The team, under the name High Point College,[2] began play in the 1927–28 season with coach J.P. Boylin.

[3] The team began playing as part of the North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NSC) in 1930.

Virgil Yow, a multisport star at High Point College, was hired as the third coach for the team in 1932.

In 1944, during the height of World War II, the college was facing a male student shortage and thus had difficulty filling the basketball roster.

[8] James had previously played for Wake Forrest[9] and served as head coach for Western Carolina in both football and basketball.

Davis left High Point after three seasons to coach at Georgetown College and eventually Auburn.

[10] Following eight years coaching women's basketball and three AAU national titles, Yow returned to High Point.

Tom Quinn was announced as the head coach in 1962, coming from Newberry College and had previously won the Conference Carolinas title.

Steele had previously served as head coach of the professional ABA team the Carolina Cougars.

Beginning in the 1993–94 academic year, the school and conference began transitioning to NCAA Division II.

During his last decade, Steele earned two trips to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.

Bart Lundy who had taken Queens (NC) to the 2003 NCAA Division II Final Four, was hired to be the head coach.