List of Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball head coaches

The men's college basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh was founded in 1905 and is known competitively as the Pitt Panthers. The team has had 16 head coaches in its history. There were no teams from 1908–1910.

Years	Duration of head coaching career at Pitt
Won	Number of games won at Pitt
Lost	Number of games lost at Pitt
%	Percentage of games won at Pitt
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Statistics updated through the end of the 2025–26 season

Head Coach	Years	Won	Lost	%	Ref
Benjamin Printz	1905–1907	8	14	.364
Harry Hough	1907–1908	10	6	.625
Walter "Dutch" Wohlfarth	1910–1911	6	6	.500
Dr. George Flint	1911–1921	111	68	.620
Andrew Kerr	1921–1922	12	8	.600
Dr. H.C. "Doc" Carlson*	1922–1953	367	248	.597	^[1]
Robert Timmons	1953–1968	174	189	.479	^[2]
Charles "Buzz" Ridl	1968–1975	97	83	.539	^[3]
Tim Grgurich	1975–1980	69	70	.496	^[4]
Dr. Roy Chipman	1980–1986	102	76	.573	^[5]
Paul Evans	1986–1994	147	98	.600	^[6]
Ralph Willard	1994–1999	63	82	.434	^[7]
Ben Howland	1999–2003	89	40	.690	^[8]
Jamie Dixon	2003–2016	328	123	.727	^[9]
Kevin Stallings	2016–2018	24	41	.369	^[10]
Jeff Capel	2018–present	127	127	.500	^[11]

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v t e Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Venues	Motor Square Garden (1905–1912) Duquesne Garden (1905–1912) Trees Gym (1912–1925) Pitt Pavilion (1925–1951) Fitzgerald Field House (1951–2002) Civic Arena (alternate; 1984–2002) Petersen Events Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Duquesne West Virginia
Culture & lore	Oakland Zoo "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song" Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 2025–26
Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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