The following is a list of Arizona Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 18 coaches in their 122-season history. One Arizona coach has been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Lute Olson. The current head coach of Arizona Wildcat is Tommy Lloyd.
Key statistics Statistics are correct as of the 2025–26 college basketball season.
+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached OW Overall Wins OL Overall Losses O% Winning percentageCW Conference Wins CL Conference Losses C% Winning percentage
+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses O% Winning percentage
+ Conference CW Wins CL Losses C% Winning percentage
+ NCAA Tournament TA Total appearances TW Total wins TL Total losses
+Championships NC National championships CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournaments HC Helms champion NIT NIT champion
+ Coaching awards† Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame FHOFFIBA Hall of Fame BHOF Basketball Hall of Fame NMBHOF Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame NCHOF National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame LOCA Legend of Coaching Award SN Sporting News Coach of the Year NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year N Naismith Coach of the Year BT Basketball Times Coach of the Year USBWA U.S. Basketball Writers Association UPI United Press International Coach of the Year CBS CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year AP Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year ARC Adolph Rupp Cup SY Sportsman of the Year OGM Olympic Gold Medal Pac-12 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Big 12 Big 12 Coach of the Year
Bold = leader in each category
Coaches Coaching awards are only listed if won while the individual was the coach of Arizona. + List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, NCAA Tournament records, championships and selected awards. No. Coach Yearsat UA Totalseasons Wins-Loss (Win %) Conf.wins-losses (win %) Awards and achievements during tenure1 Orin A. Kates 1904–1906 2 1–0–1 () -- 2 No coach 1906–1911 5 10–6 () -- 3 Frank L. Kleeberger 1911–1912 1 2–2 () -- 4 Raymond L. Quigley 1912–1914 2 10–4 () -- 5 Pop McKale 1914–1921 7 49–12 () -- 6 James Pierce 1921–1923 2 10–2 () -- 7 Basil Stanley 1923–1924 1 31–6 () -- 8 Walter Davis 1924–1925 1 7–4 () -- 9 Fred Enke 1925–1961 36 509–324 () 232–138 () -- 10 Bruce Larson 1961–1972 11 136–148 () 44–68 () -- 11 Fred Snowden 1972–1982 10 167–108 () 82–146 () • WAC Coach of the Year (1973)12 Ben Lindsey 1982–1983 1 4–24 () 1–17 () -- 13 Lute Olson†+ 1983–2007 24 589–187 () 327–101 () • 11 Pac-10 Conference regular season championships • 4 Pac-10 Conference championships•1997 National champions•Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award (2001)•7× Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1986, 1988-89, 1993-94, 1998, 2003)14 Jim Rosborough^ 2000–2001 interim 3–2 () -- 15 Kevin O'Neill++ 2007–2008 1 19–15 () 8–10 () -- 16 Russ Pennell+++ 2008–2009 1 21–14 () 9–9 () -- 17 Sean Miller++++ 2009–2021 12 302–109 () 153–74 () •3 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (2011, 2014, 2017) •5 Pac-10/12 Conference regular season championships•3 Pac-12 Conference championships• USA Basketball National Co-Coach of the Year (2015)18 Tommy Lloyd 2021–present* 6 148–36 () 77–21 () •2 Pac-12 Conference regular season championships (2022, 2024)•2 Pac-12 Conference championships (2022, 2023)•1 Big 12 Conference regular season championship (2026)•1 Big 12 Conference championship (2026)•AP Coach of the Year (2022) •NABC Coach of the Year (2022)•USBWA Coach of the Year (2022) •Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2022)•USA Basketball Junior Coach of the Year (2025)•Big 12 Coach of the Year (2026)•Sporting News Coach of the Year (2026)• Naismith Coach of the Year (2026)•Highest conference winning percentage in program history Totals 1904–present 122 2,018–1,002–1 () 992–513 () --
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NCAA Tournament Coach Appearances National Champions Lute Olson 1 Final Four Lute Olson 4 Tommy Lloyd 1 Elite Eight Lute Olson 3 Sean Miller 3 Fred Snowden 1 Tommy Lloyd 1 Sweet Sixteen Lute Olson 11 Sean Miller 5 Tommy Lloyd 4 Russ Pennell 1
Notes * Only intrasquad games were played in 1905–06.
+ Record for the 1999 and 2008 were vacated by NCAA due to NCAA infractions. Actual on-court records was 589-188 for Lute Olson and 19–15 for Kevin O'Neil.
^ Rosborough served as head coach for five games during the 2000–01 campaign while Olson took a leave of absence. Arizona was 28–8 overall and 15–3 in Pac-10 play that season.
++ O'Neill served as interim head coach while Olson missed the season due to a leave of absence.
+++ Pennell served as interim head coach following Olson's retirement in October 2008.
++++ The NCAA vacated 32 wins from the 2016–17 season, and 18 wins from the 2017–18 season as a result of the 2017–18 NCAA men's basketball corruption scandal. The players involved in the scandal played in every game in the 2016–17 & 23 games in the 2017–18 season, resulting in a 9–8 record.
An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.
† – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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