Michigan State Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: East Lansing, Michigan

Coverage: 126 seasons (1898-99 to 2024-25)

Record (since 1898-99): 1848-1162 .614 W-L%

Conferences: Big Ten and Ind

Conference Champion: 17 Times (Reg. Seas.), 6 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 38 Years (76-37), 10 Final Fours, 2 Championships

NCAA Champion: 1979 and 2000

Ranked in AP Poll: 27 Times (Preseason), 26 Times (Final), 508 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Michigan State.

16 Coaches

16 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Tom Izzo	1996	2025	30	1039	737	302	.709	11	6	27	8	1
2	Jud Heathcote	1977	1995	19	560	336	224	.600	3	0	9	1	1
3	Benjamin VanAlstyne	1927	1949	22	394	231	163	.586	0	0	0	0	0
4	Forddy Anderson	1955	1965	11	249	125	124	.502	2	0	2	1	0
5	Gus Ganakas	1970	1976	7	173	89	84	.514	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chester Brewer	1904	1910	7	95	70	25	.737	0	0	0	0	0
7	John Benington	1966	1969	4	92	54	38	.587	1	0	0	0	0
8	John Macklin	1911	1916	6	86	48	38	.558	0	0	0	0	0
9	Pete Newell	1951	1954	4	87	45	42	.517	0	0	0	0	0
10	George Gauthier	1917	1920	4	73	38	35	.521	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lyman Frimodig	1921	1922	2	44	24	20	.545	0	0	0	0	0
12	Fred Walker	1923	1924	2	39	20	19	.513	0	0	0	0	0
13	George Denman	1902	1903	2	11	11	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
14	John H. Kobs	1925	1926	2	37	11	26	.297	0	0	0	0	0
15	Charles Bemies	1900	1901	2	7	5	2	.714	0	0	0	0	0
16	Alton Kircher	1950	1950	1	22	4	18	.182	0	0	0	0	0

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