List of Oklahoma Sooners head basketball coaches
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The men's team has had 12 head coaches—excluding a coach who died before ever coaching a game,
The women's program has had nine head coaches. Oklahoma started an organized women's basketball program in 1974. The women have played in more than 1,000 games in a total of 25 seasons. In those seasons, three coaches have led the Sooners to at least one postseason tournament: Maura McHugh, Burl Plunkett, and Sherri Coale. Coale is the only coach who has won conference championships with the Sooners. Hired in April 1996,[3] Coale is the all-time leader in games coached, wins and winning percentage. Statistically, Amy Dahl has been the worst coach of the Lady Sooners, with a winning percentage of .125.
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Coaches
- Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2009–10 men's and women's college basketball season.
Men's
# | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | PW | PL | CCs | National awards |
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1 | David Hall | 1908 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Bennie Owen | 1909–1921 | 152 | 104 | 48 | .684 | 8 | 16 | .333 | — | — | — | — |
3 | Hugh McDermott | 1922–1938 | 291 | 185 | 106 | .636 | 130 | 82 | .613 | — | — | 2 – 1928^, 1929^ | — |
4 | Bruce Drake† | 1939–1955 | 382 | 200 | 182 | .524 | 106 | 80 | .570 | 6 | 3 | 6 – 1939^, 1940^, 1942^, 1944^, 1947^, 1949^ | — |
5 | Doyle Parrack | 1956–1962 | 168 | 71 | 97 | .423 | 34 | 58 | .370 | — | — | — | — |
6 | Bob Stevens | 1963–1967 | 125 | 46 | 79 | .368 | 26 | 44 | .371 | — | — | — | — |
7 | John MacLeod | 1968–1973 | 159 | 90 | 69 | .566 | 44 | 40 | .524 | — | — | — | — |
8 | Joe Ramsey | 1974–1975 | 52 | 31 | 21 | .596 | 15 | 13 | .536 | — | — | — | — |
9 | Dave Bliss | 1976–1980 | 128 | 76 | 52 | .594 | 38 | 32 | .543 | 1 | 1 | 1 – 1979*^ | — |
10 | Billy Tubbs | 1981–1994 | 465 | 333 | 132 | .716 | 126 | 70 | .643 | 15 | 9 | 5 – 1984^, 1985*^, 1988*^, 1989^, 1990* | — |
11 | Kelvin Sampson | 1995–2006 | 388 | 279 | 109 | .719 | 128 | 60 | .681 | 11 | 11 | 4 – 2001*, 2002*, 2003*, 2005^ |
Henry Iba Award (1995)[4] |
12 | Jeff Capel | 2006–2011 | 133 | 82 | 51 | .617 | 32 | 32 | .500 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
13 | Lon Kruger | 2012–2021 | 255 | 155 | 100 | .613 | 68 | 69 | .444 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
14 | Porter Moser | 2021–Present | – | – | — | — |
Women's
# | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | PW | PL | CCs |
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1 | Amy Dahl | 1974 | 16 | 2 | 14 | .125 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Cathie Schweitzer | 1975–1978 | 73 | 27 | 46 | .370 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Doyle Parrack | 1978–1980 | 62 | 30 | 32 | .484 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Maura McHugh | 1980–1987 | 212 | 142 | 70 | .670 | 41 | 28 | .594 | 3 | 3 | — |
5 | Valerie Goodwin-Colbert | 1987–1990 | 83 | 32 | 51 | .386 | 13 | 29 | .310 | — | — | — |
6 | Gary Hudson | 1990–1993 | 84 | 39 | 45 | .464 | 17 | 24 | .415 | — | — | — |
7 | Burl Plunkett | 1993–1996 | 88 | 52 | 36 | .591 | 22 | 20 | .524 | 4 | 1 | — |
8 | Sherri Coale | 1996–2021 | 805 | 512 | 293 | .683 | 145 | 77 | .653 | 20 | 11 | 5 – 2000^, 2001^, 2002*^, 2004*, 2006*^, 2007*^, 2009^[6] |
9 | Jennie Baranczyk | 2021–Present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
References
- General
- "Men's Basketball Coaches". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- "2008–09 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- "2009–10 Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- "2008–09 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- Specific
- ^ "Oklahoma". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ "Report: Capel next Oklahoma coach". ESPN. The Associated Press. 2006-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Sports Shorts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1996-04-09. p. 2C.
- ^ "Rawlings Henry Iba Award". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ a b Moran, Malcolm (2006-03-30). "Indiana announces Sampson as next coach". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "OU Sends Out Seniors with Win". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-11-05.