1984      1985      1986

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 Bob Knight, Indiana 20 21-7 .750 3 2 2
3 Rollie Massimino, Villanova 14 15-6 .714 1 1 1
T4 Joe B. Hall, Kentucky 19 20-9 .690 3 2 1
T4 Al McGuire*, Marquette 20 20-9 .690 2 2 1
6 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 41 15-7 .682 4 3 2
7 John Thompson, Georgetown 13 17-8 .680 3 3 1
8 Dean Smith, North Carolina 24 31-16 .660 7 4 1
T9 Frank McGuire*, (St. John's, North Carolina, South Carolina) 30 14-8 .636 2 2 1
T9 Denny Crum, Louisville 14 21-12 .636 5 1 1
11 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 42 30-18 .625 6 5 4
12 Gene Bartow, Ala.-Birmingham 23 13-8 .619 2 1 0
13 Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV 17 17-11 .607 1 0 0
14 Guy Lewis, Houston 29 26-18 .591 5 2 0
15 Lefty Driesell, Maryland 25 14-11 .560 0 0 0
16 Eddie Sutton, Arkansas 16 12-10 .545 1 0 0
17 Digger Phelps, Notre Dame 15 14-12 .538 1 0 0
18 Don Donoher, Dayton 21 11-10 .524 1 1 0
19 Lou Henson, Illinois 23 12-11 .522 1 0 0
20 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 28 12-12 .500 4 1 0
21 Ray Meyer*, DePaul 42 14-16 .467 2 0 0
22 Lou Carnesecca, St. John's 15 11-14 .440 1 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Villanova Rollie Massimino
Second place: Georgetown John Thompson
Third place(tied): St. John's Lou Carnesecca
Third place(tied): Memphis State Dana Kirk

Just two years after NC State's stunning upset of Houston to win the national championship, Villanova executes the "perfect game" to defeat a heavily favored Georgetown team in the finals, giving Rollie Massimino the title in his first Final Four appearance.  The six wins put Massimino on the 20 game list for the first time at .714 in third place.
John Thompson's Georgetown team returns to the championship game for the third time in four years (including last year's national championship victory), moving Thompson into the top ten at .680, good for seventh place.
Kentucky wins two this year, dropping Joe B. Hall slightly to .690.   Rollie Massimino's appearance on the list drops Hall one position to fourth.
Gene Bartow debuts on the list at .619 by virtue of an 1-1 performance by Alabama-Birmingham.  Bartow also led Memphis State to the finals in 1973 and UCLA to the Final Four in 1976;
Dean Smith leads North Carolina to the regional finals in his eleventh consecutive tournament appearance. While his record improves from .651 to .660, he drops from sixth to eighth place.
Illinois wins two games for the second year in a row, putting Lou Henson over the .500 mark again.  Henson took New Mexico State to the Final Four in 1970, winning the consolation game against St. Bonaventure.