Green Bay Phoenix basketball

Green Bay Phoenix basketball history

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Green Bay, WI)
Resch Center
Horizon League

Current head coach: Doug Gottlieb (2024-)

  • Asst: Damon Archibald (2024-)
  • Asst: Aerick Sanders (2024-)
  • Asst: Jordan McCabe (2024-)
  • DBO: Dennis Harrington (2024-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2016)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  1-5
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  4  (1990, 1992, 2014, 2015)
  • NIT Overall Record:  1-4
  • CBI Appearances:  3  (2009, 2010, 2017)
  • CBI Overall Record:  1-3
  • CIT Championships(Runner-up in 2019)
  • CIT Appearances:  2  (2013, 2019)
  • CIT Overall Record:  4-2
  • NCAA Division II National Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 1978, 1979)
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  7  (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981)
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four:  3  (1978, 1979, 1981)
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record:  13-8
  • NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1973)
  • NAIA Tournament Overall Record:  2-1

Conference Titles (Summit, Horizon):

Award Winners:




Green Bay head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Doug Gottlieb 2024-Pres 0-0 0 0 0
Sundance Wicks 2023-24 18-14 0 0 0
Freddie Owens (int.) 2023 1-10 0 0 0
Will Ryan 2020-23 15-61 0 0 0
Linc Darner 2015-20 92-80 0 1 0
Brian Wardle 2010-15 95-65 1 0 0
Tod Kowalczyk 2002-10 136-112 0 0 0
Mike Heideman 1995-2002 110-95 1 1 0
Dick Bennett 1985-95 187-109 2 3 0
Dick Lien 1982-85 22-62 0 0 0
Dave Buss 1969-82 271-102 0 7^ 0

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^ These tournament appearances came when the Green Bay program was at the NAIA or NCAA Division II level; Green Bay moved up to Division I prior to the 1981-82 season

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.