List of Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball head coaches. There have been 12 head coaches of the Golden Eagles in their 58-season history.[1]

Oral Roberts' current head coach is Russell Springmann. He was hired as the Golden Eagles' head coach in March 2023,[2] replacing Paul Mills, who left to become the head coach at Wichita State.[3]

No. Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1 1965–1969 Bill White 4 65–35 .650
2 1969–1974
1987–1993		 Ken Trickey 11 214–116 .648
3 1974–1977 Jerry Hale 3 61–21 .744
4 1977–1979 Lake Kelly 2 30–24 .556
5 1979–1982[lower-alpha 1] Ken Hayes 4 50–43 .538
6 1982–1985[lower-alpha 2] Dick Acres 3 47–34 .580
7 1985–1987 Ted Owens 2 21–35 .375
8 1993–1997 Bill Self 4 55–54 .505
9 1997–1999 Barry Hinson 2 36–23 .610
10 1999–2017 Scott Sutton 18 328–247 .570
11 2017–2023 Paul Mills 6 106–84 .558
12 2023–present Russell Springmann 0 0–0 –
Totals 12 coaches 58 seasons 1,013–725 .583
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
Source[1]
  1. Hayes was fired on December 18, 1982. Dick Acres served as interim head coach for the remainder of the 1982–83 season.[4]
  2. After finishing the 1982–83 season as interim head coach, Acres was named permanent head coach.[5]

References
  1. "ORU Men's Basketball 2022-23 Record Book" (PDF). Oral Roberts Athletics. p. 33. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  2. Haisten, Bill (March 22, 2023). "Bill Haisten: ORU names Russell Springmann as head coach — shades of 1997". Tulsa World. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  3. Borzello, Jeff (March 21, 2023). "Wichita State hires Oral Roberts' Paul Mills as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. Lassiter, Jim (December 22, 1982). "Firing of Hayes Was Poorly Times". The Oklahoman. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. "ORU to stick with Acres". San Pedro News-Pilot. Associated Press. March 12, 1983. p. 11. Retrieved July 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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