Detroit Mercy Titans basketball

Detroit Mercy Titans basketball history

University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Calihan Hall
Horizon League

Current head coach: vacant (-)

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

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  1  (1977)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  6  (1962, 1977, 1979, 1998, 1999, 2012)
  • NCAAT Overall Record: 3-6
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  7  (1960, 1961, 1965, 1978, 2001, 2002, 2013)
  • NIT Overall Record:  5-8
  • CIT/TBC Appearances:  1  (2022)
  • CIT/TBC Overall Record:  0-1

Conference Titles (Missouri Valley, Horizon):

Award Winners:




Detroit Mercy head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
vacant 2024-Pres 0-0 0 0 0
Mike Davis 2018-24 60-119 0 0 0
Bacari Alexander 2016-18 16-47 0 0 0
Ray McCallum 2008-16 130-132 0 1 0
Kevin Mondro (int.) 2007-08 3-13 0 0 0
Perry Watson 1993-2007 258-185 2 2 0
Ricky Byrdsong 1988-93 53-87 0 0 0
John Mulroy (int.) 1987-88 7-20 0 0 0
Don Sicko 1982-87 57-88 0 0 0
Willie McCarter 1979-82 33-48 0 0 0
Smokey Gaines 1977-79 47-10 0 1 0
Dick Vitale 1973-77 79-29 0 1 0
Jim Harding 1969-73 55-45 0 0 0
Bob Calihan 1948-69 306-241 0 1 0
John Shada 1946-48 18-28 0 0 0
Lloyd Brazil 1930-46 184-118 0 0 0
Louis Conroy 1929-30 10-9
Gus Dorais 1925-29 36-30
John Barrett 1923-25 15-14
Paul Harbrecht 1922-23 9-7
James Brown 1919-22 24-28
Royal Campbell 1909-13, 16-19 49-22
Walter Hardy 1913-16 16-11
C.B. Lundy 1905-07 4-4

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.