2004      2005      2006

Champion Second Place Third place (tied) Third place (tied)
North Carolina Illinois Michigan State Louisville
Roy Williams Bruce Weber Tom Izzo Rick Pitino

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school
 Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 2005 (seed) All 4 2 1
1 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 30 21 2-1  (1) 66-18 .786 2005 10 7 3
2 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 10 8 4-1  (5) 23-7 .767 2005 4 1 1
3 Rick Pitino, Louisville 19 11 4-1  (4) 31-10 .756 2005 5 2 1
4 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 15 8   20-7 .741 2002 3 3 1
5 Roy Williams, North Carolina 17 16 6-0  (1) 41-15 .732 2005 5 3 1
6 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 14 12 3-1  (2) 27-11 .711 2005 1 1 1
7 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 33 18 1-1  (2) 38-16 .704 2005 2 2 2
8 Bruce Weber, Illinois 7 4 5-1  (1) 9-4 .692 2005 1 1 0
9 Gary Williams, Maryland 27 14   26-13 .667 2004 2 1 1
10 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 39 27 2-1  (6) 45-24 .652 2005 5 3 3
11 Bill Self, Kansas 12 7 0-1  (3) 13-7 .650 2005 0 0 0
12 Bo Ryan, Wisconsin 6 4 3-1  (6) 7-4 .636 2005 0 0 0
13 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 29 24 0-1  (4) 40-23 .635 2005 3 3 1
14 Lute Olson, Arizona 32 26 3-1  (3) 45-26 .634 2005 5 2 1
15 John Calipari, Memphis 13 7   12-7 .632 2004 1 0 0
16 Tom Davis, Drake 30 11   18-11 .621 1999 0 0 0
T17 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 35 26 2-1  (2) 39-26 .600 2005 3 0 0
T17 Billy Tubbs, Lamar 30 12   18-12 .600 1998 1 1 0
T17 Phil Martelli, St. Joseph's 10 4   6-4 .600 2004 0 0 0
T17 Thad Matta, Ohio State 5 4   6-4 .600 2004 0 0 0
T17 Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech 8 4 1-1  (5) 6-4 .600 2005 0 0 0
22 Billy Donovan, Florida 11 7 1-1  (4) 10-7 .588 2005 1 1 0
23 John Chaney, Temple 33 17   23-17 .575 2001 0 0 0
24 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 24 15 1-1  (7) 20-15 .571 2005 1 0 0
25 Lon Kruger, UNLV 19 9   11-9 .550 2000 1 0 0
T26 Tom Penders, Houston 31 10   12-10 .545 1999 0 0 0
T26 Jeff Jones, American 13 5   6-5 .545 1997 0 0 0
28 Mark Few, Gonzaga 6 6 1-1  (3) 7-6 .538 2005 0 0 0
29 Dave Odom, South Carolina 19 9   10-9 .526 2004 0 0 0
30 Gene Keady, Purdue 27 18   19-18 .514 2003 0 0 0
T31 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 18 11 1-1  (3) 11-11 .500 2005 1 0 0
T31 Hugh Durham, Jacksonville 37 8   8-8 .500 1991 2 1 0
T31 Ben Braun, California 28 7   7-7 .500 2003 0 0 0
T31 Herb Sendek, North Carolina State 12 5 2-1  (10) 5-5 .500 2005 0 0 0
35 Pete Gillen, Virginia 20 9   8-9 .471 2001 0 0 0
36 Rick Barnes, Texas 18 13 0-1  (8) 11-13 .458 2005 1 0 0
37 Dick Bennett, Washington State 26 6   5-6 .455 2000 1 0 0
38 Pat Kennedy, Towson 25 8   6-8 .429 2000 0 0 0
T39 Skip Prosser, Wake Forest 11 9 1-1  (2) 6-9 .400 2005 0 0 0
T39 Al Skinner, Boston College 18 6 1-1  (4) 4-6 .400 2005 0 0 0
T39 Mark Gottfried, Alabama 10 6 0-1  (5) 4-6 .400 2005 0 0 0


Highlights:

If there were any who doubted his credentials as one of the games best coaches, Roy Williams now has the final proof so that there can be no doubt, guiding North Carolina to his first tournament win.  Williams took Kansas to the Final Four four times ('91, '93, '02, '03) and to the final game twice ('91 and '03), but it wasn't until he returned to his Carolina roots that he managed to win it all.  With this win, Williams moves up to .732 and fifth place on the list.
In his second year as Illini head coach (after Bill Self left Illinois to take over Kansas, after Roy Williams left Kansas to take over North Carolina) Bruce Weber makes it all the way to the championship game before losing to Williams and North Carolina.  Weber (a former Gene Keady assistant) debuts on the list at .692 in eighth place.
Tom Izzo takes Michigan State to the Final Four for the fourth time in seven years (winning it all in 2000), moving him up to .767. Izzo remains in second place behind Mike Krzyzewski whose Duke team lost to Michigan State in the round of Sixteen.
Rick Pitino of Louisville returns to the Final Four for the for the fifth time with his third school (the only coach to take three different schools to the Final Four), moving him up slightly, but keeping him in third place.  Pitino's previous Final Four trips were in 1987 with Providence and 1993, 1996 (Championship) and 1997 (Second place) with Kentucky.
Bob Knight returns to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994 (with Indiana, of course) this time with Texas Tech.
Bo Ryan leads Wisconsin to the Elite Eight allowing Ryan to debut on the list at .636 in the top twelve.   Ryan has so far avoided losing in the first round in four tries with Wisconsin.
Lute Olson and Tubby Smith reach the Elite Eight and move up the list while Bill Self and Jim Boeheim suffer first round losses and move down.
Herb Sendek makes the Sweet Sixteen with North Carolina State and debuts on the list at .500.  Sendek has also coached Miami(Ohio) in the tournament.
Georgia Tech wins one and loses one, giving Paul Hewitt enough games to debut on the list at .600.  Hewitt, who started his tournament career at Siena in 1999 has revived a Georgia Tech team which hadn't been a tournament participant since 1996 when Bobby Cremins was still coach.
Al Skinner (1-1 with Boston College) and Mark Gottfried (0-1 with Alabama) debut on the list at .400, tied for last place.





















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