The following is a list of Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball head coaches. The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team has had 16 head coaches.
| Coach | Years | Conference | Overall | Conference Titles | NCAA Tournament Appearances | NCAA Championships |
| Unknown | 1898–1901 | – | 21–11 | – | – | – |
| (No team) | 1901–1902 | – | – | – | – | – |
| D. C. Huddleson | 1902–1904 | – | 15–6 | – | – | – |
| Unknown | 1904–1908 | – | 33–14 | – | – | – |
| Thomas Kibler | 1908–1910 | – | 22–2 | – | – | – |
| Stockton A. "Sox" Raymond | 1910–1911 | – | 6–3 | – | – | – |
| Lynn St. John | 1911–1919 | 24–43 | 79–70 | 0 | – | – |
| George Trautman | 1919–1922 | 10–26 | 29–33 | 0 | – | – |
| Harold Olsen | 1922–1946 | 154–135 | 259–197 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Tippy Dye | 1946–1950 | 27–21 | 53–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Floyd Stahl | 1950–1958 | 51–65 | 84–92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Taylor | 1958–1976 | 158–102 | 297–158 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Eldon Miller | 1976–1986 | 96–84 | 174–120 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Williams | 1986–1989 | 24–30 | 59–41 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Ayers | 1989–1997 | 64–80 | 124–108 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim O’Brien | 1997–2004 | *61–51 | *133–88 | *2 | *4 | 0 |
| Thad Matta | 2004–2017 | 150–78 | 337–123 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Holtmann | 2017–2024 | 67–65 | 137–86 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jake Diebler | 2024–present | 6-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 coaches | 114 seasons | 1,770–1,1154 (.605) | 20 | 31 | 1 |
*113 games vacated by the NCAA.
Source[1]
References
- ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes Index | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.