Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball

Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball history

Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
Humphrey Coliseum
Southeastern Conference (SEC)

Current head coach: Chris Jans (2022-)

  • Asst: David Anwar (2022-)
  • Asst: George Brooks (2010-)
  • Recruiting: Patrice Days (2022-)
  • Asst. to the HC: Scott Padgett (2022-)
  • DBO: Jovan Austin (2022-)
  • Scouting/Analytics: Dillon Elder (2022-)
  • CBO: Joe Rogers (2022-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  1  (1996)
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  3  (1963, 1995, 1996)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  13  (1963, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2019, 2023, 2024)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  11-13
  • NIT Championships0  (Runner-up in 2021)
  • NIT Appearances:  11  (1979, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022)
  • NIT Overall Record:  13-11

Conference Titles (SoCon, SEC):

Award Winners:




Mississippi State head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Chris Jans 2022-Pres 42-27 0 2 0
Ben Howland 2015-22 134-98 0 1 0
Rick Ray 2012-15 37-60 0 0 0
Rick Stansbury 1998-2012 293-166 5 6 0
Richard Williams 1986-98 191-163 3 3 0
Bob Boyd 1981-86 55-87 0 0 0
Jim Hatfield 1978-81 40-42 0 0 0
Ron Greene 1977-78 18-9 0 0 0
Kermit Davis, Sr. 1970-77 91-91 0 0 0
Joe Dan Gold 1965-70 51-74 0 0 0
Babe McCarthy 1955-65 169-85 4 1 0
Paul Gregory 1947-55 58-100 0 0 0
Dick Hitt 1939-47 68-69 0 0 0
Frank Carideo 1935-39 43-39 0 0 0
Goat Hale 1933-35 20-17
Ray Dauber 1927-33 37-53
Bernie Bierman 1925-27 31-15
K.P. Gatchell 1924-25 14-9
E.C. Hayes 1911-24 124-54
William Chadwick 1910-11 2-4
T.H. Werner 1908-09 5-5

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.