1957      1958      1959

Champion Second Place Third place Fourth place
Kentucky Seattle Temple Kansas State
Adolph Rupp John Castellani Harry Litwack Tex Winter

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1958 All 4 2 1
1 Phil Woolpert, USF 8 4 1-1 13-2 .867 1958 3 2 2
2 Frank McGuire, North Carolina 11 3   10-2 .833 1957 2 2 1
3 Branch McCracken, Indiana 25 4 1-1 9-2 .818 1958 2 2 2
4 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 28 10 4-0 20-6 .769 1958 5 4 4
5 Doggie Julian, Dartmouth 22 4 2-1 9-3 .750 1958 2 1 1
6 Harry Combes, Illinois 11 3   8-3 .727 1952 3 0 0
7 Hank Iba, Oklahoma State 29 7 2-1 14-6 .700 1958 4 3 2
T8 Forddy Anderson, Michigan State 12 3   8-4 .667 1957 3 2 0
T8 John Jordan, Notre Dame 7 4 2-1 8-4 .667 1958 0 0 0
10 Bob Feerick, Santa Clara 8 3   6-4 .600 1954 1 0 0
11 Jack Gardner, Utah 15 4   6-5 .545 1956 2 1 0
12 Everett Case, North Carolina State 12 5   6-6 .500 1956 1 0 0
13 Everett Shelton, Wyoming 21 8 0-1 4-12 .250 1958 1 1 1


Highlights:

USF only manages one win this year, but Phil Woolpert remains at the top of the list at a hefty .867.
Indiana only goes 1-1, but it's enough to qualify Branch McCracken for the list at third place.
Adolph Rupp and Kentucky win a record fourth championship, but Rupp's .769 record is amazingly only good for fourth place on the list.
Doggie Julian leads Dartmouth to the regional finals and debuts on the list at .750 in fifth place.  Julian won the title coaching Holy Cross in 1947.
John Jordan debuts on the list by taking Notre Dame to the Mideast regional finals.  Though he's done well in the tournament, Jordan has never reached the Final Four.





















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