NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 353 D-I head coaches for 2018-19
By Joey Loose
270. Lewis Jackson (Alabama State)
- Overall record 189-223
Jackson played for Alabama State, so it wasn’t a big surprise when he became an assistant in 2000, and then head coach in 2005. Along the way, he’s made two NCAA Tournaments and has won SWAC Coach of the Year once, but there’s been nothing successful in the last few seasons for the Hornets.
269. Damon Stoudamire (Pacific)
- Overall record 31-44
Fresh off a 13-year NBA playing career and an 8-year assistant coaching career, Stoudamire took the Pacific job in 2016 and already has the program going in the right direction. He’s only 31-44, but his team went 9-9 in WCC play last season. They’ll never compete with Gonzaga (or Saint Mary’s and BYU) but the rest of the WCC is beatable.
268. Heath Schroyer (McNeese State)
- Overall record 128-150
Schroyer has pingponged from job to job throughout his career, serving as head coach of Portland State (2002-05), Wyoming (2007-11), and Tennessee-Martin (2014-16) before being hired to lead McNeese in 2018. He doesn’t have an NCAA Tournament appearance, but his record isn’t awful and he never stays anywhere long enough to build a solid program (though he was actually fired at Wyoming).
267. Jim Fox (Appalachian State)
- Overall record 48-83
Most of Fox’s coaching experience prior to his hiring in 2014 came under Bob McKillop at Davidson, under whom he spent 13 years as an assistant. Unfortunately, he’s yet to build a similar success for the Mountaineers, winning just 45 games in his first four years.
266. Derrin Hansen (Omaha)
- Overall record 88-107
Hansen has been part of the Omaha program since 1998, promoted to head coach in 2005. He’s overseen as the program has been elevated to D-I, but he’s still looking for the team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance. However, he went just 9-22 last season and this year might not be a whole lot better.
265. Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern)
- Overall record 179-226
Radebaugh was hired in 2005 after an extensive career as an assistant coach, with one year as head coach of D-II Queens. Despite entering his fourteenth year, he’s yet to propel the Buccaneers into the NCAA Tournament, with a pair of NIT bids all he has to show for his hard work.
264. Steve Payne (Tennessee Tech)
- Overall record 111-118
Payne’s early career saw him bounce around the Midwest, but he’s settled at Tennessee Tech. An assistant beginning in 2002, he’s been the head coach since 2011, though he’s yet to see the NCAA Tournament. Despite that, he’s 111-118 and hasn’t been under .500 in OVC play in four years.
263. Glenn Braica (St. Francis NY)
- Overall record 120-139
An alum of Queens College (not while Radebaugh was there), Braica would spend much of his career at St. Francis or at St. John’s (under former Queens teammate Norm Roberts). He’s been head coach since 2010 and has just a single NIT appearance to show for it, just 115-136 after eight years.
262. Walter McCarty (Evansville)
- Overall record 4-4
McCarty spent the last five seasons as an assistant to Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics before Evansville hired him in 2018. A program in complete rebuild, the Purple Aces might not contend this season, but the former Rick Pitino assistant will have this program doing exciting things in the MVC very soon.
261. Ron Sanchez (Charlotte)
- Overall record 2-4
Charlotte hired Sanchez in 2018, leaving him to depart Tony Bennett, who he’s worked alongside or with for the last 15 years. Things didn’t go well under former coach Mark Price, but Sanchez can get this team competitive in Conference USA in a few years; or he could flame out like Price did with the same expectations.