Davidson Wildcats basketball
Davidson Wildcats basketball history
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
John M. Belk Arena
Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Current head coach: Matt McKillop (2022-)
- Asst: Will Reigel (2014-)
- Asst: Matt Matheny (1993-2009, 2022-)
- Asst: Joshua Heyliger (2019-)
- Asst/DBO: Matt Williams (2022-)
- Asst/DPD: Jack Gibbs (2021-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 4 (1966, 1968, 1969, 2008)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 15 (1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 8-16
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 9 (1972, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)
- NIT Overall Record: 3-9
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2011)
- CBI Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (SoCon, Atlantic 10):
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championships: 2 (2015, 2022)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 23 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Championships: 1 (2018)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 12 (1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 7 (last = Stephen Curry, 2009)
- Atlantic 10 Player of the Year: 4 (last = Luke Brajkovic, 2022)
- SoCon Player of the Year: 13 (last = De’Mon Brooks, 2014)
Davidson head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Matt McKillop | 2022-Pres | 31-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob McKillop | 1989-2022 | 634-380 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
Bobby Hussey | 1981-89 | 109-125 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Eddie Biedenbach | 1978-81 | 29-51 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Pritchett | 1976-78 | 14-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Brickels | 1974-76 | 12-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Holland | 1969-74 | 92-43 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Lefty Driesell | 1960-69 | 176-65 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Tom Scott | 1955-60 | 40-84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Miller | 1952-55 | 19-44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boydson Baird | 1949-52 | 24-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norman Shepard | 1937-49 | 170-119 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Laird | 1931-37 | 43-74 | 0 | – | – |
Monk Younger | 1923-31 | 85-62 | – | – | – |
H.M. Grey | 1922-23 | 9-9 | – | – | – |
Fred Hengeveld | 1919-22 | 20-20 | – | – | – |
no coach | 1909-12, 14-16, 18-19 | 23-24 | – | – | – |
William Fetzer | 1916-18 | 29-19 | – | – | – |
W.T. Cook | 1912-13 | 0-1 | – | – | – |
J.W. Rhea | 1908-09 | 1-2 | – | – | – |
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.