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Sun Devil coaching history

As a Sun Devil, the journey to greatness starts with the coaches who inspire it. 

For decades, Sun Devil Athletics has been led by visionaries. Coaches who don’t just teach the game but ignite a passion that transcends sport. They push the limits, defy the odds and mold student-athletes into champions.

From the locker room to the field, the classroom and beyond, Sun Devil coaches are more than coaches. They’re difference-makers, mentors, support systems, friends and family. 

They understand that every Sun Devil student-athlete has the potential to become a legend, and that’s why they demand more, inspire more and expect more.

We’re not just building teams. We’re honoring a legacy of athletic and academic excellence.

Current head coaches and seasons as a Sun Devil

Baseball

Willie Bloomquist
Hired June 11, 2021 — Fourth year in 2024–25 

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Men's basketball

Bobby Hurley
Hired April 8, 2015 — 10th year in 2024–25 

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Women's basketball

Molly Miller
Hired March 22, 2025 — First year 2025–26

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Beach volleyball

Kristen Glattfelder
Hired June 2, 2023 — Second year in 2024–25

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Cross country

Ryan Ray  
Hired Dec. 13, 2022 — Second year in 2024–25 

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Men's and women's diving

Marc Briggs
Hired Sept. 1, 2021 — Fourth year in 2024–25

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Football

Kenny Dillingham
Hired Nov. 27, 2022 — Second year in 2024–25

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Men's golf

Matt Thurmond
Hired July 25, 2016 — Ninth year in 2024–25

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Women's golf

Missy Farr-Kaye
Hired June 26, 2015 — Tenth year in 2024–25

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Gymnastics

Jay Santos
Hired May 27, 2016 — Ninth year in 2024–25

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Ice hockey

Greg Powers
Hired Nov. 18, 2014 — Tenth season in 2024–25

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Lacrosse

Taryn VanThof
Hired July 5, 2022 — Third year in 2024–25

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Soccer

Graham Winkworth
Hired Nov. 29, 2016 — Eighth year in 2024–25

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Softball

Megan Bartlett
Hired June 22, 2022 — Third year in 2024–25

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Men's and women's swimming

Herbie Behm
Hired April 1, 2024 — First year in 2024–25

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Men's tennis

Matt Hill
Hired June 29, 2016 — Ninth year/eighth season in 2024–25

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Women's tennis

Jamea Jackson
Hired June 4, 2024 — First year in 2024–25

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Track and field

Dion Miller, Director 
Announced May 15, 2019 — Sixth year in 2024–25

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Triathlon

Cliff English 
Hired Nov. 13, 2015 — Ninth year in 2024–25

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Volleyball

JJ Van Neil
Hired Dec. 29, 2022 — Second year in 2024–25

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Water polo

Petra Pardi
Hired May 18, 2022 — Third year in 2024–25

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Wrestling

Zeke Jones
Hired April 9, 2014 — 11th year in 2024–25 

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Coaching history overview

Twenty-four years before ASU constructed the current home of its swimming and diving teams and named the facility in her honor, Mona Plummer arrived on the ASU campus in 1957.

Over the next 22 years, Plummer built one of the nation's premier women's swimming programs, attracting some of the world's best athletes and winning eight AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) team titles.

Under the tutelage of Plummer, 45 ASU women earned sole or shared possession of AIAW event titles, including relays. Perhaps the first queen of ASU swimming was Kendis Moore (Drake), who, in 1968 —  the same year she finished fourth in the 100m backstroke at the Olympic Games —  became the first collegiate swimmer to win three national event titles, placing first in the 50 back, 100 back and 100 fly.

Another U.S. Olympian who helped ASU in its early years was Jan Henne (Hawkins). Henne, who at the ’68 Olympics captured gold in the 100m free and 400m free relay, plus silver in the 200m free and bronze in the 200m IM, was a three-event national champion for ASU in its 1970 AIAW title campaign — 100 breast, 200 free, 400 free relay.

In 1976, Melissa Belote, the world record holder in the 200m back from 1972–74 and the American record holder from 1972–77, called upon the skill that saw her win three gold medals at the ’72 Olympics and three national collegiate event titles. ASU managed only a fifth-place AIAW finish in ’76, but it rebounded in 1977 and 1978 with its seventh and eighth national championships.

Not to be forgotten in this period are the efforts of ASU divers under coach Dick Smith, including 1968 Olympic platform bronze medalist Ann Peterson (Scheer) — who earned ’68 AIAW titles in both the 3-meter springboard and the now-extinct 100 medley relay —  and Mary "Patsy" Willard (Heckel), who captured bronze in the springboard at the 1964 Olympics.

Following the 1978–79 season, Plummer stepped down. Diving coach Ward O'Connell, who had been on staff for both the men and women since the 1974–75 season, remained and was joined by Plummer's replacement, Bill Rose.

The Rose era, which included ASU's only WCAA (Western Collegiate Athletic Association) title in 1979, was highlighted by Canadian Olympians Gail Amundrud and Cheryl Gibson, who had begun their collegiate careers under Plummer. 

Amundrud earned eight national titles in her four-year ASU career, while Gibs, a silver medalist in the 400 IM at the ’76 Olympics, tallied six collegiate crowns.

The 1981–82 season was the first season for the ASU women in the NCAA and under head coach Bob Gillett. The Sun Devils finished seventh in the nation that season — Gibson's last — but against challenging NCAA competition, they dropped to 21st by 1985.

Thus entered Tim Hill, who grabbed the reins and led the Sun Devils to four consecutive national top 10 finishes. In 1994, one of ASU's finest seasons in recent history, Hill and O'Connell were honored as Pac-10 Coaches of the Year as ASU finished second in the conference and 13th in the nation.

Leading the way that season was Polish swimmer Beata Kaszuba, who claimed ASU's first individual collegiate title since 1980 with a win in the 100 breast at NCAAs. The following season, Kaszuba repeated in the 100 breast and added a 200 breast title, both in NCAA record times.

In 1999, Michael Chasson became the fifth head coach in ASU women's swimming history.

 

The new millennium

In 1999, Michael Chasson officially became the first coach in ASU history to head the men's and women's swimming programs. One year after replacing Ward O'Connell, Mark Bradshaw remained to coach the Sun Devil divers. In both cases, their impact was immediate.

Before Bradshaw's arrival, the ASU men hadn't produced a diving All-American since Dan Plant in 1983, while Katrina Pfeuffer's 1997 efforts had garnered the only All-America acclaim for ASU women divers since Janae Lautenschlager in 1991.

For four years under Bradshaw, ASU diving has produced three All-Americans. Among them was Marc Briggs, who in 2000 became men's diving's first conference champion and first All-American in 17 years. After another All-America season in 2001, which included besting an 18-year Plant record in the 3-meter six-dive format, Briggs finished his collegiate career with ASU records in five of six diving disciplines.

Under Chasson, the men's swimming program also made a national resurgence. In 2000, ASU welcomed two-time 200 IM Olympic medalist Attila Czene to its roster and flourished, placing among the nation's top 10 for only the third time in nine years. In his only season as a Sun Devil, Czene was a member of three school record-setting relay teams and added two individual ASU records. Tying the world record in the short-course 200m IM (1:42.72 converted), Czene became only the sixth NCAA champion in ASU men's swimming and diving history.

The women's swimming program, which hadn't finished in the top 25 nationally in two years, also received a welcomed boost from Chasson with a 23rd-place finish at the end of his first season with the team. The following two years netted back-to-back 21st-place finishes. After accumulating All-America honors in four events last year, the Sun Devils appear ready to earn their first top-20 finish since 1995 in 2002.

As the No. 15 Arizona State men's and No. 18 women’s swimming and diving teams cap their fourth season under head coach Bob Bowman, the upward momentum experienced by both programs is substantial. Before Bowman’s arrival, Sun Devil Men’s Swimming had not registered an All-American since CJ Nuess in 2008. Since the Olympic coach came to Tempe beginning in the 2015-16 season, the squad has garnered 50 All-America honors while cementing themselves as one of the elite programs in the country. The men have also turned heads in one of the most competitive conferences in college swimming, bringing home three individual and one relay Pac-12 titles after not having done so since 2008. The internal improvement is also detailed by the men's having set school records in eight of the 14 individual events and all five relay events under Bowman’s tutelage.
 
Arguably, even more impressive is the improvement experienced by the Sun Devil women under Bowman’s rule. Beating the Arizona Wildcats in back-to-back seasons for the first time, the women also posted their first top-20 finish at the National Championships since 2011 with their 20th-place finish in 2019. With their third-place finish in 2018 and a fourth-place finish in 2019 at the Pac-12 Championships, the Sun Devil women have also established themselves in one of the premiere swimming conferences, as the squad had not placed higher than fifth at the conference championships in the last 23 seasons. The ASU women have also constantly updated their school records, setting nine individual and two relay records under coach Bowman.
 
Both programs’ recent success has, in return, attracted some of the top swimming talent in the country, including the likes of gold medalist Olympian Cierra Runge. Runge, who won gold as a part of the American 4x100 relay squad in Rio, has already cemented herself in Sun Devil history in just her first three months in the pool. In just six meets, Runge owns six of the top 10 times in program history in the 200 freestyle and four of the top 10 times in the 500 freestyle — including the school record in both —  while capping off her first season in maroon and gold with a third-place finish in the mile at the National Championships in Austin. On the men’s side, the 2018–19 incoming class was named the No. 5 recruiting class in the country with more improvement on the horizon, as the squad looks to add two recruits currently ranked in the top 30 in the country in Jack Dolan (No. 9) and Julian Hill (No. 26).

National Champion coaches

 

Baseball

  • Jim Brock: 1981, 1977
  • Bobby Winkles: 1969, 1967, 1965

Men's golf

  • Randy Lein: 1996
  • Steve Loy: 1990

Women’s golf

  • Linda Vollstedt: 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1990
  • Missy Farr-Kaye: 2017, 2009; 1990 (player)

Men's gymnastics

  • Don Robinson: 1986

Softball

  • Clint Myers: 2011, 2008

Men's swimming

  • Herbie Behm: 2024

Men's track and field

  • Baldly Castillo: 1977 outdoor
  • Greg Kraft: 2008 indoor

Women's track and field

  • Greg Kraft: 2008 indoor, 2007 outdoor, 2007 indoor

Wrestling

  • Bobby Douglas, 1988

Sun Devil 20-year head coaches

 

Shelia McInerney, women’s tennis

40 seasons from 1984–24

Sheila McInerney led the women’s tennis program in a successful direction after being hired on Aug. 16, 1984. From her first season as head coach in 1985, the ASU women’s tennis team won more than 575 matches, advanced to 36 consecutive NCAA tournaments and finished each season in the top 40 nationally. McInerney coached 25 All-Americans for 49 All-American honors throughout her time at ASU.

McInerney was a two-time Southwest Region Coach of the Year by the ITA and the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2022. She also received the 2016 ITA Meritorious Service Award, which honors an ITA coach who goes above and beyond in their commitment and contributions to the ITA and college tennis. In April 2022, McInerney was named the Linda Vollstedt Coach of the Year, an award given annually to an ASU women's coach who most exhibits the four pillars of the Sun Devil Way: integrity, championship performance, graduation and tradition.

 

John Spini, gymnastics

34 seasons from 1981–14

For 34 seasons, as gymnastics head coach, John Spini sent his teams to 21 NCAA championships, with and had at least one Sun Devil representing ASU at the NCAA championships in 26 out of 34 seasons. Additionally, nine of Spini's Sun Devil squads finished in the top five at the NCAA Championships, including four runner-up teams and six women winning individual NCAA titles. 

A four-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Spini's athletes were awarded 27 perfect 10.0 in his career and had a 359-235-2 record. He also coached 27 All-Americans for a total of 81 All-American accolades. A prominent coach on the national scale, Spini was a U.S. national team coach at the World University Games and a member of the NCAA Gymnastics Committee. In 2010, he entered the USAG Arizona Hall of Fame.

 

Anne Pittman, women’s tennis

31 seasons from 1954–84

During her 31-year tenure as women’s tennis coach, Anne Pittman led her ladies to three national titles in 1971, 1972 and 1974. She also held the titles of Professor of Physical Education, chair of the department, women's tennis coach, ASURA Board member, President of the organization, Lady Champion Women's Tennis Coach of the Year in 1975 and 1976, and founder of the Women's Collegiate Tennis Coaches Association. That same year, the women's tennis team coach at the World University Games in Moscow brought home a bronze medal in doubles and took fourth in singles. 

In 1995, she was the only coach inducted as a charter member into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women's Collegiate Hall of Fame. As director of the AZ Women's Golf Association, she produced many tournaments statewide. She teamed up with ASU dance professor Margaret Gisolo, and they played in senior double tournaments across the nation. After she had given up playing tennis, she concentrated on golf. 

 

Senon “Baldy” Castillo, track and field

29 seasons from 1949–82

For 29 years, the leader and head coach for the Sun Devils Track and Field team, Senon Castillo, also known as “Baldy,” led his squad to the 1977 NCAA Outdoor Championship, the only national men's team title in program history until the 2008 Sun Devils captured their crown. His athletes collected 10 individual NCAA titles and 34 All-America accolades on the national scene before competing internationally and collecting 13 Olympic medals. Castillo saw 24 of his athletes compete in eight Summer Olympiads and collect seven gold medals, including Ulis Williams and Henry Carr running on the winning 4x400m relay. He was a United States Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame Inductee in 2000.

Castillo's sprinters, also known as Baldy's Blazers, made a name for themselves throughout his tenure. His 4x400m relay of Williams, Carr, Ron Freeman and Mike Barrick combined to run 3:04.5 in 1963 and set the world record. Like Williams and Carr, Freeman would add a gold medal in the 4x400m relay at the 1968 Olympic Games. The 1977 season was his greatest in Tempe for that year. The Sun Devils captured their first national team title and saw nine athletes combine to collect seven individual All-American honors and two more in the relays. 

 

Lou Belken, men’s tennis 

26 seasons from 1983–-08

As men’s tennis head coach, Lou Belken helped ASU reach the NCAA Tournament 14 times with five Sweet Sixteen appearances and a Final Eight finish. Throughout this time, Belken taught 14 All-American players and 28 Pac-10 All-Conference selections while also being named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2008. 

In 2003, ASU’s 6-1 victory against Santa Clara gave Belkin his 250th career win and the university its 600th win. Belken was named the head tennis coach for Team USA at the World Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China in 2014, and is also the author of the celebrated tennis instruction series “Winning Tennis.”

 

Don Robinson, men’s gymnastics

25 seasons from 1969–93

For 25 seasons, Don Robinson led the Arizona State men’s gymnastics to 13 top 10 national finishes and six conference titles as coach. ASU finished as the national runner-up in 1974 and 1978 before winning the NCAA National Championship in 1986, the same year Robinson earned the honor of national coach of the year. Twenty-four different ASU student-athletes earned 43 All-American awards throughout his time at ASU. Throughout his 25 seasons, Robinson led ASU to a record of 268-128-1, was inducted into the ASU Hall of Distinction in 1992 and was the first recipient of the USA Gymnastics Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

 

Ned Wulk, men’s basketball 

25 seasons from 1957–82

Ned Wulk coached Arizona State’s men’s basketball and led his teams to 17 winning seasons, nine NCAA tournaments, and three Elite Eight appearances in 1961, 1963 and 1975. In 1981, Wulk led ASU to an 87-67 upset over top-ranked Oregon State on the final day of the regular season. Wulk’s team broke the ASU record for most wins in a season in 1963 with 26. During the 1962 season, Wulk’s team set the ASU record for the longest winning streak at 18 games. Wulk led the 1981 ASU Sun Devils of the Pac-10 to the highest national ranking in school history at No. 3, finishing with a record of 24-4. In 1980, the Pac-10 named him Coach of the Year. Wulk led his team to an overall record of 406-272, making him the most successful coach of ASU’s men’s basketball in the program's history. In 1999, Arizona State named Desert Financial Arena's basketball court after him.

 

Charli Turner Thorne, women’s basketball

25 seasons from 1996–22 

The coach with the most wins in ASU women’s basketball history and No. 2 all-time in career wins (488) by a Pac-12 coach, Charli Turner Thorne, oversaw the establishment of Sun Devil Women’s Basketball as a perennial national power. Turner Thorne, who announced her retirement on March 3, 2022, after 25 seasons as ASU's head coach, methodically raised ASU’s profile with each passing season. Coming into the 2021–22 campaign, Turner Thorne’s Sun Devil teams qualified for the postseason in all but one season since 2001. Included in that remarkable stretch were a school-record six consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2014–19), two Elite Eight appearances (2007, 09), and three Sweet 16 finishes (2005, 2015, 18). ASU’s 14 NCAA tournament appearances under Turner Thorne are 11 more than ASU had in the 15 years before she arrived in Tempe. 

In addition to her decorated career as a college coach, Turner Thorne also earned a pair of gold medals with USA Basketball. Seven months after announcing her retirement, Turner Thorne was inducted into the Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Distinction and, in 2024, was named to the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.

 

Ward O’Connell, diving 

24 seasons from 1974–97

Ward O’Connell’s diving team earned 10 individual Pac-10 Conference titles, three Western Athletic Conference championships and one Western Collegiate Athletic Association championship. While O’Connell coached at ASU for 24 years, he served as a collegiate diving coach for 31 years, including 22 years as the head diving coach for ASU. O’Connell was also a significant factor in the construction of the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center and served as the pool director for several years. O’Connell and his wife also founded the Sun Devil Divers, a diving club team in Tempe. 

While he was very popular in the collegiate diving circles, he was also popular internationally as he served as the United States coach at the Pan American Games in 1967, and coached at the 1967 and 1987 World University Games. In 1987, the U.S. Diving Committee awarded O’Connell the Fred A. Cady Memorial Diving Coaches Perpetual Trophy, the highest honor for diving coaches in the United States. O’Connell was named the PAC-10 Coach of the Year in 1994. He was the longest-tenured aquatics coach in Sun Devil history.

 

Jim Brock, baseball

23 seasons from 1973–94

Jim Brock managed his team to a 64-6 record during his first year as head coach. That mark set an NCAA record for the all-time winning percentage in a single season. Brock led the Sun Devils to a pair of national championships in 1977 and 1981 and recorded a 1,100-440 record during his 23 years at the helm of the Sun Devils. He led ASU to 13 College World Series appearances in total. Brock passed away after a long battle with cancer shortly after leading the Sun Devils to the 1994 College World Series. 

He was inducted into the ABCA College Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 and was the 1977 and 1981 NCAA Coach of the Year. Additionally, Brock was a five-time winner of the Pac-10 Coach of the Year award (1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1993). Brock also earned three degrees from Arizona State, including a bachelor’s, master's and doctorate.

 

Mona Plummer, women’s swimming

23 seasons from 1957–79

Mona Plummer arrived on the ASU campus in 1957, 24 years before the university built and named the current home of Arizona State swimming and diving in her honor. Over the next 22 years, Plummer built one of the nation's premier women's swimming programs, attracting some of the world's best athletes and winning eight Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women team titles from 1967–78. Under the tutelage of Plummer, 45 ASU women earned sole or shared possession of AIAW event titles, including relays.

 

Margaret Klann, archery

22 seasons from 1955–76 

A member of ASU’s Hall of Distinction, Margaret Klann played an instrumental role in establishing collegiate archery and the National Archery Association College Division. During her 22 years at Arizona State, she coached 45 All-Americans. Additionally, her team won 16 national team titles and seven individual championships.

 

Linda Vollstedt, women’s golf

22 seasons from 1980–01

During her time as head coach, Linda Vollstedt led the Sun Devils to 10 consecutive trips to the NCAA Championships, the third-longest streak in the nation, and six national titles. She led the team to nine conference titles, coached 42 All-Americans, and sent 22 players to the LPGA Tour. Under her direction, Vollstedt guided the Sun Devils to twice as many NCAA championships as any other women’s golf program in the nation.  

In 2003, Vollstedt was named to the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Most recently, she was named fourth on Golf World Magazine’s Top 10 College Coaches of the 20th Century. In 2018, ASU created the Linda Vollstedt Coach of the Year Award to honor her legacy and recognize a current coach who embodies the four pillars of the Sun Devil Way: integrity, championship performance, graduation and tradition. Today, Vollstedt continues her career at ASU as the Sun Devil Athletics development director. 

 

Frank Kush, football 

22 seasons from 1958–79

Remembered as a Sun Devil legend, Frank Kush was the head coach for Arizona State’s football team from 1958 to 79. During his 22-year tenure, Kush led the team to win 176 games, the most in school history. He captured two conference titles in the first 11 years, which would lead him to the opportunity of serving as the head coach for the University of Pittsburgh in 1969. He initially accepted the position, but with a change of heart, he returned to coach at Arizona State. 

1970 Peach Bowl in snow
The Sun Devils finished its first-ever season in the top 10 by defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 1970 Peach Bowl under coach Frank Kush. 

The Sun Devils finished its first-ever season in the top 10 by defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 1970 Peach Bowl under coach Frank Kush. 

Under his direction, the Sun Devils won five consecutive Western Athletic Conference championships from 1969 to 1973, comprising seven during his tenure. In 1970, the team won the Peach Bowl and the first three editions of the Fiesta Bowl. In 1975, the team finished second in the national rankings, and Kush was named the National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Foundation. The College Football Hall of Fame inducted him in 1995.

Kush helped guide 38 of his players to All-American honors and a staggering 128 players into the NFL, 10 of which would be first-round draft picks, and 17 would go on to play in the Pro Bowl. After his time at ASU, Kush moved to serve as head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League. From 1982 to 1984, he served the NFL's Baltimore Colts as head coach. 

ASU brought Kush back in 2000, first hiring him as an assistant to the athletic director and later naming him an ambassador for Sun Devil Athletics, a role he held until his passing in 2017. Today, he is honored every July 5 with “Frank Kush Day,” which Governor Doug Ducey proclaimed to honor him as one of the state's most well-known athletic leaders. 

 

Greg Kraft, track and field

22 seasons from 1996–19

Greg Kraft’s career as head track and field coach at ASU began in 1996 and lasted until 2019. During his tenure, he led the Sun Devils to win four NCAA titles, three Pac 10/12 crowns and 12 top-four finishes at NCAA championship events. After Baldy Castillo, he posted the second-longest tenure in ASU track and field history.

Kraft was named United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Coach of the Year four times and Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year three times. Under his direction, 38 individual athletes won national titles, 21 earned Olympic berths, and the program brought home more than 300 All-American honors since its first NCAA appearance in 1998. 

He also coached his team to win the USTFCCCA Female All-Academic Team of the Year on two different occasions while leading the program to be recognized by the USTFCCCA as the top academic team in the country six separate times. In 2019, Kraft stepped down from his head coaching duties to serve as associate athletics director for ASU’s track and field and then retired.

All-time baseball head coaches

  • Willie Bloomquist: 2022–present 
  • Tracy Smith: 2015–21 
  • Tim Esmay: 2010–14
  • Pat Murphy: 1995–09
  • Jim Brock: 1972–94
  • Bobby Winkles: 1958–71
  • Melvin Erickson: 1955–58
  • Bob White: 1954
  • Jack Machtolff: 1952–53
  • Bud Younger: 1951
  • Bill Kajikawa: 1940, 1946–50, 1952
  • Nick Johnson: 1942
  • Tom Lillico: 1938
  • Earl Pomeroy: 1937
  • Joe Sellah: 1932–36
  • Aaron McCreary: 1924–26, 1928, 1930–31
  • Leslie Fairbanks: 1927, 1929
  • George E. Cooper: 1918–22
  • H. B. Griffen: 1914
  • John Spikes: 1912–13
  • Fred C. Ayer: 1907–11

All-time men’s basketball head coaches

  • Bobby Hurley: 2015–present
  • Herb Sendek: 2006–15
  • Rob Evans: 1998–06
  • Don Newman: 1997–98 (interim)
  • Bill Frieder: 1989–97
  • Steve Patterson: 1985–89
  • Bob Weinhauer: 1982–85
  • Ned Wulk: 1957–82
  • Bill Kajikawa: 1950–56
  • Rudy Lavik: 1946–49
  • Rudy Lavik, Bill Kajikawa: 1944–46
  • Rudy Lavik: 1941–43
  • Earl Pomeroy: 1934–40
  • Ted Shipkey: 1931–33
  • Aaron McCreary: 1925–28
  • Ernest Wills: 1923
  • George E. Cooper: 1922
  • George H. Schaeffer: 1915
  • G.W. Henry: 1913–14

 

Sun Devil Men's Basketball head coach history

100 overall wins 
as of Nov. 16, 2024

  • 406: Ned Wulk, 1957–82
  • 160: Bobby Hurley, 2015–present
  • 159: Herb Sendek, 2006–15
  • 132: Bill Frieder, 1989–97
  • 119: Rob Evans, 1998–06

Head coach regular season conference games

  • Bobby Hurley: 79-88/.473 (9)
  • Herb Sendek: 72-90/.444 (9)
  • Rob Evans: 55-89/.372 (8)
  • Don Newman: 8-10/.444 (1)
  • Bill Frieder: 67-77/.465 (8)
  • Bob Schermerhorn: 2-6/.250 (1)
  • Steve Patterson: 23-41/.359 (4)
  • Ned Wulk: 46-26/.639 (4)

Herb Sendek / 2006–15 / 159-137 / .537
Before his arrival, ASU managed three 20-win seasons in 25 years. Under Coach Herb Sendek, the Sun Devils posted five 20-win seasons in nine years. In 2013–14, Sendek led ASU to a 16-1 home record, including eight straight Pac-12 home wins, the program’s best home performance in 40 years, dating back to the 14-0 mark of the 1974–75 team. ASU also tied its record for most home wins (16) three times during Sendek’s tenure: in 2009–10, 2012–13 and 2013–14. 

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sendek guided ASU to three straight 20-win seasons from 2007–08 to 2009–10 — the first such streak since 1961-63 — with records of 21-13, 25-10, and 22-11, respectively. Between 2007 and 2010, the Sun Devils won 68 games, recorded seven victories over ranked teams, posted five consecutive wins over rival Arizona (and six of seven overall), including three straight wins in Tucson, and swept UCLA in the 2008–09 season. Sendek’s later years at ASU included a 22-13 finish in 2012–13, followed by a 21-12 record and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2013–14.

 

Rob Evans / 1998–06 / 119-120 / .498
Rob Evans coached at ASU for eight seasons and led the team to three NIT appearances and one NCAA Tournament, including a win over John Calipari's Memphis Tigers in 2003. He coached two Pac-10 Players of the Year (Eddie House in 1999–00 and Ike Diogu in 2004–05). ASU went 19-13 in 1999-00 (NIT), 20-12 in 2002–03 when Diogu was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and 18-14 in 2004–05. 

 

Don Newman / 1997–98 interim coach / 18-14 / .563
Don Newman was named interim head coach in September 1997 after Bill Frieder stepped down and led ASU to the NIT in his sole season. His team led the Pac-12 in scoring and posted one of the biggest upsets in school history with a win at No. 4 Stanford.

 

Bill Frieder / 1989–97 / 132-108 / .550
Bill Frieder led ASU to six straight postseason tournaments in his first six seasons, including two NCAA Tournaments (1990 and 1995). His 1995 squad finished 24-9, won the 1994 Maui Invitational, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with wins over Ball State and Manhattan in Memphis before falling to Kentucky in Birmingham.

 

Bob Schermerhorn / 1989 interim coach / 2-7 / .222
Bob Schermerhorn joined Steve Patterson's staff in 1987 and finished as interim head coach for the final nine games of the 1988–89 season. Although he went 2-7, one of the two wins would be the only win against UCLA (93-86 on Feb. 16, 1989) across 22 matchups. The next time ASU beat the Bruins would be Feb. 17, 2000, ending a 4,029-day losing streak. 

 

Steve Patterson / 1985–89 / 48-56 / .461

 

Bob Weinhauer / 1982–85 / 44-45 / .494

 

Ned Wulk / 1957–82 / 406-272 / .599
Coach Ned Wulk enjoyed a 25-year career with the Sun Devils and entered the Sun Devil Hall of Fame in 1982. ASU renamed the basketball floor Ned Wulk Court in his honor on March 5, 1999. His teams reached the Final Eight in 1961, 1963, and 1975, and reached the NCAA tournament nine times. Born Aug. 14, 1920, Wulk posted 17 winning seasons in his ASU career. He was ASU's 2003 inductee into the Pac-10 Hall of Honor. In the 1963 NCAA tournament in Provo, Utah, the Sun Devils routed UCLA in a second-round game, 93-79. The Bruins were on the brink of back-to-back national titles in 1964 and 1965. His 1981 team went to Corvallis on the final day of the regular season and defeated top-ranked and unbeaten Oregon State 87-67. The 1963 team still has the school record for most wins in a season at 26, and ASU set a school record with an 18-game win streak. He was selected as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1980, when ASU finished 21-6, including 15-3 in conference play.

 

Bill Kajikawa / 1949–57 / 88-137 / .391
Bill "Kaji" Kajikawa, a legendary former football, basketball and baseball coach at Arizona State, began his coaching career at Arizona State in 1937 and retired from ASU in 1978. He began coaching the Arizona State Teacher's College freshman football team in 1937 when the players were known as the Bulldogs. During his tenure, Kajikawa watched the Bulldogs become the Sun Devils in 1946, and he saw his alma mater gain university status in 1958. Before retiring in 1978, Kajikawa had worked as the freshman football coach under nine ASU head football coaches. In addition, he served as head basketball coach from 1948 to 1957 and was head coach of ASU's club baseball team from 1947 to 1957. He entered the Arizona Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968 and the ASU Hall of Distinction in 1982. Kajikawa passed away on Feb. 15, 2010. He was 97 years old.

Rudolph Lavik / 1940–48 / 70-73 / .490

Earl Pomeroy / 1934–39 / 59-66 / .472

Theodore Shipkey / 1931–33 / 25-28 / .472

Aaron McCreary / 1928–30 / 16-25 /.390

All-time women’s basketball head coaches

Welcome to ASU Molly Miller. Women's basketball head coach. ASU Sun Devils.


Women’s basketball coach Molly Miller joined the Sun Devils in March 2025. 

 

  • Molly Miller: 2025present, hired March 22, 2025
  • Natasha Adair: 202225 
  • Charli Turner Thorne: 201222
  • Joe Anders (interim): 201112
  • Charli Turner Thorne: 199611
  • Jacqueline Hullah: 199396
  • Maura McHugh: 198793
  • Juliene Simpson: 197986
  • Paul Long: 197879
  • Linda Spradley: 197678
  • Nina Murphy: 1938
  • Laura E. Herron: 1932
  • Nina Murphy, Miss Hayden, F. Irish: 1924
  • Waldo B. Christy: 1923
  • Fredrick Irish: 1903

All-time beach volleyball head coaches

  • Kristen Rohr: 2023present (hired June 2, 2023)
  • Brad Keenan: 2017–23 
  • Jason Watson: 201416

All-time men’s cross country head coaches

  • Ryan Ray: 2023present (hired Dec. 13, 2022)
  • Ryun Godfrey: 2022
  • Patrick Henner: 202022 
  • Cory Leslie: 201920
  • Jeremy Rasmussen: 201718
  • Louie Quintana: 200416
  • Walt Drenth: 199604
  • Ken Lehman: 198595
  • Frank Morris: 198485
  • Len Miller: 197984
  • Dick Purcell: 197577

All-time women’s cross country head coaches

  • Ryan Ray: 2023present (hired Dec. 13, 2022)
  • Ryun Godfrey: 2022 
  • Patrick Henner: 202021 
  • Cory Leslie: 201920
  • Jeremy Rasmussen: 201718
  • Louie Quintana: 201416
  • Ryan Cole: 201214
  • Louie Quintana: 200412
  • Walt Drenth: 199604
  • Ken Lehman: 198595
  • Roger Kerr: 197984

All-time men’s and women’s diving head coaches

  • Marc Briggs: 202122 (hired Sept. 1, 2021)
  • Mark Bradshaw: 199720
  • Ward O'Connell: 197497
  • Rory Moore: 197071

All-time football head coaches

  • Kenny Dillingham: 2023present (hired Nov. 27, 2022)
  • Shaun Aguano (interim): 2022
  • Herm Edwards: 201822 (hired Dec. 4, 2017)
  • Todd Graham: 201217
  • Dennis Erickson: 200711
  • Dirk Koetter: 200106
  • Bruce Snyder: 199200
  • Larry Marmie: 198891
  • John Cooper: 198587
  • Darryl Rogers: 198084
  • Bob Owens: 1979
  • Frank Kush: 195879
  • Dan Devine: 195557
  • Clyde Smith: 195254
  • Larry Siemering: 1951
  • Ed Doherty: 194750
  • Steve Coutchie: 1946
  • Hilman Walker: 1942
  • Dixie Howell: 193841
  • Rudy H. Lavik: 193337
  • Ted Edwin Shipkey: 193032
  • Aaron M. McCreary: 192329
  • Ernest Wills: 1922
  • George Cooper: 1919
  • George Schaeffer: 191416
  • Fredrick M. Irish: 18961906

Note: No varsity teams during the  194345, 192021, 191718 and 190713 seasons.

All-time men’s golf head coaches

  • Matt Thurmond: 2016present
  • Mickelson: 201116
  • Randy Lein: 199211
  • Todd Rolfes: 1992 (interim)
  • Steve Loy: 198792
  • George Boutell: 197586
  • Bill Mann: 196174
  • Francis E. Markham: 195960
  • John Zuchowski: 1958
  • Al Onofrio: 195256
  • Earl Pomeroy: 1940
  • Joe Selleh: 1932
  • McCreary: 1931

All-time women’s golf head coaches

  • Missy Farr-Kaye: 2015present
  • Melissa McNamara-Luellen: 200215
  • Mickey Yokoi: 200102
  • Linda Vollstedt: 198001
  • Jocelyn Bourassa: 197980
  • Judy Whitehouse: 197579
  • Betty Graham: 195864
  • Janet Wood: 1940
  • Selleh and Mercier Willard: 1932
  • Joe Selleh: 1931

All-time women’s gymnastics head coaches

  • Jay Santos: 2016present
  • René Lyst: 201516
  • John Spini: 198014
  • Marie Bilski: 197679
  • Monique Sublette: 197376

All-time ice hockey head coaches

  • Greg Powers: 2015present 

All-time lacrosse head coaches

  • Taryn VanThof: 2022present
  • Tim McCormack: 201922
  • Courtney Martinez Connor: 201519

All-time soccer head coaches

  • Graham Winkworth: 2017present
  • Kevin Boyd: 200716
  • Ray Leone: 200107
  • Terri Patraw: 199600

All-Time softball head coaches

  • Megan Bartlett: 2022present (hired June 22, 2022)
  • Trisha Ford: 201722 (hired June 15, 2016)
  • Robert Wagner, Letty Olivarez: 2016
  • Craig Nicholson: 201415
  • Clint Myers: 200613
  • Linda Wells: 198905
  • Mary Littlewood: 196789

All-time men's swimming head coaches

  • Herbie Behm: 2024present
  • Bob Bowman: 201524
  • Dorsey Tierney-Walker: 200914
    Michael Chasson: 199809
  • Ernie Maglischo: 199398
  • Ron Johnson: 197493
  • Phil Hasel: 1972
  • Walter Schleuter and Dick Smith: 196271
  • Mona Plummer: 195760
  • Fred Bryant: 1952

All-time women’s swimming head coaches

  • Herbie Behm: 2024present
  • Bob Bowman: 201524
  • Dorsey Tierney-Walker: 200914
  • Michael Chasson: 199809
  • Tim Hill: 198598
  • Bob Gillett: 198185
  • Bill Rose: 197981
  • Mona Plummer: 197579

All-time men’s tennis head coaches

  • Matt Hill: 2016present (hired June 29, 2016)
  • Lou Belken: 198108
  • Myron McNamara: 197981
  • Marty Pincus: 197279
  • Bill Lenior: 196972
  • Marlow Keith: 195159
  • Marshall Miller: 1947
  • Earl Pomeroy: 193441
  • Ballard: 1932
  • M. Fairbanks: 1928
  • Mr. Felton, Mr. Fairbanks, Mrs. Ostrander, Mr. Broadbent, and Miss Hayden: 192122

All-time women’s tennis head coaches

  • Jamea Jackson: 2024present (hired June 4, 2024)
  • Shelia McInerney: 198424
  • Dr. Anne Pittman: 195484
  • Janet Wood: 1938
  • Laura E. Herron: 1932
  • J.L. Felton, Norman Fenton, M. Leslie Fairbanks: 1923

All-time men’s track and field head coaches

  • Dion Miller: 2019present
  • Greg Kraft: 199619
  • Ken Lehman: 1996 (acting)
  • Leonard Braxton: 199295
  • Ken Lehman: JulyOctober 1992 (acting)
  • Tom Jones: 198892
  • Clyde Duncan: 198688
  • Ed Gorman: 198788 (interim)
  • Mike Gray, Baldy Castillo: 198485
  • Frank Morris: 1984/85
  • Len Miller: 198084
  • Baldly Castillo: 195479
  • Rudy Lavik: 193847
  • Donn Kinzle: 194853
  • Shipkey: 193133
  • Foster Begg: 1930
  • McCreary: 192729
  • George Cooper: 191921
  • R. Fram: 191314

All-time women’s track and field head coaches

  • Dion Miller: 2019present
  • Greg Kraft: 199619
  • Ken Lehman: 1996 (acting)
  • Leonard Braxton: 199295
  • Ken Lehman: July - October 1992 (acting)
  • Tom Jones: 198892
  • Clyde Duncan: 198687
  • Ed Groman: 198788 (interim)
  • Roger Kerr: 197785
  • Dick Purcell: 197577
  • Ann Pittman: 195867
  • Nina Murphy: 1938
  • L.E. Herron: 1932

All-time triathlon head coaches

  • Cliff English: 2015present

All-time volleyball head coaches

  • JJ Van Neil: 2023present (hired Dec. 29, 2022)
  • Sanja Tomasevic: 201722 (hired Dec. 21, 2016)
  • Stevie Mussie: 2016
  • Jason Watson: 200815
  • Brad Saindon: 200307
  • Patti Snyder-Park: 198902
  • Debbie Brown: 198388
  • Dale Flickinger: 197983
  • Mary Littlewood: 197379
  • Miss Murphy: 1938
  • Miss Hayden, Miss Murphy: 1927
  • Leslie Fairbanks: 1924
  • Missy Hayden: 1923

All-time water polo head coaches

  • Petra Pardi: 2022present (hired May 18, 2022)
  • Todd Clapper: 200622
  • Vicki Gorman: 200205

All-time wrestling head coaches

  • Zeke Jones: 2014present
  • Shawn Charles: 200914
  • Thom Ortiz: 200109
  • Lee Roy Smith: 199201
  • Bobby Douglas: 197492
  • John Wadas: 197273
  • Ted Bredehoft: 196271
  • Harvey Jensen: 1958
  • Howard Herman: 1938

Archived sports

 

All-time men and women’s archery head coaches

  • Sheri Rhodes: 197693
  • Margaret Klann: 195275
  • Janet Wood: 1938
  • Bettse Martin: 1932

All-time men's and women’s badminton head coaches

  • Guy Chadwick: 198893
  • Carol Fisher: 198588
  • Merle Packer: 196784
  • Arlene Hanssen: 196364

All-time men’s gymnastics head coaches

  • Don Robinson: 196893
  • Norris Steverson: 195667