Black Sports : TOP 25 Basketball College Coaches of All-Time

[$$RICH$$]

Who are the best and top college coaches of all time as the artical of
John Wooden lead me to ask this to see how great he really was at what
he love to do and all he have done for the game of basketball ..............


what in your mind is the top 25 ever .....

 

[$$RICH$$]

Here is who I see as the best ever this far and top coaches respectfully

1. John Wooden
2. Bob Knight
3. Dean Smith
4. Adolph Rupp
5. Mike Krzyzewski
6. Ray Meyer
7.Eddie Sutton
8. Lou Henson
9. Jim Calhoun
10. Lefty Driesell
11. Henry Hank Iba
12. Jim Phelan
13. Denny Crum
14. Jerry Tarkanian
15. Bill Self
16. Pete Newell
17. Bo Ryan
18. John Chaney
19. John Calipari
20. John Thompson
21. Rick Pitino
22. Tubby Smith
23. Bruce Weber
24. Tom Izzo
25. John Beilein

also to give credit of greatness

26 Roy Willimas
27. Lon Kruger
28. Matt Painter
29. Rick Barnes
30. Lute Olson
31. Jim Boeheim
32. Don Haskins
33. Norm Stewart
34. Larry Brown
can't get any better when it comes to history of college basketball
and indeed Wooden was one of the best top coaches ever at # 1

 

[$$RICH$$]

can't remember the coach name who coached Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble at
Loyola mary mount ?

 

[Omowale Jabali]

Here is who I see as the best ever this far and top coaches respectfully

1. John Wooden
2. Bob Knight
3. Dean Smith
4. Adolph Rupp
5. Mike Krzyzewski
6. Ray Meyer
7.Eddie Sutton
8. Lou Henson
9. Jim Calhoun
10. Lefty Driesell
11. Henry Hank Iba
12. Jim Phelan
13. Denny Crum
14. Jerry Tarkanian
15. Bill Self
16. Pete Newell
17. Bo Ryan
18. John Chaney
19. John Calipari
20. Rick Pitino
21. Tubby Smith
22. Bruce Weber
23. Roy Williams
24. Tom Izzo
25. John Beilein

also to give credit of greatness

26. Lon Kruger
27. Matt Painter
28. Rick Barnes
29. Lute Olson
30. Jim Boeheim
31. Don Haskins
32. Norm Stewart

can't get any better when it comes to history of college basketball
and indeed Wooden was one of the best top coaches ever at # 1

What? No John Thompson??

I agree with your list (top 25) for the most part, but with the top 5 being

1. Wooden
2. Dean Smith
2. John Chaney.
4. Coach K.
5. Knight

John Thompson and Larry Brown (Kansas and UCLA) would be somewhere from 6-10.

The LMU coach was Paul Westhead. Remember he also won the NBA champioship Magic Johnson's rookie season.



Here is a link for all-time NCAA winning percentages in tournament play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament_all-time_team_records

 

[$$RICH$$]

tru dat i totally forgot Sir John Thompson and i would place him at # 20 in front of Rick
here is a list of alltime great wins and records for most wins the winnest coaches

Going into the 2010-2011 season, here's the list for Div. I:
All-Time Division I Coaches by Wins
Coach Schools Wins
1. Bob Knight Army, Indiana, Texas Tech 890 (Knight retired with 902)Top the chart 902 victories
2. Dean Smith North Carolina 879
3. Adolph Rupp Kentucky 876
4. Mike Krzyzewski Army, Duke 868
5. Jim Phelan Mt. St. Mary's 830
6. Eddie Sutton Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, San Francisco 798 should be ranked higher

7. Lefty Driesell Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State 786

8. Lute Olson Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona 780
9. Lou Henson Hardin-Simmons, Illinois, N. Mexico State 779
10. Henry Iba NW Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma State 764

11. Ed Diddle W. Kentucky 759
12. Jim Boeheim Syracuse 750
Jim Calhoun Northeastern, Connecticut 750
14. Phog Allen Baker, Kansas, Haskell, Central Missouri 746

15. John Chaney Cheyney, Temple 741
16. Jerry Tarkanian Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State 729

17. Norm Stewart N. Iowa, Missouri 728
18. Ray Meyer DePaul 724
19. Don Haskins UTEP 719
20. Denny Crum Louisville 675
21. John Thompson Georgetown 596