Colorado State Rams basketball
Colorado State Rams basketball history
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)
Moby Arena, aka Colorado State Auditorium-Gymnasium
Mountain West Conference (MWC)
Current head coach: Niko Medved (2018-)
- Assoc. HC: Ali Farokhmanesh (2018-)
- Asst: Brian Cooley (2021-)
- Asst: Tim Shelton (2023-)
- Asst: Ken DeWeese (2024-)
- DBO: Taylor Sinclair (2022-)
- DPD: Joe De Ciman (2019-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 2 (1954, 1969)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 12 (1954, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1989, 1990, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 5-13
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 10 (1961, 1962, 1988, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021)
- NIT Overall Record: 7-9
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2010)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-1
Conference Titles (MSC/Skyline, WAC, Mountain West):
- Mountain West Regular Season Championships: 0
- WAC Regular Season Championships: 2 (1989, 1990)
- MSC/Skyline Regular Season Championships: 2 (1954, 1961)
- Mountain West Tournament Championships: 1 (2003)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Bill Green, 1963)
- Mountain West Player of the Year: 2 (last = David Roddy, 2022)
- WAC Player of the Year: 1 (Mike Mitchell, 1990)
Colorado State head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Niko Medved | 2018-Pres | 117-75 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jase Herl (int.) | 2018 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Barnes (int.) | 2018 | 0-2 | – | – | – |
Larry Eustachy | 2012-18 | 121-74 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tim Miles | 2007-12 | 71-88 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dale Layer | 2000-07 | 103-106 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ritchie McKay | 1998-2000 | 37-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stew Morrill | 1991-98 | 121-86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boyd Grant | 1987-91 | 81-46 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Tony McAndrews | 1980-87 | 80-120 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Williams | 1954-80 | 352-293 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Strannigan | 1950-54 | 60-56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bebe Lee | 1949-50 | 7-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E.D. Taylor | 1945-49 | 60-56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Davis | 1937-45 | 42-80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Campbell | 1935-37 | 14-15 | 0 | – | – |
Saaly Salwachter | 1934-35 | 6-6 | 0 | – | – |
Joe Ryan | 1928-34 | 30-44 | 0 | – | – |
P.E. Lavik | 1925-28 | 11-26 | 0 | – | – |
Harry Hughes | 1911-25 | 60-79 | 0 | – | – |
George Cassidy | 1910-11 | 5-4 | – | – | – |
Claude Rothgeb | 1905-10 | 10-10 | – | – | – |
unknown | 1901-05 | 4-3 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
OTHER NAMES: Colorado Agricultural College (until 1935), Colorado A&M (1935-57)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.