2003      2004      2005

Active and Former (20+ games)

Rank Coach, Schools (*=not active) Yrs. W-L Pct. Final
4 2 1
1 John Wooden*, UCLA 25 47-10 .825 12 10 10
2 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 29 64-17 .790 10 7 3
T3 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 9 19-6 .760 3 1 1
T3 Larry Brown*, (UCLA, Kansas) 7 19-6 .760 3 2 1
5 Rick Pitino, Louisville 18 27-9 .750 4 2 1
6 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 14 20-7 .741 3 3 1
7 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 32 37-15 .712 2 2 2
8 Dean Smith*, North Carolina 36 65-27 .707 11 5 2
9 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 13 24-10 .706 1 1 1
10 Roy Williams, North Carolina 16 35-15 .700 4 2 0
T11 Joe B. Hall*, Kentucky 19 20-9 .690 3 2 1
T11 Al McGuire*, Marquette 20 20-9 .690 2 2 1
13 Hank Iba*, Oklahoma State 19 15-7 .682 4 3 2
14 Jerry Tarkanian*, (Long Beach St., UNLV, Fresno State) 31 38-18 .679 4 1 1
T15 Rollie Massimino*, (Villanova, UNLV, Cleveland State) 30 20-10 .667 1 1 1
T15 Gary Williams, Maryland 26 26-13 .667 2 1 1
17 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 38 43-23 .652 5 3 3
18 Jim Valvano*, (Iona, North Carolina State) 19 15-8 .652 1 1 1
19 Denny Crum*, Louisville 30 42-23 .646 6 2 2
20 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 28 40-22 .645 3 3 1
21 John Thompson*, Georgetown 27 34-19 .642 3 3 1
22 Frank McGuire*, (St. John's, North Carolina, South Carolina) 30 14-8 .636 2 2 1
23 Nolan Richardson*, (Tulsa, Arkansas) 22 26-15 .634 3 2 1
24 Lute Olson, Arizona 31 42-25 .627 5 2 1
25 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 41 30-18 .625 6 5 4
T26 Tom Davis, Drake 29 18-11 .621 0 0 0
T26 Rick Majerus*, Utah 19 18-11 .621 1 1 0
T28 Billy Tubbs, Lamar 29 18-12 .600 1 1 0
T28 Terry Holland*, (Davidson, Virginia) 19 15-10 .600 2 0 0
T28 Jud Heathcote*, Michigan State 24 15-10 .600 1 1 1
31 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 34 37-25 .597 3 0 0
32 Guy Lewis*, Houston 30 26-18 .591 5 2 0
33 Bobby Cremins*, Georgia Tech 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
34 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 23 19-14 .576 1 0 0
35 John Chaney, Temple 32 23-17 .575 0 0 0
36 Mike Montgomery, Stanford 26 16-12 .571 1 0 0
37 Lon Kruger*, (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois) 18 11-9 .550 1 0 0
T38 Jim Harrick*, (UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) 23 18-15 .545 1 1 1
T38 Tom Penders*, (Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington) 30 12-10 .545 0 0 0
T38 Wimp Sanderson*, (Alabama, Arkansas-Little Rock) 17 12-10 .545 0 0 0
41 Gene Bartow*, (Memphis State, UCLA, Ala.-Birmingham) 34 14-12 .538 2 1 0
42 Lefty Driesell*, (Davidson, Maryland, Georgia State) 41 16-14 .533 0 0 0
43 Don Donoher*, Dayton 25 11-10 .524 1 1 0
44 Don Haskins*, UTEP 38 14-13 .519 1 1 1
45 Dale Brown*, LSU 25 15-14 .517 2 0 0
46 Gene Keady, Purdue 26 19-18 .514 0 0 0
T47 Digger Phelps*, (Fordham, Notre Dame) 21 17-17 .500 1 0 0
T47 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 17 12-12 .500 4 1 0
T47 Johnny Orr*, (Michigan, Iowa State) 29 10-10 .500 1 1 0
T47 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 20 10-10 .500 1 0 0
51 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 41 19-20 .487 2 0 0
52 Rick Barnes, Texas 16 11-12 .478 1 0 0
53 Ray Meyer*, DePaul 40 14-16 .467 2 0 0
54 Lou Carnesecca*, St. John's 24 17-20 .459 1 0 0
55 Norm Stewart*, Missouri 38 12-16 .429 0 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: Connecticut Jim Calhoun
Second place: Georgia Tech Paul Hewitt
Third place(tied): Oklahoma State Eddie Sutton
Third place(tied): Duke Mike Krzyzewski

Jim Calhoun leads Connecticut to its (and his) second tournament championship, moving Calhoun over .700 to .712 - good enough to jump eight spots to seventh place on this list.  Calhoun and Connecticut also won the championship in 1999.
Mike Krzyzewski takes Duke to the Final Four for the tenth time (Duke has gone 14 times) allowing Krzyzewski to move into second place, passing Tom Izzo who's Michigan State team suffers a first round loss this year.
Eddie Sutton makes the Final Four for the second time with Oklahoma State (also in 1995) and for the third time overall (1978 with Arkansas).  Sutton has taken four teams to the tournament - Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma State, a feat matched by only two other coaches - Lefty Driesell (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State) and Jim Harrick (Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia).
Rick Barnes leads Texas to the Sweet Sixteen one year after making the Final Four, moving him up to one game below .500 at 11-12.