List of Drake Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Drake Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches at the Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The Drake Bulldogs men's basketball program has been led by 30 head coaches in their 115 season history. The sortable list below is by number of total Drake Bulldog program wins.

Maury John led the Drake Bulldogs to the NCAA Division I Men's Final Four in 1969 and NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 appearances in 1969, 1970 and 1971. The team is currently led by first-year coach Eric Henderson.

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1958–1971	Maury John	13	211–131	.617
1932–1943	Evan O. Williams	11	113–115	.496
1981–1988	Gary Garner	7	95–104	.477
1974–1981	Bob Ortegel	7	91–103	.469
1948–1956	Jack McClelland	8	90–105	.462
2008–2013	Mark Phelps	5	77–86	.472
2018–2024	Darian DeVries	5	150–55	.732
1990–1996	Rudy Washington	6	63–102	.382
1997–2003	Kurt Kanaskie	7	62–136	.313
2003–2007	Tom Davis	4	54–66	.450
1926–1932	Bill Boelter	7	46–86	.348
1921–1925	Ossie Solem	4	37–31	.544
1971–1974	Howard Stacey	3	34–44	.436
1946–1948	Forddy Anderson	2	32–23	.582
1918–1921	Mark Banks	3	32–37	.464
2013–2016	Ray Giacoletti	4	32–69	.317
2007–2008	Keno Davis	1	28–5	.848
1988–1990	Tom Abatemarco	2	23–29	.442
1944–1946	Vee Green	2	22–28	.440
1956–1958	John Benington	2	21–28	.429
2017–2018	Niko Medved	1	17–17	.500
1914–1916	Ray Whisman	2	8–15	.348
1943-1944	Bill Easton	1	7–13	.350
1906–1909	Charles Pell	3	6–12	.333
2016–2017	Jeff Rutter	1	6–17	.261
1916–1917	Ralph Glaze	1	5–7	.417
1990	Eddie Fields	1	2–6	.250
1917–1918	S.W. Hobbs	1	2–17	.105
1909–1910 1912–1914	John Griffith	3	2–24	.077
1911–1912	A.R. Hackett	2	1–14	.067
2024–2025	Ben McCollum	1	31–4	.886
2025–present	Eric Henderson	1	14–20	.412
1907–Present	31 coaches	119 seasons	Record	Pct.

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Venues	The Shed (1907–1909) Alumni Gymnasium (1910–1919) Des Moines Coliseum (1920–1926) Drake Fieldhouse (1927–1957) Veterans Memorial Auditorium (1957–1992) Knapp Center (1992–present)
Rivalries	Northern Iowa
Culture & lore	Iowa "Big Four"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e Drake University
Located in: Des Moines, Iowa
Colleges	Pharmacy & Health Sciences Law School
Campus	Drake University Campus Historic District Drake Stadium Knapp Center The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement
Athletics	Drake Bulldogs Griff (mascot) Drake Relays Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's Soccer
People	Martin Bucksbaum Francis Marion Drake Notable people
Founded: March 1881 Students: 4,774 Endowment: $538.2 million

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Teams	Belmont Bruins Bradley Braves Drake Bulldogs Evansville Purple Aces Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Murray State Racers Northern Iowa Panthers Southern Illinois Salukis UIC Flames Valparaiso Beacons
Tournament & awards	MVC Basketball Tournament MVC Coach of the Year Larry Bird Player of the Year
Seasons	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 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 2025–26

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