LIU Sharks basketball history
Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY)
Steinberg Wellness Center
Northeast Conference (NEC)
Current head coach: Rod Strickland (2022-)
- Assoc. HC: Gerald Gillion (2024-)
- Asst: Chris Thomas (2022-)
- Asst: Derrick Phelps (2024-)
- Video: Quentin Turner (2022-)
- DBO: Dalmar Ali (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships:Â 0
- Final Four Appearances:Â 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances:Â 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances:Â 7Â (1981, 1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018)
- NCAAT Overall Record:Â 0-7
- NIT Championships:Â 2Â (1939, 1941)
- NIT Appearances:Â 10Â (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1968, 1982, 1998)
- NIT Overall Record:Â 7-8
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:Â 3Â (1965, 1966, 1967)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record:Â 6-3
- Premo-Porretta National Championships:Â Â 3Â (1936, 1939, 1941)
- Helms Foundation National Championships:Â Â 1Â Â (1939)
Conference Titles (Metro NY, Tri-State, MCC, ECAC, Northeast):
- NEC Regular Season Championships:Â 6Â (1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012)
- Tri-State (Div II) Regular Season Championships:Â 3 Â (1965, 1966, 1967)
- Metro NY Regular Season Championships:Â 3 Â (1936, 1937, 1939)
- NEC Tournament Championships:Â 6Â (1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018)
- ECAC Metro Tournament Championships:Â 1Â Â (1981)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- Sporting News Player of the Year:Â 1Â (Sherman White, 1951)
- AP All-Americans:Â 1Â (Sherman White, 1950)
- NEC Player of the Year:Â 8Â (last = Jerome Frink, 2017)
LIU head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Rod Strickland | 2022-Pres | 10-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Kellogg | 2017-22 | 74-74 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Perri | 2012-17 | 77-79 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Ferry | 2002-12 | 150-149 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Brown (int.) | 2001-02 | 5-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Martin | 1998-2001 | 30-52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Haskins | 1995-98 | 51-39 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Lizzo | 1975-95 | 245-308 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Smalls | 1972-75 | 39-36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Rubin | 1961-72 | 174-94 | 3^ | 3^ | 0 |
| William T. “Buck” Lai | 1957-61 | 44-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1951-57 | – | – | – | – |
| Clair Bee | 1931-43, 45-51 | 360-80 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Wolfe | 1943-45 | 26-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Carroll | 1930-31 | 15-3 | – | – | – |
| Herbert Raubenheimer | 1928-30 | 24-22 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when the LIU program was at the Division II level; LIU was a major program until shutting down from 1951-57, coming back at the Division II level and moving back up to Division I prior to the 1968-69 season
OTHER NAMES: Long Island Blackbirds (until 2013), LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (2013-19)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include any coaches, championships or postseason appearances from the former LIU Post program; the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses merged in 2019 to form the current iteration of the athletic program (LIU Sharks)
