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[[File:Bill Self, KU.png|thumb|[[Bill Self]] led the team to 2 [[Big Ten]] titles in 3 seasons of coaching.]]
The following is a '''list of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball head coaches'''.
The men's [[college basketball]] program of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] was founded in 1905 and is known competitively as the '''[[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Fighting Illini]]'''. The team has had 18 '''[[head coaches]]''' in its history, and they have won 2 [[Helms Athletic Foundation|Helms]] and [[Premo-Porretta Power Poll|Premo-Porretta]] National Championship. [[Ralph Jones]] won the first national championship while finishing his career with an overall record of 85–34 (.714 winning percentage). [[Douglas Mills]] coached the second national champion while finishing his career with an overall record of 151–66 (.696 winning percentage). [[Lou Henson]], after a 21-year stint as head coach, compiled the most wins in Illini history finishing his time in Urbana-Champaign with a record of 423–224. Additionally, [[Bill Self]] maintains the highest winning percentage of all-time at .765 (78 wins and only 24 losses).
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