Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball history

Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)
William J. Nicks Building
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)

Current head coach: Byron Smith (2016-)

• Asst: Spencer Robertson (2019-)
• Asst: Johnnie Williams (2022-)
• Asst: Todd Shelton (2023-)

Post-Season:

• National Championships:  0
• Final Four Appearances:  0
• Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (1998, 2019)
• NCAAT Overall Record:  0-2
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• NIT Overall Record:  0-0
• NAIA National Championships:  1  (1962)
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1962)
• NAIA Tournament Overall Record:  5-0

Conference Titles (SWAC):

• SWAC Regular Season Championships:  6  (1961, 1962, 2003, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• SWAC Tournament Championships:  2  (1998, 2019)

Award Winners:

• Naismith Player of the Year:  0
• John R. Wooden Award:  0
• Oscar Robertson Trophy:  0
• AP All-Americans:  0
• SWAC Player of the Year:  1  (Devonte Patterson, 2020)

Prairie View A&M head coaches:

Coach	Tenure	Record	Conf. Titles	NCAA Apps.	Nat. Champ
Byron Smith	2016-Pres	123-134	3	1	0
Byron Rimm II	2006-16	115-192	0	0	0
Darrell Hawkins	2005-06	5-24	0	0	0
Jerry Francis	2002-05	29-55	1	0	0
Elwood Plummer	1973-79, 90-2002	150-341	0	1	0
Jim Duplantier	1982-90	47-173	0	0	0
Calvin White	1979-82	14-64	0	0	0
Bill Cofield	1969-73	57-48	0	0	0
no team	1963-64, 66-69	–	–	–	–
LeRoy Moore	1956-63, 65-66	138-59	2^	1^	1^
Robert Hopkins	1964-65	10-14	–	0	0

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

^ These tournament appearances and national championships came when the Prairie View A&M program was at the NAIA level; PVAMU moved up to Division I prior to the 1980-81 season

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.