1996      1997      1998

Champion Second Place Third place (tied) Third place (tied)
Arizona Kentucky North Carolina Minnesota
Lute Olson Rick Pitino Dean Smith Clem Haskins

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1997 (seed) All 4 2 1
1 Rick Pitino, Kentucky 15 8 5-1  (1) 26-7 .788 1997 4 2 1
2 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 22 13 1-1  (2) 40-11 .784 1997 7 5 2
3 Steve Fisher, Michigan 9 7   20-6 .769 1996 3 3 1
4 Roy Williams, Kansas 9 8 2-1  (1) 20-8 .714 1997 2 1 0
5 Dean Smith, North Carolina 36 27 4-1  (1) 65-27 .707 1997 11 5 2
6 Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State 26 16   37-16 .698 1991 4 1 1
7 Bob Knight, Indiana 32 21 0-1  (8) 40-18 .690 1997 5 3 3
8 Nolan Richardson, Arkansas 17 12   24-11 .686 1996 3 2 1
T9 Denny Crum, Louisville 26 21 3-1  (6) 42-21 .667 1997 6 2 2
T9 Rollie Massimino, Cleveland State 24 11   20-10 .667 1991 1 1 1
11 John Thompson, Georgetown 25 20 0-1  (10) 34-19 .642 1997 3 3 1
12 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 16 7 1-1  (3) 12-7 .632 1997 1 0 0
13 Rick Majerus, Utah 13 6 3-1  (2) 10-6 .625 1997 0 0 0
14 Billy Tubbs, TCU 23 11   18-11 .621 1992 1 1 0
15 Tom Davis, Iowa 26 10 1-1  (8) 16-10 .615 1997 0 0 0
16 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 21 17   27-17 .614 1996 2 2 0
17 Clem Haskins, Minnesota 17 7 4-1  (1) 11-7 .611 1997 1 0 0
18 Lute Olson, Arizona 24 18 6-0  (4) 28-18 .609 1997 4 1 1
T19 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 27 18   27-18 .600 1995 2 0 0
T19 Tubby Smith, Georgia 6 4 0-1  (3) 6-4 .600 1997 0 0 0
21 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 25 11   16-11 .593 1996 0 0 0
22 Dave Odom, Wake Forest 11 7 1-1  (3) 10-7 .588 1997 0 0 0
23 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 22 11   15-11 .577 1996 1 0 0
T24 Tom Penders, Texas 26 9 2-1  (10) 12-9 .571 1997 0 0 0
T24 Bill Frieder, Arizona State 17 6   8-6 .571 1995 0 0 0
26 Lon Kruger, Illinois 15 7 1-1  (6) 9-7 .563 1997 1 0 0
27 John Chaney, Temple 25 13 1-1  (9) 16-13 .552 1997 0 0 0
T28 Wimp Sanderson, Arkansas-Little Rock 15 10   12-10 .545 1992 0 0 0
T28 Jeff Jones, Virginia 7 5 0-1  (9) 6-5 .545 1997 0 0 0
30 Sonny Smith, Va. Commonwealth 21 6   7-6 .538 1996 0 0 0
31 Lefty Driesell, James Madison 35 12   15-13 .535 1994 0 0 0
32 Gary Williams, Maryland 18 7 0-1  (5) 8-7 .533 1997 0 0 0
33 Don Haskins, UTEP 36 14   14-13 .519 1992 1 1 1
34 Dale Brown, LSU 25 13   15-14 .517 1993 2 0 0
T35 Pete Gillen, Providence 12 8 3-1  (10) 8-8 .500 1997 0 0 0
T35 Larry Finch, Memphis 11 6   6-6 .500 1996 0 0 0
T37 Joey Meyer, DePaul 13 7   6-7 .462 1992 0 0 0
T37 Jerry Pimm, UC Santa Barbara 23 7   6-7 .462 1990 0 0 0
39 Eldon Miller, Northern Iowa 35 6   5-6 .455 1990 0 0 0
40 Norm Stewart, Missouri 36 15   12-15 .444 1995 0 0 0
41 Gene Keady, Purdue 19 14 1-1  (8) 11-14 .440 1997 0 0 0
42 Pat Kennedy, Florida State 17 7   5-7 .417 1993 0 0 0
43 Dave Bliss, New Mexico 22 9 1-1  (3) 6-9 .400 1997 0 0 0
44 Don DeVoe, Navy 24 9 0-1  (15) 5-9 .357 1997 0 0 0
47 J. D. Barnett, Northwest State 19 7   4-7 .364 1987 0 0 0
45 Gale Catlett, West Virginia 25 10   5-10 .333 1992 0 0 0
46 Neil McCarthy, New Mexico State 22 9   4-9 .308 1994 0 0 0


Highlights:

Lute Olson takes Arizona to its first national title and joins the "600 club" at .609.
Rick Pitino can't capture his second straight title game, but moves up to .788 and takes over first place.
Dean Smith makes the Final Four yet again (his eleventh), moving up a notch to .707 and passing Bob Knight who lost in the first round.
Clem Haskins jumps up to .611 and seventeenth place after reaching the Final Four.
Rick Majerus makes it to the Elite Eight and moves up to .625.
After three straight Sweet 16 trips (two with Tulsa, one with Georgia), Tubby Smith debuts on the list at .600 despite a Georgia first round loss this year.





















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