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Purdue Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: West Lafayette, Indiana

Coverage: 126 seasons (1896-97 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1896-97): 1947-1064 .647 W-L%

Conferences: Big Ten, Western and Ind

Conference Champion: 26 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 35 Years (49-35), 3 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 23 Times (Preseason), 26 Times (Final), 432 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Purdue.

18 Coaches

18 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF
1	Gene Keady	1981	2005	25	782	512	270	.655	6	0	17	0
2	Matt Painter	2006	2024	19	650	447	203	.688	5	2	15	1
3	Piggy Lambert	1917	1946	29	523	371	152	.709	11	0	0	0
4	Ray Eddy	1951	1965	15	340	176	164	.518	0	0	0	0
5	George King	1966	1972	7	173	109	64	.630	1	0	1	1
6	Fred Schaus	1973	1978	6	164	104	60	.634	0	0	1	0
7	Lee Rose	1979	1980	2	68	50	18	.735	1	0	1	1
8	Melvin Taube	1946	1950	5	91	45	46	.495	0	0	0	0
9	Ralph Jones	1910	1912	3	41	32	9	.780	2	0	0	0
10	R.E. Vaughn	1913	1916	4	53	21	32	.396	0	0	0	0
11	Clarence Jamison	1906	1908	3	40	16	24	.400	0	0	0	0
12	Alpha Jamison	1900	1901	2	13	12	1	.923	0	0	0	0
13	Jock Maloney	1918	1918	1	16	11	5	.688	0	0	0	0
14	C.M. Besy	1902	1902	1	13	10	3	.769	0	0	0	0
15	C.I. Freeman	1903	1903	1	8	8	0	1.000	0	0	0	0
16	Doc Stewart	1909	1909	1	12	8	4	.667	0	0	0	0
17	James Nufer	1905	1905	1	9	3	6	.333	0	0	0	0
18	Homer Curtis	1897	1897	1	2	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0

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