Illinois Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: Champaign, Illinois

Coverage: 120 seasons (1905-06 to 2024-25)

Record (since 1905-06): 1912-1066 .642 W-L%

Conferences: Big Ten and Western

Conference Champion: 18 Times (Reg. Seas.), 4 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 34 Years (45-35), 5 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 20 Times (Preseason), 30 Times (Final), 511 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Illinois.

19 Coaches

19 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF
1	Lou Henson	1976	1996	21	647	421	226	.651	1	0	12	1
2	Harry Combes	1948	1967	20	466	316	150	.678	4	0	4	3
3	Bruce Weber	2004	2012	9	311	210	101	.675	2	1	6	1
4	Douglas Mills	1937	1947	11	217	151	66	.696	3	0	1	0
5	Brad Underwood	2018	2025	8	241	150	91	.622	1	2	4	0
6	Craig Ruby	1923	1936	14	243	148	95	.609	2	0	0	0
7	John Groce	2013	2017	5	170	95	75	.559	0	0	1	0
8	Harv Schmidt	1968	1974	7	166	89	77	.536	0	0	0	0
9	Ralph Jones	1913	1920	8	119	85	34	.714	2	0	0	0
10	Lon Kruger	1997	2000	4	129	81	48	.628	1	0	3	0
11	Bill Self	2001	2003	3	102	78	24	.765	2	1	3	0
12	Frank Winters	1921	1922	2	37	25	12	.676	0	0	0	0
13	Fletcher Lane	1908	1908	1	26	20	6	.769	0	0	0	0
14	Thomas Thompson	1911	1912	2	28	14	14	.500	0	0	0	0
15	Herb Juul	1909	1910	2	22	12	10	.545	0	0	0	0
16	Gene Bartow	1975	1975	1	26	8	18	.308	0	0	0	0
17	Elwood Brown	1906	1906	1	14	6	8	.429	0	0	0	0
18	Jamall Walker	2017	2017	1	3	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0
19	Frank Pinckney	1907	1907	1	11	1	10	.091	0	0	0	0

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