The magician got that right. No changes for me.

Magician - you came up with a very good list, I can't argue with your picks.

 

My top 5:

 

1. Adolph Rupp

2. John Wooden

3. Dean Smith

4. Pat Summit

5. Bob Knight

 

Next 5:

 

6. Hank Iba

7. Coach "K"

8. Pete Carril (spelling?)

9. Al McGuire

10. Ray meyer

 

Very honorable Mention: ( no certain order)

 

Tubby Smith

Rick Pitino

Jim Bohiem

Phog Allen

Tom Izzo

 

Bear Bryant , Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler (imo these guys were so good they could have won big in basketball as well - LOL)

 

Imo the ones that included Donovan and Few are way too young, maybe in time and some more years down the road but not now. JMO

If Pat Summitt gets two more championships and moves from 7-9 to tie wooden. Does she become the greatest coach ever?

I think Little John is the better coach. His adaptation of the Princeton offense is nice.

:thumb: I agree, imo I couldn't include little John bc he hasn't had enough years in yet, maybe in time. As for John,sr. I can't include a man that I considered a teacher of (Cheap Shot basketball), his players were for the most part thugs and were played "dirty", "cheap shot" ball. He made Huggins look like Mother Theresa :eek: :lol: .

 

JMO

If Pat Summitt gets two more championships and moves from 7-9 to tie wooden. Does she become the greatest coach ever?

Quite possibly, you make a good point. Maybe she can take over the U.K. mens program and win some titles on the mens side. Why not start that rumor, every other possible rumor has been started.

Ha!! She was once offered the womens job at UK but turned it down because UK would not pay her moving expenses. How about them apples? Now UK is considering paying Billy D the Taj Mahal and a space shuttle to come to rupp.

Ha!! She was once offered the womens job at UK but turned it down because UK would not pay her moving expenses. How about them apples? Now UK is considering paying Billy D the Taj Mahal and a space shuttle to come to rupp.

:laugh: Well, we did finally get Pat Summit's long time assistat in M. DeMoss. I don't know about how the space shuttle thing would go in Lexington but we could offer him ownership of Keenland , and while were at it offer him the Ky. Horse Park and the Jim Beam proffits as well :lol:

Sounds like a good extension package when his first 5 year contract is up and the first 3 banners are hung at rupp:thumb:

1. Wooden

2. Rupp

3. Knight

4. Dean Smith

5. Crum

6. Pitino

7. Coach K

8. Williams

Ha!! She was once offered the womens job at UK but turned it down because UK would not pay her moving expenses. How about them apples?

That decision was every bit as smart as letting Bear Bryant get away. Of course, that was at a time when Rupp ruled the state and it wasn't big enough for him and "the Bear", when I think of what we (U.K.) could have had : "The Baron", "The Bear" and Pat Summit :eek: !!

UKNCAA

1. Knight

2. Pitino

3. Rupp

4. Coach K

5. Izzo

Top 5 All Time:

 

1) John Woodern- Simply knew how to win. 10 championships, 88 game win streak during his tenure, 7 straight title

 

2) Pat Summit- All time winningest coach. 7 National Titles , 27 appearances in the NCaa tourney in 33 years, 17 Final Four appearances

 

3) Bobby Knight- All Time winningest coach on the Men's side. 3 National Titles

 

4) Dean Smith- 2nd all time in wins (men's side) , 2 national championships, 11 final fours

 

5) Adolph Rupp- 3rd all time winningest coach on the men's side, 4 national titles

1. John Wooden - 10 Titles and more respect than anyone in the coaching profession.

 

2. Pat Summitt - More wins than any other college coach, 7 titles (2nd only to Wooden)

 

The rest (Knight, Rupp, Ariema(sp?), Smith, K) can be interchanged in the 3 to 10 spots.

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)

 

I think Jim Calhoun would have to be on there before Donovan.