List of Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Northern Kentucky Norse men's basketball head coaches. There have been six head coaches of the Norse in their 52-season history.

Northern Kentucky's current head coach is Darrin Horn. He was hired as the Norse's head coach in April 2019, replacing John Brannen, who left to become the head coach at Cincinnati.

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1971–1980	Mote Hils	9	119–118	.502
2	1980–1988	Mike Beitzel	8	125–95	.568
3	1988–2004	Ken Shields	16	306–170	.643
4	2004–2015	Dave Bezold	11	194–133	.593
5	2015–2019	John Brannen	4	81–51	.614
6	2019–present	Darrin Horn	4	79–45	.637
Totals		6 coaches	52 seasons	904–612	.596
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source

References

^ "Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball 2022-23 Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Kentucky Athletics. p. 26. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Clark, Dave (April 23, 2019). "Social media reactions: NKU Norse name Darrin Horn new head coach". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Huffmon, Matt (April 14, 2019). "UC hires NKU's Brannen as men's basketball coach". The News Record. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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Mote Hils (1971–1980) Mike Beitzel (1980–1988) Ken Shields (1988–2004) Dave Bezold (2004–2015) John Brannen (2015–2019) Darrin Horn (2019– )

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