List of Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball head coaches

Joe Cogdal, pictured in the 1928 edition of Illinois State's Index yearbook — Joe Cogdal, the winningest head coach in Redbirds men's basketball history.

The following is a list of Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Redbirds in their 125-season history.^[1]

Illinois State's current head coach is Ryan Pedon. He was hired as the Redbirds' head coach in March 2022,^[2] replacing Dan Muller, who was fired during the 2021–22 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1898–1902	B. C. Edwards	4	14–2	.875
2	1902–1906	John P. Stewart	4	20–10	.667
3	1906–1908	William Bawden	2	10–4	.714
4	1908–1910	George Binnewies	2	17–5	.773
5	1910–1923	Harrison Russell	13	89–101	.468
6	1923–1925	Clifford E. Horton	2	8–20	.286
7	1925–1927	Don Karnes	2	9–20	.310
8	1927–1949	Joe Cogdal	22	280–177	.613
9	1949–1957	James Goff	8	97–98	.497
10	1957–1970	James Collie	13	209–139	.601
11	1970–1975	Will Robinson	5	78–51	.605
12	1975–1978	Gene Smithson	3	68–18	.791
13	1978–1989	Bob Donewald	11	208–121	.632
14	1989–1993	Bob Bender	4	60–57	.513
15	1993–1999	Kevin Stallings	6	123–63	.661
16	1999–2003	Tom Richardson	4	56–64	.467
17	2003–2007	Porter Moser	4	51–67	.432
18	2007–2012	Tim Jankovich	5	104–64	.619
19	2012–2022^[a]	Dan Muller	9.79	167–150	.527
–	2022*	Brian Jones	0.21	2–5	.286
20	2022–present	Ryan Pedon	3	45–51	.469
Totals		20 coaches	127 seasons	1,715–1,287	.571
Records updated through end of 2024–25 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

↑ Muller was fired on February 14, 2022. Brian Jones was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.^[3]

[MullerJones-4] Muller was fired on February 14, 2022. Brian Jones was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.^[3]

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