Kansas State University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Altman, Dana
Dana Altman
- Title:
- Head Coach
Although his four-year tenure as head coach only produced one NCAA Tournament, Dana Altman’s tenure awill be remembered most for his uncanny ability to win close ball games, and for pulling off some of the biggest upsets in school history, including top-ranked Kansas in 1994 at historic Allen Fieldhouse.
Altman’s teams were a remarkable 28-13 in games decided by six points or less, which included a 6-1 mark in one-point games. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, his 1992-93 club won 11 games in the final minute, earned the school’s first Top 25 ranking in five seasons, finished 19-11, reached the championship game of the Big Eight Tournament and returned K-State to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990. Altman was named him Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1993 and he capped the season by upsetting No. 6 Kansas, 74-67, in the Big Eight Tournament semifinals.
The following season, Altman made it two in a row over Kansas when he upset the top-ranked Jayhawks, 68-64, at Allen Fieldhouse. The 1993-94 squad finished the year with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. During the team’s run to the NIT semifinals, Askia Jones broke the school single-season scoring mark with 62 points against Fresno State on March 24, 1994. Jones still holds single-game records for 3-point field goals (14) and attempted (18) for his historic performance as well as single-season marks for 3-point field goals made (110) and attempted (279).
Altman has posted a 710-367 (.659) record in 34 seasons as head coach, which includes stints at Marshall (1989-90), Creighton (1994-2010) and Oregon (2010- present). He built the Bluejays into one of the top mid-major programs, posting 327 wins in 16 seasons with three Missouri Valley Conference regular season and six tournament titles and seven trips to the NCAA Tournament. He has continued his impressive work at Oregon, where he has led the Ducks to 300 wins, seven NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the 2017 Final Four.
Altman’s teams have made 24 consecutive postseason appearances (1998- 2022), including 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament with three Sweet 16s (2013, 2019, 2021), two Elite Eights (2016, 2017) and a Final Four (2017).
Altman’s teams were a remarkable 28-13 in games decided by six points or less, which included a 6-1 mark in one-point games. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, his 1992-93 club won 11 games in the final minute, earned the school’s first Top 25 ranking in five seasons, finished 19-11, reached the championship game of the Big Eight Tournament and returned K-State to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990. Altman was named him Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1993 and he capped the season by upsetting No. 6 Kansas, 74-67, in the Big Eight Tournament semifinals.
The following season, Altman made it two in a row over Kansas when he upset the top-ranked Jayhawks, 68-64, at Allen Fieldhouse. The 1993-94 squad finished the year with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. During the team’s run to the NIT semifinals, Askia Jones broke the school single-season scoring mark with 62 points against Fresno State on March 24, 1994. Jones still holds single-game records for 3-point field goals (14) and attempted (18) for his historic performance as well as single-season marks for 3-point field goals made (110) and attempted (279).
Altman has posted a 710-367 (.659) record in 34 seasons as head coach, which includes stints at Marshall (1989-90), Creighton (1994-2010) and Oregon (2010- present). He built the Bluejays into one of the top mid-major programs, posting 327 wins in 16 seasons with three Missouri Valley Conference regular season and six tournament titles and seven trips to the NCAA Tournament. He has continued his impressive work at Oregon, where he has led the Ducks to 300 wins, seven NCAA Tournaments and a trip to the 2017 Final Four.
Altman’s teams have made 24 consecutive postseason appearances (1998- 2022), including 14 trips to the NCAA Tournament with three Sweet 16s (2013, 2019, 2021), two Elite Eights (2016, 2017) and a Final Four (2017).
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