List of Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball head coaches. The Broncos have had 16 coaches in their 113-season history.^[1] The heading coaching position is vacant following the 2025–26 seeason.

Through 2025–26 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Wins	Losses	Pct.
1913–1922	William H. Spaulding	9	77	43	.642
1922–1949	Buck Read	27	345	169	.671
1949–1952	William Perigo	3	41	27	.603
1952–1958	Joe Hoy	6	61	70	.466
1958–1966	Don Boven	8	75	112	.401
1966–1970	Sonny Means	4	38	57	.400
1970–1976	Eldon Miller	6	86	68	.558
1976–1979	Dick Shilts	3	28	56	.333
1979–1982	Les Wothke	3	42	41	.506
1982–1989	Vernon Payne	7	69	126	.354
1989–2000	Bob Donewald	11	152	154	.497
2000–2003	Robert McCullum	3	44	45	.494
2003–2020	Steve Hawkins	17	291	262	.526
2020–2022	Clayton Bates	2	13	39	.250
2022–2026	Dwayne Stephens	4	42	84	.333
2026–present					–
Totals	16 coaches	113 seasons	1404	1353	.509

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v t e Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball
Venues	East Hall gymnasium (1913–1938) Oakland Gymnasium (1938–1957) Read Fieldhouse (1957–1992) Lawson Arena (1992–1994) University Arena (1994–2027) Kalamazoo Event Center (planned for 2027)
Rivalries	In-state MAC schools
Culture & lore	Buster Bronco The Zoo
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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

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