Samford Bulldogs basketball
Samford Bulldogs basketball history
Samford University (Homewood, AL)
Thomas E. and Marla H. Corts Arena at The Pete Hanna Center
Southern Conference (SoCon)
Current head coach: Bucky McMillan (2020-)
- Assoc. HC: Mitch Cole (2021-)
- Asst: Neb Exantus (2021-)
- Asst: Danny Young (2022-)
- Asst: Lorenzo Jenkins (2023-)
- Asst: David Good (2020-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Duane Reboul (2020-)
- DBO: Warren Fitzpatrick (2022-)
- DIO: Skip Wellborn (2021-)
- Video: Thomas Owen (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1999, 2000, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-3
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2017)
- CIT Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (Ohio Valley, Atlantic Sun, SoCon):
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 2 (2023, 2024)
- Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championships: 3 (1996, 1997, 1999)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 1 (2024)
- Atlantic Sun Tournament Championships: 2 (1999, 2000)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- SoCon Player of the Year: 0
- Ohio Valley Player of the Year: 1 (J. Robert Merritt, 2006)
- Atlantic Sun Player of the Year: 1 (Reed Rawlings, 1999)
Samford head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Bucky McMillan | 2020-Pres | 77-41 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Padgett | 2014-20 | 84-115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Seltzer | 2012-14 | 24-41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Tillette | 1997-2012 | 229-219 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| John Brady | 1991-97 | 89-77 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McLean | 1987-91 | 27-83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Hankinson | 1984-87 | 38-47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hanks | 1981-84 | 46-38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Wettig | 1979-81 | 18-36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Crowell | 1975-79 | 28-76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Harris | 1972-75 | 20-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Washer | 1968-72 | 45-55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Edwards | 1965-68 | 32-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Ledbetter | 1955-59, 63-65 | 56-83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Barnes | 1959-63 | 61-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Gartman | 1950-55 | 71-73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Roberson | 1947-50 | 43-37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Lance | 1946-47 | 11-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1922-23, 43-46 | – | – | – | – |
| Euil “Snitz” Snider | 1942-43 | 10-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Stuart | 1938-42 | 58-37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Bancroft | 1934-38 | 50-37 | – | – | – |
| Eddie McLane | 1927-31, 32-34 | 38-72 | – | – | – |
| Wilbur Eaton | 1931-32 | 6-20 | – | – | – |
| Chester Dillon | 1918-20, 25-27 | 20-37 | – | – | – |
| Tony Stubbs | 1924-25 | 1-9 | – | – | – |
| George W. Yarbrough | 1923-24 | 3-8 | – | – | – |
| R. C. Marshall | 1920-22 | 6-14 | – | – | – |
| R. E. Mitchell | 1917-18 | 4-3 | – | – | – |
| J. B. Longwell | 1916-17 | 3-5 | – | – | – |
| unknown | 1901-05 | 14-10 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
OTHER NAMES: Prior to 1965, the school was known as Howard College (AL)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.