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):

Award Winners:




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.