List of Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball head coaches

The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program's first year of competition was 1897, and since then NU has compiled an all-time record of 1,535–1,417, with seven NCAA Tournament and sixteen NIT appearances. The team has been coached by Fred Hoiberg since 2019.

Nebraska has the distinction of being the only major conference program to have never won a game in the NCAA Tournament, and did not make the tournament until 1986. Much of the team's modest success came during the fourteen-year tenure of Danny Nee, Nebraska's all-time winningest head coach. Nee led the Cornhuskers to five of their seven NCAA Tournament appearances and six NIT bids, including the 1996 NIT championship, NU's only national postseason title. After Nee was fired in 2000, Barry Collier was hired and led the program for six years until leaving to become athletic director at Butler University.^[1] Doc Sadler led the Cornhuskers through the school's transition from the Big 12 to the Big Ten, but like Collier, Sadler failed to make an NCAA Tournament appearance. Tim Miles returned Nebraska to the tournament in his second season, but did not make it back and was fired in 2019, when Nebraska hired former Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg.^[2]

Coaching history

No.	Coach	Tenure	Overall	Conference	Accomplishments
1	Frank Lehmer	1896–99	7–3 (.700)	–
2	T. P. Hewitt	1899–1900	5–0 (1.000)	–
3	Elmer Berry	1900–01	3–3 (.500)	–
4	Fred Morrell	1901–02	5–3 (.625)	–
5	Walter Hiltner	1902–03	7–5 (.583)	–
6	R. G. Clapp	1903–09	59–43 (.578)	9–7 (.563)	MVIAA champion (1908,1909)
7	T. J. Hewiat	1909–10	6–10 (.375)	6–2 (.750)	MVIAA champion (1910)
8	Osmond F. Field	1910–11	9–9 (.500)	6–6 (.500)
9	Ewald O. Stiehm	1911–15	56–14 (.800)	33–4 (.892)	MVIAA champion (1912–14)
10	Sam Waugh	1915–16	13–1 (.929)	12–0 (1.000)	MVIAA champion (1916)
11	E. J. Stewart	1916–19	29–23 (.558)	18–19 (.486)
12	Paul J. Schissler	1919–21	37–5 (.881)	9–1 (.900)
13	Owen A. Frank	1921–23	14–21 (.400)	13–19 (.406)
14	William G. Kline	1923–25	23–12 (.657)	21–11 (.656)
15	Ernest Bearg	1925–26	8–10 (.444)	7–7 (.500)
16	Charlie T. Black	1926–32	51–57 (.472)	33–37 (.471)
17	William H. Browne	1932–40	64–87 (.424)	34–46 (.425)	Big Six champion (1937)
18	Adolph J. Lewandowski	1940–45	24–63 (.276)	17–33 (.340)
19	L. F. "Pop" Klein	1945–46	7–13 (.350)	3–7 (.300)
20	Harry Good	1946–54	86–100 (.462)	41–53 (.436)	Big Seven champion (1949,1950)
21	Jerry Bush	1954–63	81–132 (.380)	38–80 (.322)
22	Joe Cipriano	1963–80	254–196 (.564)	126–112 (.529)
23	Moe Iba	1980–86	106–71 (.599)	45–39 (.536)
24	Danny Nee	1986–2000	254–190 (.572)	88–116 (.431)	NIT champion (1996) Big Eight Tournament champion (1994)
25	Barry Collier	2000–06	89–91 (.494)	36–60 (.375)
26	Doc Sadler	2006–12	101–89 (.532)	34–64 (.347)
27	Tim Miles	2012–19	116–114 (.504)	52–76 (.406)
28	Fred Hoiberg	2019–	40–83 (.325)	18–61 (.228)

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References

^ "Barry Collier Named Athletic Director At Butler University - BUTLER OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". butlersports.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ "Hoiberg to Lead Nebraska Men's Basketball Program".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Men's Basketball - Schedule - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
^ "Big 12 Conference" (PDF).
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2019-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "Barry Collier Named Athletic Director At Butler University - BUTLER OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". butlersports.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[2] "Hoiberg to Lead Nebraska Men's Basketball Program".

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Men's Basketball - Schedule - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site". Huskers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.

[5] "Big 12 Conference" (PDF).

[6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2019-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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