1975      1976      1977

Active and Former (20+ games)

Rank Coach, Schools (*=not active) Yrs. W-L Pct. Final
4 2 1
1 John Wooden*, UCLA 29 47-10 .825 12 10 10
2 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 41 15-7 .682 4 3 2
3 Frank McGuire, South Carolina 26 14-8 .636 2 2 1
T4 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 42 30-18 .625 6 5 4
T4 Al McGuire, Marquette 19 15-9 .625 1 1 0
6 Dean Smith, North Carolina 15 12-8 .600 4 1 0
7 Guy Lewis, Houston 20 14-13 .519 2 0 0
8 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 28 12-12 .500 4 1 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Indiana Bob Knight
Second place: Michigan Johnny Orr
Third place: UCLA Gene Bartow
Fourth place: Rutgers Tom Young

John Wooden becomes the fourth coach to retire with 20 or more games leaving a legacy that will surely never topped.  In particular, Wooden's 10 national championships overall (second place - Adolph Rupp with 4) and seven national championships in a row (second place - four coaches tied with 2) are records that seem untouchable.
Al McGuire takes Marquette to its sixth straight tournament appearance and eighth in the last nine years, wins two games and improves to .625, good enough to tie Adolph Rupp for fourth place.
North Carolina's first round loss drops Dean Smith to an even .600, but it gives Smith enough games to debut on the list in sixth place.