Kansas State Wildcats basketball history
Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)
Fred Bramlage Coliseum
Big 12Â 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:Â 0Â Â (Runner-up in 1951)
- Final Four Appearances: Â 4Â (1948, 1951, 1958, 1964)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: Â 17Â (1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010, 2018, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: Â 32Â (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:Â 40-35
- NIT Championships:Â 0
- NIT Appearances: Â 8Â (1976, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record:Â 6-9
- NCIT Appearances: Â 1Â (1974)
- NCIT Overall Record:Â 0-1
Conference Titles (Missouri Valley, Big Eight, Big 12):
- Big 12 Regular Season Championships: Â 2Â (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: Â 2Â (1917, 1918)
- Big 12Â Tournament Championships:Â 0
- Big Eight Tournament Championships:  2 (1977, 1980) Â
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- AP All-Americans: Â 11Â (last = Keyontae Johnson & Markquis Nowell, 2023)
- Big 12Â Player of the Year: Â 1Â (Michael Beasley, 2008)Â Â
- 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:Â Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.Â