Top 40 CBB Coaches in History

[Frenemy]

Yeah, Hurley is a glaring omission. Only one reason for it, probably because he rubs some people the wrong way. Not me, he's fiery and a winner, Dan isn't in Knight's league when it comes to that type of thing. Hell Knight is in a league of his own in that regard. That's the only explanation, and it's a BS one at that.

Again, I would clearly have him on that list, (behind Jay of course, lol. J/K sorta) Hurley's omission pretty much invalidates that entire list.

 

[storrsroars]

Kelvin Sampson is not on the list? Seriously?

This. He'll be going after his 800th win in the next 3-4 games.

 

[superjohn]

Titles are obviously the main goal but some guys can be all-time great coaches without any titles. I think Bo Ryan is an example. He's not top 5 or anything but he's a great, historical coach. Honestly, so is Few but he can use a chip to get him over the hump.

If we're talking top 40, that's a lot of coaches - every coach on a top 40 list doesn't need a title.

Yep, Bo Ryan and Mark Few are legit despite never winning a national championship but what is Mike Montgomery doing on there? I forgot he even existed. How is he on any list over Rollie Massimino?

 

[uconngb]

What if you changed the question to Program Builder? No way JC is anywhere but #2 to Wooden given what he started with.

 

[Horsebrnhil]

Yeah, I joke about Phil Woolpert, who I learned existed five minutes ago, but he won back to back titles a million years ago. Mike Montgomery, come on now

I agree. Did I miss Lou Carnaseca on the list along with back to back NC winner Ed Jucker of Cincinnati?

 

[Dove]

Respect for JC (#5), disrespect for Dan (unranked). It's not as if this omits current coaches; multiple are listed. How can you leave off a 2-time champ who took a team from the doldrums to the top of college basketball? Preaching to the choir, of course.

Who the frick is "Random SEC??"

 

[Mr. French]

Yep, Bo Ryan and Mark Few are legit despite never winning a national championship but what is Mike Montgomery doing on there? I forgot he even existed. How is he on any list over Rollie Massimino?

I agree, he's not a top 40 coach.

BUT ... he did have Stanford tops in the country for awhile, which they clearly haven't been close since.

 

[IndyLives]

Williams & Smith over Calhoun is downright criminal.

 

[willie99]

Thank God, we needed nonsense like this to kickstart our team and piss Danny off

We're rolling Creighton tomorrow

 

[thekollieman]

Respect for JC (#5), disrespect for Dan (unranked). It's not as if this omits current coaches; multiple are listed. How can you leave off a 2-time champ who took a team from the doldrums to the top of college basketball? Preaching to the choir, of course.

I honestly don’t think it’s implausible that the entire point of posting this list was to generate engagement based on excluding Dan Hurley.

 

[thekollieman]

Before anyone gets upset, the reason why Dan Hurley isn't on here is it's a list from February 2023 before he had any championships. Why a random SEC Twitter account decided to post it this week is bizarre

Fair. Then disregard my prior comment.

 

[HW611]

I’ll die on the hill that Roy Williams was only considered a great cbb coach because he was so bad at getting guys ready for the league, he’d have a team of former top 25 junior and seniors every single time he won a championship.

If he was actually good at developing talent they wouldn’t have stayed long enough for him to win anything.

Calhoun >>>> Roy

How does this kind of talent manage to stay with you for 3-4 years???

3 upperclassmen who were top 10 recruits on both national champion squads is insane.

4 in the top 15 who were upperclassmen.

Throw in a top 10 freshman on both squads.

No coach more overrated than Roy.