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List of VMI Keydets head basketball coaches

The VMI Keydets basketball program competes in the Southern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I, representing the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The program has had 26 head coaches since its inception in 1908–09.

Duggar Baucom
Duggar Baucom (2005–15) is the school's all-time wins leader.

The school's first team was led by Pete Krebs, who guided the Keydets to a 3–3 record in his only season as head coach. After 16 years playing as an independent, VMI joined the Southern Conference in 1924, where they would play for nearly eighty years until joining the Big South Conference in 2003. VMI has had only three NCAA tournament appearances in hits history, the first of which came in 1964 under L. F. "Weenie" Miller. VMI was eliminated in the first round with an 86–60 loss to Princeton.

VMI's most successful run occurred in the late 1970s where Bill Blair led the Keydets to wins over Tennessee and DePaul after a 22–10 campaign in 1975–76. The Keydets finally fell to Rutgers in the Elite 8, 91–75. After Blair departed for Colorado, Charlie Schmaus took over and, with a roster of VMI Hall of Famer Ron Carter alongside Will Bynum, Dave Montgomery, and John Krovic,[1] guided VMI to its best season in school history with a 26–4 record and their third NCAA tournament appearance, where they defeated Duquesne 73–66, and lost to Kentucky in the following round by a score of 93–78.[2] At the season's end, VMI was ranked #20 in the AP Poll, the school's first and only final AP ranking to this date.[3]

Duggar Baucom, who led the Keydets from 2005 to 2015, is the school's all-time leader in wins with 151 total victories, and also holds the program record for conference wins with 73.

VMI's current head coach is Dan Earl, who was hired prior to the 2015–16 season.

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
# Name Season(s) GC W L W% CW CL C% Reg. Champs Tourn. Champs Awards
1 Pete Krebs 1908–09 6 3 3 .500 — — — — — —
2 F. J. Pratt 1909–10 7 2 5 .286 — — — — — —
3 J. Mitchell 1910–11 8 3 5 .375 — — — — — —
4 Alpha Brumage 1911–1913 23 14 9 .609 — — — — — —
5 W. C. Raftery 1913–14, 1922–34 180 68 112 .378 18 61 .228 — — —
6 Frank Gorton 1914–17 36 26 10 .722 — — — — — —
7 Earl Abell 1917–19 26 14 12 .538 — — — — — —
8 Pinky Spruhan 1919–22 47 38 9 .809 — — — — — —
9 Frank Summers 1934–36, 1947–49 73 12 61 .164 6 39 .133 — — —
10 Allison Hubert 1936–37, 1942–43 33 14 19 .424 12 16 .429 — — —
11 Albert Elmore 1937–38 15 4 11 .267 2 7 .222 — — —
12 Jimmy Walker 1938–42 66 27 39 .409 21 28 .429 — — —
13 Joe Daher 1943–45 26 2 24 .077 1 9 .100 — — —
14 Jay McWilliams 1945–46 11 1 10 .091 1 6 .143 — — —
15 Lloyd Roberts 1946–47 19 4 15 .211 1 11 .083 — — —
16 Bill O'Hara 1949–52 66 10 56 .152 7 35 .167 — — —
17 Chuck Noe 1952–55 68 24 46 .343 11 30 .268 — — —
18 Jack Null 1955–58 70 12 58 .171 5 36 .122 — — —
19 Weenie Miller 1958–64 124 41 83 .331 27 58 .318 — 1 —
20 Gary McPherson 1964–69 109 32 77 .294 25 50 .333 — — —
21 Mike Schuler 1969–72 76 13 63 .171 6 31 .162 — — —
22 Bill Blair 1972–76 108 48 60 .444 21 27 .438 — 1 —
23 Charlie Schmaus 1976–82 165 75 90 .455 27 51 .346 — 1 —
24 Marty Fletcher 1982–86 112 37 75 .330 17 47 .266 — — —
25 Joe Cantafio 1986–94 226 79 147 .350 36 88 .290 — — —
26 Bart Bellairs 1994–05 307 116 191 .378 61 108 .361 — — —
27 Duggar Baucom 2005–2015 310 151 159 .487 73 101 .420 — — —
28 Dan Earl 2015– 208 73 135 .351 34 86 .283 — — —

References

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  1. ^ Hannon, Kent (14 February 1977). "Winning Is The Order Of The Day". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ VMI Athletic History - A Brief Look
  3. ^ 1977 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll
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