List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball head coaches

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John Beilein at a game during the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Winningest head coach in program history, John Beilein, at a game during the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Michigan. The team plays at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). They compete in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, where they have been since 1917.[1] They play their home games at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, named after Fritz Crisler, a former head football coach at Michigan (1938–1947).[1]

The men's team has had 17 head coaches in its history. The team has played in 2,5381 games over 103 seasons of collegiate play from the 1908–09 season to the 2018–19 season (excluding 1910 to 1917, when the Wolverines did not play due to low attendance and lack of interest),[2] compiling a record of 1,504–1,041 (.591)1.

Steve Fisher is the first and only head coach to have led the team to an NCAA Tournament championship, doing so in 1989.[3] He also led the team to six other NCAA Tournament appearances, including two runner-up finishes in 1992 and 1993, but the '92 and '93 Final Fours were vacated as punishment for the University of Michigan basketball scandal.[4] Before Fisher, Bill Frieder had led the team to four consecutive tournament appearances.[5] Seven coaches have led the team to Big Ten Regular Season Championships: E. J. Mather, George Veenker, Ozzie Cowles, Dave Strack, Johnny Orr, Frieder, and John Beilein. Brian Ellerbe led the team to a Big Ten Tournament championship, but that victory was vacated in 2002 in wake of the scandal.[4][1] Beilein was the winningest head coach for the team, where he led the team to two Big Ten Regular Season Championships in 2012 and 2014 and two Big Ten Tournament Championships in 2017 and 2018.[6] He has also led the team to nine NCAA tournament appearances, including eight times in nine years from 2011–19.[6] During these appearances, he led the team to two runner-up finishes in the tournament in 2013 and 2018, two Elite Eight appearance in 2014 and 2018, and three consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance from 2017–19.[6] As of 2019, Juwan Howard is the current head coach.[7]

List of coaches[]

Overall Conference
Coach Years Record Pct. Record Pct. Note
George D. Corneal 1908–09 1–4 .200
Elmer Mitchell 1917–19 22–20 .524 5–15 .250
E. J. Mather 1919–28 108–53 .671 64–43 .598 3 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championships (1921, 1926, 1927)[8]
George Veenker 1928–31 35–12 .745 24–10 .706 1929 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championship[8]
Frank Cappon 1931–38 78–57 .578 44–40 .524
Bennie Oosterbaan 1938–46 81–72 .529 40–59 .404
Osborne Cowles 1946–48 28–14 .667 16–8 .667 1948 Western (Big Nine) Conference Championship[9]
Ernest McCoy 1948–52 40–47 .460 18–34 .346
William Perigo 1952–60 78–100 .438 38–78 .328
Dave Strack 1960–68 113–89 .559 58–54 .518 3 Big Ten Conference Championships (1964, 1965, 1966), 2 Final Fours (1964, 1965)[9]
Johnny Orr 1968–80 209–113 .649 120–72 .625 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (1974, 1977), 1976 Final Four[10]
Bill Frieder 1980–89 191–87 .687 98–64 .605 1984 National Invitation Tournament Championship, 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (1985, 1986)[10]
Steve Fisher 1989–97 184*–82*
108–53 		.692*
.671 		88*–56*
54–36 		.611*
.600 		1989 NCAA Tournament Championship, 3 Final Fours (1989, 1992*, 1993*), 1997 National Invitation Tournament Championship*[11]
Brian Ellerbe 1997–2001 62*–60*
25–32 		.508*
.439 		26*–38*
10–22 		.406*
.313 		1998 Big Ten Tournament Championship*[12]
Tommy Amaker 2001–07 109–83 .563 43–53 .448 2004 National Invitation Tournament Championship[11]
John Beilein 2007–19 278–150 .650 126–92 .578 2 Big Ten Conference Championships (2012, 2014), 2 Big Ten Tournament Championships (2017, 2018), 2 Final Fours (2013, 2018)
Juwan Howard 2019–present 42–17 .712 24–13 .649 2021 Big Ten Conference Championship
Total 1908–09
1917–present 		1656–1061*
1504–1041 		.607*
.591 		808*–716*
759–716 		.530*
.515

Notes[]

^1 - Michigan had actually comprised a record of 1656–1061 (.610), but records from the 1992 NCAA Tournament Final Four, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons were vacated due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.[4]

References[]

General
  • "NCAA Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. pp. 158–159 Stating Coach of the year awards. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  • "Michigan". NCAA. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  • "Big Ten Conference Official Website". NCAA. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "University of Michigan". Sports-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ^ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 190.
  3. ^ "Steve Fisher Statistics and History". Sports-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Hakim, Danny (2002-11-08). "BASKETBALL; Michigan Punishes Basketball Program". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  5. ^ "Bill Frieder Statistics and History". Sports-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "John Beilein Statistics and History". Sports-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Wywrot, Tom (May 22, 2019). "Former Michigan Great Juwan Howard Returns as Men's Basketball Coach". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  8. ^ a b 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 10.
  9. ^ a b 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 11.
  10. ^ a b 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 12.
  11. ^ a b 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 152.
  12. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 153.
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