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Who is the best coach in the country*?

BBallF said:
In my opinion the second best women's coach in the country is Kim Mulkey, not Dawn Staley. Mulkey has 3 Tiltles, 4 , and 10 Elite 8s. She took a 9-13 LSU team and made it a 26-6 team in one year. Another point guard like Dawn, she has a great understanding of the game and how to motivate players. Yes, my whole family roots against her like the villain in professional wrestling when we play them. Yes, she looks crazed on the sidelines, whines like hell, and seems on the verge of tears all the time but she is a great winner and will go down as one of the greatest women's coaches of all time, especially when she gets another ring which I don't doubt will happen at LSU.
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I too am inclined to put Mulkey, and maybe Tara, above Dawn. What Dawn has done at SC is incredible. She's recruited outstanding players to her program, generated tremendous fan support, and has proven to be a winner. I wouldn't put her any lower than 4 but Mulkey and Tara are a little above her in my brain.

Vic is probably the best coach without a title right now. Waltz isn't far behind. Both will have their teams in contention again but defeating SC and Stanford will be a tall order given their talent levels.

There are plenty of terrific coaches who will never sniff a NC or even FF because their programs don't recruit at a high level to break through. The WCBB talent has generally been concentrated in a few powerhouse programs. It's tough to get a sleeper team to get there even if they have a terrific coach.
 
MSSportsGuy said:
I too am inclined to put Mulkey, and maybe Tara, above Dawn. What Dawn has done at SC is incredible. She's recruited outstanding players to her program, generated tremendous fan support, and has proven to be a winner. I wouldn't put her any lower than 4 but Mulkey and Tara are a little above her in my brain.

Vic is probably the best coach without a title right now. Waltz isn't far behind. Both will have their teams in contention again but defeating SC and Stanford will be a tall order given their talent levels.

There are plenty of terrific coaches who will never sniff a NC or even FF because their programs don't recruit at a high level to break through. The WCBB talent has generally been concentrated in a few powerhouse programs. It's tough to get a sleeper team to get there even if they have a terrific coach.
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Exactly. That is why the 2 titles by Villanova are so remarkable also. Jay Wright basically reinvented the wheel in mens hoops by taking usually second echelon players who would stay the 3 or 4 years, although there were clearly exceptions even there. However, all of them were ready to go when they did, not one and done. With NIL and the transfer portal, that approach was made obsolete also with bidding for college players the reality and the so called lack of interference by boosters, coaches, sponsors and monied interests a fiction for all the fans whose viewership and allegiance makes the wheel turn. The real impact of this double barrel shotgun approach will become evident in years to come, with its most pronounced and obvious effects being in football and also draining the mid majors of those cultivated athletes who will leave for greener pastures lined with NIL dollars. The NCAA in my view basically gave up the notion of enforcement and oversight and just gave the fox the keys to the henhouse.
 
BBallF said:
Exactly. That is why the 2 titles by Villanova are so remarkable also. Jay Wright basically reinvented the wheel in mens hoops by taking usually second echelon players who would stay the 3 or 4 years, although there were clearly exceptions even there. However, all of them were ready to go when they did, not one and done. With NIL and the transfer portal, that approach was made obsolete also with bidding for college players the reality and the so called lack of interference by boosters, coaches, sponsors and monied interests a fiction for all the fans whose viewership and allegiance makes the wheel turn. The real impact of this double barrel shotgun approach will become evident in years to come, with its most pronounced and obvious effects being in football and also draining the mid majors of those cultivated athletes who will leave for greener pastures lined with NIL dollars. The NCAA in my view basically gave up the notion of enforcement and oversight and just gave the fox the keys to the henhouse.
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I stopped caring as much for men's college basketball when we entered the 1 and done era. I still watch but it's not the same. I've posted here repeatedly I disagree strongly with the 1 time transfer/play immediately rule. However the genie it ouf the bottle and won't get back in.
 
I truly believe that’s it’s only a matter of time until Shea Ralph starts to get some recognition.
She’s found a great spot to build a program.
Played for the best coach.
Assisted for the best coach.
At a university that seems to have made a commitment.
Her team stepped up in last years N.I.T.
Give her a few recruiting cycles.
 
My vote is Jeff Walz and the wbb coach at North Carolina. Exceptional Also Cory Close
at UCLA
 
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Schaefer, Mulkey, Tara are probably my top 3 excluding Dawn/Geno. Walz is consistently very good and does well in the tournament. Frese never gets enough love....she's won a title and made 3 Final Fours. It's wild how many transfers she has but her teams are almost always quite good, they play great basketball and she develops the heck out of her kids. Theyve dominated the Big Ten for a long time.

Banghart is a very strong up and comer. Wes Moore is a fantastic coach too. Kim Barnes-Arico is another consistently good coach who doesn't get enough recognition.
 
bballnut90 said:
Frese never gets enough love....she's won a title and made 3 Final Fours. It's wild how many transfers she has but her teams are almost always quite good, they play great basketball and she develops the heck out of her kids. Theyve dominated the Big Ten for a long time.
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Frese is very good. It would be nice to see them hold onto some of their star players but it doesn't hold Brenda back from landing elite talent annually.
 
Geno…hands down and hands up “If you don’t know than you don’t know”
 
I like Vic a lot also. I would play my heart out if I played for him. You can tell he really cares for his players. Can’t argue with Geno’s track record so he’s really got to win this poll but my vote goes to Adia Barnes. I think we are going to be seeing her in the FF going forward.
 
If we don't count recruiting, the two best WBB couches are Courtney Banghart and Carla Berube, both staunch disciples of Pete Carril and his famous "Princeton Offense".
For example, last season, without scholarship players, Berube led Princeton to a 25-5 record and an opening round victory over mighty Kentucky [who had just beaten #1 South Carolina] in the women's NCAA tourney and then lost a heartbreaker [56-55] to powerful #3 Indiana in the 2nd round.
Carril is arguably the best coach on the men's side, having won more than 500 NCAA Division I basketball games without the benefit of athletic scholarships!
Sadly, Pete passed away less than two weeks ago [Aug 15] without much fanfare nor recognition, eh?
UConn incorporates many elements of the Princeton Offense in their own so-called 'motion offense'.
 
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