Rider Broncs basketball
Rider Broncs basketball history
Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ)
Alumni Gymnasium
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Current head coach: Kevin Baggett (2012-)
- Assoc. HC: Dino Presley (2015-)
- Asst: Geoff Arnold (2019-)
- Asst: Kim Waiters (2021-)
- Asst: Jason Thompson (2022-)
- Asst: Garrett Collins (2023-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Roy Blumenthal (2019-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1984, 1993, 1994)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-3
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1998, 2018)
- NIT Overall Record: 0-2
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2008, 2015)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-2
- CIT Appearances: 3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
- CIT Overall Record: 1-3
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (1957)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 2-1
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1956, 1958, 1963)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 0-3
Conference Titles (Tri-State, Middle Atlantic, ECC, NEC, MAAC):
- MAAC Regular Season Championships: 4 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2018)
- NEC Regular Season Championships: 3 (1993, 1994, 1995)
- East Coast Regular Season Championships: 2 (1981, 1983)
- Middle Atlantic Regular Season Championships: 3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
- MAAC Tournament Championships: 0
- NEC Tournament Championships: 2 (1993, 1994)
- East Coast Tournament Championships: 2 (1993, 1994)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- MAAC Player of the Year: 2 (last = Jason Thompson, 2008)
- NEC Player of the Year: 1 (Darrick Suber, 1993)
- East Coast Player of the Year: 1 (Ron Simpson, 1987)
Rider head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Kevin Baggett | 2012-Pres | 192-183 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Dempsey | 2005-12 | 119-105 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Harnum | 1997-2005 | 127-104 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Bannon | 1989-97 | 131-103 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| John Carpenter | 1966-89 | 292-328 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Harter | 1965-66 | 16-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Greenwood | 1962-65 | 48-29 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
| Glenn Leach | 1960-62 | 25-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Leyden | 1942-43, 46-60 | 187-157 | 0 | 3^ | 0 |
| Frank Donlon | 1932-40, 43-46 | 99-76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Ellis | 1940-42 | 20-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Frank | 1931-32 | 5-8 | – | – | – |
| Clair Bee | 1928-31 | 53-8 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the Rider program was at either the NCAA Division II or NAIA level; Rider moved up to Division I prior to the 1967-68 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.