The Citadel's basketball program dates to 1901, and the military college in Charleston, South Carolina competes in the Southern Conference. The Bulldogs face unique challenges as a military school but maintain a competitive basketball program.
The Bulldogs nickname was adopted in 1917, chosen for the bulldog's tenacity and fighting spirit — fitting for a military institution.
Reaching the 1959 Southern Conference Tournament championship game before falling to West Virginia, the closest the program has come to an NCAA Tournament berth in its long history.
As a senior military college, every Citadel student is a member of the Corps of Cadets, making the basketball team one of the few in Division I where every player follows a military lifestyle.
The The Citadel Bulldogs compete in the Southern and hold an all-time record of 1066–1509 (.414 winning percentage) across 114 recorded seasons dating back to 1912-13.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 11-22 | 7-11 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2024-25 | 5-25 | 0-18 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2023-24 | 11-21 | 3-15 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2022-23 | 10-22 | 5-13 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2021-22 | 13-18 | 6-12 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2020-21 | 13-12 | 5-11 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2019-20 | 6-24 | 0-18 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2018-19 | 12-18 | 4-14 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2017-18 | 11-21 | 5-13 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2016-17 | 12-21 | 4-14 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2015-16 | 10-22 | 3-15 (Southern) | Duggar Baucom | |
| 2014-15 | 11-19 | 6-12 (Southern) | Chuck Driesell | |
| 2013-14 | 7-26 | 2-14 (Southern) | Chuck Driesell | |
| 2012-13 | 8-22 | 5-13 (Southern) | Chuck Driesell | |
| 2011-12 | 6-24 | 3-15 (Southern) | Chuck Driesell | |
| 2010-11 | 10-22 | 6-12 (Southern) | Chuck Driesell | |
| 2009-10 | 16-16 | 9-9 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2008-09 | 20-13 | 15-5 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2007-08 | 6-24 | 1-19 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2006-07 | 7-23 | 4-14 (Southern) | Ed Conroy | |
| 2005-06 | 10-21 | 1-14 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 2004-05 | 12-16 | 4-12 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 2003-04 | 6-22 | 2-14 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 2002-03 | 8-20 | 3-13 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 2001-02 | 17-12 | 8-8 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 2000-01 | 16-12 | 9-7 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1999-00 | 9-20 | 5-10 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1998-99 | 9-18 | 3-13 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1997-98 | 15-13 | 6-8 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1996-97 | 13-14 | 6-8 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1995-96 | 10-16 | 5-9 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1994-95 | 11-16 | 6-8 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1993-94 | 11-16 | 6-12 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1992-93 | 10-17 | 8-10 (Southern) | Pat Dennis | |
| 1991-92 | 10-18 | 3-11 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1990-91 | 6-22 | 1-13 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1989-90 | 12-16 | 5-9 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1988-89 | 16-12 | 7-7 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1987-88 | 8-20 | 5-11 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1986-87 | 13-15 | 6-10 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1985-86 | 10-18 | 5-11 (Southern) | Randy Nesbit | |
| 1984-85 | 18-11 | 11-5 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1983-84 | 14-14 | 8-8 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1982-83 | 12-16 | 7-9 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1981-82 | 14-14 | 7-9 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1980-81 | 9-17 | 2-14 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1979-80 | 14-13 | 6-10 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1978-79 | 20-7 | 10-4 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1977-78 | 8-19 | 2-11 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1976-77 | 8-19 | 2-9 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1975-76 | 10-17 | 6-7 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1974-75 | 5-15 | 2-11 (Southern) | Les Robinson | |
| 1973-74 | 10-14 | 4-9 (Southern) | George Hill | |
| 1972-73 | 11-15 | 6-7 (Southern) | George Hill | |
| 1971-72 | 12-13 | 5-6 (Southern) | George Hill | |
| 1970-71 | 13-12 | 6-5 (Southern) | Dick Campbell | |
| 1969-70 | 8-16 | 4-8 (Southern) | Dick Campbell | |
| 1968-69 | 13-12 | 5-8 (Southern) | Dick Campbell | |
| 1967-68 | 11-14 | 6-5 (Southern) | Dick Campbell | |
| 1966-67 | 8-16 | 6-7 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1965-66 | 7-16 | 4-9 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1964-65 | 13-11 | 8-5 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1963-64 | 11-10 | 4-8 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1962-63 | 3-20 | 2-10 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1961-62 | 8-15 | 4-8 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1960-61 | 17-8 | 10-3 (Southern) | Mel Thompson | |
| 1959-60 | 15-8 | 8-4 (Southern) | Norm Sloan | |
| 1958-59 | 15-5 | 7-4 (Southern) | Norm Sloan | |
| 1957-58 | 16-11 | 9-6 (Southern) | Norm Sloan | |
| 1956-57 | 11-14 | 5-9 (Southern) | Norm Sloan | |
| 1955-56 | 2-19 | 0-10 (Southern) | Hank Witt | |
| 1954-55 | 0-17 | 0-10 (Southern) | Jim Browning | |
| 1953-54 | 2-17 | 1-7 (Southern) | Leo A. Zack | |
| 1952-53 | 4-14 | 0-11 (Southern) | Leo A. Zack | |
| 1951-52 | 8-20 | 1-11 (Southern) | Bernard O'Neil | |
| 1950-51 | 6-11 | 2-7 (Southern) | Bernard O'Neil | |
| 1949-50 | 4-16 | 2-10 (Southern) | Bernard O'Neil | |
| 1948-49 | 1-17 | 0-11 (Southern) | Bernard O'Neil | |
| 1947-48 | 8-9 | 4-8 (Southern) | Bernard O'Neil | |
| 1946-47 | 5-11 | 1-11 (Southern) | Whitey Piro | |
| 1945-46 | 7-11 | 1-6 (Southern) | Jeep Clark | |
| 1944-45 | 16-7 | 8-4 (Southern) | Ernest Wehman | |
| 1943-44 | 2-3 | 0-1 (Southern) | Ben Clemons | |
| 1942-43 | 8-5 | 5-3 (Southern) | Bo Sherman | |
| 1941-42 | 2-14 | 1-12 (Southern) | Ben Clemons | |
| 1940-41 | 5-13 | 1-8 (Southern) | Ben Parker | |
| 1939-40 | 8-9 | 6-5 (Southern) | Ben Parker,Rock Norman | |
| 1938-39 | 14-5 | 7-3 (Southern) | Rock Norman | |
| 1937-38 | 13-5 | 7-3 (Southern) | Rock Norman | |
| 1936-37 | 7-12 | 0-5 (Southern) | Rock Norman | |
| 1935-36 | 7-5 | Ind | Rock Norman | |
| 1934-35 | 6-9 | Ind | Charlie Willard | |
| 1933-34 | 8-7 | Ind | Charlie Willard | |
| 1932-33 | 4-11 | Ind | Johnny Douglas | |
| 1931-32 | 8-11 | Ind | Johnny Douglas | |
| 1930-31 | 6-9 | Ind | Johnny Douglas | |
| 1929-30 | 9-11 | Ind | Benny Blatt | |
| 1928-29 | 12-4 | Ind | Benny Blatt | |
| 1927-28 | 13-5 | Ind | Benny Blatt | |
| 1926-27 | 17-2 | Ind | Benny Blatt | |
| 1925-26 | 10-6 | Ind | Locke Brown | |
| 1924-25 | 11-2 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1923-24 | 2-8 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1922-23 | 5-5 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1921-22 | 6-5 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1920-21 | 8-3 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1919-20 | 9-0 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1918-19 | 9-0 | Ind | C.F. Myers | |
| 1917-18 | 0-1 | Ind | Harry O'Brien | |
| 1916-17 | 6-1 | Ind | Harry O'Brien | |
| 1915-16 | 4-2 | Ind | Hans Kangeter | |
| 1914-15 | 5-2 | Ind | Hans Kangeter | |
| 1913-14 | 6-1 | Ind | Hans Kangeter | |
| 1912-13 | 2-3 | Ind | J.G. Briggs |
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