The Clemson Tigers men's basketball program is a college basketball team that represents Clemson University. Both teams play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The team has had 22 head coaches. Clemson started organized basketball with the nickname Tigers in 1912. The men's program has played in more than 2,500 games in 105 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led the Tigers to at least one postseason tournament: Tates Locke, Bill Foster, Cliff Ellis, Rick Barnes, Larry Shyatt, Oliver Purnell, and Brad Brownell. Only one coach won a conference championship with the Tigers, Joe Davis in 1939. Frank Dobson, who coached the team in its first two seasons, is the all-time leader in winning percentage. Statistically, Bud Saunders has been the least successful coach of the Tiger men, with a winning percentage of .162. The current men's coach is Brad Brownell, who was hired in 2010.

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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 Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL C% PW PL CCs Awards 1 1911–1913 18 13 5 0 .722 — — — — — — — 2 1913–1915 12 4 8 0 .333 — — — — — — — 3 1915–1916 9 2 6 1 .278 — — — — — — — 4 1916–1917, 1919–1920 24 16 8 0 .667 — — — — — — — 5 1917–1919 9 6 3 0 .667 — — — — — — — 6 1920–1921 15 10 5 0 .667 — — — — — — — 7 1921–1923 38 19 19 0 .500 3 6 .333 — — — — 8 1923–1925 37 6 31 0 .162 3 10 .231 — — — — 9 1925–1927 36 6 30 0 .167 2 14 .125 — — — — 10 1927–1931 88 46 42 0 .523 22 23 .489 — — — — 11 1931–1940 187 101 86 0 .540 37 47 .440 — — – 1939* — 12 1940–1946 102 32 70 0 .314 18 43 .295 — — — — 13 1946–1956 216 85 131 0 .394 46 95 .326 — — — — 14 1956–1962 151 55 96 0 .364 25 59 .298 — — — — 15 1962–1970 198 82 116 0 .414 41 71 .366 — — — — 16 1970–1975 132 62 70 0 .455 20 42 .323 0 1 — — 17 1975–1984 262 156 106 0 .595 44 74 .373 3 4 — — 18 1984–1994 305 177 128 0 .580 56 90 .384 6 7 — ACC Coach of the Year (1986–87, 1989–90) 19 1994–1998 122 74 48 0 .607 28 36 .438 2 4 — — 20 1998–2003 154 70 84 0 .455 20 60 .250 4 1 — — 21 2003–2010 226 138 88 0 .611 52 60 .464 5 6 — — 22 2010–present 523 316 207 0 158 134 10 10 — —

See also List of Clemson Tigers women's basketball head coaches

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