title: List of Lafayette Leopards men's basketball head coaches
text: # List of Lafayette Leopards men's basketball head coaches
  
  The following is a list of Lafayette Leopards men's basketball head coaches. There have been 26 head coaches of the Leopards in their 113-season history.
  
  Lafayette's current head coach is Mike McGarvey. He was named interim head coach in February 2023, after then-head coach Mike Jordan was placed on paid leave pending an investigation, then given the job permanently in March 2023 when Lafayette elected not to retain Jordan.
  
  | No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1900–1901 | B. J. Myers | 1 | 4–3 | .571 |
  | 2 | 1901–1902 | J. L. Baker | 1 | 5–5 | .500 |
  | 3 | 1902–1903 | W. S. Haldeman | 1 | 18–16 | .529 |
  | 4 | 1913–1914 | J. Craft | 1 | 5–7 | .417 |
  | 5 | 1914–1915 | Joe Fogerty | 1 | 4–10 | .286 |
  | 6 | 1915–1916 | Wilmer G. Crowell | 1 | 7–9 | .438 |
  | 7 | 1916–1917 | J. B. Quig | 1 | 15–9 | .625 |
  | 8 | 1917–1919 1920–1925 1945–1949 | Bill Anderson | 11 | 139–82 | .629 |
  | 9 | 1919–1920 | William McAvoy | 1 | 3–7 | .300 |
  | 10 | 1925–1929 | M. A. Miller | 4 | 25–46 | .352 |
  | 11 | 1929–1935 | Herbert A. Lorenz | 6 | 37–56 | .398 |
  | 12 | 1935–1936 | P. M. Shellenberger | 1 | 7–9 | .438 |
  | 13 | 1936–1938 | Mike Michalske | 2 | 15–21 | .417 |
  | 14 | 1938–1942 | Richard Madison | 4 | 29–41 | .414 |
  | 15 | 1942–1945 | Arthur R. Winters | 3 | 30–11 | .732 |
  | 16 | 1949–1951 | Ray Stanley | 2 | 32–17 | .653 |
  | 17 | 1951–1955 1984–1988 | Butch van Breda Kolff | 8 | 132–85 | .608 |
  | 18 | 1955–1967 | George Davidson | 12 | 170–116 | .594 |
  | 19 | 1967–1971 | Hal Wissel | 4 | 43–59 | .422 |
  | 20 | 1971–1977 | Tom Davis | 6 | 116–44 | .725 |
  | 21 | 1977–1980 | Roy Chipman | 3 | 60–28 | .682 |
  | 22 | 1980–1984 | Will Rackley | 4 | 46–66 | .411 |
  | 23 | 1988–1995 | John Leone | 7 | 68–128 | .347 |
  | 24 | 1995–2022 | Fran O'Hanlon | 27 | 362–432 | .456 |
  | 25 | 2022–2023 | Mike Jordan | 1 | 9–20 | .310 |
  | 26 | 2023–present | Mike McGarvey | 1 | 2–3 | .400 |
  | Totals | Totals | 26 coaches | 113 seasons | 1,383–1,328 | .510 |
  | Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source ||||||
  
  * ↑ Jordan was placed on a leave of absence in February 2023 during an investigation into Jordan's behavior. Mike McGarvey was named interim head coach while Jordan was on leave. Following the season and at the conclusion of the investigation, Lafayette did not retain Jordan as head coach.
  * ↑ After finishing the 2022–23 season as interim head coach, McGarvey was hired as the permanent head coach in March 2023.
  