Seattle Redhawks basketball
Seattle Redhawks basketball history
Seattle University (Seattle, WA)
Climate Pledge Arena / Redhawk Center
Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Current head coach: Chris Victor (2021-)
- Asst: Grant Leep (2023-)
- Asst: D’Marques Tyson (2021-)
- Asst: Steven Shpreyregin (2021-)
- Asst: Colin Rardin (2023-)
- DPP: Patrick Mulligan (2017-)
- Video: Thomas Moore (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1958)
- Final Four Appearances: 1 (1958)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 5 (1953, 1955, 1956, 1964)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 19 (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 10-13
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1952, 1957)
- NIT Overall Record: 0-2
- CBI Championships: 1 (2024)
- CBI Appearances: 4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2024)
- CBI Overall Record: 7-3
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- CIT Overall Record: 0-1
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 1 (2007)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (Great Northwest, WCC, WAC):
- WAC Regular Season Championships: 1 (2022)
- Great Northwest (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 1 (2007)
- WAC Tournament Championships: 0
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 5 (last = Eddie Miles, 1963)
- WAC Player of the Year: 0
- WCC Player of the Year: 1 (Frank Oleynick, 1974)
Seattle head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Chris Victor | 2021-Pres | 66-35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hayford | 2017-21 | 64-55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Dollar | 2009-17 | 107-138 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Callero | 2001-09 | 117-105 | 1^ | 1^ | 0 |
| Dave Cox | 2000-01 | 6-21 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hairston | 1991-2000 | 89-167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 1985-91 | 73-108 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Len Nardone | 1981-85 | 56-74 | – | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Schalow | 1978-81 | 37-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill O’Connor | 1972-78 | 72-87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Buckwalter | 1967-72 | 78-54 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lionell Purcell | 1965-67 | 34-18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 1963-65 | 41-13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vincent Cazzetta | 1958-53 | 94-39 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Castellani | 1956-58 | 45-9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Brightman | 1948-56 | 174-64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Yandle | 1947-48 | 10-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Ryan | 1946 | 7-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Fenton | 1946 | 1-1 | – | – | – |
| Joseph Budnick | 1945-46 | 18-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when the Seattle program was at the Division II level; Seattle was a Division I program from 1946-80 and returned prior to the 2008-09 season (between 1980-2008, the program spent time at the NAIA, Division III & Division II levels)
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.