Coaching Records

Coaching History

H.W. Maloney
Harry Maloney was Stanford's first basketball coach (1913-1915).

Harry Maloney, Stanford's first basketball coach, coached six different sports at the University over a period of 30 years. Maloney coached basketball for two seasons, soccer for 29 years, fencing for 22, and boxing for 19 at Stanford. At one time or another, he also served as head coach of track, wrestling and rugby, director of minor sports, and athletic trainer.

E.C. "Squire" Behrens
Squire Behrens not only coached basketball, but served as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Squire Behrens, who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, also became one of the leading political experts in the country.

Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson chalked up a winning record in two seasons as head coach.

Russell Wilson was hired away from Whittier College, a perennial basketball power at the time.

M.C. (Bob) Evans
Bob Evans coached Stanford to its first Pacific Coast Conference championship in 1920.

Bob Evans took over as basketball coach during the 1918-19 season, and also doubled as the head football coach. This was not uncommon in those days. Although he was replaced by Walter Powell as football coach, Evans remained as basketball coach in 1920 and guided Stanford to its first Pacific Coast Conference championship.

Walter Powell
Walter Powell earned the distinction of coaching the basketball team to its first national ranking.

Like Bob Evans, Walter Powell doubled as head basketball and football coach. Powell guided Stanford to the school's best record up to that time. His team of 1920-21 would be ranked eighth in the nation by the Premo Power Poll, the first time that a Stanford basketball team was ranked.

C.E. Van Gent
C.E. Van Gent also served as the school's head football coach (4-2-2 in 1921).

"Gene" Van Gent, like the two previous coaches, M.C. (Bob) Evans and Walter Powell, was also the school's head football coach.

Andy Kerr
Andy Kerr chalked up a record of 42-18 as head basketball coach and 11-7 as football coach.

Andy Kerr became the fourth straight man to coach both basketball and football on The Farm. Kerr would later complete a 26-year career in football at four schools (Stanford, Washington & Jefferson, Colgate, Lebanon Valley), and later was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame.

E.P. (Husky) Hunt
Husky Hunt not only coached basketball at Stanford, but his responsibilities included assistant football coach, head wrestling coach, and head gymnastics coach.

Husky Hunt served in more different capacities at Stanford over a period of nearly 35 years than any other man, with the exception of Harry Maloney. Between 1922 and 1955, Hunt at one time coached several sports including head basketball coach, assistant football coach, head wrestling coach and head gymnastics coach.

John W. Bunn
John Bunn coached at Stanford from 1931-38. His 1936-37 team finished the season with a 25-2 record and was voted national champions by the Helms Foundation.

Athletic Director Al Masters contacted Phog Allen, the famous coach at Kansas, and asked who he would recommend for the new basketball coach at Stanford. Allen recommended John Bunn, who had played and coached under Allen at Kansas. Bunn coached Stanford for eight seasons, including the 1936-37 team which was named national champion by the Helms Foundation. He also coached the great Hank Luisetti for three seasons on the varsity level. After the 1937-38 season, Bunn resigned to accept President Ray Lyman Wilbur's appointment as Dean of Men at Stanford.

Everett S. Dean
Everett Dean, who coached at Stanford from 1939-51, led Stanford to the 1942 NCAA championship title. Dean is the only unbeaten coach in NCAA tournament history, compiling a 3-0 record in the 1942 tourney. Dean also is the only coach in NCAA history to win a College World Series baseball game for the same school (1953).

Stanford tabbed Everett Dean as Stanford's new coach. Dean had previously been head coach of basketball and baseball at Indiana University since 1925. In 1942, Stanford produced one of its greatest teams, chalking up a 28-4 record and winning the NCAA title. In 1950, he also was named baseball coach and held both jobs for two seasons. Dean is the only coach inducted into both the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Dean also wrote two books in the 1940's, "Indiana Basketball" and "Progressive Basketball".

Robert W. Burnett
Everett Dean recommended Bob Burnett as the school's new head coach. Burnett had played on the great Luisetti teams and had been Dean's assistant for the past three years. Burnett's first team scored 2,015 points, the first Stanford team to achieve that many points in a year.

Howard Dallmar
Howie Dallmar enjoyed a distinguished career as both player and coach at Stanford. Dallmar was voted the Most Outstanding Player in helping lead Stanford to the 1942 NCAA tournament. He later coached 21 seasons at Stanford, and is the school's second all-time winningest coach with 256 victories.

Howie Dallmar, who was named Most Valuable Player at the 1942 NCAA tournament, coached the longest (21 years) of any basketball coach on The Farm. Dallmar also coached at the University of Pennsylvania, and chalked up 362 wins at both schools. Dallmar's playing career was interrupted by World War II. Stationed at the University of Pennsylvania for 13 weeks in preparation for aerial navigation, he led a team of 17-year-olds to the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball Championship and was named All-American. Highly admired as a coach, he led Stanford to a league title in 1962-63. That season, Stanford ended the year ranked tenth in the nation by United Press International.

Dick DiBiaso
Dick DiBiaso was named Pac-8 Co-Coach of the Year in his rookie season in 1975-76.

Formerly an assistant coach at Notre Dame, Dick DiBiaso arrived at Stanford and in his first year, he was named Pac-8 Co-Coach of the Year.

Tom Davis
Tom Davis was an excellent recruiter while at Stanford.

Dr. Tom, as he was called, enjoyed his finest season in 1983-84. The Cardinal won 19 games, Stanford's first winning season since the 1972-73 campaign. He also coached four players who were drafted by the NBA, Todd Lichti, Howard Wright, John Revelli and Keith Jones.

Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery is Stanford's all-time winningest basketball coach with 261 victories.

In 13 seasons at Stanford, Mike Montgomery has sent the Cardinal to the post-season eleven times (seven NCAA, four NIT). Under his guidance, Stanford has gone to the NCAA tournament a school record five straight times. In 1997-98, the Cardinal went to the Final Four for the first time in 56 years. Montgomery has collected 261 wins during his tenure at Stanford, Stanford's all-time winningest basketball coach. Following the 1998-99 season, he was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year.

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