Idaho State Bengals basketball
Idaho State Bengals basketball history
Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID)
Reed Gym / Holt Arena
Big Sky Conference
Current head coach: Ryan Looney (2019-)
- Assoc. HC: Joe White (2019-)
- Asst: Stu Engen (2024-)
- Asst: Devin Kastrup (2024-)
- Asst: Akil Reese (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 4 (1954, 1957, 1958, 1959)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1974, 1977, 1987)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 8-13
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1938)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (RMAC, Big Sky):
- Big Sky Regular Season Championships: 4 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1994)
- RMAC Regular Season Championships: 9 (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961)
- Big Sky Tournament Championships: 2 (1977, 1987)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Big Sky Player of the Year: 1 (Lawrence Butler, 1979)
Idaho State head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Ryan Looney | 2019-Pres | 53-97 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Evans | 2012-19 | 70-141 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deane Martin (int.) | 2011-12 | 7-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe O’Brien | 2006-11 | 56-105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Oliver | 1998-2006 | 88-134 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Williams | 1990-98 | 97-124 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Boutin | 1985-90 | 60-80 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Ballard | 1982-85 | 37-55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Archibald | 1977-82 | 65-66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Killingsworth | 1971-77 | 109-54 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Miller | 1967-71 | 40-56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Retherford | 1965-67 | 17-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Nau | 1963-65 | 18-32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John P. Evans | 1959-63 | 60-41 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| John Grayson | 1956-59 | 68-17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Belko | 1950-56 | 109-51 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Willet | 1948-50 | 15-41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Vesser | 1943, 45-46, 48 | 5-7 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Carte | 1941-42, 46-48 | 37-54 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Wicks | 1931-41 | 168-71 | – | 1^ | 0 |
| Howard Stowell | 1930-31 | 11-8 | – | – | – |
| Felix Plastino | 1927-30 | 23-29 | – | – | – |
| R.F. “Hutch” Hutchinson | 1926-27 | 6-7 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the Idaho State program was at the NAIA level; ISU moved up to Division I prior to the 1952-53 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.