The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball and women's basketball programs are college basketball teams that represents the University of Oklahoma. Both teams play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The men's team has had 12 head coaches—excluding a coach who died before ever coaching a game, Lester Lane. Oklahoma started organized basketball with the nickname Sooners in 1908. The men's program has played in more than 2,400 games in a total of 102 seasons. In those seasons, five coaches have led the Sooners to at least one postseason tournament: Bruce Drake, Dave Bliss, Billy Tubbs, Kelvin Sampson and Jeff Capel. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Hugh McDermott, Drake, Bliss, Tubbs and Sampson. McDermott and Drake both have had the longest tenure at Oklahoma. Tubbs is the all-time leader in games coached and wins. Sampson is the all-time leader in winning percentage. Statistically, Bob Stevens has been the least successful coach of the Sooner men, with a winning percentage of .368. Drake is the only Oklahoma coach who has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The most recent men's coach was Jeff Capel, who was hired in 2006 and served until 2011.

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, 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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+General # Number of coaches CCs Conference championships * Conference-tournament champion ^ Regular-season champion † Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

+ Overall GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses O% Winning percentage

+ ConferenceCWWins CL Losses C% Winning percentage

+ Post-season PW Wins PL Losses

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 1 1908 7 4 3 .571 — — — — — — — 2 1909–1921 152 104 48 .684 .333 — — — — 3 1922–1938 291 185 106 .636 .613 — — – 1928^, 1929^ — 4 † 1939–1955 382 200 182 .524 .570 – 1939^, 1940^, 1942^, 1944^, 1947^, 1949^ — 5 1956–1962 168 71 97 .423 .370 — — — — 6 1963–1967 125 46 79 .368 .371 — — — — 7 1968–1973 159 90 69 .566 .524 — — — — 8 1974–1975 52 31 21 .596 .536 — — — — 9 1976–1980 128 76 52 .594 .543 – 1979*^ — 10 1981–1994 465 333 132 .716 .643 – 1984^, 1985*^, 1988*^, 1989^, 1990* — 11 1995–2006 388 279 109 .719 .681 – 2001*, 2002*, 2003*, 2005^ 12 2006–2011 165 83 69 — — 13 2012–2021 323 195 128 — — 14 2021–Present — —

Women's # Name Term GC OW OL O% CW CL C% PW PL CCs 1 1974 16 2 14 .125 — — — — — — 2 1975–1978 73 27 46 .370 — — — — — — 3 1978–1980 62 30 32 .484 — — — — — — 4 1980–1987 212 142 70 .670 .594 — 5 1987–1990 83 32 51 .386 .310 — — — 6 1990–1993 84 39 45 .464 .415 — — — 7 1993–1996 88 52 36 .591 .524 — 8 1996–2021 805 512 293 – 2000^, 2001^, 2002*^, 2004*, 2006*^, 2007*^, 2009^ 9 2021–Present — — — — — — — — — —

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