List of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the New Mexico Lobos men's college basketball team.^[1]

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Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
No coach (Independent) (1899–1910)
1899–1900	No coach	0–1
1901–02	No coach	2–0
1902–03	No coach	1–2
1904–05	No coach	1–0
1905–06	No coach	2–2
1906–07	No coach	1–1
1907–08	No coach	5–1
1908–09	No coach	1–0
1909–10	No coach	2–3
No coach:		15–10
Ralph Hutchinson (Independent) (1910–1917)
1910–11	Ralph Hutchinson	4–1
1911–12	Ralph Hutchinson	1–2
1912–13	Ralph Hutchinson	6–0
1913–14	Ralph Hutchinson	0–1
1914–15	Ralph Hutchinson	8–1
1915–16	Ralph Hutchinson	9–2
1916–17	Ralph Hutchinson	4–1
Ralph Hutchinson:		32–8
John F. McGough (Independent) (1918–1919)
1918–19	John F. McGough	2–4
John F. McGough:		2–4
Roy W. Johnson (Independent) (1919–1931)
1919–20	Roy W. Johnson	0–3
1921–22	Roy W. Johnson	0–2
1922–23	Roy W. Johnson	2–7
1923–24	Roy W. Johnson	5–3
1924–25	Roy W. Johnson	12–1
1925–26	Roy W. Johnson	12–2
1926–27	Roy W. Johnson	13–4
1927–28	Roy W. Johnson	12–7
1928–29	Roy W. Johnson	14–9
1929–30	Roy W. Johnson	16–4
Tom Churchill (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930–31	Tom Churchill	9–7
Tom Churchill (Border Conference) (1931–1933)
1931–32	Tom Churchill	10–6	5–5	3rd
1932–33	Tom Churchill	13–6	8–6	4th
Tom Churchill:		32–19	13–11
Roy W. Johnson (Border Conference) (1933–1940)
1933–34	Roy W. Johnson	16–4	6–4	3rd
1934–35	Roy W. Johnson	10–10	7–9	3rd
1935–36	Roy W. Johnson	16–10	11–9	4th
1936–37	Roy W. Johnson	12–14	10–10	4th
1937–38	Roy W. Johnson	9–16	6–10	5th
1938–39	Roy W. Johnson	4–21	4–16	7th
1939–40	Roy W. Johnson	3–22	2–14	6th
Roy W. Johnson:		165–146	46–72
Benjamin Sacks (Independent) (1940–1941)
1940–41	Benjamin Sacks	5–18
Benjamin Sacks:		5–18
Willis Barnes (Border Conference) (1941–1943)
1941–42	Willis Barnes	9–13	5–11	8th
1942–43	Willis Barnes	3–17	1–11	7th
Willis Barnes:		12–30	6–22
George White (Border Conference) (1943–1944)
1943–44	George White	11–2	3–0	1st
George White:		11–2	3–0
Woody Clements (Border Conference) (1944–1951)
1944–45	Woody Clements	14–2	12–0	1st
1945–46	Woody Clements	16–9	13–8	4th
1946–47	Woody Clements	11–8	10–6	3rd	NAIB First Round
1947–48	Woody Clements	14–15	8–8	T–4th
1948–49	Woody Clements	10–12	7–9
1949–50	Woody Clements	5–19	4–12
1950–51	Woody Clements	13–11	9–7	T–4th
Berl Huffman (Mountain States Athletic Conference) (1951–1952)
1951–52	Berl Huffman	6–19	1–13	8th
Berl Huffman:		6–19	1–13
Woody Clements (Mountain States Athletic Conference) (1952–1955)
1952–53	Woody Clements	10–14	5–9	T–5th
1953–54	Woody Clements	11–11	5–9	6th
1954–55	Woody Clements	7–17	2–12	8th
Woody Clements:		82–72	75–90
Bill Stockton (Mountain States Athletic Conference) (1955–1958)
1955–56	Bill Stockton	6–16	5–9	T–6th
1956–57	Bill Stockton	5–21	1–13	8th
1957–58	Bill Stockton	3–21	0–14	8th
Bill Stockton:		14–58	6–36
Bob Sweeney (Independent) (1958–1962)
1958–59	Bob Sweeney	3–19	1–13	T–7th
1959–60	Bob Sweeney	6–19	3–11	T–6th
1960–61	Bob Sweeney	6–17	3–11	T–7th
1961–62	Bob Sweeney	6–20	3–11	T–7th
Bob Sweeney:		21–75	10–46
Bob King (Western Athletic Conference) (1962–1972)
1962–63	Bob King	16–9	4–6	4th
1963–64	Bob King	23–6	7–3	T–1st	NIT Runner-up
1964–65	Bob King	19–8	5–5	T–2nd	NIT Quarterfinal
1965–66	Bob King	16–8	4–6	5th
1966–67	Bob King	19–8	5–5	T–3rd	NIT Quarterfinal
1967–68	Bob King	23–5	8–2	1st	NCAA University Division Sweet Sixteen
1968–69	Bob King	17–9	4–6	T–5th
1969–70	Bob King	13–13	7–7	T–5th
1970–71	Bob King	14–12	7–7	7th
1971–72	Bob King	15–11	7–7	T–4th
Bob King:		175–89 (.663)	58–54 (.518)
Norm Ellenberger (Western Athletic Conference) (1972–1979)
1972–73	Norm Ellenberger	21–6	9–5	T–2nd	NIT First Round
1973–74	Norm Ellenberger	22–7	10–4	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen
1974–75	Norm Ellenberger	13–13	4–10	7th
1975–76	Norm Ellenberger	16–11	8–6	4th
1976–77	Norm Ellenberger	19–11	8–6	T–3rd
1977–78	Norm Ellenberger	24–4	13–1	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
1978–79	Norm Ellenberger	19–10	8–4	3rd	NIT First Round
Norm Ellenberger:		134–62 (.684)	60–36 (.625)
Charlie Harrison (Western Athletic Conference) (1979–1980)
1979–80	Charlie Harrison	6–22	3–11	T–7th
Charlie Harrison:		6–22 (.214)	3–11 (.214)
Gary Colson (Western Athletic Conference) (1980–1988)
1980–81	Gary Colson	11–15	6–10	7th
1981–82	Gary Colson	14–14	7–9	6th
1982–83	Gary Colson	14–15	6–10	T-7th
1983–84	Gary Colson	24–11	10–6	3rd	NIT First Round
1984–85	Gary Colson	19–13	9–7	T–3rd	NIT Second Round
1985–86	Gary Colson	17–14	8–8	5th	NIT First Round
1986–87	Gary Colson	25–10	11–5	T–3rd	NIT First Round
1987–88	Gary Colson	22–14	8–8	T–5th	NIT Quarterfinal
Gary Colson:		146–106 (.579)	65–63 (.508)
Dave Bliss (Western Athletic Conference) (1988–1999)
1988–89	Dave Bliss	22–11	11–5	T–2nd	NIT Quarterfinal
1989–90	Dave Bliss	20–14	9–7	5th	NIT Fourth Place
1990–91	Dave Bliss	20–10	10–6	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
1991–92	Dave Bliss	20–13	11–5	3rd	NIT Quarterfinal
1992–93	Dave Bliss	24–7	13–5	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94	Dave Bliss	23–8	14–4	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1994–95	Dave Bliss	15–15	9–9	T–4th
1995–96	Dave Bliss	28–5	14–4	2nd	NCAA Division I Second Round
1996–97	Dave Bliss	25–8	11–5	3rd (Mountain)	NCAA Division I Second Round
1997–98	Dave Bliss	24–8	11–3	2nd (Mountain)	NCAA Division I Second Round
1998–99	Dave Bliss	25–9	9–5	T–2nd (Pacific)	NCAA Division I Second Round
Dave Bliss:		246–108 (.695)	122–58 (.678)
Fran Fraschilla (Mountain West Conference) (1999–2002)
1999–2000	Fran Fraschilla	18–14	9–5	3rd	NIT Second Round
2000–01	Fran Fraschilla	21–13	6–8	T–5th	NIT Quarterfinal
2001–02	Fran Fraschilla	16–14	6–8	T–6th	NIT First Round
Fran Fraschilla:		55–41 (.573)	21–21 (.500)
Ritchie McKay (Mountain West Conference) (2002–2007)
2002–03	Ritchie McKay	10–18	4–10	7th
2003–04	Ritchie McKay	14–14	5–9	T–5th
2004–05	Ritchie McKay	26–7	10–4	2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
2005–06	Ritchie McKay	17–13	8–8	5th
2006–07	Ritchie McKay	15–17	4–12	8th
Ritchie McKay:		82–69 (.543)	31–43 (.419)
Steve Alford (Mountain West Conference) (2007–2013)
2007–08	Steve Alford	24–9	11–5	3rd	NIT First Round
2008–09	Steve Alford	22–12	12–4	T–1st	NIT Second Round
2009–10	Steve Alford	30–5	14–2	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
2010–11	Steve Alford	22–13	8–8	5th	NIT Second Round
2011–12	Steve Alford	28–7	10–4	T–1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
2012–13	Steve Alford	29–6	13–3	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
Steve Alford:		155–52 (.749)	68–26 (.723)
Craig Neal (Mountain West Conference) (2013–2017)
2013–14	Craig Neal	27–7	15–3	2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
2014–15	Craig Neal	15–16	7–11	8th
2015–16	Craig Neal	17–15	10–8	T–4th
2016–17	Craig Neal	17–14	10–8	5th
Craig Neal:		76–52 (.594)	42–30 (.583)
Paul Weir (Mountain West Conference) (2017–2021)
2017–18	Paul Weir	19–15	12–6	3rd
2018–19	Paul Weir	14–18	7–11	7th
2019–20	Paul Weir	19–14	7–11	7th	No postseason held
2020–21	Paul Weir	6–16	2–15	11th
Paul Weir:		58–62 (.483)	28–45 (.384)
Richard Pitino (Mountain West Conference) (2021–present)
2021–22	Richard Pitino	13–19	5–12	10th
2022–23	Richard Pitino	22–12	8–10	6th	NIT First Round
2023–24	Richard Pitino	26–10	10–8	6th	NCAA Division I First Round
2024–25	Richard Pitino	27–8	17–3	1st	NCAA Division I Second Round
Richard Pitino:		88–49 (.642)	40–33 (.548)
Eric Olen (Mountain West Conference) (2025–present)
2025–26	Eric Olen	0–0	0–0
Eric Olen:		0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
Total:		1,610–1,204 (.572)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

v t e New Mexico Lobos men's basketball
Venues	Carlisle Gymnasium (1928–1957) Johnson Gymnasium (1957–1966) The Pit (1966–present)
Rivalries	New Mexico State
Culture & lore	Lobo Louie
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 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

List of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball seasons

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