2002      2003      2004

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 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 8 19-5 .792 3 1 1
3 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 28 60-16 .789 9 7 3
4 Rick Pitino, Louisville 17 27-8 .771 4 2 1
5 Larry Brown*, (UCLA, Kansas) 7 19-6 .760 3 2 1
6 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 13 20-7 .741 3 3 1
7 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 12 23-9 .719 1 1 1
8 Roy Williams, Kansas 15 34-14 .708 4 2 0
9 Dean Smith*, North Carolina 36 65-27 .707 11 5 2
T10 Joe B. Hall*, Kentucky 19 20-9 .690 3 2 1
T10 Al McGuire*, Marquette 20 20-9 .690 2 2 1
12 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 19 15-7 .682 4 3 2
13 Jerry Tarkanian*, (Long Beach St., UNLV, Fresno State) 31 38-18 .679 4 1 1
14 Gary Williams, Maryland 25 25-12 .676 2 1 1
15 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 31 31-15 .674 1 1 1
16 Rollie Massimino, Cleveland State 30 20-10 .667 1 1 1
17 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 37 42-22 .656 5 3 3
18 Jim Valvano*, (Iona, North Carolina State) 19 15-8 .652 1 1 1
19 Denny Crum*, Louisville 30 42-23 .646 6 2 2
20 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 27 38-21 .644 3 3 1
21 John Thompson*, Georgetown 27 34-19 .642 3 3 1
T22 Lute Olson, Arizona 30 42-24 .636 5 2 1
T22 Frank McGuire*, (St. John's, North Carolina, South Carolina) 30 14-8 .636 2 2 1
24 Nolan Richardson*, (Tulsa, Arkansas) 22 26-15 .634 3 2 1
25 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 41 30-18 .625 6 5 4
T26 Tom Davis*, Iowa 28 18-11 .621 0 0 0
T26 Rick Majerus, Utah 18 18-11 .621 1 1 0
T28 Billy Tubbs*, (Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU) 28 18-12 .600 1 1 0
T28 Terry Holland*, (Davidson, Virginia) 19 15-10 .600 2 0 0
T28 Jud Heathcote*, Michigan State 24 15-10 .600 1 1 1
31 Guy Lewis*, Houston 30 26-18 .591 5 2 0
32 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 22 18-13 .580 1 0 0
33 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 33 33-24 .579 2 0 0
34 Mike Montgomery, Stanford 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
35 Bobby Cremins*, Georgia Tech 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
36 John Chaney, Temple 31 23-17 .575 0 0 0
37 Lon Kruger*, (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois) 18 11-9 .550 1 0 0
T38 Jim Harrick, Georgia 23 18-15 .545 1 1 1
T38 Tom Penders*, (Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington) 30 12-10 .545 0 0 0
T38 Wimp Sanderson*, (Alabama, Arkansas-Little Rock) 17 12-10 .545 0 0 0
41 Gene Bartow*, (Memphis State, UCLA, Ala.-Birmingham) 34 14-12 .538 2 1 0
42 Lefty Driesell, Georgia State 41 16-14 .533 0 0 0
43 Don Donoher*, Dayton 25 11-10 .524 1 1 0
44 Don Haskins*, UTEP 38 14-13 .519 1 1 1
45 Dale Brown*, LSU 25 15-14 .517 2 0 0
46 Gene Keady, Purdue 25 19-18 .514 0 0 0
T47 Digger Phelps*, (Fordham, Notre Dame) 21 17-17 .500 1 0 0
T47 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 17 12-12 .500 4 1 0
T47 Johnny Orr*, (Michigan, Iowa State) 29 10-10 .500 1 1 0
T47 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 19 10-10 .500 1 0 0
51 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 40 19-20 .487 2 0 0
52 Ray Meyer*, DePaul 40 14-16 .467 2 0 0
53 Lou Carnesecca*, St. John's 24 17-20 .459 1 0 0
54 Rick Barnes, Texas 15 9-11 .450 1 0 0
55 Norm Stewart*, Missouri 38 12-16 .429 0 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Syracuse Jim Boeheim
Second place: Kansas Roy Williams
Third place(tied): Marquette Tom Crean
Third place(tied): Texas Rick Barnes

Jim Boeheim returns Syracuse to the Championship Game for the third time, improving his record to .644 and moving him into the top twenty.  The third time proves the charm for Boeheim as the Orangemen defeat a Roy Williams led Kansas team for Boeheim's first championship.  Boeheim's Syracuse teams lost in the championship game to Bob Knight's Indiana team in 1987 and to Tubby Smith's Kentucky team in 1996.
Roy Williams and Kansas come up one game short, losing to Jim Boeheim's Syracuse team in the finals.  Williams, who has made four trips to the Final Four (1991, 1993 and 2002 before this year), also lost a championship game to Mike Krzyzewski's Duke team in 1991 in his third year at the helm of Kansas.  Williams moves over .700 and up one place to eighth on the list, just barely nudging out Dean Smith, under whom Williams worked as assistant coach for ten years before being hired at Kansas.   Williams played on the Freshman team at Carolina ('68-69), so he just missed also playing for the legendary Smith.
Michigan State reaches the Elite Eight, dropping Tom Izzo to .792, good enough to remain in second place.  Izzo's Michigan State teams went to the Final Four in three of the previous four years ('99, '00, '01), winning it all in 2000.
Duke only makes the Sweet 16 for the second straight year (after winning it all two years ago), dropping Mike Krzyzewski to .789, but keeping him in third place on the list.
Rick Barnes leads Texas to the Final Four and debuts on this list at .450 in second to last place.  This was the third Final Four appearance for Texas, which finished tied for third in 1943 and won the second national third place game in 1947.  Before Texas, Barnes also took Providence (0-3) and Clemson (2-3) to the tournament.
Kelvin Sampson leads Oklahoma to the Elite Eight, one year after making it to the Final Four.  The 7-2 record for the last two years balances out his previous 3-8 record, allowing him to debut on this list at 10-10.  Sampson failed to win a tournament game in his first 5 tries (the first loss with Washington State in 1994, the rest with Oklahoma in successive years) before reaching the Sweet 16 with Oklahoma in 1999.