Liberty Flames basketball
Liberty Flames basketball history
Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)
Liberty Arena / The Vines Center
Conference USA (CUSA)
Current head coach: Ritchie McKay (2007-09, 2015-)
- Assoc. HC: Rob Jones (2022-)
- Assoc. HC: Derek Johnston (2018-)
- Asst: Joe Pierre III (2018-)
- Asst. AD/Chief of Staff: Chelsea Mangino (2016-)
- DBO: Sam Thomas (2020-)
- DPD: Zach Farquhar (2021-)
- Video: Luke McKay (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (1994, 2004, 2013, 2019, 2021)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-5
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2023)
- NIT Overall Record: 1-1
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2009, 2017, 2018)
- CIT Overall Record: 5-3
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1983)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 2-1
Conference Titles (Mason-Dixon, Big South, ASUN, Conference USA):
- Conference USA Regular Season Championships: 0
- ASUN Regular Season Championships: 5 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Big South Regular Season Championships: 2 (1997, 2004)
- Conference USA Tournament Championships: 0
- ASUN Tournament Championships: 3 (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Big South Tournament Championships: 3 (1994, 2004, 2013)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Conference USA Player of the Year: 0
- ASUN Player of the Year: 4 (last = Darius McGhee, 2023)
- Big South Player of the Year: 1 (Jesse Sanders, 2011)
Liberty head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Ritchie McKay | 2007-09, 15-Pres | 226-113 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dale Layer | 2009-15 | 82-113 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Dunton | 1997-98, 2002-07 | 77-102 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Hankinson | 1998-2002 | 36-77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Meyer | 1981-97 | 259-206 | 1 | 1 (1^) | 0 |
| Dale Gibson | 1978-81 | 48-46 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Harley “Skeeter” Swift | 1977-78 | 7-22 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Manley | 1972-77 | 58-74 | – | 0 | 0 |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the Liberty program was at the NAIA level; Liberty moved up to Division I prior to the 1988-89 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
