East Texas A&M Lions basketball
East Texas A&M Lions basketball history
East Texas A&M University (Commerce, TX)
University Field House
Southland Conference
Current head coach: Jaret von Rosenberg (2017-)
- Assoc. HC: Coleman Furst (2017-)
- Asst: Yolonzo Moore (2022-)
- Asst: A.J. Holland (2022-)
- DPD: Trey Conrod (2022-)
- Asst/DBO: Jeff Chapman (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 9 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 7-9
- NAIA National Championships: 1 (1955)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1940, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1977, 1978)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 19-9
Conference Titles (Texas Intercollegiate, Lone Star, Southland):
- Southland Regular Season Championships: 0
- Lone Star (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 22 (1934, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2020)
- Southland Tournament Championships: 0
- Lone Star (Div II) Tournament Championships: 4 (1977, 1978, 2005, 2015)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Southland Player of the Year: 0
- Lone Star (Div II) Player of the Year: 9 (last = Darrell Williams, 2015)
East Texas A&M head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Jaret von Rosenberg | 2017-Pres | 114-86 | 1^ | 3^ | 0 |
| Sam Walker | 2000-17 | 285-202 | 1^ | 3^ | 0 |
| Paul Peak | 1991-2000 | 134-118 | 2^ | 3^ | 0 |
| Jerry Matthews | 1983-91 | 99-126 | 2^ | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Gudger | 1969-83 | 202-190 | 3^ | 2^ | 0 |
| Phil Andrews | 1968-69 | 9-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Pilgram | 1957-68 | 152-126 | 2^ | 1^ | 0 |
| Bob Rogers | 1952-57 | 113-34 | 4^ | 3^ | 1^ |
| Jack Woodruff | 1951-52 | 11-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.A. Smith | 1950-51 | 13-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Tully | 1946-50 | 59-36 | 2^ | 1^ | 0 |
| Dennis Vinzant | 1937-46 | 92-60 | 3^ | 1^ | 0 |
| zS.J. Petty | 1935-37 | 30-13 | 1^ | – | – |
| J.V. Sikes | 1931-35 | 36-37 | 1^ | – | – |
| Will Hill Acker | 1928-31 | 46-19 | – | – | – |
| Joe Murphy | 1924-28 | 27-28 | – | – | – |
| Russell Jerrigan | 1921-24 | 14-16 | – | – | – |
| Cecil Cushman | 1920-21 | 5-3 | – | – | – |
| E.M. Tipton | 1919-20 | 2-3 | – | – | – |
| H.D. Phillips | 1917-19 | 5-10 | – | – | – |
| Johnny Garrity | 1916-17 | 3-3 | – | – | – |
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 Texas A&M-Commerce program was at either the NCAA Division II or NAIA level; Commerce moved up to Division I prior to the 2022-23 season
OTHER NAMES: From 1996-2024, the school was known as Texas A&M-Commerce and prior to 1996, was known as East Texas State.
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.