| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
| Champion | Second Place | Third place | Fourth place |
| North Carolina | Kansas | USF | Michigan State |
| Frank McGuire | Dick Harp | Phil Woolpert | Forddy Anderson |
Active coaches (10+ games)
| Rank | Coach, Current school | Yrs | W-L | Pct. | Latest | Final | ||||
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| All | Trn | 1957 | All | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | Phil Woolpert, USF | 7 | 3 | 3-1 | 12-1 | .923 | 1957 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Kenneth Loeffler, Texas A&M | 22 | 2 | 9-1 | .900 | 1955 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Frank McGuire, North Carolina | 10 | 3 | 5-0 | 10-2 | .833 | 1957 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| T4 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky | 27 | 9 | 1-1 | 16-6 | .727 | 1957 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| T4 | Harry Combes, Illinois | 10 | 3 | 8-3 | .727 | 1952 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Hank Iba, Oklahoma State | 28 | 6 | 12-5 | .706 | 1954 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7 | Forddy Anderson, Michigan State | 11 | 3 | 2-2 | 8-4 | .667 | 1957 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Bob Feerick, Santa Clara | 7 | 3 | 6-4 | .600 | 1954 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Jack Gardner, Utah | 14 | 4 | 6-5 | .545 | 1956 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Everett Case, North Carolina State | 11 | 5 | 6-6 | .500 | 1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Everett Shelton, Wyoming | 20 | 7 | 4-11 | .267 | 1953 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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Phil Woolpert debuts on the list at an incredible .923 after two titles featuring Bill Russell and K. C. Jones and a national third place finish for the University of San Francisco. Woolpert sets a new record by winning the first 11 tournament games he coaches. |
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Adolph Rupp and Kentucky go 1-1 yet again, dropping Rupp's record to .727 and tied for fourth place with Harry Combes. |
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Frank McGuire leads North Carolina to the title and debuts on the list at .833 in third place. McGuire also took St. John's to the title game in 1952. |
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Forddy Anderson debuts on the list by virtue of taking Michigan State to the Final Four. |
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