Men's Basketball Team W-L Record by Season

TEAM RECORDS BY SEASON

Year	Record	Win %	Head Coach	Highlights
1957-58	1-12	.077	Ed Coyne	First Varsity Season
1958-59	5-13	.200	Ed Coyne
1959-60	9-9	.500	Ed Coyne
1960-61	10-6	.625	Ed Coyne	First Winning Season
1961-62	4-13	235	Joe Blaha
1962-63	2-16	.111	Joe Blaha
1963-64	6-16	.273	Joe Blaha
1964-65	9-13	.409	Joe Blaha
1965-66	13-10	.565	Joe Blaha
1966-67	15-11	.577	Joe Blaha
1967-68	15-11	.577	Joe Blaha
1968-69	6-15	.286	Joe Blaha
1969-70	6-13	.316	Joe Blaha
1970-71	6-17	.261	Joe Blaha
1971-72	17-11	.607	Paul Baker
1972-73	11-19	.367	Paul Baker
1973-74	15-13	.536	Paul Baker
1974-75	23-11	.676	Paul Baker	WVIAC Tournament Runner-Up
1975-76	24-8	.750	Paul Baker
1976-77	12-13	.462	Paul Baker
1977-78	15-15	.500	Paul Baker
1978-79	11-17	.393	Paul Baker
1979-80	13-17	.433	Tim Clouser
1980-81	9-18	.333	Tim Clouser
1981-82	3-25	.107	Tim Clouser
1982-83	17-14	.548	Jim O'Brien*
1983-84	13-15	.464	Jim O'Brien
1984-85	13-15	.464	Jim O'Brien
1985-86	18-10	.643	Jim O'Brien
1986-87	13-15	.464	Jim O'Brien
1987-88	16-13	.552	Jay DeFruscio
1988-89	31-4	.886	Jay DeFruscio*	First-Ever National Ranking NAIA District 28 Champions NAIA National Tournament
1989-90	17-13	.567	Jay DeFruscio
1990-91	15-13	.536	Jay DeFruscio	First Season in NCAA Division II
1991-92	10-18	.357	Jay DeFruscio
1992-93	16-13	.552	Jay DeFruscio
1993-94	17-11	.607	Jay DeFruscio	WVIAC Tournament Runner-Up
1994-95	15-14	.517	Jay DeFruscio
1995-96	11-16	.407	Jay DeFruscio
1996-97	20-7	.740	Jay DeFruscio
1997-98	13-16	.448	Jay DeFruscio
1998-99	7-20	.259	Wheeler Brown
1999-00	9-18	.333	Wheeler Brown
2000-01	12-16	.429	Jay DeFruscio
2001-02	16-12	.571	Jay DeFruscio
2002-03	22-8	.733	Jay DeFruscio*
2003-04	20-8	.714	Jay DeFruscio
2004-05	21-11	.656	Jay DeFruscio	WVIAC Tournament Champions NCAA Tournament
2005-06	21-9	.700	Jay DeFruscio	NCAA Tournament
2006-07	18-10	.642	Jay DeFruscio
2007-08	13-15	.464	Danny Sancomb
2008-09	14-16	.466	Danny Sancomb
2009-10	17-11	.607	Danny Sancomb
2010-11	16-12	.571	Danny Sancomb
2011-12	22-10	.687	Danny Sancomb	NCAA Tournament
2012-13	19-10	.655	Danny Sancomb	Final Season in WVIAC
2013-14	15-13	.535	Danny Sancomb	First Season in MEC
2014-15	21-10	.677	Danny Sancomb
2015-16	28-4	.875	Danny Sancomb*	MEC Regular-Season Champions First-Ever No. 1 National Ranking NCAA Tournament
2016-17	25-8	.758	Danny Sancomb	NCAA Tournament "Sweet 16" NCAA Atlantic Region Runner-Up
2017-18	26-6	.812	Danny Sancomb	MEC Tournament Champions NCAA Tournament
2018-19	9-21	.300	John Peckinpaugh
2019-20	14-13	.519	Will Ryan
2020-21^	6-12	.333	Chris Richardson
2021-22	10-20	.333	Chris Richardson
2022-23	6-23	.207	Chris Richardson
2023-24	10-18	.357	Chris Richardson
65 Seasons	872-853	.506		1X MEC Champions; 1X WVIAC Champions; 6 NCAA Tournament Appearances; 1X NAIA District 28 Champions; 1 NAIA Tournament Appearance

* - Won Conference Coach of the Year Award
^ - Played a conference-only schedule due to COVID-19 pandemic

WHEELING UNIVERSITY ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS

COACH	SEASONS	RECORD	PERCENTAGE
Jay DeFruscio	1987-1998, 2000-06	311-212	.594
Danny Sancomb	2007-2018	216-115	.653
Paul Baker	1971-1979	128-107	.542
Joe Blaha	1961-1971	82-135	.377
Jim O’Brien	1982-1987	74-69	.517
Chris Richardson	2020-Present	32-73	.304
Ed Coyne	1957-1961	25-40	.385
Tim Clouser	1979-1982	25-60	.294
Wheeler Brown	1998-2000	16-38	.296
Will Ryan	2019-2020	14-13	.519
John Peckinpaugh	2018-2019	9-21	.300

* - Active Head Coach

Top-10 Winning Percentages

1988-1989	.886
2015-2016	.875
2017-2018	.813
2016-2017	.755
1975-1976	.750
1996-1997	.740
2002-2003	.733
2003-2004	.714
2005-2006	.700
2011-2012	.688

Top-10 Winningest Seasons

1988-1989	31-4
2015-2016	28-4
2017-2018	26-6
2016-2017	25-8
1975-1976	24-8
1974-1975	23-11
2002-2003	22-8
2011-2012	22-10
2005-2006	21-9
2014-2015	21-10