CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Try not to be biased.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Can a Mod add the following options in a poll... Bob Knight Adolph Rupp Dean Smith John Wooden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Knight's career record is 880-354. He recently agreed to a contract extension through the 2010-11 season, which doesn't bode well for anyone hoping to break his record. Consider this: Krzyzewski has 765 wins and is 59; he'll be 64 in 2011 and might still be 100 wins behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Division I Coaching Victories Rank Coach Wins 1 Bob Knight 880 2 Dean Smith 879 3 Adolph Rupp 876 4 Jim Phelan 830 5 Eddie Sutton 798 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KY Thorobred Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Wooden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Bobby Knight 41 Seasons 6 Seasons with Army - 65'-71' 29 Seasons with Indiana - 71'-00' 6 Seasons with Texas Tech - 01'-07' Record at Army - 102-50 -- 4 NIT app. & 0 NCAA Tourney App. Record at Indiana - 662-238 -- 25 NCAA Tourney App. (3 NCAA Championships), 3 NIT App. (1 NIT Championship) Record at Texas Tech - 116-65 -- 3 NCAA Tourney App. & 1 NIT App. Overall Record - 880-354 I miss counted 1 loss I think... 1984 - Won 400th game with a 81-68 win over Kentucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatchMeIfYouCan Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 John Wooden Adolph Rupp Dean Smith Bobby Knight Eddie Sutton Mike Krzyzewski Don Haskins E.A. Diddle Rick Pitino Jim Valvano Denny Crum Forrest "Phog" Allen Henry "Hank" Iba Frank McGuire John Chaney Al McGuire Joe B. Hall John Thompson Pete Carril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEXT Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Wooden Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongopenyon Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 John Wooden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimedoc Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Man I didnt realize there were so many great ones. I pick Coach K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KY Thorobred Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Not a chance. :laugh: Indiana State record: 47-14 Led Indiana State to the conference title (1947) Led Indiana State to the finals of the NAIA invitation (1948) UCLA record: 620-147 Led Bruins to four 30-0 seasons (1963-64, 1966-67, 1971-72, 1972-73) Led Bruins to 88 consecutive victories Led Bruins to 38 straight NCAA tournament victories Led Bruins to 149-2 record at Pauley Pavilion Led Bruins to 19 PAC 10 championships Led Bruins to 10 national championships, including seven in a row (1966-73) NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year six times (1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973) The Sporting News Sports Man of the Year (1970) Sports Illustrated Sports Man of the Year (1973) During 40 years of coaching, compiled a 885-203 (.813) record One of only Three individuals enshrined in the Hall of Fame as a player and as a coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 You'd be hard pressed to argue against Wooden. While I think the period of dominance is an argument against UCLA when it comes to best program of all-time, it's an argument for John Wooden because the guy won season after season. And when you've won 10 national championships in 12 seasons (and retire on top), you'd be hard pressed not to call the guy the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHSDad Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 John Wooden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrambler Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Adolph Rupp - 190 losses = .822 winning pct. John Wooden - 203 losses = .813 winning pct. Dean Smith - 254 Losses = .776 winning pct. I didn't include B. Knight or Coach K on this one bc their record is still on going. Both Knight and "K" belong on the list, no question along with many others. Imo Rupp and Wooden are/were head and shoulders above the rest, I would rather look at there # of losses and winning % than number of wins alone. Going on those two, Rupp is still the "Baron of Basketball" and Wooden with his consecutive string of national titles along with his winning pct. is right there with him. hard to choose between those two. Imo those two (Wooden and Rupp) are far above the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladiesbballcoach Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Based upon results on the court only, John Wooden is number 1. Bob Knight would be 2. Adoph Rupp 3 Dean Smith 4 If you are talking about coaches who affected the game much, wasn't it Hank Iba at Kansas that Dean Smith, Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp could all trace a huge influence on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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