Coach Kevin Stallings has a word with John Jenkins (23) during Vanderbilt men's basketball home loss to Cleveland State. The Commodores lost 71-58. November 13, 2011
Vanderbilt has fielded a men’s basketball team every year since 1900, but has only played in the modern Southeastern Conference since 1932. In that time, Vanderbilt had a total of 12 coaches before Stallings took over. However, only a handful of those coaches are relevant to the discussion regarding Stallings, because teams prior to 1985 competed for spots in a much smaller tournament.
Since the format change in 1985, Vanderbilt went through three different head coaches.