Toledo Rockets basketball
Toledo Rockets basketball history
University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
John F. Savage Arena
Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Current head coach: Tod Kowalczyk (2010-)
- Assoc. HC: Jeff Massey (2014-)
- Assoc. HC: Justin Ingram (2017-)
- Asst: Jordan Lauf (2018-)
- Asst: Brandon Pritzl (2023-)
- DPD: Brett Rau (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 1 (1979)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1954, 1967, 1979, 1980)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-4
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1943)
- NIT Appearances: 12 (1942, 1943, 1981, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NIT Overall Record: 5-13
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2017)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-1
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CIT Overall Record: 1-1
- NCIT Appearances: 1 (1974)
- NCIT Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (MAC):
- MAC Regular Season Championships: 16 (1954, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- MAC Tournament Championships: 1 (1980)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- MAC Player of the Year: 8 (last = RayJ Dennis, 2023)
Toledo head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Tod Kowalczyk | 2010-Pres | 278-181 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Cross | 2008-10 | 11-53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Joplin | 1996-2008 | 202-156 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Gipson | 1991-96 | 68-73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Eck | 1987-91 | 62-57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Nichols | 1965-87 | 375-213 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Melvin | 1954-65 | 125-133 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Bush | 1947-54 | 127-58 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Orwig | 1946-47 | 18-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rollie Boldt | 1944-46 | 29-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burl Friddle | 1942-44 | 27-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Anderson | 1934-42 | 142-41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Connelly | 1926-34 | 48-78 | – | – | – |
| Louis Moorhead | 1925-26 | 3-8 | – | – | – |
| Darrell Fox | 1916-18, 20-21, 23-25 | 23-29 | – | – | – |
| Claude Fox | 1921-23 | 7-14 | – | – | – |
| Watt Hobt | 1919-20 | 8-3 | – | – | – |
| Sam Monetta | 1918-19 | 10-2 | – | – | – |
| Harry Zimmerman | 1915-16 | 2-1 | – | – | – |
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.