List of La Salle Explorers men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of La Salle Explorers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the Explorers in their 93-season history.^[1]

La Salle's current head coach is Fran Dunphy. He was hired as the Explorers' head coach in April 2022,^[2] replacing Ashley Howard, who was fired after the 2021–22 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1930–1931	James J. Henry	1	15–4	.789
2	1931–1933	Tom Conley	2	28–11	.718
3	1933–1941	Leonard Tanseer	8	90–59	.604
4	1941–1943	Obie O'Brien	2	25–21	.543
5	1943–1946	Joseph Meehan	3	28–30	.483
6	1946–1949	Charles McGlone	3	61–17	.782
7	1949–1955	Ken Loeffler	6	145–30	.829
8	1955–1958	Jim Pollard	3	48–28	.632
9	1958–1963	Dudey Moore	5	79–37	.681
10	1963–1965	Bob Walters	2	31–17	.646
11	1965–1967	Joe Heyer	2	24–27	.471
12	1967–1968	Jim Harding	1	20–8	.714
13	1968–1970	Tom Gola	2	37–13	.740
14	1970–1979	Paul Westhead	9	142–105	.575
15	1979–1986	Lefty Ervin	7	119–87	.578
16	1986–2001	Speedy Morris	15	238–203	.540
17	2001–2004	Billy Hahn	3	37–54	.407
18	2004–2018	John Giannini	14	212–226	.484
19	2018–2022	Ashley Howard	4	45–71	.388
20	2022–present	Fran Dunphy	1	15–19	.441
Totals		20 coaches	93 seasons	1,439–1,067	.574
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "La Salle Men's Basketball Media Guide 2022-23" (PDF). La Salle Athletics. p. 40. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ Jensen, Mike (April 5, 2022). "La Salle hires Fran Dunphy as men's basketball coach". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ Borzello, Jeff (March 21, 2022). "La Salle Explorers fire men's basketball coach Ashley Howard after four seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

La Salle Explorers men's basketball head coaches

James J. Henry (1930–1931)
Tom Conley (1931–1933)
Leonard Tanseer (1933–1941)
Obie O'Brien (1941–1943)
Joseph Meehan (1943–1946)
Charles McGlone (1946–1949)
Ken Loeffler (1949–1955)
Jim Pollard (1955–1958)
Dudey Moore (1958–1963)
Bob Walters (1963–1965)
Joe Heyer (1965–1967)
Jim Harding (1967–1968)
Tom Gola (1968–1970)
Paul Westhead (1970–1979)
Lefty Ervin (1979–1986)
Speedy Morris (1986–2001)
Billy Hahn (2001–2004)
John Giannini (2004–2018)
Ashley Howard (2018–2022)
Fran Dunphy (2022– )

v t e La Salle Explorers men's basketball
Venues	Wister Hall (19??–1955) Palestra (1955–1989) Civic Center (1989–1996) First Union Spectrum (1996–1998) Tom Gola Arena (1998–present) TruMark Financial Center (facilities)
Culture & lore	"Fight On, Explorers" City 6 Philadelphia Big 5 (Robert V. Geasey Trophy) Scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics