LSU Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Coverage: 118 seasons (1908-09 to 2025-26)

Record (since 1908-09): 1684-1288 .567 W-L%

Conferences: SEC, Southern and Ind

Conference Champion: 11 Times (Reg. Seas.), 1 Time (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 24 Years (27-27), 4 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 14 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 224 Weeks (Total)

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Record only includes games as head coach of LSU.

25 Coaches

25 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Dale Brown	1973	1997	25	749	448	301	.598	4	1	13	2	0
2	Harry Rabenhorst	1926	1957	29	604	340	264	.563	3	0	2	1	0
3	John Brady	1998	2008	11	331	192	139	.580	2	0	4	1	0
4	Will Wade	2018	2022	5	156	105	51	.673	1	0	3	0	0
5	Johnny Jones	2013	2017	5	162	90	72	.556	0	0	1	0	0
6	Doc Stroud	1914	1920	6	103	82	21	.796	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jay McCreary	1958	1965	8	197	82	115	.416	0	0	0	0	0
8	Press Maravich	1967	1972	6	162	76	86	.469	0	0	0	0	0
9	Trent Johnson	2009	2012	4	131	67	64	.511	1	0	1	0	0
10	Matt McMahon	2023	2026	4	130	60	70	.462	0	0	0	0	0
11	Dale Morey	1943	1944	2	47	28	19	.596	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tad Gormley	1922	1923	2	36	25	11	.694	0	0	0	0	0
13	Branch Bocock	1921	1921	1	23	19	4	.826	0	0	0	0	0
14	J.W. Mayhew	1910	1911	2	15	11	4	.733	0	0	0	0	0
15	Gob Wilson	1925	1925	1	17	10	7	.588	0	0	0	0	0
16	A.L. Swanson	1945	1945	1	13	9	4	.692	0	0	0	0	0
17	Moon Ducote	1924	1924	1	20	8	12	.400	0	0	0	0	0
18	Jesse Fatherree	1945	1945	1	11	6	5	.545	0	0	0	0	0
19	F.M. Long	1912	1913	2	15	6	9	.400	0	0	0	0	0
20	Frank Truitt	1966	1966	1	26	6	20	.231	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
21	Edgar Wingard	1909	1909	1	7	5	2	.714	0	0	0	0	0
22	Butch Pierre	2008	2008	1	10	5	5	.500	0	0	0	0	0
23	Tony Benford	2019	2019	1	5	3	2	.600	1	0	1	0	0
24	R.E. Edmonds	1919	1919	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
25	Kevin Nickelberry	2022	2022	1	1	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0

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