List of Winthrop Eagles men's basketball seasons
The following is a list of Winthrop Eagles men's basketball seasons. The Eagles compete in the NCAA's Division I as a member of the Big South Conference. They have played their home games in the 6,100–seat Winthrop Coliseum since 1982. The Eagles are currently led by head coach Pat Kelsey.
Winthrop's basketball program began in 1978 as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1985, the team made an immediate jump to the Big South Conference where they currently compete. In thirty years, Winthrop has won ten conference tournament championships as well as seven regular season championships, the most recent of which came in 2008. Most notably, the Eagles won the Big South Conference tournament in 2007 and subsequently upset the sixth-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 74–64, as the 11-seed in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. It was the Eagles' first and currently only NCAA tournament victory in program history.
Seasons
| Conference regular season champion† | Conference tournament champion‡ | Postseason bid^ | Shared standing |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | Final poll | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | AP | Coaches' | ||||||
| Wins | Losses | Wins | Losses | Finish[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | |||||||||||
| 1978–79 | Nield Gordon | NAIA District 6 | 25 | 10 | — | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | 17 | 13 | — | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||||
| 1980–81 | 31 | 8 | — | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||||
| 1981–82 | 21 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982–83 | 14 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1983–84 | 21 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984–85 | 11 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985–86 | Big South | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2nd | Semifinal | — | — | — | |
| 1986–87 | Steve Vacendak | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | |
| 1987–88 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4th | Champions‡ | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 8th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Dan Kenney | 14 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 8th | Final | — | — | — | |
| 1993–94 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 9th | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 8th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 7th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 6th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Gregg Marshall | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | |
| 1999–00 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2nd | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2nd | Champions‡ | NCAA Opening Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1st† | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA Second Round^ | 22[1] | 22 | ||
| 2007–08 | Randy Peele | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2nd | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3rd | Champions‡ | NCAA Opening Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 6th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Pat Kelsey | 14 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5th (South) | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4th (South) | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5th | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | T-1st† | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 3 | T-1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 6 | T-2nd | Semifinals | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | T-3rd | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | ||
- The Big South Conference used a divisional format from 2012 to 2014.
Statistics
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| Coaches | Overall | Conference | Postseason | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Win% | Wins | Losses | Win% | Wins | Losses | Win% | |
| Nield Gordon | 160 | 100 | .615 | 5 | 3 | .625 | |||
| Steve Vacendak | 74 | 98 | .430 | 24 | 48 | .333 | |||
| Dan Kenney | 51 | 113 | .311 | 27 | 63 | .300 | |||
| Gregg Marshall | 194 | 83 | .700 | 104 | 24 | .813 | 1 | 7 | .125 |
| Randy Peele | 77 | 82 | .484 | 48 | 38 | .558 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Pat Kelsey | 139 | 86 | .618 | 78 | 42 | .650 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| All-time record | 695 | 562 | .553 | 286 | 218 | .567 | 1 | 10 | .091 |
References
- "2007 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Redden, Brett. "2014-15 Winthrop Men's Basketball Record Book". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.