Vermont Catamounts basketball

Vermont Catamounts basketball history

University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium
America East Conference

Current head coach: John Becker (2011-)

  • Assoc. HC: Ryan Schneider (2013-)
  • Asst: Chris Santo (2021-)
  • Asst: Nathan Johnson (2023-)
  • DBO: Derryk O’Grady (2019-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  10  (2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  2-10
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  4  (2007, 2011, 2014, 2018)
  • NIT Overall Record:  0-4
  • CBI Appearances:  4  (2009, 2013, 2015, 2016)
  • CBI Overall Record:  5-4

Conference Titles (Yankee, America East):

Award Winners:




Vermont head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
John Becker 2011-Pres 308-120 9 6 0
Mike Lonergan 2005-11 97-70 3 1 0
Tom Brennan 1986-2005 264-276 2 3 0
Bill Whitmore 1981-86 45-94 0 0 0
Peter Salzberg 1972-81 103-130 0 0 0
Art Loche 1965-72 69-96 0 0 0
John C. “Fuzzy” Evans 1940-43, 45-65 260-196 0 0 0
no team 1908-20, 43-45
J.P. Sabo 1934-40 50-34 0 0
J.H. Burke 1931-34 16-27
H.A. Prentice 1930-31 4-13
Capt. K.L. Berry 1929-30 4-16
C.G. Cayward 1928-29 7-10
W.J. McAvoy 1925-28 33-23
Thomas Keady 1921-25 56-15
Maj. P.A. Larned 1920-21 10-5
Thomas E. Hayes 1906-08 12-9
unknown 1900-06  –

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.