Kansas State Wildcats basketball
Kansas State Wildcats basketball history
Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Fred Bramlage Coliseum
Big 12 Conference
Current head coach: Jerome Tang (2022-)
- Assoc. HC: Ulric Maligi (2022-)
- Asst: Jareem Dowling (2022-)
- Asst: Rodney Perry (2022-)
- Asst/Chief of Staff: Marco Borne (2022-)
- Asst/Special Asst. to the HC: Anthony Winchester (2022-)
- DBO: Bailey Bachamp (2022-)
- DPD: Austin Carpenter (2022-)
- Video/Analytics: Franklin Miskelly (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1951)
- Final Four Appearances: 4 (1948, 1951, 1958, 1964)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 17 (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010, 2018, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 32 (1948, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 40-35
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 8 (1976, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record: 6-9
- NCIT Appearances: 1 (1974)
- NCIT Overall Record: 0-1
Conference Titles (Missouri Valley, Big Eight, Big 12):
- Big 12 Regular Season Championships: 2 (2013, 2019)
- Big Eight Regular Season Championships: 15 (1948, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Championships: 2 (1917, 1918)
- Big 12 Tournament Championships: 0
- Big Eight Tournament Championships: 2 (1977, 1980)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 11 (last = Keyontae Johnson & Markquis Nowell, 2023)
- Big 12 Player of the Year: 1 (Michael Beasley, 2008)
- Big Eight Player of the Year: 7 (last = Rolando Blackman, 1980)
Kansas State head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Jerome Tang | 2022-Pres | 45-25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bruce Weber | 2012-22 | 184-147 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Frank Martin | 2007-12 | 117-54 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Bob Huggins | 2006-07 | 23-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Wooldridge | 2000-06 | 83-90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Asbury | 1994-2000 | 85-88 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dana Altman | 1990-94 | 68-54 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lon Kruger | 1986-90 | 81-46 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Jack Hartman | 1970-86 | 295-169 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Cotton Fitzsimmons | 1968-70 | 34-20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tex Winter | 1953-68 | 261-118 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
Jack Gardner | 1939-42, 46-53 | 147-81 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Fritz Knorr | 1944-46 | 14-33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cliff Rock | 1943-44 | 7-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chili Cochrane | 1942-43 | 6-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Root | 1933-39 | 38-72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Corsaut | 1923-33 | 89-81 | 0 | – | – |
E.C. Curtiss | 1921-23 | 5-28 | 0 | – | – |
E.A. Knoth | 1920-21 | 14-5 | 0 | – | – |
Zora Clevenger | 1916-20 | 54-17 | 2 | – | – |
Carl Merner | 1914-16 | 19-15 | 0 | – | – |
Guy Lowman | 1911-14 | 34-16 | 0 | – | – |
Mike Ahearn | 1906-11 | 28-27 | – | – | – |
C.W. Melick | 1905-06 | 6-9 | – | – | – |
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.