| Years | Coach | Tenure | W-L | % | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903-09 | Managers* and Players** | 7 | 21-35 | .375 | - |
| 1910 | Edwin R. Sweetland and R.H. Spahr | 1 | 4-8 | .333 | 4-8, 1910 |
| 1911 | Harold J. Iddings | 1 | 5-6 | .454 | 5-6, 1911 |
| 1912 | Edwin R. Sweetland | 1 | 9-0 | 1.000 | 9-0, 1912 |
| 1913 | John J. Tigert | 1 | 5-3 | .625 | 5-3, 1913 |
| 1914-15 | Alpha Brumage | 2 | 19-7 | .731 | 12-2, 1914 |
| 1916 | JamesPark | 1 | 8-6 | .571 | 8-6, 1916 |
| 1917 | William P. Tuttle | 1 | 4-6 | .400 | 4-6, 1917 |
| 1918 | Stanley A. Boles | 1 | 9-2-1 | .792 | 9-2-1, 1918 |
| 1919 | Andrew Gill | 1 | 6-8 | .428 | 6-8, 1919 |
| 1920-24 | George Buchheit | 5 | 44-27 | .619 | 13-1, 1921 |
| 1925 | Clarence Applegran | 1 | 13-8 | .619 | 13-8, 1925 |
| 1926 | Ray Eklund | 1 | 15-3 | .833 | 15-3, 1926 |
| 1927 | Basil Hayden | 1 | 3-13 | .187 | 3-13, 1927 |
| 1928-30 | John Mauer | 3 | 40-14 | .740 | 16-3, 1930 |
| 1931-72 | Adolph Rupp | 42 | 876-190 | .822 | 25-0, 1954 |
| 1973-85 | Joe B. Hall | 13 | 297-100 | .748 | 30-2, 1978 |
| 1986-89 | Eddie Sutton | 4 | 88-39 | .693 | 32-4, 1986 |
| 1990-97 | Rick Pitino | 8 | 219-50 | .814 | 34-2, 1996 |
| 1998-07 | Tubby Smith | 10 | 263-83 | .760 | 35-4, 1998 |
| 2007-09 | BillyGillispie | 2 | 40-27 | .597 | 22-14, 2009 |
| 2010-24 | John Calipari | 15 | 410-123 | .769 | 38-2, 2012 |
| 2025-25 | Mark Pope | 1 | 24-12 | .667 |
* For a list of assistant coaches and managers, please refer to the following page
** Men's basketball at Kentucky began when Physical Education director W.W.H. Mustaine called together a group of students and instructed them to take up a collection to buy a ball and begin playing. Although credited with officially starting the program, Mustaine never actually coached the team at any time.
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