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

190. Todd Bozeman (Morgan State)

• Overall record 251-236

Former scandalized California coach Todd Bozeman (1993-96) has served as head man of Morgan State since 2006. He’s made a pair of NCAA Tournaments with Morgan State (made three in 3.5 seasons at Cal), but hasn’t had the Bears in the postseason since 2010.

189. Steve Masiello (Manhattan)

• Overall record 118-115

Masiello, another former Rick Pitino assistant (and player), has led Manhattan since 2011, though his career could’ve taken a much different turn. He was nearly hired at South Florida in 2014, but the job was rescinded when his lie about his graduation was discovering on his resume. For the Jaspers, he’s made a pair of NCAA Tournaments, but the last three years have been rough.

188. Casey Alexander (Lipscomb)

• Overall record 114-114

After spending nearly two decades under Rick Byrd at Belmont, Alexander departed for Stetson in 2011 before jumping to the head coaching job at Lipscomb in 2013. This past season he led Lipscomb to the NCAA Tournament, his first postseason appearance in seven years as a head coach, though he does have the Bisons in a good position to compete in the Atlantic Sun.

187. Kevin Baggett (Rider)

• Overall record 109-91

Six years as an assistant at Rider preceded Baggett’s promotion to head coach in 2012. He’s 107-89 after six years, but he’s yet to win the MAAC, which is something that could definitely happen soon. The team went 15-3 in MAAC play last season after all.

186. Jim Hayford (Seattle)

• Overall record 134-107

Hayford has been a college head coach since 1999, with great success at D-III Whitworth and an acceptable tenure at Eastern Washington. Seattle head coach since 2017, Hayford won 20 games in his first year last season, leading the Redhawks to the CBI. It might be hard to build a consistent winner in the unstable WAC, but Hayford is a capable head coach.

185. Dennis Felton (Cleveland State)

• Overall record 198-175

Felton’s hiring by Cleveland State in 2017 marked his return as a head coach, having served Western Kentucky (1998-2003) and Georgia (2003-09) before being fired by the latter. He did great things at WKU, but his only successful season at Georgia was 2008, leading his 11th seeded Bulldogs to an SEC Tournament championship and a 14 seed. However, he has work ahead to turn around Cleveland State.

184. Doc Sadler (Southern Miss)

• Overall record 197-190

Sadler spent many years as an assistant coach before UTEP promoted him to head coach in 2004 following Billy Gillispie’s departure. He was hired at Southern Miss in 2014 after eight seasons as a head coach including six rough years at Nebraska. Things started slowly, going just 20-63 in his first three years at Southern Miss, but last season was a step in the right direction at the very least.

183. Brian Wardle (Bradley)

• Overall record 140-128

Wardle was hired at Bradley in 2015 after ten years at Green Bay, including the last five as head coach. He hasn’t coached in the NCAA Tournament, but he made a few NIT’s at Green Bay and is already building Bradley into an MVC contender.

182. Rob Murphy (Eastern Michigan)

• Overall record 133-115

Following seven years as an assistant to Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Murphy was hired in 2011 by Eastern Michigan. Despite a 129-110 career record, he’s yet to see the NCAA Tournament, let alone win the MAC West, and can show nothing more than a few CIT’s and a CBI bid on his resume.

181. Grant McCasland (North Texas)

• Overall record 48-31

In addition to five years under Scott Drew under Baylor, McCasland had head coaching experience at NJCAA Midland, D-II Midwestern State, and Arkansas State before being hired in 2017 at North Texas. He’s already proven a better coach than Tony Benford, winning the CBI in his first season at the helm. Conference USA can be a tricky conference to win, but McCasland can put together a team that could get the job done.