1 1 — — — 26 Rodney Terry 2022–present 64 43 21 .672 21 15 .583 2 4 2 — 1 —