List of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches
# List of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches. There have been 25 head coaches of the Panthers in their 122-season history.

Northern Iowa's current head coach is Ben Jacobson. He was hired as the Panthers' head coach in March 2006, replacing Greg McDermott, who left to become the head coach at Iowa State.

| No. | Tenure | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1899 | S. R. Satterthwaite | 1 | 0–1 | .000 |
| 2 | 1900–1901 | Enola P. Pierce | 1 | 1–3 | .250 |
| 3 | 1901–1902 | George B. Affleck | 1 | 1–2 | .333 |
| 4 | 1902–1903 | Thomas Jones | 1 | 0–2 | .000 |
| 5 | 1903–1906 | Charles Pell | 3 | 11–12 | .478 |
| 6 | 1906–1909 | Roy F. Seymour | 3 | 14–15 | .483 |
| 7 | 1909–1911 | Clayton B. Simmons | 2 | 4–3 | .571 |
| 8 | 1911–1913 | Pat Pasini | 2 | 8–12 | .400 |
| 9 | 1913–1917 | Allen P. Berkstresser | 4 | 10–12 | .455 |
| 10 | 1917–1918 | James Owen Perrine | 1 | 5–5 | .500 |
| 11 | 1918–1919 | Russell Glaesner | 1 | 2–6 | .250 |
| 12 | 1919–1921 | Ivan Doseff | 2 | 14–14 | .500 |
| 13 | 1921–1924 | Leland L. Mendenhall | 3 | 27–7 | .794 |
| 14 | 1924–1932 1933–1937 | Arthur D. Dickinson | 12 | 102–66 | .607 |
| 15 | 1932–1933 | Melvin Fritzel | 1 | 9–4 | .692 |
| 16 | 1937–1954 | Hon Nordly | 15 | 166–127 | .567 |
| 17 | 1954–1956 | Stanley Hall | 2 | 19–22 | .463 |
| 18 | 1956–1961 | James Witham | 5 | 63–49 | .563 |
| 19 | 1961–1967 | Norm Stewart | 6 | 97–42 | .698 |
| 20 | 1967–1973 | Zeke Hogeland | 6 | 70–74 | .486 |
| 21 | 1973–1986 | James Berry | 13 | 144–210 | .407 |
| 22 | 1986–1998 | Eldon Miller | 12 | 164–178 | .480 |
| 23 | 1998–2001 | Sam Weaver | 3 | 30–57 | .345 |
| 24 | 2001–2006 | Greg McDermott | 5 | 90–63 | .588 |
| 25 | 2006–present | Ben Jacobson | 17 | 335–219 | .605 |
| Totals | Totals | 25 coaches | 122 seasons | 1,385–1,219 | .532 |
| Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source ||||||

* 1 2 3 4 5 Only partial records are available seasons before 1905.
* ↑ Northern Iowa did not field a team for the 1943–44 or 1944–45 seasons.
