2006      2007      2008

Champion Second Place Third place (tied) Third place (tied)
Florida Ohio State UCLA Georgetown
Billy Donovan Thad Matta Ben Howland John Thompson III

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school
 Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 2007 (seed) All 4 2 1
1 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 32 23 0-1  (6) 68-20 .773 2007 10 7 3
2 Billy Donovan, Florida 13 9 6-0  (1) 22-7 .759 2007 3 3 2
3 Rick Pitino, Louisville 21 12 1-1  (6) 32-11 .744 2007 5 2 1
4 Tom Izzo, Michigan State 12 10 1-1  (9) 24-9 .727 2007 4 1 1
5 Roy Williams, North Carolina 19 18 3-1  (1) 45-17 .726 2007 5 3 1
6 Steve Fisher, San Diego State 17 9   20-8 .714 2006 3 3 1
7 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 35 19   41-17 .707 2006 2 2 2
8 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 16 14 1-1  (8) 29-13 .690 2007 1 1 1
9 Ben Howland, UCLA 13 6 4-1  (2) 13-6 .684 2007 2 1 0
T10 John Calipari, Memphis 15 9 3-1  (2) 18-9 .667 2007 1 0 0
T10 Thad Matta, Ohio State 7 6 5-1  (1) 12-6 .667 2007 1 1 0
12 Gary Williams, Maryland 29 15 1-1  (4) 27-14 .659 2007 2 1 1
13 Bob Knight, Texas Tech 41 28 0-1  (10) 45-25 .643 2007 5 3 3
14 Bill Self, Kansas 14 9 3-1  (1) 16-9 .640 2007 0 0 0
15 Mike Davis, Ala.-Birmingham 7 4   7-4 .636 2006 1 1 0
T16 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 31 25   40-24 .625 2006 3 3 1
T16 Bruce Weber, Illinois 9 6 0-1  (12) 10-6 .625 2007 1 1 0
18 Lute Olson, Arizona 34 28 0-1  (8) 46-28 .622 2007 5 2 1
19 Tom Davis, Drake 32 11   18-11 .621 1999 0 0 0
T20 John Thompson III, Georgetown 7 4 4-1  (2) 6-4 .600 2007 1 0 0
T20 John Beilein, West Virginia 15 4   6-4 .600 2006 0 0 0
T20 Phil Martelli, St. Joseph's 12 4   6-4 .600 2004 0 0 0
T20 John Brady, LSU 16 4   6-4 .600 2006 1 0 0
24 Bobby Cremins, Charleston 26 11   15-11 .577 1996 1 0 0
T25 Bob Huggins, Kansas State 25 15   20-15 .571 2005 1 0 0
T25 Bo Ryan, Wisconsin 8 6 1-1  (2) 8-6 .571 2007 0 0 0
27 Lon Kruger, UNLV 21 10 2-1  (7) 13-10 .565 2007 1 0 0
T28 Tom Penders, Houston 33 10   12-10 .545 1999 0 0 0
T28 Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech 10 5 0-1  (10) 6-5 .545 2007 0 0 0
T28 Ernie Kent, Oregon 16 5 3-1  (3) 6-5 .545 2007 0 0 0
T28 Jeff Jones, American 15 5   6-5 .545 1997 0 0 0
32 Mark Few, Gonzaga 8 8 0-1  (10) 9-8 .529 2007 0 0 0
33 Dave Odom, South Carolina 21 9   10-9 .526 2004 0 0 0
T34 Rick Barnes, Texas 20 15 1-1  (4) 15-15 .500 2007 1 0 0
T34 Herb Sendek, Arizona State 14 6   6-6 .500 2006 0 0 0
T34 Tim Floyd, USC 14 6 2-1  (5) 6-6 .500 2007 0 0 0
T34 Jay Wright, Villanova 13 5 0-1  (9) 5-5 .500 2007 0 0 0
38 Kelvin Sampson, Indiana 20 13 1-1  (7) 12-13 .480 2007 1 0 0
T39 Ben Braun, California 30 8   7-8 .467 2006 0 0 0
T39 Al Skinner, Boston College 20 8 1-1  (7) 7-8 .467 2007 0 0 0
41 Pat Kennedy, Towson 27 8   6-8 .429 2000 0 0 0
42 Mark Gottfried, Alabama 12 7   5-7 .417 2006 0 0 0
T43 Skip Prosser, Wake Forest 13 9   6-9 .400 2005 0 0 0
T43 Mike Brey, Notre Dame 12 6 0-1  (6) 4-6 .400 2007 0 0 0
45 Dana Altman, Creighton 18 8 0-1  (10) 2-8 .200 2007 0 0 0
46 Fran Dunphy, Temple 18 9   1-9 .100 2006 0 0 0


Highlights:

Billy Donovan leads Florida to the first repeat championship since Mike Krzyzewski managed two with Duke in 1991 and 1992 and moves up to second place just behind Krzyzewski.  Florida is the first team to repeat with the same starting lineup.
Thad Matta takes Ohio State to the championship game, a team that has not played for a championship since 1962 when they had a run of three straight championship game appearances (only the first of which they won).  Matta moves up to .667, tied with John Calipari for tenth place.
Ben Howland and UCLA return to the Final Four for the second straight year.  This time, UCLA falls to Florida one game earlier than last year when they played Florida in the tournament championship game.  Howland's .684 winning percentage earns him a spot in the top ten
John Thompson III debuts on the list by taking Georgetown to the Final Four for the first time since 1985 when Villanova prevented them from repeating as tournament champions.  Those Georgetown teams were coached by none other than John Thompson, Thompson's father, and were led by Patrick Ewing, whose son, Patrick Ewing, Jr., transfered from Indiana to play on is father's old team this year.  Thompson III had also twice taken Princeton to the tournament.
Mike Krzyzewski and Duke suffer a rare first round loss, dropping Krzyzewski to .774 - still good enough for first place.
Ernie Kent takes Oregon to the Elite Eight for the second time (he also did it in 2002 with the two Lukes - Ridnour and Jackson) and debuts on the list at .454, tied for 28th place.  Before Oregon, Kent took St. Mary's of California to the tournament for one game.
Tim Floyd takes Southern Cal to the Sweet 16 and debuts on the list at .500, tied for 34th place.  Floyd has also taken New Orleans and Iowa St. to the tournament.
Jay Wright of Villanova, Mike Brey of Notre Dame and Dana Altman of Creighton all debut on the list by virtue of first round losses.  Each of these coaches had taken one previous team - Wright took Hofstra twice (2000, 2001), Brey took Delaware twice (1998, 1999), and Altman took Kansas St. once (1993).





















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