Mercer Bears basketball
Mercer Bears basketball history
Mercer University (Macon, GA)
Hawkins Arena
Southern Conference (SoCon)
Current head coach: Ryan Ridder (2024-)
- Asst: Jonathan Mitchell (2024-)
- Asst: Reed Ridder (2024-)
- Asst: Ben Witherspoon (2024-)
- DBO: vacant (-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1981, 1985, 2014)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-3
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2013)
- NIT Overall Record: 1-1
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2015, 2018)
- CBI Overall Record: 2-2
- CIT Championships: 1 (2012)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2012, 2016)
- CIT Overall Record: 5-1
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1972)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 0-2
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1948, 1954)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 0-2
Conference Titles (Atlantic Sun, SoCon):
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 0
- Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championships: 3 (2003, 2013, 2014)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 0
- Atlantic Sun Tournament Championships: 3 (1981, 1985, 2014)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- SoCon Player of the Year: 0
- Atlantic Sun Player of the Year: 4 (last = Langston Hall, 2014)
Mercer head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Ryan Ridder | 2024-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gary | 2019-24 | 81-79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hoffman | 2008-19 | 209-165 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Slonaker | 1997-2008 | 128-189 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hodges | 1991-97 | 62-107 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Siegfried | 1989-91 | 9-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bibb | 1974-89 | 222-194 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Dan Gold | 1973-74 | 16-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwane Morrison | 1970-73 | 48-22 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
| Robert Wilder | 1957-70 | 147-168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Cowan | 1946-51, 53-57 | 103-80 | 0 | 2^ | 0 |
| Dan Nymicz | 1951-53 | 40-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Snow | 1944-46 | 16-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Daugherty | 1939-40 | 6-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Slocum | 1934-36 | 8-26 | – | – | – |
| Smokey Harper | 1930-31 | 11-4 | – | – | – |
| Lake Russell | 1929-30 | 41-37 | – | – | – |
| Oscar Long | 1928-29 | 20-5 | – | – | – |
| Bernie Moore | 1926-28 | 24-11 | – | – | – |
| John M. King | 1925-26 | 16-8 | – | – | – |
| M.P. Gilliam | 1923-25 | 36-12 | – | – | – |
| Josh Cody | 1921-23 | 23-19 | – | – | – |
| Charles Morgan | 1917-18 | 4-4 | – | – | – |
| J.C. Clements | 1916-17 | 7-8 | – | – | – |
| J.J. Scully | 1913-16 | 8-18 | – | – | – |
| C.C. “Doc” Stroud | 1911-13 | 27-15 | – | – | – |
| Homes Maxon | 1910-11 | 3-5 | – | – | – |
| C.C. McClure | 1908-09 | 1-6 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the Mercer program was at either the NCAA Division II or NAIA level; Mercer moved up to Division I prior to the 1973-74 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.