| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Champion | Second Place | Third place (tied) | Third place (tied) |
| Maryland | Indiana | Oklahoma | Kansas |
| Gary Williams | Mike Davis | Kelvin Sampson | Roy Williams |
Active coaches (10+ games)
| Rank | Coach, Current school | Yrs | W-L | Pct. | Latest | Final | ||||
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| All | Trn | 2002 (seed) | All | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | Tom Izzo, Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 0-1 (10) | 16-4 | .800 | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Mike Krzyzewski, Duke | 27 | 18 | 2-1 (1) | 58-15 | .795 | 2002 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Rick Pitino, Louisville | 16 | 8 | 26-7 | .788 | 1997 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Steve Fisher, San Diego State | 12 | 8 | 0-1 (13) | 20-7 | .741 | 2002 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Tubby Smith, Kentucky | 11 | 9 | 2-1 (4) | 20-8 | .714 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Bill Self, Illinois | 9 | 4 | 2-1 (4) | 9-4 | .692 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Roy Williams, Kansas | 14 | 13 | 4-1 (1) | 29-13 | .690 | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | John Calipari, Memphis | 10 | 5 | 11-5 | .688 | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State | 31 | 18 | 38-18 | .679 | 2001 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Gary Williams, Maryland | 24 | 12 | 6-0 (1) | 23-11 | .676 | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Jim Calhoun, Connecticut | 30 | 15 | 3-1 (2) | 29-14 | .674 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T12 | Rollie Massimino, Cleveland State | 29 | 11 | 20-10 | .667 | 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| T12 | Billy Donovan, Florida | 7 | 4 | 0-1 (5) | 8-4 | .667 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Bob Knight, Texas Tech | 36 | 25 | 0-1 (6) | 42-22 | .656 | 2002 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Steve Lavin, UCLA | 6 | 6 | 2-1 (8) | 11-6 | .647 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nolan Richardson, Arkansas | 22 | 16 | 26-15 | .634 | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 17 | Rick Majerus, Utah | 17 | 10 | 0-1 (12) | 17-10 | .630 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Lute Olson, Arizona | 29 | 23 | 2-1 (3) | 39-23 | .629 | 2002 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Jim O’Brien, Ohio State | 20 | 7 | 1-1 (4) | 11-7 | .611 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Jim Boeheim, Syracuse | 26 | 21 | 32-21 | .604 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | Billy Tubbs, TCU | 28 | 12 | 18-12 | .600 | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | Bob Huggins, Cincinnati | 21 | 12 | 1-1 (1) | 18-12 | .600 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mike Montgomery, Stanford | 24 | 10 | 1-1 (8) | 14-10 | .583 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State | 32 | 23 | 0-1 (7) | 32-23 | .582 | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Chaney, Temple | 30 | 17 | 23-17 | .575 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Dave Odom, South Carolina | 16 | 8 | 10-8 | .556 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T27 | Jim Harrick, Georgia | 22 | 16 | 1-1 (3) | 18-15 | .545 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T27 | Jeff Jones, American | 10 | 5 | 6-5 | .545 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Lefty Driesell, Georgia State | 40 | 13 | 16-14 | .533 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Gene Keady, Purdue | 24 | 17 | 18-17 | .514 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T31 | Hugh Durham, Jacksonville | 34 | 8 | 8-8 | .500 | 1991 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| T31 | Ben Braun, California | 25 | 6 | 1-1 (6) | 6-6 | .500 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Lou Henson, New Mexico State | 39 | 19 | 19-20 | .487 | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Pete Gillen, Virginia | 17 | 9 | 8-9 | .471 | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Cliff Ellis, Auburn | 27 | 7 | 6-7 | .462 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T36 | Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma | 15 | 9 | 4-1 (2) | 7-9 | .438 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T36 | Mike Jarvis, St. John's | 17 | 9 | 0-1 (9) | 7-9 | .438 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Pat Kennedy, DePaul | 22 | 8 | 6-8 | .429 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Dave Bliss, Baylor | 27 | 11 | 8-11 | .421 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T40 | Rick Barnes, Texas | 15 | 10 | 2-1 (6) | 5-10 | .333 | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T40 | Don DeVoe, Navy | 29 | 10 | 5-10 | .333 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Charlie Spoonhour, UNLV | 17 | 8 | 3-8 | .273 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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For the second year in a row, Gary Williams takes Maryland to the Final Four, this time winning it all, improving his record to .676 and putting him in tenth place. Neither Maryland nor Williams had won a championship before this year. |
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Roy Williams returns Kansas to the Final Four for the third time, improving his record to .690 and moving up from ninth place to seventh place on the list. |
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Oklahoma reaches the Final Four for the first time since 1988 when, coached by Billy Tubbs, they lost the championship game to Larry Brown's Kansas team one year before Roy Williams took over at Kansas. Oklahoma's coach, Kelvin Sampson moves up in the list, but is still below .500 at .438. |
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Michigan State suffers a first round defeat, dropping Tom Izzo to an even .800, good enough to remain in first place. |
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Defending champion Duke is upset by Indiana in the Sweet 16, dropping Mike Krzyzewski below .800 to .795, keeping him in second place just ahead of Rick Pitino who returns to the active list this year at the helm of Louisville, replacing Denny Crum who retired after 30 years of coaching there. Pitino spent the last four years in the pros running the Boston Celtic franchise, but found the going rough in beantown where the Celtic faithful expected nothing short of championship teams. |
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Bill Self takes Illinois to the Sweet Sixteen. After two straight Elite Eight appearances (last year with Illinois, and the year before with Tulsa), a Sweet Sixteen finish drops Self's record slightly to .692, good enough to remain in sixth place. |
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A first round loss for Florida drops Billy Donovan's record from .727 to .667, moving him out of the top ten. |
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After a one year retirement, Bob Knight returns to college coaching at Texas Tech, a program that only won 9 games the previous year and hadn't been to the tournament since 1996. Twenty three wins later, Knight leads Tech to the tournament where they suffer a first round loss. |
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Texas makes the Sweet 16, improving Rick Barnes's record to .333, moving him out of last place. |
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