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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 30 66-18 .786 10 7 3
3 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 10 23-7 .767 4 1 1
4 Larry Brown*, (UCLA, Kansas) 7 19-6 .760 3 2 1
5 Rick Pitino, Louisville 19 31-10 .756 5 2 1
6 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 15 20-7 .741 3 3 1
7 Roy Williams, North Carolina 17 41-15 .732 5 3 1
8 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 14 27-11 .711 1 1 1
9 Dean Smith*, North Carolina 36 65-27 .707 11 5 2
10 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 33 38-16 .704 2 2 2
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 27 26-13 .667 2 1 1
T17 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 39 45-24 .652 5 3 3
T17 Jim Valvano*, (Iona, North Carolina State) 19 15-8 .652 1 1 1
19 Bill Self, Kansas 12 13-7 .650 0 0 0
20 Denny Crum*, Louisville 30 42-23 .646 6 2 2
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 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 29 40-23 .635 3 3 1
24 Nolan Richardson*, (Tulsa, Arkansas) 22 26-15 .634 3 2 1
25 Lute Olson, Arizona 32 45-26 .6338 5 2 1
26 Adolph Rupp*, Kentucky 41 30-18 .625 6 5 4
T27 Tom Davis, Drake 30 18-11 .621 0 0 0
T27 Rick Majerus*, Utah 19 18-11 .621 1 1 0
T29 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 35 39-26 .600 3 0 0
T29 Terry Holland*, (Davidson, Virginia) 19 15-10 .600 2 0 0
T29 Jud Heathcote*, Michigan State 24 15-10 .600 1 1 1
T29 Billy Tubbs, Lamar 30 18-12 .600 1 1 0
33 Guy Lewis*, Houston 30 26-18 .591 5 2 0
34 Bobby Cremins*, Georgia Tech 25 15-11 .577 1 0 0
35 John Chaney, Temple 33 23-17 .575 0 0 0
T36 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 24 20-15 .571 1 0 0
T36 Mike Montgomery*, Stanford 26 16-12 .571 1 0 0
38 Lon Kruger, UNLV 18 11-9 .550 1 0 0
T39 Jim Harrick*, (UCLA, Rhode Island, Georgia) 23 18-15 .545 1 1 1
T39 Tom Penders, Houston 31 12-10 .545 0 0 0
T39 Wimp Sanderson*, (Alabama, Arkansas-Little Rock) 17 12-10 .545 0 0 0
42 Gene Bartow*, (Memphis State, UCLA, Ala.-Birmingham) 34 14-12 .538 2 1 0
43 Lefty Driesell*, (Davidson, Maryland, Georgia State) 41 16-14 .533 0 0 0
44 Don Donoher*, Dayton 25 11-10 .524 1 1 0
45 Don Haskins*, UTEP 38 14-13 .519 1 1 1
46 Dale Brown*, LSU 25 15-14 .517 2 0 0
47 Gene Keady, Purdue 27 19-18 .514 0 0 0
T48 Digger Phelps*, (Fordham, Notre Dame) 21 17-17 .500 1 0 0
T48 Jack Gardner*, (Kansas State, Utah) 17 12-12 .500 4 1 0
T48 Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma 21 11-11 .500 1 0 0
T48 Johnny Orr*, (Michigan, Iowa State) 29 10-10 .500 1 0 0
52 Lou Henson*, (New Mexico State, Illinois) 42 19-20 .487 2 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 Rick Barnes, Texas 17 11-13 .458 1 0 0
56 Norm Stewart*, Missouri 38 12-16 .429 0 0 0


Highlights:

National Champs: North Carolina Roy Williams
Second place: Bruce Weber Illinois
Third place(tied): Michigan State Tom Izzo
Third place(tied): Louisville Rick Pitino

If there were any who doubted his credentials as one of the games best coaches, Roy Williams now has the final proof so that there can be no doubt, guiding North Carolina to his first tournament win.  Williams took Kansas to the Final Four four times ('91, '93, '02, '03) and to the final game twice ('91 and '03), but it wasn't until he returned to his Carolina roots that he managed to win it all.  With this win, Williams moves up to .732 and seventh place on the list.
Tom Izzo takes Michigan State to the Final Four for the fourth time in seven years (winning it all in 2000), moving him up to .767. Izzo, who had been tied with Larry Brown, takes sole possesion of third place behind Mike Krzyzewski whose Duke team lost to Michigan State in the round of Sixteen.
Rick Pitino of Louisville returns to the Final Four for the for the fifth time with his third school (the only coach to take three different schools to the Final Four), moving him up slightly, but keeping him in fifth place.  Pitino's previous Final Four trips were in 1987 with Providence and 1993, 1996 (Championship) and 1997 (Second place) with Kentucky.
In his second year as Kansas head coach (after Roy Williams left Kansas to take over North Carolina), Bill Self suffers a first round loss, giving him enough games to debut on this list at .650 in nineteenth place.  In his first year at Kansas, Self made it to the Elite Eight, a feat he also accomplished with Illinois in 2001 and Tulsa in 2000.
Tubby Smith takes Kentucky to the Elite Eight moving him up to .711, enough to pass another Smith, the legendary Dean Smith.
Lute Olson takes Arizona to the Elite Eight moving him up to .6338, not quite enough to catch Nolan Richardson.
Syracuse suffers a first round loss, dropping Jim Boeheim a few notches to .635 and 23rd place.