Illinois Fighting Illini basketball history
University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)
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Big Ten Conference
Current head coach: Brad Underwood (2017-)
- Asst: Geoff Alexander (2017-)
- Asst: Tim Anderson (2021-)
- Asst: Chester Frazier (2021-)
- Asst. to the HC: Zach Hamer (2021-)
- Asst. AD: Joey Biggs (2017-)
- Recruiting: Tyler Underwood (2021-)
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Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2005)
- Final Four Appearances: 5 (1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 9 (1963, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 33 (1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 42-34
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1980, 1982, 1996, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017)
- NIT Overall Record: 10-7
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 2 (1915, 1943)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 1 (1915)
Conference Titles (Big Ten):
- Big Ten Regular Season Championships: 18 (1915, 1917, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1984, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2022)
- Big Ten Tournament Championships: 3 (2003, 2005, 2021)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 2 (Andy Phillip, 1943; Dee Brown, 2005)
- AP All-Americans: 20 (last = Kofi Cockburn, 2022)
- Big Ten Player of the Year: 3 (last = Dee Brown, 2005)
Illinois head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Brad Underwood | 2017-Pres | 114-79 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jamall Walker (int.) | 2017 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Groce | 2012-2017 | 95-75 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Weber | 2003-12 | 210-101 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Self | 2000-03 | 78-24 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Lon Kruger | 1996-2000 | 81-48 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Lou Henson | 1975-96 | 423-224 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Gene Bartow | 1974-75 | 8-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harv Schmidt | 1967-74 | 89-77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Combes | 1947-67 | 316-150 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Douglas Mills | 1936-47 | 151-66 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Ruby | 1922-36 | 148-95 | 2 | – | – |
| Frank Winters | 1920-22 | 25-12 | 0 | – | – |
| Ralph Jones | 1912-20 | 85-34 | 2 | – | – |
| T. E. Thompson | 1910-12 | 14-14 | 0 | – | – |
| Herb Juul | 1908-10 | 12-10 | 0 | – | – |
| Fletcher Lane | 1907-08 | 20-6 | 0 | – | – |
| F.L. Pinckney | 1906-07 | 1-10 | 0 | – | – |
| Elwood Brown | 1905-06 | 6-8 | 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.
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