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^[a]	Ken Hayes	4	50–43	.538
6	1982–1985^[b]	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]

^ Hayes was fired on December 18, 1982. Dick Acres served as interim head coach for the remainder of the 1982–83 season.^[4]
^ After finishing the 1982–83 season as interim head coach, Acres was named permanent head coach.^[5]

References

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

[HayesAcres-5] Hayes was fired on December 18, 1982. Dick Acres served as interim head coach for the remainder of the 1982–83 season.^[4]

[AcresHired-7] After finishing the 1982–83 season as interim head coach, Acres was named permanent head coach.^[5]

[RecordBook-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.

[6] "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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