1999      2000      2001

Active and Former (20+ games)

Rank Coach, Schools (*=not active) Yrs. W-L Pct. Final
4 2 1
1 John Wooden*, UCLA 25 47-10 .825 12 10 10
2 Rick Pitino*, Kentucky 15 26-7 .788 4 2 1
3 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 25 50-14 .781 8 6 2
4 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 10 20-6 .769 3 3 1
5 Larry Brown*, (UCLA, Kansas) 7 19-6 .760 3 2 1
6 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 9 16-6 .727 1 1 1
7 Dean Smith*, North Carolina 36 65-27 .707 11 5 2
T8 Joe B. Hall*, Kentucky 19 20-9 .690 3 2 1
T8 Al McGuire*, Marquette 20 20-9 .690 2 2 1
10 Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State 29 37-17 .685 4 1 1
11 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 19 15-7 .682 4 3 2
12 Roy Williams, Kansas 12 23-11 .676 2 1 0
T13 Bob Knight, Indiana 35 42-21 .667 5 3 3
T13 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 28 26-13 .667 1 1 1
T13 Rollie Massimino, Cleveland State 27 20-10 .667 1 1 1
16 Rick Majerus*, Utah 16 17-9 .654 1 1 0
17 Jim Valvano*, (Iona, North Carolina State) 19 15-8 .652 1 1 1
18 Nolan Richardson, Arkansas 20 26-14 .650 3 2 1
19 Denny Crum, Louisville 29 42-23 .646 6 2 2
20 John Thompson*, Georgetown 27 34-19 .642 3 3 1
21 Frank McGuire*, (St. John's, North Carolina, South Carolina) 30 14-8 .636 2 2 1
22 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 41 30-18 .625 6 5 4
23 Tom Davis*, Iowa 28 18-11 .621 0 0 0
24 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 24 31-20 .608 2 2 0
T25 Lute Olson, Arizona 27 32-21 .604 4 1 1
T25 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 30 32-21 .604 2 0 0
T27 Billy Tubbs, TCU 26 18-12 .600 1 1 0
T27 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 19 15-10 .600 1 0 0
T27 Terry Holland*, (Davidson, Virginia) 19 15-10 .600 2 0 0
T27 Jud Heathcote*, Michigan State 24 15-10 .600 1 1 1
31 Guy Lewis*, Houston 30 26-18 .591 5 2 0
32 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
33 Jim Harrick, Georgia 20 17-13 .567 1 1 1
34 Gary Williams, Maryland 22 13-10 .565 0 0 0
35 John Chaney, Temple 28 20-16 .556 0 0 0
36 Lon Kruger, Illinois 18 11-9 .550 1 0 0
T37 Tom Penders, George Washington 29 12-10 .545 0 0 0
T37 Wimp Sanderson*, (Alabama, Arkansas-Little Rock) 17 12-10 .545 0 0 0
39 Gene Bartow*, (Memphis State, UCLA, Ala.-Birmingham) 34 14-12 .538 2 1 0
40 Lefty Driesell, Georgia State 38 15-13 .535 0 0 0
41 Don Donoher*, Dayton 25 11-10 .524 1 1 0
42 Don Haskins*, UTEP 38 14-13 .519 1 1 1
43 Dale Brown*, LSU 25 15-14 .517 2 0 0
44 Gene Keady, Purdue 22 18-17 .514 0 0 0
T45 Digger Phelps*, (Fordham, Notre Dame) 21 17-17 .500 1 0 0
T45 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 17 12-12 .500 4 1 0
T45 Johnny Orr*, (Michigan, Iowa State) 29 10-10 .500 1 1 0
48 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 37 19-20 .487 2 0 0
49 Ray Meyer*, DePaul 40 14-16 .467 2 0 0
50 Lou Carnesecca*, St. John's 24 17-20 .459 1 0 0
51 Norm Stewart*, Missouri 38 12-16 .429 0 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Michigan State Tom Izzo
Second place: Florida Billy Donovan
Third place(tied): North Carolina Bill Gutheridge
Third place(tied): Wisconsin Dick Bennett

Duke only makes the Sweet Sixteen this year, dropping Mike Krzyzewski's record to .781, keeping him in third place.
Eddie Sutton takes Oklahoma State to the Elite Eight, putting him over .600 again at .604.
With two straight Sweet Sixteen trips and this year's Elite Eight finish for Purdue, Gene Keady jumps over .500 for the first time in his career.  His early tournament record left much to be desired putting him near the bottom of the list in 1993 despite leading some highly regarded Purdue teams to the tournament.  However, since 1993, Keady and Purdue have gone 13-7, an impressive .650 record that would put Keady up with the coaching elite on this list had it not been for his early stats.
Jim Boeheim leads Syracuse to the Sweet Sixteen, improving his record slightly to .608.
Illinois wins one and loses one, giving Lon Kruger enough games to debut on this list at .550.
This year's tournament was not kind to most of the active coaches on this list.  Coaches that only managed one win this year include Lute Olson (Arizona), Bob Huggins (Cincinnati), Jim Calhoun (Connecticut), Roy Williams (Kansas), Tubby Smith (Kentucky), Gary Williams (Maryland), John Chaney (Temple) and Rick Majerus (Utah).  Coaches that lost in the first round include Nolan Richardson (Arkansas), Bob Knight (Indiana), Jerry Tarkanian (Fresno State) and Denny Crum (Louisville).