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(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):

Award Winners:




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.