LSU Tigers basketball
LSU Tigers basketball history
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Current head coach: Matt McMahon (2022-)
- Assoc. HC: David Patrick (2012-16, 2024-)
- Asst: Casey Long (2022-)
- Asst: Jalen Courtney-Williams (2024-)
- Asst/Chief of Staff: Tim Kaine (2022-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Tasmin Mitchell (2016-)
- Asst/DPD: Ronrico White (2022-)
- Recruiting: Jeff Moore (2022-)
- Video: Mike Chapman (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 4 (1953, 1981, 1986, 2006)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 10 (1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2006, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 24 (1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 27-27
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 9 (1970, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record: 5-10
Conference Titles (SoCon, SEC):
- SEC Regular Season Championships: 12 (1935, 1953, 1954, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2019)
- SEC Tournament Championships: 1 (1980)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 1 (Pete Maravich, 1970)
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 2 (Pete Maravich, 1969 & 1970)
- AP Player of the Year: 2 (Pete Maravich, 1970; Shaquille O’Neal, 1991)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Pete Maravich, 1970)
- AP All-Americans: 13 (last = Ben Simmons, 2016)
- SEC Player of the Year: 11 (last = Marcus Thornton, 2009)
LSU head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Matt McMahon | 2022-Pres | 31-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Nickelberry (int.) | 2022 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Wade | 2017-22 | 105-51 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Benford (int.) | 2019 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Jones | 2012-17 | 90-72 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trent Johnson | 2008-12 | 67-64 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Pierre (int.) | 2008 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Brady | 1997-2008 | 192-139 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Dale Brown | 1972-97 | 448-301 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Press Maravich | 1966-72 | 76-86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Truitt | 1965-66 | 6-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay McCreary | 1957-65 | 82-115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Rabenhorst | 1925-42, 45-57 | 340-264 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| A.L. Swanson (int.) | 1945 | 9-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Fatherree | 1944-45 | 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Morey | 1942-44 | 28-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. E. “Gob” Wilson | 1924-25 | 10-7 | – | – | – |
| “Moon” Ducote | 1923-24 | 8-12 | – | – | – |
| Frank “Tad” Gormley | 1921-23 | 25-11 | – | – | – |
| Branch Bocock | 1920-21 | 19-4 | – | – | – |
| Dr. C. C. “Doc” Stroud | 1913-18, 19-20 | 82-21 | – | – | – |
| R. E. Edmonds | 1918-19 | 1-0 | – | – | – |
| F. M. Long | 1911-13 | 6-9 | – | – | – |
| J. W. Mayhew | 1909-11 | 11-4 | – | – | – |
| E. R. Wingard | 1908-09 | 5-2 | – | – | – |
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.