Toledo's basketball program dates to 1915, and the Rockets have been one of the most successful programs in the Mid-American Conference. Toledo has won multiple MAC titles and made several NCAA Tournament appearances.
The Rockets name was adopted in 1923 after a sportswriter described the football team as "starting off like rockets." The space-age name has endured for over a century.
The 1979 season under coach Bob Nichols, when the Rockets won the MAC and reached the NCAA Tournament, part of a stretch of consistent MAC success.
Toledo's Savage Arena is one of the MAC's most raucous venues, and the Rockets have produced NBA players including Steve Mix and Larry Jones.
The Toledo Rockets compete in the MAC and hold an all-time record of 1602–1164 (.579 winning percentage) across 109 recorded seasons dating back to 1915-16.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19-15 | 11-7 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2024-25 | 18-15 | 10-8 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2023-24 | 20-12 | 14-4 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2022-23 | 27-8 | 16-2 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2021-22 | 26-8 | 17-3 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2020-21 | 21-9 | 15-4 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2019-20 | 17-15 | 8-10 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2018-19 | 25-8 | 13-5 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2017-18 | 23-11 | 13-5 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2016-17 | 17-17 | 9-9 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2015-16 | 17-15 | 8-10 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2014-15 | 20-13 | 11-7 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2013-14 | 27-7 | 14-4 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2012-13 | 15-13 | 10-6 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2011-12 | 19-17 | 7-9 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2010-11 | 4-28 | 1-15 (MAC) | Tod Kowalczyk | |
| 2009-10 | 4-28 | 1-15 (MAC) | Gene Cross | |
| 2008-09 | 7-25 | 5-11 (MAC) | Gene Cross | |
| 2007-08 | 11-19 | 7-8 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2006-07 | 19-13 | 14-2 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2005-06 | 20-11 | 10-8 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2004-05 | 16-13 | 11-7 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2003-04 | 20-11 | 12-6 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2002-03 | 13-16 | 7-11 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2001-02 | 16-14 | 11-7 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 2000-01 | 22-11 | 12-6 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 1999-00 | 18-13 | 11-7 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 1998-99 | 19-9 | 11-7 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 1997-98 | 15-12 | 10-8 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 1996-97 | 13-14 | 6-12 (MAC) | Stan Joplin | |
| 1995-96 | 18-14 | 9-9 (MAC) | Larry Gipson | |
| 1994-95 | 16-11 | 10-8 (MAC) | Larry Gipson | |
| 1993-94 | 15-12 | 10-8 (MAC) | Larry Gipson | |
| 1992-93 | 12-16 | 9-9 (MAC) | Larry Gipson | |
| 1991-92 | 7-20 | 3-13 (MAC) | Larry Gipson | |
| 1990-91 | 17-16 | 7-9 (MAC) | Jay Eck | |
| 1989-90 | 12-16 | 7-9 (MAC) | Jay Eck | |
| 1987-88 | 15-12 | 5-11 (MAC) | Jay Eck | |
| 1986-87 | 11-17 | 4-12 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1985-86 | 12-17 | 8-10 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1984-85 | 16-12 | 11-7 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1983-84 | 18-11 | 11-7 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1982-83 | 17-12 | 10-8 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1981-82 | 15-11 | 7-9 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1980-81 | 21-10 | 10-6 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1979-80 | 23-6 | 14-2 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1978-79 | 22-8 | 13-3 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | AP #19 |
| 1977-78 | 21-6 | 11-5 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1976-77 | 21-6 | 12-4 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1975-76 | 18-7 | 13-3 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1974-75 | 17-9 | 9-5 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1973-74 | 19-9 | 8-4 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1972-73 | 15-11 | 7-5 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1971-72 | 18-7 | 7-3 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1970-71 | 13-11 | 4-6 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1968-69 | 13-11 | 5-7 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1967-68 | 16-8 | 8-4 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1966-67 | 23-2 | 11-1 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1965-66 | 13-11 | 8-4 (MAC) | Bob Nichols | |
| 1964-65 | 13-11 | 6-6 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1963-64 | 13-11 | 4-8 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | AP #9 |
| 1962-63 | 13-11 | 8-4 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1961-62 | 14-10 | 7-5 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1960-61 | 15-8 | 8-4 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1959-60 | 18-6 | 9-3 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | AP #11 |
| 1958-59 | 11-13 | 5-7 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1957-58 | 9-14 | 4-8 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1956-57 | 5-19 | 3-9 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1955-56 | 9-13 | 6-6 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1954-55 | 5-17 | 4-10 (MAC) | Edward Melvin | |
| 1953-54 | 13-10 | 10-2 (MAC) | Jerry Bush | |
| 1952-53 | 16-7 | 9-3 (MAC) | Jerry Bush | AP #18 |
| 1951-52 | 20-11 | 8-4 (MAC) | Jerry Bush | |
| 1950-51 | 22-7 | Ind | Jerry Bush | AP #10 |
| 1949-50 | 22-6 | Ind | Jerry Bush | AP #14 |
| 1948-49 | 13-12 | Ind | Jerry Bush | |
| 1947-48 | 21-5 | Ind | Jerry Bush | |
| 1946-47 | 18-6 | Ind | Bill Orwig | |
| 1945-46 | 20-7 | Ind | Rollie Boldt | |
| 1944-45 | 9-4 | Ind | Rollie Boldt | |
| 1943-44 | 5-13 | Ind | Burl Friddle | |
| 1942-43 | 22-4 | Ind | Burl Friddle | |
| 1941-42 | 23-5 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1940-41 | 21-3 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1939-40 | 24-6 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1938-39 | 17-10 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1937-38 | 14-6 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1936-37 | 18-4 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1935-36 | 12-4 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1934-35 | 13-3 | Ind | Harold Anderson | |
| 1933-34 | 6-9 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1932-33 | 3-13 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1931-32 | 8-9 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1930-31 | 5-12 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1929-30 | 5-9 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1928-29 | 6-10 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1927-28 | 9-7 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1926-27 | 6-9 | Ind | David Connelly | |
| 1925-26 | 3-8 | Ind | Louis Moorhead | |
| 1924-25 | 13-7 | Ind | Darrell Fox | |
| 1923-24 | 5-5 | Ind | Darrell Fox | |
| 1922-23 | 2-8 | Ind | Claude Watts | |
| 1921-22 | 5-6 | Ind | Claude Watts | |
| 1920-21 | 1-12 | Ind | Darrell Fox | |
| 1919-20 | 8-3 | Ind | Watt Hobt | |
| 1918-19 | 10-2 | Ind | Sam Monetta | |
| 1917-18 | 2-4 | Ind | Darrell Fox | |
| 1916-17 | 2-1 | Ind | Darrell Fox | |
| 1915-16 | 2-1 | Ind | Harry Zimmerman |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
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