Harvard Crimson basketball

Harvard Crimson basketball history

Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Ray Lavietes Basketball Pavilion at the Briggs Athletic Center
Ivy League

Current head coach: Tommy Amaker (2007-)

  • Asst: Mike Sotsky (2016-)
  • Asst: Larry Farmer (2022-)
  • Asst: Matt Fraschilla (2022-)
  • DBO: Tripp Doherty (2016-17, 2023-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (1946, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  2-6
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  3  (2011, 2018, 2019)
  • NIT Overall Record:  1-3
  • CIT Appearances:  1  (2010)
  • CIT Overall Record:  0-1

Conference Titles (Ivy League):

Award Winners:




Harvard head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Tommy Amaker 2007-Pres 292-179 7 4 0
Frank Sullivan 1991-2007 178-245 0 0 0
Peter Roby 1985-91 58-98 0 0 0
Frank McLaughlin 1977-85 99-110 0 0 0
Thomas “Satch” Sanders 1973-77 40-60 0 0 0
Robert Harrison 1968-73 59-70 0 0 0
Floyd Wilson 1954-68 141-183 0 0 0
Norman “Bo” Shepard 1949-54 38-82 0 0 0
William Barclay 1946-49 24-49 0 0 0
Floyd Stahl 1943-46 24-28 0 1 0
Earl Brown 1941-43 20-30 0 0 0
Wesley Fesler 1933-41 60-96 0 0 0
Edward Wachter 1920-33 121-81 0
informal teams 1909-20
George Grebenstein 1907-09 5-19 0
no coach 1904-05, 06-07 18-14 0
Clarence W. Randall 1905-06 12-4 0
John W. Gilles 1902-04 6-15 0
John K. Clark 1900-02 20-13 0

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

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