List of North Dakota State Bison men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of North Dakota State Bison men's basketball head coaches. There have been 23 head coaches of the Bison in their 124-season history.^[1]

North Dakota State's current head coach is David Richman. He was hired as the Bison's head coach in April 2014,^[2] replacing Saul Phillips, who left to become the head coach at Ohio.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1897–1906	No coach	9	35–27	.565
1	1906–1908	Gil Dobie	2	17–5	.773
2	1908–1909	Paul Magoffin	1	11–4	.733
3	1909–1913	Arthur Rueber	4	42–6	.875
4	1913–1915	Howard Wood	2	22–4	.846
5	1915–1918	Paul J. Davis	3	37–10	.787
6	1918–1919	Curly Movold	1	9–5	.643
7	1919–1922	Stanley Borleske	3	42–14	.750
8	1922–1925	George Dewey	3	56–15	.789
9	1925–1926	Ion Cortright	1	22–3	.880
10	1926–1933	Leonard Saalwaechter	7	71–68	.511
11	1933–1946^[a]	Robert A. Lowe	11	141–102	.580
12	1946–1949	C. P. Reed	3	32–41	.438
13	1949–1965	Chuck Bentson	16	169–207	.449
14	1965–1968	Doug Cowman	3	33–41	.446
15	1968–1972	Bud Belk	4	50–55	.476
16	1972–1978	Marv Skaar	6	93–69	.574
17	1978–1992	Ervin Inniger	14	244–150	.619
18	1992–1997	Tom Billeter	5	97–50	.660
19	1997–2000	Ray Giacoletti	3	48–33	.593
20	2000–2001	Greg McDermott	1	15–11	.577
21	2001–2007	Tim Miles	6	99–71	.582
22	2007–2014	Saul Phillips	7	134–84	.615
23	2014–present	David Richman	10	190–131	.592
Totals		23 coaches	124 seasons	1,709–1,206	.586
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season Source^[1]

↑ North Dakota State did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

[NoTeam-4] North Dakota State did not field a team for the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons.

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