Northern Iowa Panthers basketball
Northern Iowa Panthers basketball history
University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA)
McLeod Center
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Current head coach: Ben Jacobson (2006-)
- Assoc. HC: P.J. Hogan (2005-)
- Asst: Seth Tuttle (2020-)
- Asst: Gameli Ahelegbe (2022-)
- DBO: Ike Hermer (2019-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 1 (2010)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1990, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 5-8
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2012, 2022)
- NIT Overall Record: 2-2
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2013)
- CIT Overall Record: 4-2
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 3 (1962, 1964, 1979)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (1964)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 5-4
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1946, 1948, 1949, 1953)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 2-4
Conference Titles (North Central, Summit, Missouri Valley):
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Championships: 4 (2009, 2010, 2020, 2022)
- NCC (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 8 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1962, 1964, 1969)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Championships: 5 (2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016)
- Summit League Tournament Championships: 1 (1990)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Seth Tuttle, 2015)
- Missouri Valley Player of the Year: 5 (last = AJ Green, 2022)
Northern Iowa head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Ben Jacobson | 2006-Pres | 354-233 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg McDermott | 2001-06 | 90-63 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Weaver | 1998-2001 | 30-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldon Miller | 1986-98 | 164-178 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Berry | 1973-86 | 144-210 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
| Zeke Hogeland | 1967-73 | 70-74 | 1^ | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Stewart | 1961-67 | 97-42 | 2^ | 2^ | 0 |
| James Witham | 1956-61 | 63-49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Hall | 1954-56 | 19-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O.M. “Hon” Nordly | 1937-43, 45-54 | 166-127 | 5^ | 3^ | 0 |
| not team | 1943-45 | – | – | – | – |
| Arthur D. Dickinson | 1924-32, 33-37 | 103-66 | 0 | – | – |
| Melvin Fritzel | 1932-33 | 9-4 | – | – | – |
| L.L. Mendenhall | 1921-24 | 27-7 | – | – | – |
| Ivan Doseff | 1919-21 | 14-14 | – | – | – |
| Russell Glaesner | 1918-19 | 2-6 | – | – | – |
| J.O. Perrine | 1917-18 | 5-5 | – | – | – |
| Allen Berkstresser | 1913-17 | 10-12 | – | – | – |
| H. Pasini | 1911-13 | 8-12 | – | – | – |
| Clayton Simmons | 1909-11 | 4-3 | – | – | – |
| R.F. Seymour | 1906-09 | 14-15 | – | – | – |
| Charles Pell | 1903-06 | 11-12 | – | – | – |
| Thomas Jones | 1902-03 | 0-2 | – | – | – |
| George B. Affleck | 1901-02 | 1-2 | – | – | – |
| Enola P. Pierce | 1900-01 | 1-3 | – | – | – |
| S.R. Satterthwaite | 1899 | 0-1 | – | – | – |
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 Northern Iowa program was at the NCAA Division II level; UNI moved up to Division I prior to the 1980-81 season
OTHER NAMES: Iowa State Teachers College (1909-61), State College of Iowa (1961-67)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.