April 4, 200719 yr My #1 is easy...the legendary Wizard of Westwood, JOHN WOODEN! My next five are easy also. Behind Wooden, my top 5 first team would be(no particular order): FIRST TEAM: ADOLPH R.MONGOMERY KNIGHT "K" DEAN PAT SUMMITT NEXT 15:(NO particular order) Hank Iba Denny Crum Rick Pitino Roy Williams Jody Conradt Ray Meyer Eddie Sutton Geno Auriemma Lute Olsen Jim Boeheim Phog Allen Billy D. Tubby Smith Pete Carril Tom Izzo 12 WORTH MENTION: Ralph Miller John Chaney Don Haskins Al McGuire Frank McGuire John Thompson,Sr. Larry Brown Gary Williams Louie Carnasecca Mark Few Kay Yow Sue Gunter
April 4, 200719 yr Author What about Big John Thompson he won a title I gave him some props as an honorable mention. Never liked him personally.
April 4, 200719 yr I think Little John is the better coach. His adaptation of the Princeton offense is nice.
April 4, 200719 yr Rupp, Wooden, "Coach K", Summit, Bob Knight, Honorable mention to Geno ??? (UCONN women)
April 4, 200719 yr You have Tubby in ur top 15? Are you serious ? This is a coach who has made double digit loss seasons at Kentucky a constant trend. I think you need to re-think that one. He won one championship with Pitino's players? Tubby is an underachiever.
April 4, 200719 yr You have Tubby in ur top 15? Are you serious ? This is a coach who has made double digit loss seasons at Kentucky a constant trend. I think you need to re-think that one. He won one championship with Pitino's players? Tubby is an underachiever. A violin for this man,quick! :walk:
April 4, 200719 yr Wooden Rupp Knight Coach K Dean The next list would be: Rick Pitino Roy Williams Billy Donovan Denny Crum Jim Boehim (One fault I have with my list is obviously the lack of knowledge about some of the older coaches)
April 4, 200719 yr Wooden - His teams won 665 games in 27 seasons and 10 NCAA titles during his last 12 seasons, including 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a record winning streak of 88 games, four perfect 30-0 seasons, and won 38 straight games in NCAA Tournaments. Dean Smith - 879 wins in 36 years of coaching, 2nd most in men's college Division I basketball history behind Bobby Knight. Adolph Rupp's 876 wins came after 41 years of coaching. - 11 Final Fours - Two national championships (1982, 1993) - Most Division I 20-win seasons, with 27 consecutive 20-win seasons from 1970-1997 and 30 20-win seasons total Rupp - Won four NCAA championships (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958), one NIT title in 1946 (when the NIT was a competitive tournament of national contenders), appeared in 20 NCAA tournaments and captured 27 Southeastern Conference titles. Knight - Overall Record - 889-364 (.709) - 4 time NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year - 1976 NCAA National Championship 1979 National Invitation Tournament Championship 1981 NCAA National Championship 1987 NCAA National Championship K - Record at Duke (as of 27 Mar 2007): 702-202 (.777) Record at USMA: 73-59 (.553) Overall record (as of 27 Mar 2007): 775-261 (.748) NCAA Tournament Record: 68-19 (.772) NCAA Championship (1991, 1992, 2001)
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