Vanderbilt Commodores basketball

Vanderbilt Commodores basketball history

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Memorial Gymnasium
Southeastern Conference (SEC)

Current head coach: Mark Byington (2024-)

  • Assoc. HC: vacant (-)
  • Asst: vacant (-)
  • Asst: vacant (-)
  • DBO: vacant (-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  6  (1965, 1974, 1988, 1993, 2004, 2007)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  15  (1965, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  10-16
  • NIT Championships(1990)
  • NIT Appearances:  14  (1983, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2022, 2023)
  • NIT Overall Record:  24-13

Conference Titles (SoCon, SEC):

Award Winners:




Vanderbilt head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Mark Byington 2024-Pres 0-0 0 0 0
Jerry Stackhouse 2019-24 70-92 0 0 0
Bryce Drew 2016-19 40-59 0 1 0
Kevin Stallings 1999-2016 332-220 0 7 0
Jan van Breda Kolff 1993-99 104-81 0 1 0
Eddie Fogler 1989-93 81-48 1 2 0
C. M. Newton 1981-89 129-115 0 2 0
Richard Schmidt 1979-81 28-27 0 0 0
Wayne Dobbs 1976-79 38-42 0 0 0
Roy Skinner 1958-59, 61-76 278-135 2 2 0
Bob Polk 1947-58, 59-61 197-106 0 0 0
Norm Cooper 1941-43, 46-47 24-25 0 0 0
Gus Morrow 1929-31, 44-46 31-40 0 0 0
Smokey Harper 1943-44 12-3 0 0 0
Jim Buford  1936-41 47-50 0 0 0
Josh Cody 1923-27, 31-36 98-100
Johnny Floyd 1927-29 9-19
Wallace Wade 1921-23 24-16
Guy Denton 1913-17, 19-21 48-37
Ray Morrison 1918-19 8-2
Ralph Palmer 1917-18 6-3
Oscar G. Nelson 1912-13 3-4
C.T. “Zeke” Martin 1910-12 17-11
R.B. McGehee 1909-10 10-3
E.J. Hamilton 1903-04, 08-09 17-5
W.L. Throop 1907-08 6-10
J.N. Stone 1906-07 6-1
Grinnell Jones 1902-03 6-0
W.D. Weatherford 1900-02 7-4

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.