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List of The Citadel Bulldogs head basketball coaches

The Citadel Bulldogs basketball program is a college basketball team that represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The Bulldogs have had 31 head coaches, with Pat Dennis serving the longest at 14 seasons. Dennis also coached the most games, at 391. J. G. Briggs, the first head coach at The Citadel, coached the fewest games at five. Darl Buse, the second head coach, recorded the highest winning percentage at .857. Jim Browning recorded the lowest winning percentage, .053, in 1954–55.

The Citadel has won one conference championship, the 1927 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. In 2009, the Bulldogs participated in their only postseason event, the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, losing in the first round under Ed Conroy

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Coaches

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List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 2][1]
# Name Term GC OW OL O% CW CL C% PW PL CCs Awards[2]
1 Not Available 1900–1901 1 0 1 .000 — — — — — — —
2 J. G. Briggs 1912–1913 5 2 3 .400 — — — — — — —
3 Darl Buse 1913–1914 7 6 1 .857 — — — — — — —
4 Hans Kengeter 1914–1916 13 9 4 .692 — — — — — — —
5 Harry J. O'Brien 1916–1918 8 7 2 .778 — — — — — — —
6 C. F. Myers 1918–1925 80 53 27 .663 7 9 .438 — — — —
7 Locke Brown 1925–1926 15 9 6 .600 4 1 .800 — — 1* —
8 Benny Blatt 1926–1930 74 52 22 .703 8 4 .667 — — — —
9 Johnny Douglas 1930–1933 49 18 31 .367 1 3 .250 — — — —
10 Charlie Willard 1933–1935 29 13 16 .448 0 0 .000 — — — —
11 Rock Norman 1935–1940 75 44 31 .587 17 16 .515 — — — —
12 Ben Parker 1939–1941 24 7 17 .292 4 11 .267 — — — —
13 Ben Clemons 1941–1942, 1943–44 21 4 17 .190 1 13 .071 — — — —
14 Bo Sherman 1942–1943 12 8 4 .667 5 3 .625 — — — —
15 Ernest Wehman 1944–45 14 9 5 .643 8 4 .667 — — — —
16 Eugene Clark 1945–1946 18 8 10 .444 2 6 .250 — — — —
17 Whitey Piro 1946–1947 15 4 11 .267 0 10 .000 — — — —
18 Bernard O'Neil 1947–1952 99 27 72 .273 9 47 .161 — — — —
19 Leo Zack 1952–1954 38 6 32 .158 1 18 .053 — — — —
20 Jim Browning 1954–1955 19 1 18 .053 0 10 .000 — — — —
21 Hank Witt 1955–1956 21 2 19 .095 0 10 .000 — — — —
22 Norm Sloan 1956–1960 95 57 38 .600 29 23 .558 — — — 1957 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media)
23 Mel Thompson 1960–1967 164 67 98 .406 38 53 .418 — — — —
24 Dick Campbell 1967–1971 99 45 54 .455 21 27 .438 — — — —
25 George Hill 1971–1974 75 33 42 .440 15 22 .405 — — — —
26 Les Robinson 1974–1985 294 132 162 .449 61 99 .381 — — — 1979 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media)
27 Randy Nesbit 1985–1992 196 75 121 .383 32 72 .308 — — — 1988 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches); 1989 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media)
28 Pat Dennis 1992–2006 390 157 233 .403 72 146 .330 — — — —
29 Ed Conroy 2006–2010, 2022–present 157 59 98 .376 34 60 .362 — 1 — 2009 - Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, NABC District 22 Coach of the Year, SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches, Media, Collegeinsider.com)
30 Chuck Driesell 2010–2015 155 42 113 .271 22 65 .253 — — — —
31 Duggar Baucom 2015–present 182 77 136 .362 27 97 .218 — — — —

Notes

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  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Buldogs. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
  2. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2011–12 college basketball season.

References

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  1. ^ 2014-15 The Citadel Basketball Record Book (PDF). The Citadel. p. 4. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "Coaches of the Year". citadelsports.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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