*Through 2008-09 Season
| Coach | Years | Overall | MIAC | Win% | Titles |
| E.S. Youngdahl | 1904 | 0-1 | .000 | 0 | |
| Stephen MacElmeel | 1910-1912 | 16-12 | .571 | 1** | |
| Robert Stevenson | 1912-13 | 12-1 | .923 | 1** | |
| Jack Doyle | 1913-14 | 4-6 | .400 | 0 | |
| William Soderlund | 1914-15 | 6-7 | .462 | 0 | |
| Oscar Anderson | 1915-16 | 6-10 | .375 | 0 | |
| Barney Anderson | 1916-19 | 16-17 | .485 | 0 | |
| Bill Lindberg | 1919-20 | 5-4 | .556 | 0 | |
| Harry Besseler | 1920-21 | 7-3 | 4-3 | .700 | 0 |
| D.C. Mitchell | 1921-26 | 60-22 | 32-13 | .732 | 2 |
| Tuddie Lindenberg | 1926-33, 44-49* |
130-76 | 89-57 | .631 | 1 |
| George Myrum | 1933-38 | 70-40 | 39-22 | .636 | 1 |
| Orris Atkinson | 1938-39 | 10-9 | 6-6 | .526 | 0 |
| John Ronning | 1939-42 | 48-20 | 16-8 | .706 | 0 |
| Lloyd Hollingsworth | 1942-43 | 11-8 | 6-5 | .579 | 0 |
| Howie Nelson | 1943-44 | 10-3 | 5-3 | .769 | 0 |
| Verl Westergard | 1949* | 4-10 | .286 | 0 | |
| Gus Young | 1949-57 | 127-97 | 82-35 | .567 | 3 |
| Whitey Skoog | 1957-81 | 289-300 | 207-189 | .491 | 2 |
| Bob Erdman | 1981-86 | 53-64 | 46-50 | .453 | 0 |
| Charlie Brock | 1986-89 | 45-38 | 37-23 | .542 | 1 |
| Mike Olson | 1989-90 | 14-11 | 12-8 | .560 | 0 |
| Mark Hanson | 1990-09 | 371-153 | 279-101 | .708 | 6 |
| Totals: | 1904-2009 | 1314-912 | 862-528 | .590 | 16 |
| Overall Record: 1314-912 | |||||
| * Lindenberg resigned in 1948-49 at 3-6 and Verl Westergard finished the season. | |||||
| **Unofficial conference champs. The conference which eventually became the MIAC was formed in 1920. Although a charter member, Gustavus did not compete for the conference basketball crown until 1924-25 because it did not meet the requirement of eight games in the conference. | |||||
| Did not compete in the MIAC in 1941-42. | |||||