Princeton Tigers basketball
Princeton Tigers basketball history
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium
Ivy League
Current head coach: Mitch Henderson (2011-)
- Assoc. HC/Recruiting: Brett MacConnell (2013-)
- Asst: Luke Gore (2023-)
- Asst: Lawrence Rowley (2022-)
- DBO: Chris Mongilia (2016-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 1 (1965)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 6 (1955, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 2023)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 26 (1952, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 15-30
- NIT Championships: 1 (1975)
- NIT Appearances: 8 (1972, 1975, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2016, 2022, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record: 7-7
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2010, 2014)
- CBI Overall Record: 3-2
- Premo-Porretta National Championships: 1 (1925)
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 1 (1925)
Conference Titles (Ivy League):
- Ivy League Regular Season Championships: 36 (1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Ivy League Tournament Championships: 2 (2017, 2023)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 2 (Bill Bradley, 1965 & 1966)
- AP Player of the Year: 1 (Bill Bradley, 1965)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 2 (Bill Bradley, 1964 & 1965)
- AP All-Americans: 4 (last = Brian Taylor, 1972)
- Ivy League Player of the Year: 15 (last = Caden Pierce, 2024)
Princeton head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Mitch Henderson | 2011-Pres | 232-122 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Sydney Johnson | 2007-11 | 66-53 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 2004-07 | 38-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Thompson III | 2000-04 | 68-42 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Carmody | 1996-2000 | 92-25 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Carril | 1967-96 | 514-261 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| Butch van Breda Kolff | 1962-67 | 103-31 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jake McCandless | 1961-62 | 22-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin “Cappy” Cappon | 1938-43, 46-61 | 250-181 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Wesley Fesler | 1945-46 | 7-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Logan | 1943-45 | 20-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Fairman | 1935-38 | 52-37 | 0 | – | – |
| John Jefferies | 1934-35 | 6-14 | 0 | – | – |
| Herbert “Fritz” Crisler | 1932-34 | 32-11 | 0 | – | – |
| Albert Wittmer | 1923-32 | 115-86 | 2 | – | – |
| J. Hill Zahn | 1921-23 | 36-9 | 1 | – | – |
| James Hynson | 1921 | 3-5 | – | – | – |
| Lewis Sugarman | 1920-21 | 11-4 | – | – | – |
| Frederick Leuhring | 1912-20 | 100-43 | – | – | – |
| Harry Hough | 1911-12 | 8-8 | – | – | – |
| Harry F. Shorter | 1908-11 | 19-28 | – | – | – |
| C.F. Kogel | 1907-08 | 7-10 | – | – | – |
| William Kelleher | 1906-07 | 4-10 | – | – | – |
| Frederick Cooper | 1904-06 | 13-15 | – | – | – |
| William McCoy | 1903-04 | 10-5 | – | – | – |
| William Roper | 1902-03 | 8-7 | – | – | – |
| Augustus W. Enderbrock | 1901-02 | 10-10 | – | – | – |
| Mowbray Forney | 1900-01 | 7-5 | – | – | – |
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.