San Diego Toreros basketball
San Diego Toreros basketball history
University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Jenny Craig Pavilion
West Coast Conference (WCC)
Current head coach: Steve Lavin (2022-)
- Asst: John Moore (2022-)
- Asst: Patrick Sandle (2022-)
- Recruiting: Ryan Devlin (2022-)
- DPD: Billy McKnight (2022-)
- Chief of Staff: Jackson Doran (2022-)
- Video: Chris Simpson (2022-)
- Scouting/Analytics: Dan McGinley (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1984, 1987, 2003, 2008)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-4
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- NIT Overall Record: 0-1
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2014, 2018)
- CIT Overall Record: 4-2
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (1966, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 4-6
Conference Titles (WCC):
- WCC Regular Season Championships: 2 (1984, 1987)
- WCC Tournament Championships: 2 (2003, 2008)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- WCC Player of the Year: 1 (Scott Thompson, 1987)
San Diego head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Steve Lavin | 2022-Pres | 29-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Scholl | 2018-22 | 50-66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lamont Smith | 2015-18 | 40-52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Grier | 2007-15 | 117-144 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brad Holland | 1994-2007 | 200-176 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hank Egan | 1984-94 | 156-126 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Brovelli | 1973-84 | 158-133 | 1 | 1 (3^) | 0 |
Bernie Bickerstaff | 1969-73 | 55-49 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Phil Woolpert | 1962-69 | 90-90 | 0 | 1^ | 0 |
Ed Baron | 1961-62 | 6-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Leslie | 1960-61 | 11-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Les Harvey | 1958-60 | 15-36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob McCutcheon | 1957-58 | 14-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fon Johnson | 1955-57 | 24-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances came when the San Diego program was at the Division II level; USD moved up to Division I prior to the 1979-80 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.