Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons basketball

Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons basketball history

Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN)
Hilliard Gates Sports Center / Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Horizon League

Current head coach: Jon Coffman (2014-)

  • Asst: Ryan Sims (2010-)
  • Asst: Adam Blaylock (2018-)
  • Asst: Mike Wolf (2019-)
  • Asst: Pat Lepper (2021-)
  • Analytics: Josh Kelly (2020-)
  • DPD: Isaac Hibbard (2022-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  0-0
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  1  (2016)
  • NIT Overall Record:  0-1
  • CBI Appearances:  1  (2022)
  • CBI Overall Record:  0-1
  • CIT Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 2024)
  • CIT Appearances:  5  (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024)
  • CIT Overall Record:  4-5
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  1  (1993)
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record:  0-2

Conference Titles (Great Lakes Valley, UBC, Summit League, Horizon League):

Award Winners:




Purdue Fort Wayne head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Jon Coffman 2014-Pres 179-142 2 0 0
Tony Jasick 2011-14 52-47 0 0 0
Dane Fife 2005-11 82-97 0 0 0
Joe Pechota (int.) 2005 4-9 0 0
Doug Noll 1999-2005 40-119 0 0 0
John Williams 1996-99 32-48 0 0 0
Andy Piazza 1987-96 143-109 1^ 1^ 0
Tim Russell 1982-87 68-71 0 0 0
Ken Workman 1979-82 14-62 0 0
Gordon Stauffer 1975-79 37-68 0 0
George Wehrmeister 1974-75 12-12 0 0
Gene Hany 1973-74 5-21 0 0

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 Purdue-Fort Wayne program was at the Division II level; PFW moved up to the Division I level prior to the 2002-03 season

OTHER NAMES: Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne / IPFW (prior to 2016), Fort Wayne (2016-18)

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