Also known as: SMU
Location: Dallas, Texas ▪ Colors: Red & Blue
Record: 97 Years, 1205-1165, .508 W-L%
Conferences: CUSA, WAC, SWC and Ind
Conference Champion: 13 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (Tourn.)
NCAA Tournament: 10 Years (10-12), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships
Ranked in AP Poll: 1 Time (Preseason), 2 Times (Final), 41 Weeks (Total)
Record only includes games as head coach of Southern Methodist.
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | W-L% | CREG | CTRN | NCAA | FF | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doc Hayes | 1948 | 1967 | 20 | 489 | 298 | 191 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Dave Bliss | 1981 | 1988 | 8 | 243 | 142 | 101 | .584 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mike Dement | 1996 | 2004 | 9 | 263 | 140 | 123 | .532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | James St. Clair | 1925 | 1938 | 14 | 237 | 129 | 108 | .544 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Bob Prewitt | 1968 | 1975 | 8 | 203 | 88 | 115 | .433 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Doherty | 2007 | 2012 | 6 | 189 | 80 | 109 | .423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | John Shumate | 1989 | 1995 | 7 | 196 | 78 | 118 | .398 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sonny Allen | 1976 | 1980 | 5 | 138 | 61 | 77 | .442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Whitey Baccus | 1939 | 1947 | 6 | 126 | 55 | 71 | .437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jimmy Tubbs | 2005 | 2006 | 2 | 57 | 27 | 30 | .474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Burton Rix | 1918 | 1921 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 36 | .400 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | H.A. Faulkner | 1923 | 1924 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 26 | .422 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | James Stewart | 1943 | 1944 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 17 | .514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Larry Brown | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 17 | .469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Dale Morrison | 1917 | 1917 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Rusty Baccus | 1945 | 1945 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | .524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | R.N. Blackwell | 1922 | 1922 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | .364 | 0 | 0 | |||