List of Radford Highlanders men's basketball seasons
The following is a list of Radford Highlanders men's basketball seasons. Representing Radford University in Radford, Virginia, the Highlanders compete in the Big South Conference of the NCAA Division I and are currently led by head coach Mike Jones. They play their home games out of the 3,000-seat Dedmon Center, their home since 1981. Radford has won four Big South regular season championships, two Big South tournament championships, and has appeared in two NCAA Tournaments, the most recent of which came in 2009. They also appeared in the 2014 College Basketball Invitational (CBI), where they upset Oregon State in the first round before falling to Old Dominion in the quarterfinals.
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] | |||||||
| Radford Highlanders | |||||||||||
| 1974–75 | Chuck Taylor | NAIA Independent | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | 16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1976–77 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1977–78 | 14 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978–79 | Joe Davis | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1979–80 | NAIA District 19 | 15 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980–81 | 16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1981–82 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982–83 | NCAA Division II Independent |
15 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983–84 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984–85 | NCAA Division I Independent |
16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985–86 | Big South | 11 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | |
| 1986–87 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3rd | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Oliver Purnell | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | |
| 1989–90 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 7th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2nd | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Ron Bradley | 20 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1st† | Semifinal | — | — | — | |
| 1992–93 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2nd | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4th | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3rd | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2nd | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2nd | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1st† | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1st† | Final | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3rd | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Byron Samuels | 10 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6th | Final | — | — | — | |
| 2003–04 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 7th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Brad Greenberg | 10 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7th | Quarterfinal | — | — | — | |
| 2008–09 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1st† | Champions‡ | NCAA First Round^ | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2nd | Semifinal | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 10th | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Mike Jones | 6 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 11th | First Round | — | — | — | |
| 2012–13 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 4th (North) | First Round | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3rd (North) | Quarterfinal | CBI Quarterfinals^ | — | — | ||
- The Big South Conference used a divisional format from 2012 to 2014.
- Radford was forced to vacate four wins (including two conference wins) from the 2010–11 season due to NCAA recruiting infractions.
Statistics
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| Coaches | Overall | Conference | Postseason | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Win% | Wins | Losses | Win% | Wins | Losses | Win% | |
| Chuck Taylor | 56 | 43 | .566 | ||||||
| Joe Davis | 165 | 115 | .589 | 18 | 15 | .545 | |||
| Oliver Purnell | 44 | 42 | .512 | 20 | 18 | .526 | |||
| Ron Bradley | 193 | 124 | .609 | 109 | 47 | .699 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Byron Samuels | 58 | 87 | .400 | 33 | 44 | .429 | |||
| Brad Greenberg | 51 | 68 | .429 | 33 | 33 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mike Jones | 41 | 58 | .414 | 19 | 31 | .380 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| All-time record | 608 | 537 | .531 | 232 | 188 | .552 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
References
- "Radford Basketball Coaching Records". RadfordAthletics.com. Radford University. Retrieved 10 March 2015.