Liberty Flames basketball history

Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)
Liberty Arena / The Vines Center
Conference USA (CUSA)

Current head coach: Ritchie McKay (2007-09, 2015-)

• Assoc. HC: Rob Jones (2022-)
• Assoc. HC: Derek Johnston (2018-)
• Asst: Joe Pierre III (2018-)
• Asst. AD/Chief of Staff: Chelsea Mangino (2016-)
• DBO: Sam Thomas (2020-)
• DPD: Zach Farquhar (2021-)
• Video: Luke McKay (2022-)

Post-Season:

• National Championships:  0
• Final Four Appearances:  0
• Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (1994, 2004, 2013, 2019, 2021)
• NCAAT Overall Record:  1-5
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (2023)
• NIT Overall Record:  1-1
• CIT Appearances:  3  (2009, 2017, 2018)
• CIT Overall Record:  5-3
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1983)
• NAIA Tournament Overall Record:  2-1

Conference Titles (Mason-Dixon, Big South, ASUN, Conference USA):

• Conference USA Regular Season Championships:  0
• ASUN Regular Season Championships:  5  (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Big South Regular Season Championships:  2  (1997, 2004)
• Conference USA Tournament Championships:  0
• ASUN Tournament Championships:  3  (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Big South Tournament Championships:  3  (1994, 2004, 2013)

Award Winners:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  0
• John R. Wooden Award:  0
• Oscar Robertson Trophy:  0
• AP All-Americans:  0   
• Conference USA Player of the Year:  0
• ASUN Player of the Year:  4  (last = Darius McGhee, 2023)
• Big South Player of the Year:  1  (Jesse Sanders, 2011)

Liberty head coaches:

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Ritchie McKay	2007-09, 15-Pres	244-127	5	2	0
Dale Layer	2009-15	82-113	0	1	0
Randy Dunton	1997-98, 2002-07	77-102	1	1	0
Mel Hankinson	1998-2002	36-77	0	0	0
Jeff Meyer	1981-97	259-206	1	1 (1^)	0
Dale Gibson	1978-81	48-46	–	0	0
Harley “Skeeter” Swift	1977-78	7-22	–	0	0
Dan Manley	1972-77	58-74	–	0	0

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^ These tournament appearances came when the Liberty program was at the NAIA level; Liberty moved up to Division I prior to the 1988-89 season

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.