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Rice Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: Houston, Texas

Coverage: 110 seasons (1914-15 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1914-15): 1189-1525 .438 W-L%

Conferences: AAC, CUSA, WAC, Ind and SWC

Conference Champion: 10 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 4 Years (2-5), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 8 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Rice.

25 Coaches

25 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Willis Wilson	1993	2008	16	465	218	247	.469	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Suman	1950	1959	10	237	132	105	.557	1	0	1	0	0
3	Scott Pera	2018	2024	7	223	96	127	.430	0	0	0	0	0
4	Buster Brannon	1939	1946	5	122	85	37	.697	2	0	2	0	0
5	Joe Davis	1943	1949	6	139	82	57	.590	4	0	0	0	0
6	Don Knodel	1967	1974	8	203	77	126	.379	1	0	1	0	0
7	Scott Thompson	1988	1992	5	144	65	79	.451	0	0	0	0	0
8	Tommy Suitts	1982	1987	6	162	63	99	.389	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ben Braun	2009	2014	6	191	63	128	.330	0	0	0	0	0
10	Jimmy Kitts	1933	1938	6	114	58	56	.509	1	0
11	Mike Rhoades	2015	2017	3	99	47	52	.475	0	0	0	0	0
12	John Frankie	1960	1963	4	93	39	54	.419	0	0	0	0	0
13	Robert Cummings	1915	1917	3	41	30	11	.732	0	0
14	Mike Schuler	1978	1981	4	106	30	76	.283	0	0	0	0	0
15	Russell Daugherty	1928	1932	5	71	25	46	.352	0	0
16	George Carlisle	1964	1966	3	71	18	53	.254	0	0	0	0	0
17	Robert Polk	1975	1977	3	80	17	63	.213	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wilbur Tisdale	1918	1919	2	28	14	14	.500	1	0
19	Phillip Arbuckle	1923	1923	1	19	10	9	.526	0	0
20	Leslie Mann	1920	1920	1	12	6	6	.500	0	0
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
21	Pete Cawthon	1921	1921	1	15	5	10	.333	0	0
22	Franklyn Ashcraft	1924	1927	3	43	4	39	.093	0	0
23	Patrick Nicholson	1925	1925	1	14	2	12	.143	0	0
24	Howard Yerges	1922	1922	1	14	2	12	.143	0	0
25	Greg Walcavich	1987	1987	1	8	1	7	.125	0	0	0	0	0

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