The Texas Longhorns men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents the University of Texas in the Southeastern Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has seen 25 individuals hold the head coach position since its inception in 1906.

The current head coach is Sean Miller. Previously the head coach was Rodney Terry, who was named interim head coach when Chris Beard was suspended in December 2022 after being arrested on a domestic violence charge. Beard was fired in January 2023. On March 27, 2023, Terry agreed to a deal to become Texas's full-time Head Coach.

Over the history of the Texas basketball program, only one coach, Tom Penders, has been enshrined in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. The all-time wins leader is Rick Barnes, having won 402 games over his 17-year tenure at the University of Texas.

Key

+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached† Elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

+ 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

Bold = leader in each category

Coaches + List of head basketball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, NCAA Tournament records, championships and selected awards.+ *Statistics correct as of March 3, 2025. # Name Term 1 Magnus Mainland 1906–1907 16 11 5 — — — — — — — —— 2 W. E. Metzenthin 1909–1911 27 13 14 — — — — — — — — — 3 J. Burton Rix 1912 6 5 1 — — — — — — — — — 4 Carl C. Taylor 1913 12 8 4 — — — — — — — — — 5 L. Theo Bellmont 1914–1915, 1921–1922 67 58 9 28 9 — — — 1 — — 6 Roy Henderson 1916, 1918–1919 51 43 8 25 6 — — — 2 — — 7 Eugene Van Gent 1917 16 13 3 7 1 — — — 1 — — 8 Berry Whitaker 1920 16 10 6 4 6 — — — — — — 9 Milton Romney 1923 18 11 7 9 7 — — — — — — 10 E. J. Stewart 1924–1927 92 65 27 42 15 — — — 1 — — 11 Fred Walker 1927–1931 81 51 30 27 21 — — — — — — 12 Ed Olle 1931–1934 67 49 18 22 14 — — — 1 — — 13 Marty Karow 1934–1936 47 31 16 13 11 — — — — — — 14 Jack Gray 1936–1942, 1945–1951 291 194 97 89 55 2 2 3 3 — — 15 Bully Gilstrap 1942–1945 71 43 28 20 16 1 1 1 1 — — 16 Thurman Hull 1951–1956 118 60 58 33 27 — — — 1 — — 17 Marshall Hughes 1956–1959 71 25 46 10 30 — — — — — — 18 Harold Bradley 1959–1967 198 125 73 73 39 2 2 3 3 — — 19 Leon Black 1967–1976 227 106 121 63 65 2 1 2 2 — — 20 Abe Lemons 1976–1982 173 110 63 58 38 1 0 1 2 — — 21 Bob Weltlich 1982–1988 175 77 98 40 56 — — — 1 — — 22Tom Penders† 1988–1998 318 208 110 101 49 8 10 8 3 2 — 23 Rick Barnes 1998–2015 582 402 180 186 94 16 19 16 3 — — 24 Shaka Smart 2015–2021 195 109 86 51 56 3 0 3 — 1 — 25 Chris Beard 2021–2022 42 29 13 10 8 1 1 1 — — — 26 Rodney Terry 2022–2025 99 62 37 27 27 3 4 3 — 1 — 27 Sean Miller 2025–present 36 21 15 9 9 4 3 1 — — —

NCAA Tournament Coach Appearances Final Four Bully Gilstrap 1 Jack Gray 1 Rick Barnes 1 Elite Eight Rick Barnes 3 Jack Gray 2 Rodney Terry 1 Tom Penders 1 Sweet Sixteen Rick Barnes 5 Harold Bradley 2 Tom Penders 2 Rodney Terry 1 Leon Black 1 Sean Miller 1

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