# List of The Citadel Bulldogs head basketball coaches

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

## Key

General :
| # | Number of coaches |
| 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

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 | Not Available | 1900–1901 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | J. G. Briggs | 1912–1913 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Darl Buse | 1913–1914 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Hans Kengeter | 1914–1916 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .692 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Harry J. O'Brien | 1916–1918 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | C. F. Myers | 1918–1925 | 80 | 53 | 27 | .663 | 7 | 9 | .438 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Locke Brown | 1925–1926 | 15 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | — | 1* | — |
| 8 | Benny Blatt | 1926–1930 | 74 | 52 | 22 | .703 | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Johnny Douglas | 1930–1933 | 49 | 18 | 31 | .367 | 1 | 3 | .250 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Charlie Willard | 1933–1935 | 29 | 13 | 16 | .448 | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Rock Norman | 1935–1940 | 75 | 44 | 31 | .587 | 17 | 16 | .515 | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Ben Parker | 1939–1941 | 24 | 7 | 17 | .292 | 4 | 11 | .267 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ben Clemons | 1941–1942, 1943–44 | 21 | 4 | 17 | .190 | 1 | 13 | .071 | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Bo Sherman | 1942–1943 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 5 | 3 | .625 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ernest Wehman | 1944–45 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 8 | 4 | .667 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Eugene Clark | 1945–1946 | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2 | 6 | .250 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Whitey Piro | 1946–1947 | 15 | 4 | 11 | .267 | 0 | 10 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Bernard O'Neil | 1947–1952 | 99 | 27 | 72 | .273 | 9 | 47 | .161 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Leo Zack | 1952–1954 | 38 | 6 | 32 | .158 | 1 | 18 | .053 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Jim Browning | 1954–1955 | 19 | 1 | 18 | .053 | 0 | 10 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Hank Witt | 1955–1956 | 21 | 2 | 19 | .095 | 0 | 10 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Norm Sloan | 1956–1960 | 95 | 57 | 38 | .600 | 29 | 23 | .558 | — | — | — | 1957 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) |
| 23 | Mel Thompson | 1960–1967 | 164 | 67 | 98 | .406 | 38 | 53 | .418 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Dick Campbell | 1967–1971 | 99 | 45 | 54 | .455 | 21 | 27 | .438 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | George Hill | 1971–1974 | 75 | 33 | 42 | .440 | 15 | 22 | .405 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Les Robinson | 1974–1985 | 294 | 132 | 162 | .449 | 61 | 99 | .381 | — | — | — | 1979 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) |
| 27 | Randy Nesbit | 1985–1992 | 196 | 75 | 121 | .383 | 32 | 72 | .308 | — | — | — | 1988 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Coaches); 1989 - SoCon Coach of the Year (Media) |
| 28 | Pat Dennis | 1992–2006 | 390 | 157 | 233 | .403 | 72 | 146 | .330 | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Ed Conroy | 2006–2010, 2022–present | 157 | 59 | 98 | .376 | 34 | 60 | .362 | — | 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 | Chuck Driesell | 2010–2015 | 155 | 42 | 113 | .271 | 22 | 65 | .253 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Duggar Baucom | 2015–present | 182 | 77 | 136 | .362 | 27 | 97 | .218 | — | — | — | — |