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NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 353 D-I head coaches for 2018-19

By Joey Loose

LAWRENCE, KS - JANUARY 30: Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks greet each other prior to the game at Allen Fieldhouse on January 30, 2016 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KS - JANUARY 30: Head coach John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats and head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks greet each other prior to the game at Allen Fieldhouse on January 30, 2016 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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230. Phil Cunningham (Troy)

  • Overall record 71-98

A longtime assistant under Rick Stansbury at Mississippi State, Cunningham took the Troy job in 2013 and has already led the Trojans to the NCAA Tournament (in 2017). Still, he’s just 71-98 and hasn’t finished higher than 5th in the Sun Belt. That bid was a great start, but Cunningham has yet to build a consistent winner.

229. Joe Pasternack (UC Santa Barbara)

  • Overall record 67-65

Pasternack has had an eventful coaching career already, serving as head coach of New Orleans from 2007-11 before six years assisting Sean Miller at Arizona. UCSB went 23-9 in his first season, which is a great start for Pasternack. His time with the Privateers wasn’t as successful, but we’ll soon see if he can build a successful program.

228. Rodney Billups (Denver)

  • Overall record 33-36

While not an NBA player (like brother Chauncey), Billups has been head coach of his alma mater since 2016 after four years coaching with Tad Boyle at Colorado. Two average seasons have greeted him so far, but he can certainly contend in the Summit League in the near future.

227. Matt Matheny (Elon)

  • Overall record 143-154

Prior to joining Elon in 2009, Matheny spent 16 years as an assistant under Bob McKillop at Davidson, his alma mater. He’s not far away from Davidson geographically, but he doesn’t have Elon in the same shape. The team is 140-148 in his first nine years and has just one CIT bid in that time.

226. Greg Lansing (Indiana State)

  • Overall record 138-128

Lansing spent seven nonconsecutive seasons as an assistant at Indiana State before being promoted to head coach in 2010. Having also spent seven years with Steve Alford at Iowa, Lansing made the NCAA Tournament in his first season, but the last four years have ended without postseason bids. With Wichita State gone, the MVC is winnable again, but not if these seasons under .500 continue.

225. Keith Richard (Louisiana-Monroe)

  • Overall record 246-279

Richard has spent most of his coaching career in Louisiana, including 12 years at Louisiana Tech (9 years as head coach) and 16 years at alma mater Louisiana-Monroe (head coach since 2010). Despite this and a 246-279 career record, he’s without an NCAA Tournament appearance through 17 years. On the positive, the Warhawks have been in the postseason three of the last four seasons, but they need to do more than the CBI and CIT.

224. Ed DeChellis (Navy)

  • Overall record 310-367

A former Penn State player, assistant, and head coach, DeChellis has been at Navy since 2011. Head coach at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003 before eight years at Penn State, DeChellis has made only a pair of NCAA Tournaments in 22 years as a head coach, though he did win the NIT in 2009 at Penn State. He’s only 91-136, but last year was his best for Midshipmen, perhaps a good omen.

223. Mark Slessinger (New Orleans)

  • Overall record 80-103

Most of Slessinger’s coaching experience before being hired in 2011 was under Mike McConathy at Northwestern State, where he spent twelve years. He’s made the NCAA Tournament already at New Orleans after thing got off to a slow start. New Orleans can compete in the Southland, but it’s tough for anyone to topple Stephen F. Austin on a regular basis.

222. Mike McConathy (Northwestern State)

  • Overall record 286-308

After sixteen years as head coach of Bossier Parish Community College, McConathy became head coach at Northwestern State in 1999. There have been certain ups and downs, but his most memorable moment is a first round upset of #3 Iowa during the 2006 NCAA Tournament, by far his best season in Natchitoches. He does have just 25 wins in the last three years, so maybe the good days are all in the past.

221. Tony Shaver (William & Mary)

  • Overall record 214-258

A former high school coach and guard under Dean Smith at UNC, Shaver spent 17 years building D-III Hampden-Sydney into a powerhouse before being hired in 2003 by William & Mary. For Shaver, the task has been to take this Tribe program to the NCAA Tournament, but he hasn’t accomplished this in 15 years, nor has the program ever been there. Fortunately, he has been over .500 the last five seasons, so maybe they can finally build something up.

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