title: List of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches
text: # List of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches
  
  The following is a list of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches. There have been 28 head coaches of the Bearcats in their 122-season history.
  
  Cincinnati's current head coach is Wes Miller. He was hired as the Bearcats' head coach in April 2021, replacing John Brannen, who was fired after the 2020–21 season.
  
  | No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1901–1902 | Henry S. Pratt | 1 | 5–4 | .556 |
  | 2 | 1902–1904 | Anthony Chez | 2 | 12–10 | .545 |
  | 3 | 1904–1909 | Amos Foster | 5 | 30–10 | .750 |
  | 4 | 1909–1910 | C. A. Shroetter | 1 | 3–2 | .600 |
  | 5 | 1910–1914 | Russ Easton | 4 | 11–30 | .268 |
  | 6 | 1914–1916 | George Little | 2 | 4–17 | .190 |
  | 7 | 1916–1917 | Ion Cortright | 1 | 3–8 | .273 |
  | 8 | 1917–1918 | Whitelaw Morrison | 1 | 2–6 | .250 |
  | 9 | 1918–1928 | Boyd Chambers | 10 | 106–81 | .567 |
  | 10 | 1928–1932 | Frank E. Rice | 4 | 33–34 | .493 |
  | 11 | 1932–1933 | John Halliday | 1 | 9–9 | .500 |
  | 12 | 1933–1937 | Tay Brown | 4 | 47–27 | .635 |
  | 13 | 1937–1939 | Rip Van Winkle | 2 | 18–16 | .529 |
  | 14 | 1939–1942 | Clark Ballard | 3 | 24–31 | .436 |
  | 15 | 1942–1944 | Bob Reuss | 2 | 15–15 | .500 |
  | 16 | 1944–1946 | Ray Farnham | 2 | 16–22 | .421 |
  | 17 | 1946–1952 | John Wiethe | 6 | 106–47 | .693 |
  | 18 | 1952–1960 | George Smith | 8 | 154–56 | .733 |
  | 19 | 1960–1965 | Ed Jucker | 5 | 113–28 | .801 |
  | 20 | 1965–1972 | Tay Baker | 7 | 125–60 | .676 |
  | 21 | 1972–1978 | Gale Catlett | 6 | 126–44 | .741 |
  | 22 | 1978–1983 | Ed Badger | 5 | 68–71 | .489 |
  | 23 | 1983–1989 | Tony Yates | 6 | 70–100 | .412 |
  | 24 | 1989–2005 | Bob Huggins | 16 | 399–127 | .759 |
  | 25 | 2005–2006* | Andy Kennedy | 1 | 21–13 | .618 |
  | 26 | 2006–2019 | Mick Cronin | 13 | 296–147 | .668 |
  | 27 | 2019–2021 | John Brannen | 2 | 32–21 | .604 |
  | 28 | 2021–present | Wes Miller | 2 | 41–28 | .594 |
  | Totals | Totals | 28 coaches | 122 seasons | 1,889–1,064 | .640 |
  | Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source ||||||
  