Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles basketball history
Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville, TN)
Hooper Eblen Center, aka The Hoop
Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
Current head coach: John Pelphrey (2019-)
- Assoc. HC: Blake Gray (2019-)
- Asst: Alex Fain (2019-)
- Asst: Andrew Steele (2021-)
- Asst: Stefan King (2022-)
- Asst: Milos Babic (2024-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships:Â 0
- Final Four Appearances:Â 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances:Â 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: Â 2Â (1958, 1963)
- NCAAT Overall Record:Â 0-2
- NIT Championships:Â 0
- NIT Appearances: Â 2Â (1985, 2002)
- NIT Overall Record:Â 3-2
- CIT Appearances:Â 2Â (2011, 2012)
- CIT Overall Record:Â 0-2
- Vegas 16 Appearances:Â 1Â (2016)
- Vegas 16 Overall Record:Â 0-1
Conference Titles (Miss Valley, TIAC, Ohio Valley):
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Championships:Â 7Â (1956, 1958, 1963, 1985, 2001, 2002, 2005)
- Ohio Valley Tournament Championships: Â 1Â (1967)
- TIAC (Div II) Tournament Championships:Â 1Â (1947)
- Mississippi Valley (Div II) Tournament Championships:Â 2Â (1931, 1932)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year:Â 0
- John R. Wooden Award:Â 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy:Â 0
- AP All-Americans: Â 1Â (Jim Hagan, 1959)
- Ohio Valley Player of the Year: Â 2Â (last = Willie Jenkins, 2005)
Tennessee Tech head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| John Pelphrey | 2019-Pres | 51-103 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Payne | 2011-19 | 118-134 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sutton | 2002-11 | 149-130 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Lebo | 1998-2002 | 75-43 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Harrell | 1988-98 | 128-154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Deaton | 1980-88 | 106-119 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Malpass | 1976-80 | 34-70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Inman | 1969-76 | 79-94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Sidwell | 1964-69 | 66-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Oldham | 1955-64 | 118-83 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Raymond “Bull” Brown | 1948-55 | 74-79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooper Eblen | 1947-48 | 18-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston “Putty” Overall | 1924-48 | 311-164 | 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.Â
