List of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Lobos in program history.

New Mexico's current head coach is Eric Olen. He was hired as the Lobos' head coach in March 2025,^[1] replacing Richard Pitino, who left to assume the head coaching vacancy at Xavier University after the 2024-25 season.^[2]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1899–1900 1901–1903 1904–1910	No coach	9	15–10	.600
1	1910–1917	Ralph Hutchinson	7	32–8	.800
2	1918–1919	John F. McGough	1	2–4	.333
3	1919–1931^[a] 1933–1940	Roy W. Johnson	18	165–146	.531
4	1931–1933	Tom Churchill	2	23–12	.657
5	1940–1941	Benjamin Sacks	1	5–18	.217
6	1941–1943	Willis Barnes	2	12–30	.286
7	1943–1944	George White	1	11–2	.846
8	1944–1951 1952–1955	Woody Clements	10	113–119	.487
9	1951–1952	Berl Huffman	1	6–19	.240
10	1955–1958	Bill Stockton	3	14–57	.197
11	1958–1962	Bob Sweeney	4	21–75	.219
12	1962–1972	Bob King	10	175–89	.663
13	1972–1979	Norm Ellenberger	7	134–62	.684
14	1979–1980	Charlie Harrison	1	6–22	.214
15	1980–1988	Gary Colson	8	146–106	.579
16	1988–1999	Dave Bliss	11	246–108	.695
17	1999–2002	Fran Fraschilla	3	55–41	.573
18	2002–2007	Ritchie McKay	5	82–69	.543
19	2007–2013	Steve Alford	6	155–52	.749
20	2013–2017	Craig Neal	4	76–52	.594
21	2017–2021	Paul Weir	4	58–63	.479
22	2021–2025	Richard Pitino	4	88–49	.642
23	2025–present	Eric Olen	1	0–0	–
Totals		23 coaches	121 seasons	1,640–1,213	.575
Records updated through end of 2024–25 season Source^[3]

↑ New Mexico did not field a team for the 1920–21 season.

[NoTeam-3] New Mexico did not field a team for the 1920–21 season.

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