List of Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball seasons

The following is a list of seasons completed by the Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball program at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The team was established in 1913 and plays at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. Kent State played its first intercollegiate game in January 1915 and began play in the MAC in 1951 after playing in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) from 1932–1951. Since 1950, the team has played home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. Through the 2017–18 season, the Golden Flashes have won six Mid-American Conference regular-season championships, six MAC tournament titles, and nine MAC East Division titles. In post-season play, the program has made six appearances in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the Elite Eight in 2002. Additionally, Kent State has nine appearances in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and five appearances in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).

Yearly results

Conference division champions	Conference champions	Conference tournament champions	Postseason berth

Season	Head coach	Season results							Conference tournament result	Postseason result	Final Coaches Poll
		Overall			Conference
		Wins	Losses	%	Wins	Losses	%	Finish
Independent
1913–14	Alexander Whyte	7	2	.778	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1914–15	Alexander Whyte	3	2	.600	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1915–16	Donald Ulrich	4	8	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1916–17	Donald Ulrich	2	6	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	No team	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1918–19	No team	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1919–20	Paul Chandler	2	4	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1920–21		4	7	.364	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1921–22		1	7	.125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1922–23		4	6	.400	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1923–24	Frank Harsh	4	9	.308	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1924–25	Frank Harsh	4	8	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1925–26	Merle Wagoner	6	8	.429	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1926–27		5	11	.313	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1927–28		3	13	.188	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1928–29		11	7	.611	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1929–30		4	9	.308	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1930–31		8	9	.471	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1931–32		2	13	.133	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ohio Athletic Conference
1932–33			4	11	.267	3	10	.231	T-15th	—	—	—
1933–34	August Peterka	5	9	.357	5	9	.357	16th	—	—	—
1934–35	August Peterka	8	6	.571	7	6	.538	T-11th	—	—	—
1935–36	Donald Starn	10	7	.588	6	7	.462	13th	—	—	—
1936–37		15	7	.682	9	4	.692	7th	—	—	—
1937–38		10	13	.435	4	9	.308	12th	—	—	—
1938–39		12	11	.522	7	7	.500	T-10th	—	—	—
1939–40		13	10	.565	5	7	.417	14th	—	—	—
1940–41		12	10	.545	4	7	.364	14th	—	—	—
1941–42		14	11	.560	7	9	.438	10th	—	—	—
1942–43		12	12	.500	9	6	.600	T-6th	—	—	—
1943–44	No Team	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1944–45	William Satterlee	3	11	.214	1	5	.167	11th	—	—	—
1945–46	William Satterlee	10	10	.500	9	8	.529	T-9th	—	—	—
1946–47	Harry Adams	13	11	.542	7	8	.467	10th	—	—	—
1947–48	Harry Adams	15	8	.652	11	5	.688	6th	—	—	—
1948–49	Dave McDowell	20	8	.714	7	4	.636	3rd	1–1	—	—
1949–50		18	4	.818	5	4	.556	6th	—	—	—
1950–51		18	8	.692	7	0	1.000	NA	—	—	—
Mid-American Conference
1951–52	Clarence Haerr	14	10	.583	3	7	.300	6th	—	—	—
1952–53		7	15	.318	3	9	.250	7th	—	—	—
1953��54		8	13	.381	3	9	.250	7th	—	—	—
1954–55		8	14	.364	5	9	.357	T-5th	—	—	—
1955–56	Dave McDowell	10	11	.476	5	7	.417	T-5th	—	—	—
1956–57	Dave McDowell	5	18	.217	2	10	.167	7th	—	—	—
1957–58	Bill Bertka	9	14	.391	3	9	.250	6th	—	—	—
1958–59		11	13	.458	5	6	.455	T-3rd	—	—	—
1959–60		7	16	.304	2	10	.167	7th	—	—	—
1960–61		9	14	.391	4	8	.333	T-5th	—	—	—
1961–62	Robert Doll	2	19	.095	1	11	.083	7th	—	—	—
1962–63		3	18	.143	1	11	.083	T-6th	—	—	—
1963–64		11	13	.458	5	7	.417	5th	—	—	—
1964–65		9	11	.450	4	8	.333	5th	—	—	—
1965–66		8	16	.333	3	9	.250	7th	—	—	—
1966–67	Frank Truitt	5	18	.217	1	11	.083	7th	—	—	—
1967–68		9	15	.375	3	9	.250	T-6th	—	—	—
1968–69		14	10	.583	6	6	.500	T-3rd	—	—	—
1969–70		7	17	.292	2	8	.200	T-5th	—	—	—
1970–71		13	11	.542	4	6	.400	T-5th	—	—	—
1971–72		7	17	.292	6	4	.600	3rd	—	—	—
1972–73		10	16	.385	5	7	.417	T-5th	—	—	—
1973–74		9	17	.346	1	11	.083	7th	—	—	—
1974–75	Rex Hughes	6	20	.231	3	11	.214	7th	—	—	—
1975–76		12	14	.462	7	9	.438	T-5th	—	—	—
1976–77		8	19	.296	4	12	.250	T-8th	—	—	—
1977–78	Rex Hughes/Mike Boyd	6	21	.222	4	12	.250	T-9th	—	—	—
1978–79	Ed Douma	13	14	.481	7	9	.438	5th	—	—	—
1979–80		10	17	.370	7	9	.438	T-4th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1980–81		7	19	.269	5	11	.313	T-9th	Did not qualify	—	—
1981–82		10	16	.385	6	10	.375	9th	Did not qualify	—	—
1982–83	Jim McDonald	15	13	.536	9	9	.500	6th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1983–84		15	14	.517	8	10	.444	T-6th	2–1; Lost in final	—	—
1984–85		17	13	.567	11	7	.611	T-3rd	1–1; Lost in semifinals	0–1 in NIT	—
1985–86		11	16	.407	7	11	.389	T-6th	Did not qualify	—	—
1986–87		19	10	.655	11	5	.688	2nd	2–1; Lost in final	—	—
1987–88		10	18	.357	6	10	.375	7th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1988–89		21	10	.677	12	4	.750	2nd	2–1; Lost in final	0–1 in NIT	—
1989–90		21	8	.724	12	4	.750	2nd	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	0–1 in NIT	—
1990–91		10	18	.357	4	12	.250	8th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1991–92		9	19	.321	6	10	.375	6th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1992–93	Dave Grube	10	17	.370	7	11	.389	8th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1993–94		13	14	.481	8	10	.444	8th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1994–95		8	19	.296	5	13	.278	8th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1995–96		14	13	.519	8	10	.444	8th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1996–97	Gary Waters	9	18	.333	7	11	.389	7th	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
1997–98		13	17	.433	9	9	.500	T-2nd-East	1–1; Lost in semifinals	—	—
1998–99		23	7	.767	13	5	.722	2nd-East	3–0; Won tournament	0–1 in NCAA tournament	—
1999–00		23	8	.742	13	5	.722	2nd-East	0–1; lost in quarterfinals	2–1 in NIT	—
2000–01		24	10	.706	13	5	.722	1st-East	3–0; Won tournament	1–1 in NCAA tournament	—
2001–02	Stan Heath	30	6	.833	17	1	.944	1st-East	3–0; Won tournament	3–1 in NCAA tournament	12th
2002–03	Jim Christian	22	9	.710	12	6	.667	1st-East	2–1; Lost in final	0–1 in NIT	—
2003–04		22	9	.710	13	5	.722	1st-East	2–1; Lost in final	0–1 in NIT	—
2004–05		20	13	.606	11	7	.611	T-2nd-East	2–1; Lost in quarterfinals	0–1 in NIT	—
2005–06		25	9	.735	15	3	.833	1st-East	3–0; Won tournament	0–1 in NCAA tournament	—
2006–07		21	11	.656	12	4	.750	2nd-East	1–1; Lost in semifinals	—	—
2007–08		28	7	.800	13	3	.813	1st-East	3–0; Won tournament	0–1 in NCAA tournament	—
2008–09	Geno Ford	19	15	.559	10	6	.625	T-3rd-East	1–1; Lost in quarterfinals	0–1 in CIT	—
2009–10		24	10	.706	13	3	.813	1st-East	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	1–1 in NIT	—
2010–11		25	12	.676	12	4	.750	1st-East	2–1; Lost in final	2–1 in NIT	—
2011–12	Rob Senderoff	21	12	.636	10	6	.625	4th-East	1–1; Lost in semifinals	0–1 in CIT	—
2012–13		21	14	.600	9	7	.563	3rd-East	1–1; Lost in semifinals	1–1 in CIT	—
2013–14		16	16	.500	7	11	.389	5th-East	0–1; Lost in first round	—	—
2014–15		23	12	.657	12	6	.667	T-1st-East	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	2–1 in CIT	—
2015–16		19	13	.594	10	8	.556	3rd-East	0–1; Lost in first round	—	—
2016–17		22	14	.611	10	8	.556	4th-East	4–0; Won tournament	0–1 in NCAA tournament	—
2017–18		17	17	.500	9	9	.500	2nd-East	2–1; Lost in semifinals	—	—
2018–19		22	11	.667	11	7	.611	3rd-East	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	0–1 in CIT	—
2019–20		20	12	.625	9	9	.500	4th-East	1–0; tournament canceled	No postseason held	—
2020–21		15	8	.652	12	6	.667	T-3rd	0–1; Lost in quarterfinals	—	—
2021–22		23	11	.676	16	4	.800	2nd	2–1; Lost in final	0–1 in TBC	—
2022–23		28	7	.800	15	3	.833	2nd	3–0; Won tournament	0–1 in NCAA tournament	—
2023–24		17	17	.500	8	10	.444	8th	2–1; Lost in final	—	—
Totals^[1]	108 seasons	1,338	1,299	.507	565 113	572 115	.497 (MAC) .496 (OAC)	6 MAC Regular-season titles 9 MAC East Division titles	48–34 in MAC tournament 7 MAC Tournament titles	4–7 in NCAA tournament 5–9 in NIT 3–5 in CIT 0–1 in TBC

Conference division champions	Conference champions	Conference tournament champions	Postseason berth

References

^ Men's Basketball (pdf). Kent State University. 2014. pp. B7–B19, B42–B43. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

[1] Men's Basketball (pdf). Kent State University. 2014. pp. B7–B19, B42–B43. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

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Venues	Various facilities (1913–1925) Wills Gymnasium (1925–1950) Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (1950–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25