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-)
- Asst: Alex Fain (2019-)
- Asst: Blake Gray (2019-)
- Asst: Andrew Steele (2021-)
- DBO: Stefan King (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1958, 1963)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-2
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1985, 2002)
- NIT Overall Record: 3-2
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2011, 2012)
- CIT Overall Record: 0-2
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Vegas 16 Overall Record: 0-1
Conference Titles (Miss Valley, TIAC, Ohio Valley):
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Championships: 7 (1956, 1958, 1963, 1985, 2001, 2002, 2005)
- Ohio Valley Tournament Championships: 1 (1967)
- TIAC (Div II) Tournament Championships: 1 (1947)
- Mississippi Valley (Div II) Tournament Championships: 2 (1931, 1932)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 1 (Jim Hagan, 1959)
- Ohio Valley Player of the Year: 2 (last = Willie Jenkins, 2005)
Tennessee Tech head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| John Pelphrey | 2019-Pres | 25-65 | 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.