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Western Michigan Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan

Coverage: 111 seasons (1913-14 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1913-14): 1380-1314 .512 W-L%

Conferences: MAC and Ind

Conference Champion: 11 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 4 Years (2-4), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 7 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Western Michigan.

15 Coaches

15 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Herbert W. Buck Read	1922	1949	28	531	358	173	.674	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Hawkins	2004	2020	17	553	291	262	.526	8	2	2	0	0
3	Bob Donewald	1990	2000	11	306	151	155	.493	0	0	1	0	0
4	Eldon Miller	1971	1976	6	154	86	68	.558	1	0	1	0	0
5	Don Boven	1959	1966	8	188	76	112	.404	0	0	0	0	0
6	Vern Payne	1983	1989	7	195	69	126	.354	0	0	0	0	0
7	William Spaulding	1914	1921	8	104	66	38	.635	0	0
8	Joseph Hoy	1953	1958	6	129	58	71	.450	0	0	0	0	0
9	Robert McCullum	2001	2003	3	89	44	45	.494	0	0	0	0	0
10	Les Wothke	1980	1982	3	83	42	41	.506	1	0	0	0	0
11	Bill Perigo	1950	1952	3	68	41	27	.603	1	0	0	0	0
12	Clarence "Sonny" Means	1967	1970	4	95	37	58	.389	0	0	0	0	0
13	Dick Shilts	1977	1979	3	84	28	56	.333	0	0	0	0	0
14	Dwayne Stephens	2023	2024	2	63	20	43	.317	0	0	0	0	0
15	Clayton Bates	2021	2022	2	52	13	39	.250	0	0	0	0	0

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