1997      1998      1999

Champion Second Place Third place (tied) Third place (tied)
Kentucky Utah Stanford North Carolina
Tubby Smith Rick Majerus Mike Montgomery Bill Guthridge

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1998 All 4 2 1
1 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 23 14 3-1 43-12 .782 1998 7 5 2
2 Tubby Smith, Kentucky 7 5 6-0 12-4 .750 1998 1 1 1
3 Roy Williams, Kansas 10 9 1-1 21-9 .700 1998 2 1 0
4 Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State 27 16   37-16 .698 1991 4 1 1
5 Bob Knight, Indiana 33 22 1-1 41-19 .683 1998 5 3 3
6 Rick Majerus, Utah 14 7 5-1 15-7 .682 1998 1 1 0
7 Nolan Richardson, Arkansas 18 13 1-1 25-12 .677 1998 3 2 1
T8 Denny Crum, Louisville 27 21   42-21 .667 1997 6 2 2
T8 Rollie Massimino, Cleveland State 25 11   20-10 .667 1991 1 1 1
10 John Thompson, Georgetown 26 20   34-19 .642 1997 3 3 1
11 Lute Olson, Arizona 25 19 3-1 31-19 .620 1998 4 1 1
12 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 17 8 1-1 13-8 .619 1998 1 0 0
13 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 22 18 2-1 29-18 .617 1998 2 2 0
14 Tom Davis, Iowa 27 10   16-10 .615 1997 0 0 0
15 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 26 12 3-1 19-12 .613 1998 0 0 0
16 Clem Haskins, Minnesota 18 7   11-7 .611 1997 1 0 0
17 Billy Tubbs, TCU 24 12 0-1 18-12 .600 1998 1 1 0
18 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 28 19 1-1 28-19 .596 1998 2 0 0
19 Dave Odom, Wake Forest 12 7   10-7 .588 1997 0 0 0
20 Jim Harrick, Rhode Island 18 13 3-1 17-12 .586 1998 1 1 1
21 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 23 11   15-11 .577 1996 1 0 0
T22 Tom Penders, Texas 27 9   12-9 .571 1997 0 0 0
T22 Mike Montgomery, Stanford 20 6 4-1 8-6 .571 1998 1 0 0
T24 Gary Williams, Maryland 19 8 2-1 10-8 .555 1998 0 0 0
T24 Lon Kruger, Illinois 16 8 1-1 10-8 .555 1998 1 0 0
T26 Wimp Sanderson, Arkansas-Little Rock 16 10   12-10 .545 1992 0 0 0
T27 Jeff Jones, Virginia 8 5   6-5 .545 1997 0 0 0
28 Sonny Smith, Va. Commonwealth 22 6   7-6 .538 1996 0 0 0
29 Lefty Driesell, Georgia State 36 12   15-13 .535 1994 0 0 0
30 John Chaney, Temple 26 14 0-1 16-14 .533 1998 0 0 0
31 Don Haskins, UTEP 37 14   14-13 .519 1992 1 1 1
T32 Lou Henson, New Mexico State 35 18   19-19 .500 1995 2 0 0
T32 Pete Gillen, Providence 13 8   8-8 .500 1997 0 0 0
T32 Hugh Durham, Jacksonville 29 8   8-8 .500 1991 2 1 0
35 Gene Keady, Purdue 20 15 2-1 13-15 .464 1998 0 0 0
T36 Jerry Pimm, UC Santa Barbara 24 7   6-7 .462 1990 0 0 0
T36 Pat Kennedy, DePaul 18 7   6-7 .462 1993 0 0 0
38 Eldon Miller, Northern Iowa 36 6   5-6 .455 1990 0 0 0
39 Norm Stewart, Missouri 37 15   12-15 .444 1995 0 0 0
40 Dave Bliss, New Mexico 23 10 1-1 7-10 .412 1998 0 0 0
41 Gale Catlett, West Virginia 26 11 2-1 7-11 .388 1998 0 0 0
42 J. D. Barnett, Northwest State 20 7   4-7 .364 1987 0 0 0
43 Don DeVoe, Navy 25 10 0-1 5-10 .333 1998 0 0 0
44 Charlie Spoonhour, St. Louis 15 8 1-1 3-8 .273 1998 0 0 0


Highlights:

Tubby Smith inherits a great Kentucky team, takes it to its seventh national title, and moves into second place at .750 behind Mike Krzyzewski.
Rick Majerus makes it to the title game, moving up to .682 and into sixth place.
Mike Montgomery takes Stanford to the Final Four and debuts at .571.
Jim Harrick visits the Elite Eight with a new team (Rhode Island), returning to the active list with an improved .586 record.
Mike Krzyzewski regains the top spot by virtue of an Elite Eight finish and the retirement of Rick Pitino.
Jim Calhoun and Lute Olson improve their records with trips to the Elite Eight.
Gene Keady goes to the Sweet Sixteen and finally passes Norm Stewart near the bottom of the list.
A win and a loss for St. Louis put Charlie Spoonhour on the list for the first time at .273 in last place.





















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