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University of Houston Head Men's Coach

• 2025 Sporting News National Coach of the Year
• 2024 AP National Men's Coach of the Year
• 2024 NABC Division I Coach of the Year
• 2024 John McLendon National Coach of the Year
• 2024 Henry Iba Award
• 2024 Big XII Regular Season Champions
• 2024 Big XII Coach of the Year
• 4x American Athletic Conference (AAC) Coach of the Year
• 2022 Ben Jobe Award
• 2022 CBS Sports National Coach of the Year
• 2021 Coach John McLendon Award
• 2021 NCAA Final Four
• 2021 & 2022 AAC Tournament Champions
• 4x AAC Conference Regular Season Champions

Coaching Career
Houston Rockets (NBA) Assistant Coach (2011-2014)
Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) Assistant Coach (2008-2011)
Indiana Head Coach (2006-2008)
Oklahoma Head Coach (1994-2006)

• 2x Big XII Regular Season Champions
• 3x Big XII Tournament Champions
• 2002 NABC Division I Coach of the Year
• 2002 NCAA Final Four
• 1995 AP Coach of the Year
• 1995 Henry Iba Award
• 1995 Big Eight Coach of the Year

Washington State Head Coach (1987-1994)

• 1991 Pac-10 Coach of the Year

Montana Tech Head Coach (1981-1985)

• 2x Frontier Regular Season Champions
• 3x Frontier Tournament Champions
• 2x Frontier Coach of the Year

Michigan State Graduate Assistant Coach (1979-1980) (under Jud Heathcote)
Playing Career
Played college basketball for UNC Pembroke

Purdue University Head Men's Coach

• 2024 Big Ten Regular Season Champions
• 2x AP Big Ten Coach of the Year
• 2023 Big Ten Tournament Champions
• 2023 AP Co-Big Ten Coach of the Year
• Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
• NABC National Coach of the Year
• Elite Eight
• 5x Big Ten Coach of the Year
• 5x Big Ten Regular Season Champions
• Big Ten Tournament Champions
• US U19 National Team Assistant Coach (Gold medal)

Coaching Career

• 2004-2005 Purdue University Associate Head Coach
• 2003-2004 Southern Illinois Head Coach
• MVC Regular Season Champions
• MVC Coach of the Year
• 1998-2003 Southern Illinois Assistant Coach
• 1995-1998 Eastern Illinois Assistant Coach
• 1994-1995 Barton College Assistant Coach
• 1993-1994 Washington & Jefferson Assistant Coach

Playing Career

• Played college basketball for Purdue (guard)

Coaching Career
2025-present - Texas (head coach)
2022-2025 - Xavier (head coach)
2009-2021 - Arizona (head coach)
2004-2009 - Xavier (head coach)
2001-2004 - Xavier (assistant)
1996-2001 - NC State (assistant)
1995-1996 - Pittsburgh (assistant)
1993-1995 - Miami (OH) (assistant)
1992-1993 - Wisconsin (graduate assistant)

Championships
3x Pac-12 Tournament champion
5x Pac-10/Pac-12 regular season champion
A-10 Tournament champion
3x A-10 regular season champion

USA Men's Basketball
Gold medal - first place 2015 Greece (FIBA U19 World Championship)
Gold medal - first place 2014 United States (FIBA Americas U18 Championship)
Gold medal - first place 1991 England (World University Games)

Awards
3x Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2011, 2014, 2017)
A-10 Coach of the Year (2008)

Randy Bennett has been the head coach of Saint Mary's men's basketball since 2001, transforming the program into a national contender.

Under his leadership, the Gaels have made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet 16 run in 2010. Bennett has guided the team to six WCC regular-season titles and four tournament championships. He is a seven-time WCC Coach of the Year, earning the honor most recently in 2024.

With over 560 career wins, Bennett is Saint Mary's all-time winningest coach. A UC San Diego graduate, he previously served as an assistant at San Diego, Idaho, Pepperdine, and Saint Louis.

Coaching Career

• University of Nebraska Omaha - Head Coach (2022-present)
• University of Oregon - Assistant Coach (2021-2022)
• East Central University - Head Coach (2020-2021)
• Arkansas - Assistant Coach (2019-2020)
• University of Oklahoma - Assistant Coach (2011-2019)
• Oral Roberts, TCU, New Mexico State, Tyler Junior College, UTSA - Assistant Coach (1996-2011)

Achievements

• 2025 Summit League Regular Season Champions
• 2025 Summit League Tournament Champions
• 2025 Summit League Coach of the Year
• 2025 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year
• 2016 NCAA Final Four - Assistant Coach (Oklahoma)

Playing Career

• Played college basketball and football at Omaha

Coaching Career
1988-1990 Northgate HS
1990-1991 Butler County CC (assistant)
1991-1992 Seneca Valley HS (assistant)
1992-1993 Slippery Rock (assistant)
1993-1997 LaRoche College (head coach)
1997-1998 Wyoming (assistant)
1998-2003 Clemson (assistant)
2003           Valparaiso (assistant)
2003-2009 Baylor (assistant)
2009-present North Florida (head coach)

Championships
3x A-Sun Regular Season (2015, 2016, 2020)
A-Sun Tournament (2015)

Awards
3x A-Sun Coach of the Year (2015, 2016, 2020)

Coach Henderson amassed over 120 wins in his time at South Dakota State. The Jack Rabbits have finished first in the conference four out of the 6 years he was there. In 2025, Henderson began his tenure at Drake University.

Coaching Career

2025-present Drake (head coach)
2019-2025     South Dakota State (head coach)
2016-2019     South Dakota State (assistant)
2014-2016     North Dakota State (assistant)
2009-2014     Burlington Catholic Central HS
2003-2005     Wayne HS (girls)
2001-2003     Wayne State (NE) (assistant)

Championships

4x Summit League regular season
2x Summit League tournament

Awards

2× Summit League Coach of the Year

Career Highlights and Awards

As assistant coach:
NBA Champion (2020)

As a player:
NBA Champion (1977)
NBA All-Star (1978)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1978)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1976)
No. 14 retired by Portland Trail Blazers
Third-team All-American - AP, NABC (1975)
2x First-team All-WAC (1974, 1975)

Playing Career
1975-1980 Portland Trail Blazers
1980-1982 Philadelphia 76ers
1982-1983 San Diego Clippers
1983-1984 Detroit Pistons
1984-1985 Houston Rockets

Coaching Career
1985-1988    Arizona State (assistant)
1988-1995    Phoenix Suns (assistant)
1995-1999    Vancouver Grizzlies (assistant)
1999-2000    Vancouver Grizzlies (interim)
2000-2001    Las Vegas Silver Bandits
2002             Saint Louis Skyhawks
2002-2007    Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
2004             Memphis Grizzlies (interim)
2008-2009    Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2009-2013    Memphis Grizzlies
2014-2016    Brooklyn Nets
2019-2021    Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
2022-2023    Houston Rockets (assistant)

Coaching Career
1994-1997    Hofstra (assistant)
1997-2003    Villanova (assistant)
2003-2010    Columbia (head coach)
2010-2011    Boston College (assistant)
2011-present Boston University (head coach)

Championships
Patriot League regular season (2014)
Patriot League tournament (2020)

Coaching Career
2005–2007 King (assistant)
2010–2011 Charleston Southern (assistant)
2011–2015 VCU (assistant)
2015–2018 Texas (assistant)
2018–present UNC Asheville

Championships
Big South regular season (2023)
Big South tournament (2023)

Awards
Big South Coach of the Year (2023)

Coach Morrell oversaw one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I men’s basketball in his second season at Asheville. The Bulldogs improved by 11 victories from his first season at the helm, tied for the third-largest improvement that season, and were one of just four teams in the nation to increase its win total by double digits.

Morrell took the Bulldogs from a 10th place conference finish in his fist year to a conference championship in his fifth year.

Coach Plona took the reins of the Western Kentucky program in the spring of 2024.

In his eight seasons as a head coach at Indian Hills Community College, Plona won 86.5% of his games and led Indian Hills to eight consecutive ICCAC regular-season titles, six postseason conference titles, and the NJCAA National Tournament seven times.

During the 2023 season, as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky, Plona was integral in the Hilltoppers returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.

Roger Powell became the Valparaiso head coach in 2023. He previously served as an assistant coach at Gonzaga, contributing to their recent success, including a trip to the 2021 national championship game.

Prior to Gonzaga, Powell was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt and Valparaiso, where he played a key role in numerous successful seasons, including an NIT title game appearance in 2016.

Bob Richey is in his eighth season as head coach of the Furman men's basketball team, after spending 14 years with the program.

He has led the Paladins to the 2023 Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles, marking their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1980.

Richey's 166-70 record as head coach includes a school-record 28 wins in 2022-23, highlighted by an NCAA Tournament victory over Virginia.

Prior to becoming a head coach, Richey served as an assistant at Furman and Charleston Southern.

Kevin Carroll was named head coach of Lipscomb University's men's basketball team on April 15, 2025. He returns after two successful seasons at Trevecca Nazarene University, where he led the program to its most wins in history and first-ever South Region Poll ranking. Previously, Carroll served as an assistant coach at Lipscomb from 2019 to 2023.

In his first season at Trevecca Nazarene University, Carroll led the Trojans to remarkable achievements. 

The team was ranked for nine weeks in the D2CSC Midwest Region Media Poll and secured two wins over teams in the Top 25. Demonstrating offensive prowess, the Trojans finished with the second-highest offensive production in the conference. They set a new record for conference wins in the D2 era and achieved the best winning percentage since joining Division II.

Carroll's leadership also resulted in a significant turnaround, improving the overall win total by 14 and the conference win total by 10 compared to the previous season.

Coaching Career

Lipscomb Head Coach (2025-present)

Trevecca Nazarene University Head Coach (2023-2025)

• Most wins in program history

Lipscomb Assistant Coach (2019-2023)

Virginia Military Institute Assistant Coach (2017-2019)

Maryville University-St. Louis Head Coach (2010-2017)

• Led the program through a successful transition from NCAA Division III to Division II
• Set a program record in 2013 with 23 wins
• First 20-win season in 35 years

Air Force Academy Assistant Coach (2007-2010)

Alabama-Huntsville Assistant Coach (2006-2007)

St. Pius X Catholic HS (GA) Head Coach (2003-2006)

• 2006 Region Champions
• 2006 Elite Eight
• 2005 Sweet Sixteen