List of Oklahoma Sooners head basketball coaches

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Jeff Capel, the head coach of the men's basketball program from 2006–07 to 2010–11.

The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball and women's basketball programs are college basketball teams that represents the University of Oklahoma. Both teams play at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).^[1]

The men's team has had 12 head coaches—excluding a coach who died before ever coaching a game.^{[A 1]} Oklahoma started organized basketball with the nickname Sooners in 1908. The men's program has played in more than 2,400 games in a total of 102 seasons. In those seasons, five coaches have led the Sooners to at least one postseason tournament: Bruce Drake, Dave Bliss, Billy Tubbs, Kelvin Sampson and Jeff Capel. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Sooners: Hugh McDermott, Drake, Bliss, Tubbs and Sampson. McDermott and Drake both have had the longest tenure at Oklahoma. Tubbs is the all-time leader in games coached and wins. Sampson is the all-time leader in winning percentage. Statistically, Bob Stevens has been the least successful coach of the Sooner men, with a winning percentage of .368. Drake is the only Oklahoma coach who has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The most recent men's coach was Jeff Capel, who was hired in 2006 and served until 2011.^[2]

The women's program has had eight head coaches. Oklahoma started an organized women's basketball program in 1974. The women have played in more than 1,000 games in a total of 25 seasons. In those seasons, three coaches have led the Sooners to at least one postseason tournament: Maura McHugh, Burl Plunkett, and Sherri Coale. Coale, the current coach, is the only coach who has won conference championships with the Sooners. Hired in April 1996,^[3] Coale is the all-time leader in games coached, wins and winning percentage. Statistically, Amy Dahl has been the worst coach of the Lady Sooners, with a winning percentage of .125.

Key

General
#	Number of coaches^{[A 2]}
CCs	Conference championships
*	Conference-tournament champion
^	Regular-season champion
†	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Overall
GC	Games coached
OW	Wins
OL	Losses
O%	Winning percentage

Conference
CW	Wins
CL	Losses
C%	Winning percentage

Post-season
PW	Wins
PL	Losses

Coaches

Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2009–10 men's and women's college basketball season.

Men's

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Former coach Kelvin Sampson

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	CCs	National awards
1	Hall, D. C.D. C. Hall	1908	7	4	3	.571	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
2	Owen, BennieBennie Owen	1909–1921	152	104	48	.684	7000800000000000000♠8	7001160000000000000♠16	.333	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
3	McDermott, HughHugh McDermott	1922–1938	291	185	106	.636	7002130000000000000♠130	7001820000000000000♠82	.613	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	7000200000000000000♠2 – 1928^, 1929^	5000000000000000000♠—
4	Drake, BruceBruce Drake^†	1939–1955	382	200	182	.524	7002106000000000000♠106	7001800000000000000♠80	.570	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000600000000000000♠6 – 1939^, 1940^, 1942^, 1944^, 1947^, 1949^	5000000000000000000♠—
5	Parrack, DoyleDoyle Parrack	1956–1962	168	71	97	.423	7001340000000000000♠34	7001580000000000000♠58	.370	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
6	Stevens, BobBob Stevens	1963–1967	125	46	79	.368	7001260000000000000♠26	7001440000000000000♠44	.371	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
7	MacLeod, JohnJohn MacLeod	1968–1973	159	90	69	.566	7001440000000000000♠44	7001400000000000000♠40	.524	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
8	Ramsey, JoeJoe Ramsey	1974–1975	52	31	21	.596	7001150000000000000♠15	7001130000000000000♠13	.536	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
9	Bliss, DaveDave Bliss	1976–1980	128	76	52	.594	7001380000000000000♠38	7001320000000000000♠32	.543	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1 – 1979*^	5000000000000000000♠—
10	Tubbs, BillyBilly Tubbs	1981–1994	465	333	132	.716	7002126000000000000♠126	7001700000000000000♠70	.643	7001150000000000000♠15	7000900000000000000♠9	7000500000000000000♠5 – 1984^, 1985^, 1988^, 1989^, 1990*	5000000000000000000♠—
11	Sampson, KelvinKelvin Sampson	1995–2006	388	279	109	.719	7002128000000000000♠128	7001600000000000000♠60	.681	7001110000000000000♠11	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4 – 2001, 2002, 2003*, 2005^	Henry Iba Award (1995)^[4] AP Coach of the Year (1995)^[5] NABC Coach of the Year (2002)^[5]
12	Capel, JeffJeff Capel	2006–2011	133	82	51	.617	7001320000000000000♠32	7001320000000000000♠32	.500	7000400000000000000♠4	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
13	Kruger, LonLon Kruger	2012–present	75	46	29	.613	7001160000000000000♠16	7001200000000000000♠20	.444	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—

Women's

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	CCs
1	Dahl, AmyAmy Dahl	1974	16	2	14	.125	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
2	Schweitzer, CathieCathie Schweitzer	1975–1978	73	27	46	.370	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
3	Parrack, DoyleDoyle Parrack	1978–1980	62	30	32	.484	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
4	McHugh, MauraMaura McHugh	1980–1987	212	142	70	.670	7001410000000000000♠41	7001280000000000000♠28	.594	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠—
5	Goodwin-Colbert, ValerieValerie Goodwin-Colbert	1987–1990	83	32	51	.386	7001130000000000000♠13	7001290000000000000♠29	.310	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
6	Hudson, GaryGary Hudson	1990–1993	84	39	45	.464	7001170000000000000♠17	7001240000000000000♠24	.415	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—	5000000000000000000♠—
7	Plunkett, BurlBurl Plunkett	1993–1996	88	52	36	.591	7001220000000000000♠22	7001200000000000000♠20	.524	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠—
8	Coale, SherriSherri Coale	1996–present	419	286	133	.683	7002145000000000000♠145	7001770000000000000♠77	.653	7001200000000000000♠20	7001110000000000000♠11	7000500000000000000♠5 – 2000^, 2001^, 2002^, 2004, 2006^, 2007^, 2009^^[6]

Notes

↑ Les Lane was hired to coach the men's basketball team in April 1973 but he died on September 5, 1973, before the start of the 1973–74 season.
↑ A running total of the number of coaches of the Sooners. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is counted only once.

References

General

"Men's Basketball Coaches". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
"2008–09 Men's Basketball Media Guide". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
"2009–10 Women's Basketball Media Guide". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
"2008–09 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide". Big 12 Conference. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-10-14.

Specific

↑ "Oklahoma". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Report: Capel next Oklahoma coach". ESPN. The Associated Press. 2006-04-11. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
↑ "Sports Shorts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1996-04-09. p. 2C.
↑ "Rawlings Henry Iba Award". U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
1 2 Moran, Malcolm (2006-03-30). "Indiana announces Sampson as next coach". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
↑ "OU Sends Out Seniors with Win". University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

University of Oklahoma

Academics

Athletics

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Other sports	Baseball Softball Women's gymnastics

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List of buildings Bizzell Memorial Library Boyd House Carl Albert Center Museum of Art National Weather Center Natural History Museum Student Union Westheimer Airport

People

List of University of Oklahoma people

Schools

Student life

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History

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Established: 1890 – Endowment: $1.32 billion – Students: 30,303

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball

Venues	McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)

Rivalries	Oklahoma State

Culture & lore	History List of conference championships Boomer and Sooner Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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