Penn Quakers basketball
Penn Quakers basketball history
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
The Palestra
Ivy League
Current head coach: Steve Donahue (2015-)
- Assoc. HC: Nat Graham (2014-)
- Asst: Joe Mihalich Jr. (2015-)
- Asst: Kris Saulny (2022-)
- DBO: Regan Gallagher (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 1 (1979)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 5 (1953, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 24 (1953, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 13-26
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1981)
- NIT Overall Record: 0-1
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CBI Overall Record: 1-1
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 1 (1920)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 2 (1920, 1921)
Conference Titles (Ivy League):
- Ivy League Regular Season Championships: 40 (1906, 1908, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018)
- Ivy League Tournament Championships: 1 (2018)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Ernie Beck, 1953)
- Ivy League Player of the Year: 17 (last = Jordan Dingle, 2023)
Penn head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Steve Donahue | 2015-Pres | 123-111 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerome Allen | 2009-15 | 65-104 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Miller | 2006-09 | 45-52 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Dunphy | 1989-2006 | 310-163 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Schneider | 1985-89 | 51-54 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Littlepage | 1982-85 | 40-39 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Weinhauer | 1977-82 | 99-45 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Daly | 1971-77 | 125-38 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Harter | 1966-71 | 88-44 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack McCloskey | 1956-66 | 146-105 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Stanley | 1954-56 | 31-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Dallmar | 1948-54 | 105-51 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Donald Kellett | 1943-45, 46-48 | 46-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Dougherty | 1945-46 | 7-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Jourdet | 1914-20, 30-43 | 227-143 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward McNichol | 1920-30 | 186-63 | 3 | – | – |
| Arthur Kiefaber | 1912-14 | 10-24 | 0 | – | – |
| Charles “Kid” Keinath | 1909-12 | 36-25 | 0 | – | – |
| R.B. Smith | 1905-09 | 74-22 | 2 | – | – |
| no coach | 1897, 1902-05 | – | – | – | – |
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.