West Virginia Mountaineers basketball

West Virginia Mountaineers basketball history

West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
WVU Coliseum
Big 12 Conference

Current head coach: Darian DeVries (2024-)

  • Assoc. HC: vacant (-)
  • Asst: vacant (-)
  • Asst: vacant (-)
  • DBO: vacant (-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships(Runner-up in 1959)
  • Final Four Appearances:  2  (1959, 2010)
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  11  (1959, 1960, 1963, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  31  (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  32-31
  • NIT Championships:  2  (1942, 2007)
  • NIT Appearances:  16  (1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2014)
  • NIT Overall Record:  21-16
  • CBI Appearances:  1  (2019)
  • CBI Overall Record:  1-1

Conference Titles (EIC, SoCon, ECAC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big 12):

Award Winners:




West Virginia head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Darian DeVries 2024-Pres 0-0 0 0 0
Josh Eilert (int.) 2023-24 9-23 0 0 0
Bob Huggins 2007-23 345-203 0 11 0
John Beilein 2002-07 104-60 0 2 0
Gale Catlett 1978-2002 439-281 3 8 0
Joedy Gardner 1974-78 59-53 1 0 0
Sonny Moran 1969-74 57-68 0 0
Bucky Waters 1965-69 69-41 1 1 0
George King 1960-65 102-43 3 3 0
Fred Schaus 1954-60 146-37 5 6 0
Red Brown 1950-54 72-31 1 0 0
Lee Patton 1945-50 91-26 0 0
John Brickels 1944-45 12-6 0 0
Harry Lothes 1943-44 8-11 0 0
Rudy Baric 1942-43 14-7 0 0
Dyke Raese 1938-42 55-29 0 0 0
Marshall Glenn 1933-38 61-46 1
Francis Stadsvold 1919-33 149-133
H.P. Mullenex 1917-19 12-21
George Pyle 1914-17 29-25
James Jenkins 1907-08 3-7
Anthony Chez 1904-07 15-21
John Purinton 1903-04 4-3

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.