List of North Dakota State Bison men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of North Dakota State Bison men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Bison in their 124-season history.[1]

North Dakota State's current head coach is David Richman. He was hired as the Bison's head coach in April 2014,[2] replacing Saul Phillips, who left to become the head coach at Ohio.[3]

No. Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
– 1897–1906 No coach 9 35–27 .565
1 1906–1908 Gil Dobie 2 17–5 .773
2 1908–1909 Paul Magoffin 1 11–4 .733
3 1909–1913 Arthur Rueber 4 42–6 .875
4 1913–1915 Howard Wood 2 22–4 .846
5 1915–1918 Paul J. Davis 3 37–10 .787
6 1918–1919 Curly Movold 1 9–5 .643
7 1919–1922 Stanley Borleske 3 42–14 .750
8 1922–1925 George Dewey 3 56–15 .789
9 1925–1926 Ion Cortright 1 22–3 .880
10 1926–1933 Leonard Saalwaechter 7 71–68 .511
11 1933–1946[a] Robert A. Lowe 11 141–102 .580
12 1946–1949 C. P. Reed 3 32–41 .438
13 1949–1965 Chuck Bentson 16 169–207 .449
14 1965–1968 Doug Cowman 3 33–41 .446
15 1968–1972 Bud Belk 4 50–55 .476
16 1972–1978 Marv Skaar 6 93–69 .574
17 1978–1992 Ervin Inniger 14 244–150 .619
18 1992–1997 Tom Billeter 5 97–50 .660
19 1997–2000 Ray Giacoletti 3 48–33 .593
20 2000–2001 Greg McDermott 1 15–11 .577
21 2001–2007 Tim Miles 6 99–71 .582
22 2007–2014 Saul Phillips 7 134–84 .615
23 2014–present David Richman 10 190–131 .592
Totals 23 coaches 124 seasons 1,709–1,206 .586
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season
Source[1]
  1. ^ North Dakota State did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

References

  1. ^ a b "North Dakota State Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). North Dakota State Athletics. p. 22. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Kolpack, Jeff (April 8, 2014). "North Dakota State names Richman as new head men's coach". The Dickinson Press. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Znidar, Mark (April 6, 2014). "Men's basketball: Ohio University hires North Dakota State's Saul Phillips as head coach". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved March 29, 2023.