South Carolina Gamecocks basketball
South Carolina Gamecocks basketball history
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Colonial Life Arena
Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Current head coach: Lamont Paris (2022-)
- Asst: Tanner Bronson (2022-)
- Asst: Tim Buckley (2022-)
- Asst: Eddie Shannon (2022-)
- DBO: Colby Arendale (2022-)
- Video: Roman DiPasquale (2022-)
- DPD: David McKinley (2022-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Carey Rich (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 1 (2017)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 2017)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2017, 2024)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 8-11
- NIT Championships: 2 (2005, 2006)
- NIT Appearances: 11 (1969, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016)
- NIT Overall Record: 22-9
Conference Titles (SoCon, ACC, Metro, SEC):
- SEC Regular Season Championships: 1 (1997)
- ACC Regular Season Championships: 1 (1970)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 4 (1927, 1933, 1934, 1945)
- SEC Tournament Championships: 0
- ACC Tournament Championships: 1 (1971)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 1 (1933)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 5 (last = Kevin Joyce, 1973)
- SEC Player of the Year: 1 (Sindarius Thornwell, 2017)
- ACC Player of the Year: 2 (John Roche, 1969 & 1970)
South Carolina head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Lamont Paris | 2022-Pres | 37-29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 2012-22 | 171-147 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darrin Horn | 2008-12 | 60-63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Odom | 2001-08 | 128-104 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Fogler | 1993-2001 | 123-117 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Newton | 1991-93 | 20-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Felton | 1986-91 | 87-62 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill E. Foster | 1980-86 | 92-79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank McGuire | 1964-80 | 283-142 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Dwane Morrison (int.) | 1964 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Noe | 1962-64 | 15-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Stevens | 1959-62 | 34-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Hambrick | 1958-59 | 4-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Johnson | 1940-42, 46-58 | 169-172 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1945-46 | 9-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie McMillan | 1944-45 | 19-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Findlay | 1943-44 | 13-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Enright (int.) | 1942-43 | 11-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Petoskey | 1935-40 | 37-67 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.W. “Rock” Norman | 1928-32, 33-35 | 57-57 | – | – | – |
| Billy Laval | 1932-33 | 17-2 | 1 | – | – |
| A. Burnet Stoney | 1927-28 | 8-12 | – | – | – |
| Branch Bocock | 1924-27 | 33-16 | 1 | – | – |
| Jack Crawford | 1922-24 | 17-22 | – | – | – |
| Lana Sims | 1921-22 | 7-12 | – | – | – |
| Sol Metzger | 1920-21 | 7-11 | – | – | – |
| Dixon Foster | 1916-20 | 26-31 | – | – | – |
| Charles Farrell | 1915-16 | 4-6 | – | – | – |
| L.W. Hill | 1914-15 | 2-7 | – | – | – |
| John Blackburn | 1913-14 | 5-4 | – | – | – |
| James G. Driver | 1911-13 | 5-7 | – | – | – |
| no coach | 1910-11 | 1-1 | – | – | – |
| F.E. Scofield | 1909-10 | 0-1 | – | – | – |
| J.H. Brown | 1908-09 | 0-3 | – | – | – |
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.
