Eric Konkol serves as Head Coach for University of Tulsa's Men's Basketball program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: Amherst, Wis.: Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2000 Tennessee, 2002 Family: Meagan - Wife, Ethan - Son, Ryan - Son COACHING EXPERIENCE 2022-present: Tulsa, head coach 2015-2022: LA Tech, head coach TULSA HIGHLIGHTS - Was named 31st men's head basketball coach on March 21, 2022 LA TECH HIGHLIGHTS - His 153 wins ranked third on the LA Tech program's all-time coaching wins list - Led the Bulldogs to six 20-win seasons and two postseason appearances - His 23 wins in 2015-16 was the most by a first year head coach in program history COACHING HIGHLIGHTS - 2020-21 Conference USA Coach of the Year, NABC District 11 Coach of the Year, LABC Louisiana Major College Coach of the Year and LSWA Louisiana Coach of the Year - 2021 finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award - 3x recipient of the Tommy Joe Eagles Memorial Award as the Louisiana Major College Coach of the Year POSTSEASON HIGHLIGHTS - Three NCAA Tournament appearances and seven NIT Appearances - NIT Champions with Tulsa in 2000-01 - NIT Finalist (2025-26) - One Sweet 16 appearance (2012-13) Tulsa basketball returned to prominence in Eric Konkol’s fourth season as head coach. The team won 30 games, second most in program history, reached the American Conference semifinals for the first time in over a decade, and made a run in the NIT all the way to the championship game.
With a retooled roster, Konkol led one of the biggest turnarounds in the country. Tulsa won 30 games, the second largest increase in wins over last season in the country, and finished 51 st in the NET, the program’s highest final ranking and the largest jump in final NET from the previous year. Tulsa’s offense jumped into the top 25 in the country as one of the best shooting squads in the country. They became the first program in American Conference history to lead the league in field goal (.467), three-point (.380), and free throw (.780) percentage in the same season.
