List of Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coaches. The Boilermakers have had 18 coaches in their 126-season history.^[1] The team is currently coached by Matt Painter.

Ward "Piggy" Lambert has the longest coaching tenure at Purdue.

*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
BHOF	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
NCHOF	National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
NABC	National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year
LOCA	John Wooden Legends of Coaching Award
HIA	Henry Iba Award
UPI	United Press International College Basketball Coach of the Year
AP	Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
USBWA	United States Basketball Writers Association District V Coach of the Year
B1G	Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

Tenure	Coach	Years	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Awards
1896–97	F. Homer Curtis	1	1	1	.500
1899–1901	Alpha Jamison	2	12	1	.923
1901–02	Charles Best	1	10	3	.769
1902–03	C.I. Freeman	1	8	0	1.000
1903–04	No official coach	1	11	2	.846
1904–05	James Nufer	1	3	6	.333
1905–08	C.B. Jamison	3	16	24	.400
1908–09	E. J. Stewart	1	8	4	.667
1909–12	Ralph Jones	3	32	9	.780
1912–16	R.E. Vaughn	4	21	32	.396
1916–17, 1918–46	Ward "Piggy" Lambert*	29	371	152	.709	BHOF (1960) NCHOF (2006)
1917–18	J.J. Maloney	1	11	5	.688
1946–50	Mel Taube	4+^[a]	45	46	.495
1950–65	Ray Eddy	15	176	164	.518
1965–72	George King	7	109	64	.630
1972–78	Fred Schaus	6	105	59	.640
1978–80	Lee Rose	2	50	18	.735
1980–2005	Gene Keady*	25	512	270	.655	BHOF (2023) NCHOF (2013) NABC (1994, 2000) LOCA (2007) HIA (1984, 1996) UPI (1996) AP (1996) B1G (1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000)
2005–present	Matt Painter	19	447	203	.688	USBWA (2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019) NABC (2019) B1G (2008, 2010, 2011, 2019)
Totals	18 coaches	126 seasons	1947	1064	.647

^ Taube coached part of the 1945–46 season after Lambert's retirement

References

^ "2023–24 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Sports. p. 60. Retrieved September 18, 2024.

[2] Taube coached part of the 1945–46 season after Lambert's retirement

[Media_Guide-1] "2023–24 Purdue Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue Sports. p. 60. Retrieved September 18, 2024.

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Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset Indy Classic
People	NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics