St. Thomas Tommies basketball history
University of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, MN)
Schoenecker Arena
Summit League
Current head coach: Johnny Tauer (2011-)
- Assoc. HC: Mike Maker (2021-)
- Asst: Cameron Rundles (2021-)
- Asst: Kenneth Lowe (2022-)
- DBO: Josh Rodenbiker (2015-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships:Â 0
- Final Four Appearances:Â 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances:Â 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances:Â 0
- NCAAT Overall Record:Â 0-0
- NIT Championships:Â 0
- NIT Appearances:Â 0
- NIT Overall Record:Â 0-0
- NCAA Division III National Championships:Â 2Â (2011, 2016)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four:Â 4Â (1994, 2011, 2013, 2016)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances:Â 20Â (1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Overall Record:Â 33-18
- NAIA Tournament Appearances:Â 8Â (1949, 1950, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record:Â 5-8
Conference Titles (MIAC, Summit League):
- Summit League Regular Season Championships:Â 0
- MIAC (Div III) Regular Season Championships:Â 34Â (1924, 1946, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
- Summit League Tournament Championships:Â 0
- MIAC (Div III) Tournament Championships:Â 13Â (1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- AP All-Americans:Â 0
- Summit League Player of the Year:Â 0
- MIAC (Div III) Player of the Year:Â 10Â (last = Grant Shaeffer, 2017)
St. Thomas head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Johnny Tauer | 2011-Pres | 267-97 | 8^ | 8^ | 1^ |
| Steve Fritz | 1980-2011 | 594-246 | 16^ | 12^ | 1^ |
| Tom Feely | 1954-80 | 417-269 | 7^ | 6^ | 0 |
| Paul Sokol | 1947-54 | 117-58 | 1^ | 2^ | 0 |
| John Kundla | 1946-47 | 11-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francis J. Deig | 1940-46 | 82-28 | 1^ | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Musty | 1937-40 | 17-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Sterrett | 1935-37 | 14-21 | – | – | – |
| George Barsi | 1931-35 | 49-33 | – | – | – |
| Ray Mock | 1930-31 | 7-11 | – | – | – |
| Jack Rees | 1929-30 | 9-8 | – | – | – |
| Ronald Gibbs | 1928-29 | 14-11 | – | – | – |
| Robert Schmidt | 1926-28 | 34-18 | – | – | – |
| Jack Murray | 1925-26 | 14-6 | – | – | – |
| Joe Brandy | 1921-25 | 44-24 | 1^ | – | – |
| Arther Barrett | 1916-17, 20-21 | 12-10 | – | – | – |
| Lowden | 1919-20 | 11-5 | – | – | – |
| J. Carroll | 1918-19 | 1-7 | – | – | – |
| George Keogan | 1917-18 | 13-2 | – | – | – |
| D. Norton | 1914-16 | 3-4 | – | – | – |
| unknown | 1909-14 | – | – | – | – |
| Frank Nelson | 1907-09 | 15-4 | – | – | – |
| C.L. Sheeran | 1904-07 | 27-9 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles, tournament appearances and national championships came when the St. Thomas program was at either the NCAA Division III or NAIA level; St. Thomas moved up to Division I prior to the 2021-22 season
NOTE:Â Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.Â
