North Dakota Fighting Hawks basketball
North Dakota Fighting Hawks basketball history
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, aka The Betty
Summit League
Current head coach: Paul Sather (2019-)
- Asst: Jamie Stevens (2019-)
- Asst: Randall Herbst (2022-)
- Asst: Estevan Sandoval (2021-)
- DBO: Bentiu Panoam (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-1
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- CIT Appearances: 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
- CIT Overall Record: 0-5
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 19 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003)
- NCAA Division II Final Fours: 3 (1965, 1966, 1990)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 29-22
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1947, 1953, 1954)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 1-3
Conference Titles (North Central, Great West, Big Sky, Summit League):
- Summit League Regular Season Championships: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Championships: 1 (2017)
- NCC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 18 (1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1995)
- Summit League Tournament Championships: 0
- Big Sky Tournament Championships: 1 (2017)
- Great West Tournament Championships: 2 (2011, 2012)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Summit League Player of the Year: 0
North Dakota head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Paul Sather | 2019-Pres | 43-80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Jones | 2006-19 | 190-217 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Glas | 1988-2006 | 335-194 | 3^ | 8^ | 0 |
| Dave Gunther | 1970-88 | 332-117 | 5^ | 8^ | 0 |
| Jimmy Rodgers | 1967-70 | 39-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fitch | 1962-67 | 94-45 | 3^ | 3^ | 0 |
| Louis Bogan | 1951-62 | 102-149 | 2^ | 2^ | 0 |
| Red Jarrett | 1945-46, 49-51 | 39-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Cunningham | 1946-49 | 42-43 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
| Jack West | 1944-45 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1943-44 | – | – | – | – |
| Clem Leitch | 1925-43 | 224-106 | 5^ | 0 | 0 |
| Edgar “Dutch” Houser | 1924-25 | 5-13 | – | – | – |
| Paul J. Davis | 1919-24 | 60-18 | – | – | – |
| Harry Caldwell | 1918-19 | 6-2 | – | – | – |
| Andy Gill | 1914-18 | 36-10 | – | – | – |
| Fred V. Archer | 1913-14 | 10-7 | – | – | – |
| Charles Armstrong | 1912-13 | 6-4 | – | – | – |
| Dr. David Dunlap | 1908-12 | 33-17 | – | – | – |
| Dr. George Sweetland | 1904-08 | 29-3 | – | – | – |
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 North Dakota program was at either the NAIA or NCAA Division II level; UND moved up to Division I prior to the 2009-10 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
