Dana Altman
Dana Altman (born June 16, 1958)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Oregon Ducks
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Marshall record: 15-13 (.536)
Kansas State record: 68-54 (.557)
Creighton record: 327-176 (.650)
Oregon record: 345-152 (.694)
Overall record^: 755-395 (.657)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 16 (1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 5 (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2017)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 11 (1992, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2023)
- CBI Championships: 1 (2011)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2011)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Regular Season Champion: 4 (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 3 (2001, 2002, 2009)
- Big Ten Tournament Champion: 0
- Pac-12 Tournament Champion: 4 (2013, 2016, 2019, 2024)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 6 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2013)
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year: 3 (2013, 2015, 2016)
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 2 (2001, 2002)
- Big Eight Coach of the Year: 1 (1993)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (1990)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2010-present | Oregon |
| 1994-2010 | Creighton |
| 1990-1994 | Kansas State |
| 1989-1990 | Marshall |
| 1986-1989 | Kansas State (asst) |
| 1983-1986 | Moberly JC |
| 1982-1983 | Southeast JC |
| 1980-1982 | Western State (asst) |
Dana Altman Facts
- Dana Dean Altman
- Born June 16, 1958
- Hometown: Crete, Nebraska
- Alma Mater: Eastern New Mexico (BS, 1980) / Western State (MBA, 1981)
- Though he’s spent most of his career as a head coach, Altman was first an assistant for two seasons at D-II Western State (CO)
- Was head coach for one season as the Southeast JC (NE), compiling a 29-6 overall record
- Spent three seasons as the head coach at Moberly JC (MO), leading his team to an overall record of 94-18
- Was an assistant at K-State for three years under head coach Lon Kruger before being hired as the Marshall head coach in 1989
- Returned to K-State after just one year to replace Kruger as head coach, staying with the Wildcats for four seasons
- Next was a sixteen-year run as the head coach at Creighton, where his Bluejays would become a perennial postseason fixture – including seven NCAA Tournaments – and won three MVC regular season titles along the way
- Hired in 2010 as the new Oregon head coach, winning the 2011 CBI in his first season
- The Ducks have won four Pac-12 Tournaments and four Pac-12 titles during his tenure, making eight NCAA Tournaments and four NITs
- Led Oregon to the Final Four in 2017, the program’s first such appearance since winning the 1939 NCAA Tournament
Dana Altman Coaching Tree
- Chris Crutchfield (Omaha)
- Darian DeVries (West Virginia, Drake)
- Brian Fish (Montana State)
- Dwight Freeman (Norfolk State, Marshall)
- Pete Herrmann (Young Harris, Georgia)
- Alan Huss (High Point)
- Jim Kerwin (Western Illinois)
- Mike Maker (Marist, Williams)
- Robert McCullum (Florida A&M)
- Kevin McKenna (Indiana State, Omaha)
- Bob Marlin (Louisiana, Sam Houston State)
- Tony Stubblefield (DePaul)
- Greg White (Charleston WV, Marshall)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only