List of Clemson Tigers basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson was Clemson's first basketball coach.

Rick Barnes led Clemson to three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths.

Oliver Purnell led the Tigers to postseason play in six of his seven seasons.

The Clemson Tigers men's basketball and women's basketball programs are college basketball teams that represents Clemson University. Both teams play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).^[1]

The men's 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 2,300 games in a total of 100 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. Cliff Ellis has had the longest tenure at Clemson, with 11 seasons; he is the all-time leader in games coached and wins. Frank Dobson 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.^[2]

The women's program has had six head coaches. Clemson started an organized women's basketball program in 1975. The women have played in more than 1,000 games in a total of 36 seasons. In those seasons, three coaches have led the Tigers to at least one postseason tournament: Mary King, Annie Tribble, and Jim Davis. Davis is the only coach who has won conference championships with the Tigers. He is the all-time leader in games coached, wins and winning percentage. The current head coach is Audra Smith

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 1]}
CCs	Conference championships
*	Conference tournament champion

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

Conference
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
C%	Winning percentage

Post-season
PW	Wins
PL	Losses

Coaches

Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2010–11 men's and women's college basketball season.

Men's

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson	1911–1913	18	13	5	0	.722	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
2	Erwin, John O.John O. Erwin	1913–1915	12	4	8	0	.333	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
3	Ward, A. H.A. H. Ward	1915–1916	9	2	6	1	.278	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
4	Morris, CountryCountry Morris	1916–1917, 1919–1920	24	16	8	0	.667	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
5	Donahue, Edward "Jiggs"Edward "Jiggs" Donahue	1917–1919	9	6	3	0	.667	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
6	Conover, LarryLarry Conover	1920–1921	15	10	5	0	.667	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
7	Stewart, E. J.E. J. Stewart	1921–1923	38	19	19	0	.500	3	6	.333	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
8	Saunders, BudBud Saunders	1923–1925	37	6	31	0	.162	3	10	.231	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
9	Gillian, A. A.A. A. Gillian	1925–1926	21	4	17	0	.190	1	7	.125	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
10	Cody, JoshJosh Cody	1926–1931	103	48	55	0	.466	23	30	.434	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
11	Davis, JoeJoe Davis	1931–1940	187	101	86	0	.540	37	47	.440	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7000100000000000000♠1 – 1939^*	5000000000000000000♠—
12	Norman, RockRock Norman	1940–1946	102	32	70	0	.314	18	43	.295	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
13	McFadden, BanksBanks McFadden	1946–1956	216	85	131	0	.394	46	95	.326^{[A 2]}	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
14	Maravich, PressPress Maravich	1956–1962	151	55	96	0	.364	25	59	.298	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
15	Roberts, BobbyBobby Roberts	1962–1970	198	82	116	0	.414	41	71	.366	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
16	Locke, TatesTates Locke	1970–1975	132	62	70	0	.455	20	42	.323	0	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
17	Foster, BillBill Foster	1975–1984	262	156	106	0	.595	44	74	.373	3	4	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
18	Ellis, CliffCliff Ellis	1984–1994	305	177	128	0	.580	56	90	.384	6	7	5000000000000000000♠—	ACC Coach of the Year (1986–87, 1989–90)
19	Barnes, RickRick Barnes	1994–1998	122	74	48	0	.607	28	36	.438	2	4	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
20	Shyatt, LarryLarry Shyatt	1998–2003	154	70	84	0	.455	20	60	.250	4	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
21	Purnell, OliverOliver Purnell	2003–2010	226	138	88	0	.611	52	60	.464	5	6	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
22	Brownell, BradBrad Brownell	2010–present	34	22	12	0	.647	9	7	.563	1	1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—

Women's

Audra Smith head women's basketball coach Clemson University

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	CCs	Awards
1	King, MaryMary King	1975–1976	25	14	11	.560	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
2	Tribble, AnnieAnnie Tribble	1976–1987	335	200	135	.597	57	53	.518	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
3	Davis, JimJim Davis	1987–2005	552	355	197	.643	154	124	.554	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7000200000000000000♠2 – 1996, 1999	ACC Coach of the Year (1989–90, 1998–99)
4	McKinney, CristyCristy McKinney	2005–2010	152	59	93	.388	16	54	.229	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
5	Umoh-Coleman, ItoroItoro Umoh-Coleman	2010–2013	88	25	63	.284	10	38	.208	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
6	Smith, AudraAudra Smith	2013–present	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—

Notes

↑ A running total of the number of coaches of the Tigers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.
↑ 45-59 (.433) against SoCon opponents and 1-36 (.027) against ACC opponents.

References

General

Bourett, Tim; Philip Sikes. "Clemson 2010-11 Tiger Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University. pp. 154, 165, 198–208. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
Kallin, Jeff. "2010-11 Clemson Lady Tiger Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Clemson University. pp. 131, 133. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

Specific

↑ "Clemson University". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
↑ Katz, Andy (14 April 2010). "Brownell headed to coach at Clemson". ESPN. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

Clemson Tigers men's basketball

Venues	YMCA Building (1916–1922) Riggs Field House (1922–1930) Fike Field House (1930–1968) Littlejohn Coliseum (1968–present) Civic Center of Anderson (alternate; 2002)

Rivalries	South Carolina

Culture & lore	The Tiger "Tiger Rag" Clemson University Tiger Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Clemson Tigers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Dobson (1911–1913)
John O. Erwin (1913–1915)
A. H. Ward (1915–1916)
Edward Donahue (1916–1919)
Country Morris (1919–1920)
Larry Conover (1919–1920)
E. J. Stewart (1921–1923)
Bud Saunders (1923–1925)
A. A. Gilliam (1925–1926)
Josh Cody (1926–1931)
Joe Davis (1931–1940)
Rock Norman (1940–1946)
Banks McFadden (1946–1956)
Press Maravich (1956–1962)
Bobby Roberts (1962–1970)
Tates Locke (1970–1975)
Bill Foster (1975–1984)
Cliff Ellis (1984–1994)
Rick Barnes (1994–1998)
Larry Shyatt (1998–2003)
Oliver Purnell (2003–2010)
Brad Brownell (2010– )

Clemson Tigers women's basketball head coaches

Mary King (1975–1976) Annie Tribble (1976–1987) Jim Davis (1987–2005) Cristy McKinney (2005–2010) Itoro Umoh-Coleman (2010–2013) Audra Smith (2013–present)