
West Virginia Mountaineers basketball
West Virginia Mountaineers basketball history
West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
WVU Coliseum
Big 12 Conference
Current interim head coach: Josh Eilert (2023-)
- Senior Advisor: James Dickey (2023-)
- Asst: DerMarr Johnson (2023-)
- Asst: Da’Sean Butler (2023-)
- Asst: Alex Ruoff (2023-)
- Asst: Jordan McCabe (2023-)
- Outreach: Ron Everhart (2012-)
- DPP/Recruiting: Jay Kuntz (2015-)
- DBO: Trent Michaels (2022-)
- Video/Scouting: Jared Kortsen (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1959)
- Final Four Appearances: 2 (1959, 2010)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 11 (1959, 1960, 1963, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 31 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 32-31
- NIT Championships: 2 (1942, 2007)
- NIT Appearances: 16 (1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2014)
- NIT Overall Record: 21-16
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2019)
- CBI Overall Record: 1-1
Conference Titles (EIC, SoCon, ECAC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big 12):
- Big 12 Regular Season Championships: 0
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championships: 5 (1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 10 (1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967)
- EIC Regular Season Championships: 1 (1935)
- Big 12 Tournament Championships: 0
- Big East Tournament Championships: 1 (2010)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Championships: 2 (1983, 1984)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 10 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 14 (last = Jevon Carter, 2018)
- Big 12 Player of the Year: 0
- Atlantic 10 Player of the Year: 2 (Greg Jones, 1982 & 1983)
- SoCon Player of the Year: 5 (last = Ron Williams, 1968)
West Virginia head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Josh Eilert | 2023-Pres | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Huggins | 2007-23 | 345-203 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
John Beilein | 2002-07 | 104-60 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Gale Catlett | 1978-2002 | 439-281 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Joedy Gardner | 1974-78 | 59-53 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sonny Moran | 1969-74 | 57-68 | – | 0 | 0 |
Bucky Waters | 1965-69 | 69-41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
George King | 1960-65 | 102-43 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Fred Schaus | 1954-60 | 146-37 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Red Brown | 1950-54 | 72-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Patton | 1945-50 | 91-26 | – | 0 | 0 |
John Brickels | 1944-45 | 12-6 | – | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lothes | 1943-44 | 8-11 | – | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Baric | 1942-43 | 14-7 | – | 0 | 0 |
Dyke Raese | 1938-42 | 55-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Glenn | 1933-38 | 61-46 | 1 | – | – |
Francis Stadsvold | 1919-33 | 149-133 | – | – | – |
H.P. Mullenex | 1917-19 | 12-21 | – | – | – |
George Pyle | 1914-17 | 29-25 | – | – | – |
James Jenkins | 1907-08 | 3-7 | – | – | – |
Anthony Chez | 1904-07 | 15-21 | – | – | – |
John Purinton | 1903-04 | 4-3 | – | – | – |
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.