Albany Great Danes basketball
Albany Great Danes basketball history
State University of New York at Albany (Albany, NY)
SEFCU Arena
America East Conference
Current head coach: Dwayne Killings (2021-)
- Asst: Jim Whitesell (2023-)
- Asst: KJ Baptiste (2021-22, 2023-)
- Asst: Jaylen Bond (2024-)
- Asst: Dan Madhavapallil (2021-)
- DBO: Kian Boroujerdi (2024-)
- Video: Matt Cerruti (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-5
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-1
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2012, 2017)
- CIT Overall Record: 0-2
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1969)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 1-1
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 10 (1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Overall Record: 9-12
Conference Titles (SUNYAC, NECC, America East):
- America East Regular Season Championships: 2 (2006, 2015)
- SUNYAC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 3 (1977, 1979, 1981)
- America East Tournament Championships: 5 (2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- ECAC Upstate (Div II/III) Tournament Championships: 2 (1978, 1989)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- America East Player of the Year: 2 (Jamar Wilson, 2006 & 2007)
Albany head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Dwayne Killings | 2021-Pres | 34-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Brown | 2001-21 | 315-295 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Beeten | 2000-01 | 7-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Hicks | 1997-2000 | 44-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard “Doc” Sauers | 1955-87, 88-97 | 702-330 | 3^ | 11^ | 0 |
| Barry Cavanaugh | 1987-88 | 16-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merlin Hathaway | 1945-55 | 67-107 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1943-45 | – | – | – | – |
| G.E. Hatfield/H. Grogran | 1942-43 | 1-11 | – | – | – |
| G. Elliot Hatfield | 1936-42 | 30-47 | – | – | – |
| Irving Goewey | 1935-36 | 7-9 | – | – | – |
| Rutherford Baker | 1924-35 | 70-37 | – | – | – |
| Francis Snavely | 1920-24 | 6-31 | – | – | – |
| Wilfred Clarke | 1919-20 | 4-8 | – | – | – |
| Arthur C. Maroney | 1917-19 | 10-11 | – | – | – |
| Edward Wachter | 1916-17 | 3-11 | – | – | – |
| Arch B. Swaim | 1912-16 | 26-10 | – | – | – |
| no coach | 1909-12 | 8-11 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when the Albany program was at either the Division II or III level; Albany moved up to Division I prior to the 1999-2000 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.