Navy Midshipmen basketball

Navy Midshipmen basketball history

United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)
Alumni Hall
Patriot League

Current head coach: Ed DeChellis (2011-)

  • Assoc. HC: Emmett Davis (2015-)
  • Assoc. HC: Jon Perry (2013-)
  • Asst: Jordan Lyons (2023-)
  • Asst: Jaren Marino (2023-)
  • DBO: Brett Barron (2023-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  3  (1954, 1959, 1986)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  11  (1947, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997, 1998)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  8-11
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  1  (1962)
  • NIT Overall Record:  0-1
  • Premo-Porretta National Championships:  (1913, 1919)
  • Helms Foundation National Championships:  1  (1913)

Conference Titles (ECAC, CAA, Patriot League):

Award Winners:




Navy head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Ed DeChellis 2011-Pres 181-211 1 0 0
Billy Lange 2004-11 92-115 0 0 0
Don DeVoe 1992-2004 184-161 5 3 0
Pete Herrmann 1986-92 63-110 1 1 0
Paul Evans 1980-86 119-60 2 2 0
Bob Hamilton 1976-80 54-47 0 0 0
Dave Smalley 1966-76 94-130 0 0 0
Ben Carnevale 1946-66 257-160 0 5 0
John Wilson 1926-46 206-94 0 0 0
Herbert Underwood 1925-26 12-5
James Allen 1922-25 47-12
Billy Lush 1908-10, 18-22 82-11
James Colliflower 1915-18 37-4
Albert Cohan 1914-15 9-2
Laurence Wild 1913-14 10-0
Louis Wenzell 1912-13 9-0
Doc Jacobs 1911-12 8-1
Bernard Wills 1910-11 10-1
John Finneman 1907-08 2-2

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

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