NCAA Basketball: Top 10 worst coaching hires of the last decade

Not all new NCAA Basketball coaching hires turn out as well as Tony Bennett. Here are the 10 worst ones from the last decade.

Not every program can land a Brad Stevens or a John Calipari when they’ve got an opening and there are quite a few high-major programs who regularly have openings. Each time the coaching carousel spins, every program hopes they’ve hired someone of the caliber of these coaches.

Every year there are dozens of heading coaching openings, with usually between eight to twelve changes for power conference teams. Whether they be mid-major coaches or power conference assistants, dozens of coaches are thrust into new roles. Optimism abounds but the work has to begin immediately, with recruiting, schedule-making, and putting their program in the best position for success.

But success doesn’t always come immediately and for some coaches, it doesn’t come at all. Heck, if every coach was successful then we wouldn’t have such an intriguing coaching carousel each offseason. Some coaches move onto other opportunities while some just decide to step aside, but a handful of coaches have found a way to fail spectacularly. Coaches are fired every year and that’s just part of the game, but we’re going to identify the worst of the worst.

Let’s take a look at some of the worst coaching hires of the last ten years.