Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball history
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Gallagher-Iba Arena
Big 12 Conference
Current head coach: Steve Lutz (2024-)
- Assoc. HC: James Miller (2024-)
- Asst: Keiton Page (2012-)
- Asst: Robert Guster (2024-)
- Asst: Mike Ekanem (2024-)
- Asst: Jeremy Cox (2024-)
- DBO: Alannah Yeats (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 2 (1945, 1946)
- Final Four Appearances: 6 (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995, 2004)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 10 (1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 29 (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 39-28
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 13 (1938, 1940, 1944, 1956, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018, 2023)
- NIT Overall Record: 10-13
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 1 (1946)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 2 (1945, 1946)
Conference Titles (Missouri Valley, Big Eight, Big 12):
- Big 12 Regular Season Championships: 1 (2004)
- Big Eight Regular Season Championships: 2 (1965, 1991)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Championships: 15 (1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954)
- Southwest Regular Season Championships: 1 (1925)
- Big 12 Tournament Championships: 2 (2004, 2005)
- Big Eight Tournament Championships: 2 (1983, 1995)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Bob Kurland, 1946)
- AP All-Americans: 12 (last = Cade Cunningham, 2021)
- Big 12 Player of the Year: 4 (last = Cade Cunningham, 2021)
- Big Eight Player of the Year: 3 (last = Bryant Reeves, 1995)
Oklahoma State head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Steve Lutz | 2024-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Boynton Jr. | 2017-24 | 119-109 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brad Underwood | 2016-17 | 20-13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Travis Ford | 2008-16 | 155-111 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Sean Sutton | 2006-08 | 39-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Sutton | 1990-2006 | 368-151 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
Leonard Hamilton | 1986-90 | 56-63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Hansen | 1979-86 | 107-89 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Killingsworth | 1977-79 | 22-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Strong | 1973-77 | 35-70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Aubrey | 1970-73 | 18-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Henry Iba | 1934-70 | 654-317 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
Puny James | 1931-34 | 13-41 | 0 | – | – |
George Rody | 1929-31 | 8-24 | 1 | – | – |
John Maulbetsch | 1921-29 | 75-75 | 1 | – | – |
James Pixlee | 1919-21 | 3-21 | – | – | – |
Earl Pritchard | 1917-19 | 11-15 | 0 | – | – |
John Griffith | 1915-17 | 18-12 | – | – | – |
Paul Davis | 1911-15 | 15-16 | – | – | – |
William Schreiber | 1908-10 | 4-5 | – | – | – |
Boyd Hill | 1907-08 | 2-3 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
OTHER NAMES: Prior to 1957, the school was known as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (Oklahoma A&M)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA