2005      2006      2007

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 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 31 68-19 .782 10 7 3
3 Larry Brown*, (UCLA, Kansas) 7 19-6 .760 3 2 1
4 Rick Pitino, Louisville 20 31-10 .756 5 2 1
5 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 11 23-8 .742 4 1 1
6 Roy Williams, North Carolina 18 42-16 .724 5 3 1
7 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 16 20-8 .714 3 3 1
8 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 34 41-17 .7069 2 2 2
9 Dean Smith*, North Carolina 36 65-27 .7065 11 5 2
10 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 15 28-12 .700 1 1 1
11 Billy Donovan, Florida 12 16-7 .696 2 2 1
T12 Joe B. Hall*, Kentucky 19 20-9 .690 3 2 1
T12 Al McGuire*, Marquette 20 20-9 .690 2 2 1
14 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 19 15-7 .682 4 3 2
15 Jerry Tarkanian*, (Long Beach St., UNLV, Fresno State) 31 38-18 .679 4 1 1
T16 Gary Williams, Maryland 28 26-13 .667 2 1 1
T16 Rollie Massimino*, (Villanova, UNLV, Cleveland State) 30 20-10 .667 1 1 1
T18 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 40 45-24 .652 5 3 3
T18 John Calipari, Memphis 14 15-8 .652 1 0 0
T18 Jim Valvano*, (Iona, North Carolina State) 19 15-8 .652 1 1 1
21 Denny Crum*, Louisville 30 42-23 .646 6 2 2
22 John Thompson*, Georgetown 27 34-19 .642 3 3 1
23 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 Lute Olson, Arizona 33 46-27 .630 5 2 1
T26 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 30 40-24 .625 3 3 1
T26 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 41 30-18 .625 6 5 4
T28 Tom Davis, Drake 31 18-11 .621 0 0 0
T28 Rick Majerus*, (Ball State, Utah) 19 18-11 .621 1 1 0
30 Bill Self, Kansas 13 13-8 .619 0 0 0
T31 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 36 39-26 .600 3 0 0
T31 Billy Tubbs, Lamar 30 18-12 .600 1 1 0
T31 Terry Holland*, (Davidson, Virginia) 19 15-10 .600 2 0 0
T31 Jud Heathcote*, Michigan State 24 15-10 .600 1 1 1
35 Guy Lewis*, Houston 30 26-18 .591 5 2 0
36 Bobby Cremins*, Georgia Tech 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
37 John Chaney, Temple 34 23-17 .575 0 0 0
T38 Bob Huggins*, (Akron, Cincinnati) 24 20-15 .571 1 0 0
T38 Mike Montgomery*, Stanford 26 16-12 .571 1 0 0
40 Lon Kruger, UNLV 20 11-9 .550 1 0 0
T41 Jim Harrick*, (UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) 23 18-15 .545 1 1 1
T41 Tom Penders, Houston 32 12-10 .545 0 0 0
T41 Wimp Sanderson*, (Alabama, Arkansas-Little Rock) 17 12-10 .545 0 0 0
44 Gene Bartow*, (Memphis State, UCLA, Ala.-Birmingham) 34 14-12 .538 2 1 0
45 Lefty Driesell*, (Davidson, Maryland, Georgia State) 41 16-14 .533 0 0 0
46 Don Donoher*, Dayton 25 11-10 .524 1 1 0
47 Don Haskins*, UTEP 38 14-13 .519 1 1 1
48 Dale Brown*, LSU 25 15-14 .517 2 0 0
49 Gene Keady*, (Western Kentucky, Purdue) 27 19-18 .514 0 0 0
T50 Digger Phelps*, (Fordham, Notre Dame) 21 17-17 .500 1 0 0
T50 Rick Barnes, Texas 18 14-14 .500 1 0 0
T50 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 17 12-12 .500 4 1 0
T50 Johnny Orr*, (Michigan, Iowa State) 29 10-10 .500 1 1 0
54 Lou Henson*, (New Mexico State, Illinois) 42 19-20 .487 2 0 0
55 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 21 11-12 .478 1 0 0
56 Ray Meyer*, DePaul 40 14-16 .467 2 0 0
57 Lou Carnesecca*, St. John's 24 17-20 .459 1 0 0
58 Norm Stewart*, Missouri 38 12-16 .429 0 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Florida Billy Donovan
Second place: UCLA Ben Howland
Third place(tied): LSU John Brady
Third place(tied): George Mason Jim Larranaga

Billy Donovan's Florida team wins its and his first ever championship to allow Donovan to debut on the list at .696 good enough for eighth place.  Donovan also took Florida to the championship game in 2000 in only his second NCAA tournament, his fourth year coaching the Gators.  Donovan also went to the Final Four in 1987 as a player for Providence, then coached by Rick Pitino and again in 1993 as an assistant to Pitino at Kentucky.
It's a tough tournament for the old guard at the top of the list with only Jim Calhoun improving his record by taking Connecticut to the Elite Eight.  Calhoun just edges past Dean Smith to take over eighth place.  Other notable coaches did not fare so well.   Mike Krzyzewski and Duke "only" make the Sweet 16 while Roy Williams, Tubby Smith and Lute Olson win one game apiece.  Worst still, Tom Izzo, Steve Fisher and Jim Boeheim suffer first round losses.
John Calipari takes Memphis to the Elite Eight and debuts on the list at .652, tied with Bob Knight and Jim Valvano.
Texas goes to the Elite Eight, pulling Rick Barnes up to an even .500 at 14-14.
A first round loss for Oklahoma drops Kelvin Sampson below one game below .500 to .478 at 11-12.
Bill Self suffers his and Kansas's second straight first round loss, dropping him to .619 and 30th place.