St. Thomas Tommies basketball
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-)
- Special Asst. to the HC: Dennis Harrington (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NIT Overall Record: 0-0
- NCAA Division III National Championships: 2 (2011, 2016)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four: 4 (1994, 2011, 2013, 2016)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 20 (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: 33-18
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1949, 1950, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 5-8
Conference Titles (MIAC, Summit League):
- Summit League Regular Season Championships: 0
- MIAC (Div III) Regular Season Championships: 34 (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: 0
- MIAC (Div III) Tournament Championships: 13 (1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Summit League Player of the Year: 0
- MIAC (Div III) Player of the Year: 10 (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: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
