Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball
Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball history
Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)
McCarthey Athletic Center
West Coast Conference (WCC)
Current head coach: Mark Few (1999-)
- Asst: Brian Michaelson (2013-)
- Asst: R-Jay Barsh (2023-)
- Asst: Stephen Gentry (2017-19, 2021-)
- Asst: Zach Norvell Jr. (2023-)
- Asst/DBO: Jorge Sanz (2019-)
- Video: Kurt Bambauer (2021-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2017, 2021)
- Final Four Appearances: 2 (2017, 2021)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25 (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 47-26
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
- NIT Overall Record: 2-3
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1948, 1953)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 1-2
Conference Titles (Big Sky, WCC):
- WCC Regular Season Championships: 26 (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Big Sky Regular Season Championships: 2 (1966, 1967)
- WCC Tournament Championships: 21 (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 1 (Adam Morrison, 2006)
- AP All-Americans: 17 (last = Drew Timme, 2023)
- WCC Player of the Year: 20 (last = Drew Timme, 2023)
Gonzaga head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Mark Few | 1999-Pres | 715-143 | 22 | 24 | 0 |
Dan Monson | 1997-99 | 52-17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dan Fitzgerald | 1978-81, 85-97 | 254-169 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Jay Hillock | 1981-85 | 60-50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adrian Buoncristiani | 1972-78 | 78-82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Anderson | 1951-72 | 290-275 | 2 | 1^ | 0 |
L.T. Underwood | 1949-51 | 26-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Claude McGrath | 1933-42, 46-49 | 129-133 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
Gordon White | 1945-46 | 6-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eugene Wozny | 1944-45 | 12-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Henry | 1943-44 | 22-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Frasier | 1942-43 | 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perry Teneyck | 1932-33 | 4-15 | – | – | – |
S. Dagly | 1931-32 | 4-7 | – | – | – |
Maurice “Clipper” Smith | 1926-31 | 46-59 | – | – | – |
Charles “Gus” Dorais | 1920-26 | 50-60 | – | – | – |
Edward Geheves | 1918-20 | 9-17 | – | – | – |
Condon | 1917-18 | 3-2 | – | – | – |
John F. McGough | 1916-17 | 4-5 | – | – | – |
Wiliam Higgins | 1915-16 | 2-7 | – | – | – |
Robert E. Harmon | 1913-15 | 10-4 | – | – | – |
Eddie Mulholland | 1912-13 | 4-2 | – | – | – |
Fred Burns | 1911-12 | 4-2 | – | – | – |
Frank McKevitt | 1910-11 | 8-1 | – | – | – |
William Mulligan | 1909-10 | 11-3 | – | – | – |
George Varnell | 1908-09 | 11-3 | – | – | – |
no coach | 1907-08 | 9-2 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the Gonzaga program was at the NAIA level; Gonzaga moved up to Division I prior to the 1953-54 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.