RECORD OF KANSAS COACHES
The inventor of Basketball, Dr. James Naismith, joined the
KU faculty in 1898, and fielded the first Jayhawk team in 1898-99.
Since then, KU has a 101 year record of 1,943wins and 793 losses, and
overall percentage of 71.3%. Only North Carolina and Kentucky have won more games than Kansas.
Former KU players Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp helped coach those teams to
their record highs.
Until Bill
Self, Roy Williams was KU’s all-time winningest coach,
percentage-wise, with 80.5%.
Phog Allen, of course, leads in total wins with 590, an average of over
15 per season in an era when the average season was only 20 games.
W.O. Hamilton’s first team went 18-1, for KU’s best season
percent-wise, followed by his 1913-14 team which went 17-1.
Ironically, Naismith is the only KU coach to have a losing
record.
In 1993, Mike Lopresti of the Gannett News Service allowed that Kansas would
"fire him now, peach basket and all." Get Real, Mike!
| RANK |
COACH |
YEARS |
WINS |
LOSSES |
PCT. |
RESULTS |
DEPARTURE |
| 1 |
Bill Self |
6 (04-09) |
169 |
40 |
80.8 |
•
1 NCAA Championship
• 1 Final Four
• 5 Conference Regular Season Championships
• 3 Conference Tournament Championships
• 2009 Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year, AP Coach of the Year,
CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year, Sporting News Coach of the Year |
|
| 2 |
Roy Williams |
15 (89-03) |
418 |
101 |
80.5 |
•
4 Final Fours
• 9 Conference Regular Season Championships
• 4 Conference Tournament Championships
• 1990 Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year
• 1992 AP Coach of the Year
• 1997 Naismith College Coach of the Year |
Accepted position as Head Coach at North Carolina |
| 3 |
Larry Brown |
5 (84-88) |
135 |
44 |
75.4 |
• 1 NCAA Championship
• 2 Final Fours
• 1 Conference Regular Season Championship
• 2 Conference Tournament Championships |
Accepted position as Head Coach of the San Antonio Spurs |
| 4 |
Phog Allen |
39 (08-09,20-56) |
590 |
219 |
72.9 |
•
1 NCAA Championship, 2 Helms Championships
• 3 Final Fours
• 24 Conference Regular Season Championships |
Retired |
| 5 |
W.O.Hamilton |
10 (10-19) |
125 |
59 |
67.9 |
•
5 Conference Regular Season Championships |
Resigned |
| 6 |
Ted Owens |
19 (65-83) |
348 |
182 |
65.7 |
•
2 Final Fours
• 6 Conference Regular Season Championships
• 1 Conference Tournament Championship
• 1978 Basketball Weekly Coach of the Year |
Fired |
| 7 |
Dick Harp |
8 (57-64) |
121 |
82 |
59.6 |
•
1 Final Four
• 2 Conference Regular Season Championships |
Resigned |
| 8 |
James Naismith |
9 (98-07) |
55 |
60 |
47.8 |
Started basketball at Kansas |
Retired |
Karl Schlademan*
(20)
1
0
100.0
Howard Engleman**
(47)
8
6
57.1
* Schlademan coached the first
game of the 1919-20 season, but quit after first game to concentrate as head
track coach. Phog Allen, who was
Athletic Director at the time, took over.
** Asst. Coach Engleman finished
out the season, as Allen was ordered by his physician to take a rest after the
January 17, 1947 game with Missouri.
Link to
Assistant Coaches
KU Basketball’s Coaching Heritage
Tops All Schools, by Darby Ritter
Hoop Coaches Rarely Bolt KU, by Bill
Mayer
History of Kansas Coaches, Rock chalk
Zone
KU Basketball Players Coaching
Records
1/30/06
Here’s some very interesting stats sent to me by
Darby Ritter, comparing the records of KU coaches after their first 82
games, which Bill Self reached after the ISU game. It's amazing how
similar they are.
Bill Self: 60-22, one Big 12 title, 3-2 in NCAA
tourney games.
Roy Williams: 61-21, 0 Big 12 titles, 1-1 NCAA record.
Larry Brown: 62-20, 0 Big 12 titles (on tourney title), 1-1 NCAA record.
Ted Owens: 64-18, 2 Big 8 titles, 2-2 in the NCAA.
Dick Harp: 58-24, one conference title, 3-1 in the NCAAs.
Phog Allen: 62-20, two league titles.
W.O. Hamilton: 62-20, 3 league titles.
James Naismith: 37-45 (What if he actually coached?)
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