Grand Canyon Antelopes basketball
Grand Canyon Antelopes basketball history
Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ)
GCU Arena
Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Current head coach: Bryce Drew (2020-)
- Asst: Jermaine Kimbrough (2024-)
- Asst: Casey Shaw (2020-)
- Asst: Marc Rodgers (2023-)
- Asst: Jake Lindsey (2022-)
- Chief of Staff: Peyton Prudhomme (2020-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2021, 2023, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-3
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2018, 2019)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-2
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
- CIT Overall Record: 2-3
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 10 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2012, 2013)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 5-10
- NAIA National Championships: 3 (1975, 1978, 1988)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 10 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 18-7
Conference Titles (CCAA, Pacific West, WAC):
- WAC Regular Season Championships: 2 (2021, 2024)
- Pacific West (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 2 (1992, 2007)
- WAC Tournament Championships: 3 (2021, 2023, 2024)
- CCAA (Div II) Tournament Championships: 1 (1995)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- WAC Player of the Year: 1 (Tyon Grant-Foster, 2024)
- CCAA (Div II) Player of the Year: 1 (Eric Langford, 1995)
Grand Canyon head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Bryce Drew | 2020-Pres | 94-32 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Majerle | 2013-20 | 136-89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Pennell | 2009-13 | 72-46 | 0 | 2^ | 0 |
| Dan Nichols | 2008-09 | 13-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mossman | 2004-08 | 65-47 | 1^ | 1^ | 0 |
| Leighton McCrary | 1990-2004 | 216-178 | 1^ | 7^ | 0 |
| Bill Westphal | 1988-90 | 51-15 | 0 | 2^ | 0 |
| Paul Westphal | 1986-88 | 64-18 | 0 | 1^ | 1^ |
| John Shumate | 1983-86 | 58-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Arnote | 1981-83 | 40-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Lindsey | 1965-81 | 317-137 | 0 | 7^ | 2^ |
| Dave Brazell | 1951-60, 61-65 | 151-134 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Reed | 1960-61 | 12-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Mansfield | 1949-51 | 2-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles, tournament appearances and national titles came when the Grand Canyon program was at either the NAIA or NCAA Division II level; GCU moved up to Division I prior to the 2013-14 season
OTHER NAMES: While the official nickname is Antelopes, the GCU teams are commonly referred to as the “Lopes” for short.
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
