2017 NCAA Tournament: Which Sweet 16 coach is most capable of winning championship?

The 2017 NCAA tournament is set to kick off its second weekend. One of the most critical factors of college basketball are the coaches.

College basketball coaches are the faces of their program. There are a lot of excellent coaches throughout Division I. Some of them have the fortune of being involved in the 2017 NCAA tournament’s round of 16, and one coach will be crowned a national champion.

Most of the general public does not realize how much time and dedication every top coach spends on their profession, even though a lot of time away from family and loved ones. To be successful as a Division I coach, it takes years of recruiting, months of teaching, and hours of watching film.

Since 1939, only 14 coaches have won multiple NCAA tournament titles. John Wooden (10 titles), Mike Krzyzewski (5), and Adolph Rudd (4) lead the way. Of the 16 coaches left in the 2017 tournament, UNC’s Roy Williams is the only coach with multiple titles.  Williams has two national championships, both coming with the Tar Heels (2005, 2009). Kansas’ Bill Self and Kentucky’s John Calipari each have one title to their credit.

Furthermore, Williams, Self, Calipari, and Bob Huggins are the only Sweet 16 coaches to have taken multiple teams to the Final Four. Michigan’s John Beilein is the only other coach to have led a  prior team to the Final Four. Beilein took the Wolverines to the national championship game in 2013 where they lost to Louisville, the team that UM knocked out of the tournament this year in the round of 32.

Here is my list of the best coaches remaining in the NCAA Tournament, let the debate begin.