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Huddleson 1903-04 - 15-6 - - Unknown 1905-08 - 33-14 - - Tom Kibler 1909-10 - 22-2 - - Sox Raymond 1911 - 7-2 - - Lynn St. John 1912-19 24-43 80-69 0 - George Trautman 1920-22 10-26 29-33 0 - Harold Olsen 1923-46 154-135 260-196 5 4 Tippy Dye 1947-50 27-21 53-34 1 1 Floyd Stahl 1951-58 51-65 84-92 0 0 Fred Taylor 1959-76 158-102 297-158 7 5 Eldon Miller 1977-86 96-84 174-120 0 4 Gary Williams 1987-89 24-30 59-41 0 1 Randy Ayers 1990-97 64-80 124-108 2 3 Jim O’Brien 1998-04 20-36* 51-57* 1* 4* Thad Matta 2005- 55-29 121-46 2 3   Year By Year Coaches Records   Season   Head Coach     Conference Record/Finish Overall Record   Postseason 1899 Unknown 12-4 1900 Unknown 8-4 1901 Unknown 1-3 1902 No team - 1903 D.C. Huddleson 5-2 1904 D.C. Huddleson 10-4 1905 Unknown 12-2 1906 Unknown 9-1 1907 Unknown 7-5 1908 Unknown 5-6 1909 Tom Kibler 11-1 1910 Tom Kibler 11-1 1911 Sox Raymond 7-2 1912 Lynn St. John 7-5 1913 Lynn St. John 4-5/6th 13-7 1914 Lynn St. John 5-1/2nd 10-4 1915 Lynn St. John 3-9/8th 6-10 1916 Lynn St. John 2-8/8th 9-13 1917 Lynn St. John 3-9/7th 15-11 1918 Lynn St. John 5-5/7th-T 13-7 1919 Lynn St. John 2-6/9th 7-12 1920 George Trautman 3-9/7th 17-10 1921 George Trautman 2-10/9th 4-13 1922 George Trautman 5-7/6th-T 8-10 1923 Harold Olsen 1-11/9th-T 4-11 1924 Harold Olsen 7-5/4th-T 12-5 1925 Harold Olsen 11-1/1st 14-2 1926 Harold Olsen 6-6/5th-T 10-7 1927 Harold Olsen 6-6/7th 11-6 1928 Harold Olsen 3-9/7th 5-12 1929 Harold Olsen 6-6/5th-T 9-8 1930 Harold Olsen 1-9/9th 9-15 1931 Harold Olsen 3-9/9th 4-13 1932 Harold Olsen 5-7/6th 9-9 1933 Harold Olsen 10-2/1st-T 17-3 1934 Harold Olsen 4-8/8th 8-12 1935 Harold Olsen 8-4/4th 12-7 1936 Harold Olsen 5-7/6th 12-8 1937 Harold Olsen 7-5/5th 13-7 1938 Harold Olsen 5-5/3rd 12-8 1939 Harold Olsen 9-2/1st 16-7 NCAA Runner Up 1940 Harold Olsen 7-4/3rd 13-7 1941 Harold Olsen 7-5/3rd 10-10 1942 Harold Olsen 4-11/9th 6-14 1943 Harold Olsen 5-7/6th 8-9 1944 Harold Olsen 10-2/1st 15-6 NCAA Final Four 1945 Harold Olsen 10-2/2nd 15-5 NCAA Final Four 1946 Harold Olsen 10-2/1st 16-5 NCAA Final Four 1947 Tippy Dye 5-7/6th 7-13 1948 Tippy Dye 5-7/6th 10-10 1949 Tippy Dye 6-6/4th 14-7 1950 Tippy Dye 12-1/1st 22-4 NCAA 1st Round 1951 Floyd Stahl 3-11/9th 6-16 1952 Floyd Stahl 6-8/5th-T 8-14 1953 Floyd Stahl 7-11/7th 10-12 1954 Floyd Stahl 5-9/7th 11-11     Season   Head Coach     Conference Record/Finish Overall Record   Postseason 1955 Floyd Stahl 4-10/10th 10-12 1956 Floyd Stahl 9-5/3rd 16-6 1957 Floyd Stahl 9-5/3rd-T 14-8 1958 Floyd Stahl 8-6/4th 9-13 1959 Fred Taylor 7-7/5th-T 11-11 1960 Fred Taylor 13-1/1st 25-3 NCAA Champion 1961 Fred Taylor 14-0/1st 27-1 NCAA Runner Up 1962 Fred Taylor 13-1/1st 26-2 NCAA Runner Up 1963 Fred Taylor 11-3/1st-T 20-4 1964 Fred Taylor 11-3/1st-T 16-8 1965 Fred Taylor 6-8/6th 12-12 1966 Fred Taylor 5-9/8th 11-13 1967 Fred Taylor 6-8/7th-T 13-11 1968 Fred Taylor 10-4/1st-T 21-8 NCAA Final Four 1969 Fred Taylor 9-5/2nd-T 17-7 1970 Fred Taylor 8-6/3rd-T 17-7 1971 Fred Taylor 13-1/1st 20-6 NCAA Elite Eight 1972 Fred Taylor 10-4/2nd 18-6 1973 Fred Taylor 8-6/3rd-T 14-10 1974 Fred Taylor 4-10/8th 9-15 1975 Fred Taylor 8-10/6th 14-14 1976 Fred Taylor 2-16/10th 6-20 1977 Eldon Miller 4-14/10th 9-18 1978 Eldon Miller 9-9/6th 16-11 1979 Eldon Miller 12-6/4th 19-12 NIT Semifinals 1980 Eldon Miller 12-6/2nd 21-8 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1981 Eldon Miller 9-9/5th-T 14-13 1982 Eldon Miller 12-6/2nd-T 21-10 NCAA 1st Round 1983 Eldon Miller 11-7/2nd-T 20-10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1984 Eldon Miller 8-10/5th-T 15-14 NIT 1st Round 1985 Eldon Miller 11-7/3rd-T 20-10 NCAA 2nd Round 1986 Eldon Miller 8-10/7th 19-14 NIT Champion 1987 Gary Williams 9-9/6th 20-13 NCAA 2nd Round 1988 Gary Williams 9-9/6th 20-13 NIT Runner Up 1989 Gary Williams 6-12/8th-T 19-15 NIT 3rd Round 1990 Randy Ayers 10-8/6th 17-13 NCAA 2nd Round 1991 Randy Ayers 15-3/1st-T 27-4 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1992 Randy Ayers 15-3/1st 26-6 NCAA Elite Eight 1993 Randy Ayers 8-10/7th 15-13 NIT 1st Round 1994 Randy Ayers 6-12/8th-T 13-16 1995 Randy Ayers 2-16/10th 6-22 1996 Randy Ayers 3-15/10th 10-17 1997 Randy Ayers 5-13/9th 10-17 1998 Jim O'Brien 1-15/11th 8-22 1999 Jim O'Brien 11-4/* 27-9* NCAA Final Four 2000 Jim O'Brien 13-3/1st-T* 22-7* NCAA 2nd Round 2001 Jim O'Brien 11-6/* 20-11* NCAA 1st Round 2002 Jim O'Brien 12-5/1st-T* 24-8* NCAA 2nd Round 2003 Jim O'Brien 7-9/8th-T 17-15 NIT 1st Round 2004 Jim O'Brien 6-10/9th 14-16 2005 Thad Matta 8-8/6th 20-12 2006 Thad Matta 12-4/1st 26-6 NCAA 2nd Round 2007 Thad Matta 15-1/1st 35-4 NCAA Runner Up 2008 Thad Matta 10-8/ 24-13 NIT Champion 2009 Thad Matta 10-8/5th 22-11 Lost 1st Rd NCAA *1999 Season vacated by NCAA; *2000 16 games vacated by NCAA; *2001 Season vacated by NCAA; *2002 Season vacated by NCAA         Disclaimer