San Francisco Dons basketball
San Francisco Dons basketball history
University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
The War Memorial at the Sobrato Center
West Coast Conference (WCC)
Current head coach: Chris Gerlufsen (2022-)
- Asst: Michael Plank (2021-)
- Asst: Jay Duncan (2022-)
- Asst: Kyle Bankhead (2022-)
- Asst: Kevin Olsen (2021-22, 2023-)
- DBO: Garrett Furubayashi (2022-)
- Video: Jack Rydquist (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 2 (1955, 1956)
- Final Four Appearances: 3 (1955, 1956, 1957)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 12 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 17 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1998, 2022)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 21-15
- NIT Championships: 1 (1949)
- NIT Appearances: 7 (1949, 1950, 1966, 1976, 2005, 2014, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record: 6-6
- CBI Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2018)
- CBI Appearances: 3 (2012, 2017, 2018)
- CBI Overall Record: 4-4
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2011)
- CIT Overall Record: 2-1
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 2 (1955, 1956)
Conference Titles (WCC):
- WCC Regular Season Championships: 15 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
- WCC Tournament Championships: 1 (1998)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 8 (last = Quintin Dailey, 1982)
- WCC Player of the Year: 11 (last = Kenyon Jones, 2000)
San Francisco head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Chris Gerlufsen | 2022-Pres | 43-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Golden | 2019-22 | 57-36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Smith | 2016-19 | 63-40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Walters | 2008-16 | 127-127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Sutton (int.) | 2007-08 | 6-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jessie Evans | 2004-07 | 45-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Mathews | 1995-2004 | 139-123 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Brovelli | 1985-95 | 132-154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1982-85 | – | – | – | – |
| Pete Barry | 1980-82 | 49-13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Belluomini | 1978-80 | 44-14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Gaillard | 1970-78 | 165-55 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil Vukicevich | 1966-70 | 51-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Peletta | 1960-66 | 114-51 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ross Guidice | 1959-60 | 9-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Woolpert | 1950-59 | 153-78 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Pete Newell | 1946-50 | 70-37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Bussenius | 1945-46 | 9-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Needles | 1923-31, 42-44 | 124-67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forrest Twogood | 1941-42 | 14-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Cameron | 1932-41 | 88-95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Morrissey | 1931-32 | 11-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.