Louisville Cardinals basketball
Louisville Cardinals basketball history
University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
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Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Current head coach: Pat Kelsey (2024-)
- Asst: Brian Kloman (2024-)
- Asst: Ronnie Hamilton (2024-)
- Asst: Thomas Carr (2024-)
- DPP/Asst: Jermaine Ukaegbu (2024-)
- DBO: Mitch Johnson (2024-)
- DPD: Peyton Siva (2024-)
- Video: Braden Connor (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 2 (1980, 1986) **
- Final Four Appearances: 8 (1959, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2005) **
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 23 (1959, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2009) **
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 39 (1951, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019) **
- NCAAT Overall Record: 60-40 **
- NIT Championships: 1 (1956)
- NIT Appearances: 15 (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 2002, 2006, 2018)
- NIT Overall Record: 16-15
- NAIA National Championships: 1 (1948)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 5-0
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 1 (1980)
Conference Titles (Missouri Valley, Metro, Conference USA, Big East, AAC, ACC):
- ACC Regular Season Championships: 0
- AAC Regular Season Championships: 1 (2014)
- Big East Regular Season Championships: 2 (2009, 2013)
- Conference USA Regular Season Championships: 1 (2005)
- Metro Regular Season Championships: 12 (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Championships: 7 (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975)
- ACC Tournament Championships: 0
- AAC Tournament Championships: 1 (2014)
- Big East Tournament Championships: 3 (2009, 2012, 2013)
- Conference USA Tournament Championships: 2 (2003, 2005)
- Metro Tournament Championships: 11 (1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 1 (Darrell Griffith, 1980)
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Darrell Griffith, 1980)
- AP All-Americans: 13 (last = Jordan Nwora, 2020)
- ACC Player of the Year: 0
- Metro Player of the Year: 8 (last = Clifford Rozier, 1994)
- Missouri Valley Player of the Year: 2 (Junior Bridgeman, 1974 & 1975)
Louisville head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Pat Kelsey | 2024-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Payne | 2022-24 | 12-52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Pegues (int.) | 2022 | 7-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Mack | 2018-22 | 68-37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Padgett | 2017-18 | 22-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Pitino ** | 2001-17 | 293-140 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Denny Crum | 1971-2001 | 675-295 | 15 | 22 | 2 |
| Howard Stacey (int.) | 1971 | 12-8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Dromo | 1967-71 | 68-23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Peck Hickman | 1944-67 | 443-183 | 1 | 5(1^) | 0 |
| Harold Church/Walter Casey | 1943-44 | 10-10 | – | 0 | 0 |
| John Heldman | 1940-42 | 9-24 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Apitz | 1936-40 | 10-52 | – | 0 | 0 |
| C.V. Money | 1932-36 | 46-40 | – | – | – |
| Edward Weber | 1930-32 | 20-18 | – | – | – |
| Tom King | 1925-30 | 44-31 | – | – | – |
| Fred Enke | 1923-25 | 14-20 | – | – | – |
| John T. O’Rouke | 1921-22 | 1-13 | – | – | – |
| Jimmie Powers | 1920-21 | 3-8 | – | – | – |
| Tuley Brucker | 1919-20 | 6-5 | – | – | – |
| Earl Ford | 1918-19 | 7-4 | – | – | – |
| Ed Bowman | 1915-18 | 11-7 | – | – | – |
| William Gardiner | 1911-12 | 0-3 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These appearances were in the NAIA Tournament
** Listed records and accomplishments do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA.