Thursday, April 7, 2011

Best 50 Coaches in NCAA Basketball

After one of the worst NCAA National Championship games in history, and inspired by a power rankings list of NFL head coaches I saw on ESPN.com and the recent coaching search of N.C. State, I decided to make a list of the top 50 coaches in college basketball.  My list simply shows who I feel does the best job of getting the most out of their players, while doing the best job they can of recruiting based on the University at which they coach.  Every variable is taken into consideration

1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke  
2. Jim Calhoun, UCONN
3. Brad Stevens, Butler
4. Tom Izzo, Michigan St
5. Roy Williams, UNC
6. Bill Self, Kansas
7. John Calipari, Kentucky
8. Thad Matta, Ohio St
9. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
10. Billy Donovan, Florida
11. Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh
12. Sean Miller, Arizona
13. Shaka Smart, VCU
14. Mark Few, Gonzaga
15. Ben Howland, UCLA
16. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
17. Rick Barnes, Texas
18. Steve Fisher, San Diego St
19. Mike Brey, Notre Dame
20. Jim Larranaga, George Mason
21. Bob Huggins, West Virginia
22. Dave Rose, BYU
23. Anthony Grant, Alabama
24. Bobby Cremins, Charleston
25. Greg Marshall, Wichita St
26. Leonard Hamilton, Florida St.
27. Buzz Peterson, Marquette
28. Sydney Johnson Princeton (now Fairfield)
29. Randy Bennett, St. Mary's
30. Stew Morrill, Utah St
31. Greg Kampe, Oakland
32. Ed Cooley, Fairfield (now Providence)
33. Chris Mack, Xavier
34. Fran Dunphy, Temple
35. Chris Mooney, Richmond
36. Steve Lavin, St. John's
37. Jay Wright, Villanova
38. Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion
39. Billy Gillespie, Texas Tech
40. Steve Donahue, Boston College
41. Tommy Amaker, Harvard
42. Ed "Buck" Joyner, Hampton
43. Cuonzo Martin, Missouri St (now Tennessee)
44. Lon Kruger, UNLV
45. Billy Kennedy, Murray St
46. Dave Paulsen, Bucknell
47. John Thompson III, Georgetown
48. Kevin Stallings, Vandy
49. Mike Young, Wofford
50. Cliff Ellis, Coastal Carolina