List of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 25 head coaches of the Panthers in their 122-season history.

Ben Jacobson, the current head coach of the Northern Iowa Panthers, and the winningest head coach in Panthers men's basketball history.

Northern Iowa's current head coach is Ben Jacobson. He was hired as the Panthers' head coach in March 2006, replacing Greg McDermott, who left to become the head coach at Iowa State.

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1899	S. R. Satterthwaite	1	0–1	.000
2	1900–1901	Enola P. Pierce	1	1–3	.250
3	1901–1902	George B. Affleck	1	1–2	.333
4	1902–1903	Thomas Jones	1	0–2	.000
5	1903–1906	Charles Pell	3	11–12	.478
6	1906–1909	Roy F. Seymour	3	14–15	.483
7	1909–1911	Clayton B. Simmons	2	4–3	.571
8	1911–1913	Pat Pasini	2	8–12	.400
9	1913–1917	Allen P. Berkstresser	4	10–12	.455
10	1917–1918	James Owen Perrine	1	5–5	.500
11	1918–1919	Russell Glaesner	1	2–6	.250
12	1919–1921	Ivan Doseff	2	14–14	.500
13	1921–1924	Leland L. Mendenhall	3	27–7	.794
14	1924–1932 1933–1937	Arthur D. Dickinson	12	102–66	.607
15	1932–1933	Melvin Fritzel	1	9–4	.692
16	1937–1954	Hon Nordly	15	166–127	.567
17	1954–1956	Stanley Hall	2	19–22	.463
18	1956–1961	James Witham	5	63–49	.563
19	1961–1967	Norm Stewart	6	97–42	.698
20	1967–1973	Zeke Hogeland	6	70–74	.486
21	1973–1986	James Berry	13	144–210	.407
22	1986–1998	Eldon Miller	12	164–178	.480
23	1998–2001	Sam Weaver	3	30–57	.345
24	2001–2006	Greg McDermott	5	90–63	.588
25	2006–present	Ben Jacobson	17	335–219	.605
Totals		25 coaches	122 seasons	1,385–1,219	.532
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source