The Citadel Bulldogs basketball program is a college basketball team that represents The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The Bulldogs have had 31 head coaches, with Pat Dennis serving the longest at 14 seasons. Dennis also coached the most games, at 391. J. G. Briggs, the first head coach at The Citadel, coached the fewest games at five. Darl Buse, the second head coach, recorded the highest winning percentage at .857. Jim Browning recorded the lowest winning percentage, .053, in 1954–55.

The Citadel has won one conference championship, the 1927 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. In 2009, the Bulldogs participated in their only postseason event, the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, losing in the first round under Ed Conroy

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+General # Number of coaches CCs Conference championships * Conference tournament champion

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

+ ConferenceCWWins CL Losses C% Winning percentage

+ Post-season PW Wins PL Losses

Coaches + List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards # Name Term GC OW OL O% CW CL C% PW PL CCs Awards 1 1900–1901 1 0 1 — — — — — — — 2 1912–1913 5 2 3 — — — — — — — 3 1913–1914 7 6 1 — — — — — — — 4 1914–1916 13 9 4 — — — — — — — 5 1916–1918 8 7 2 — — — — — — — 6 1918–1925 80 53 27 7 9 — — — — 7 1925–1926 15 9 6 4 1 — — 1* — 8 1926–1930 74 52 22 8 4 — — — — 9 1930–1933 49 18 31 1 3 — — — — 10 1933–1935 29 13 16 0 0 .000 — — — — 11 1935–1940 75 44 31 17 16 — — — — 12 1939–1941 24 7 17 4 11 — — — — 13 1941–1942, 1943–44 21 4 17 1 13 — — — — 14 1942–1943 12 8 4 5 3 — — — — 15 1944–45 14 9 5 8 4 — — — — 16 1945–1946 18 8 10 2 6 — — — — 17 1946–1947 15 4 11 0 10 — — — — 18 1947–1952 99 27 72 9 47 — — — — 19 1952–1954 38 6 32 1 18 — — — — 20 1954–1955 19 1 18 0 10 — — — — 21 1955–1956 21 2 19 0 10 — — — — 22 1956–1960 95 57 38 29 23 — — — 1957 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) 23 1960–1967 164 67 98 38 53 — — — — 24 1967–1971 99 45 54 21 27 — — — — 25 1971–1974 75 33 42 15 22 — — — — 26 1974–1985 294 132 162 61 99 — — — 1979 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) 27 1985–1992 196 75 121 32 72 — — — 1988 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches); 1989 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) 28 1992–2006 390 157 233 72 146 — — — — 29 2006–2010, 2022–present 250 86 164 43 104 — 1 — 2009 - Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, NABC District 22 Coach of the Year, SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches, Media, Collegeinsider.com) 30 2010–2015 155 42 113 22 65 — — — — 31 2015–present 182 77 136 27 97 — — — —

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