List of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches

Wes Miller coaching during a 2018 game — Wes Miller, the current head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats.

The following is a list of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches. There have been 28 head coaches of the Bearcats in their 122-season history.^[1]

Cincinnati's current head coach is Wes Miller. He was hired as the Bearcats' head coach in April 2021,^[2] replacing John Brannen, who was fired after the 2020–21 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1901–1902	Henry S. Pratt	1	5–4	.556
2	1902–1904	Anthony Chez	2	12–10	.545
3	1904–1909	Amos Foster	5	30–10	.750
4	1909–1910	C. A. Shroetter	1	3–2	.600
5	1910–1914	Russ Easton	4	11–30	.268
6	1914–1916	George Little	2	4–17	.190
7	1916–1917	Ion Cortright	1	3–8	.273
8	1917–1918	Whitelaw Morrison	1	2–6	.250
9	1918–1928	Boyd Chambers	10	106–81	.567
10	1928–1932	Frank E. Rice	4	33–34	.493
11	1932–1933	John Halliday	1	9–9	.500
12	1933–1937	Tay Brown	4	47–27	.635
13	1937–1939	Rip Van Winkle	2	18–16	.529
14	1939–1942	Clark Ballard	3	24–31	.436
15	1942–1944	Bob Reuss	2	15–15	.500
16	1944–1946	Ray Farnham	2	16–22	.421
17	1946–1952	John Wiethe	6	106–47	.693
18	1952–1960	George Smith	8	154–56	.733
19	1960–1965	Ed Jucker	5	113–28	.801
20	1965–1972	Tay Baker	7	125–60	.676
21	1972–1978	Gale Catlett	6	126–44	.741
22	1978–1983	Ed Badger	5	68–71	.489
23	1983–1989	Tony Yates	6	70–100	.412
24	1989–2005	Bob Huggins	16	399–127	.759
25	2005–2006*^[a]	Andy Kennedy	1	21–13	.618
26	2006–2019	Mick Cronin	13	296–147	.668
27	2019–2021	John Brannen	2	32–21	.604
28	2021–present	Wes Miller	2	41–28	.594
Totals		28 coaches	122 seasons	1,889–1,064	.640
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

^ Kennedy was named interim head coach for the 2005-06 season after Huggins left Cincinnati,^[4] and was hired as the head coach at Ole Miss while still serving as interim coach.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "2022-23 Official Cincinnati Basketball Yearbook" (PDF). Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ Goldsmith, Charlie; Jenkins, Keith (April 14, 2021). "'Excited to get to work:' Cincinnati Bearcats hire Wes Miller to replace John Brannen as head coach". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ Cobb, David (April 9, 2021). "Cincinnati fires coach John Brannen after just two seasons following university review of basketball program". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "Assistant Kennedy becomes interim Cincy coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 26, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ Elkins, Ashley (March 23, 2006). "SPORTS UPDATE: Kennedy picked for Ole Miss job". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

[Kennedy-6] Kennedy was named interim head coach for the 2005-06 season after Huggins left Cincinnati,^[4] and was hired as the head coach at Ole Miss while still serving as interim coach.^[5]

[RecordBook-1] "2022-23 Official Cincinnati Basketball Yearbook" (PDF). Cincinnati Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[2] Goldsmith, Charlie; Jenkins, Keith (April 14, 2021). "'Excited to get to work:' Cincinnati Bearcats hire Wes Miller to replace John Brannen as head coach". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[3] Cobb, David (April 9, 2021). "Cincinnati fires coach John Brannen after just two seasons following university review of basketball program". CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[4] "Assistant Kennedy becomes interim Cincy coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 26, 2005. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

[5] Elkins, Ashley (March 23, 2006). "SPORTS UPDATE: Kennedy picked for Ole Miss job". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

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v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis West Virginia Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 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 1999–2000 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

List of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches

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