170. Ritchie McKay (Liberty)
- Overall record 243-207
McKay has 16 years of D-I head coaching experience, back at Liberty since 2015 in his second stint with the school. Also employed by Portland State, Colorado State, Oregon State, and New Mexico, McKay’s career record isn’t remarkable and his only NCAA Tournament appearance was 2005 with the Lobos. He’s won more than 20 games the last two seasons at Liberty, but he’ll need to do more than CIT bids.
169. Tic Price (Lamar)
- Overall record 236-194
A veteran coach with 14 years of head coaching experience, Price has bounced around throughout his career, coaching at New Orleans, Memphis, and McNeese State. He was promoted to Lamar head coach in February 2014 after Pat Knight’s firing and he’s finally got the Cardinals in solid shape, with 19 wins and a CIT appearance each of the last two seasons.
168. Will Brown (Albany)
- Overall record 284-254
Brown became Albany’s coach in December 2001 and has led the Great Danes to five NCAA Tournament appearances during his time in upper New York. His career record seems more impressive when you consider he was just 19-63 in his first three seasons at the helm, but he has made Albany a consistent winner in the America East, they just haven’t pulled a Tourney upset.
167. Matt Lottich (Valparaiso)
- Overall record 44-30
A former Stanford guard, Lottich’s entire coaching career has been at Valparaiso, hired as an assistant in 2013 and named head coach after Bryce Drew’s departure in 2016. After an NIT bid and 24 win debut, Valparaiso struggled last season as they transitioned to the MVC, with Lottich needing his team to have a much better season this year.
166. Chris Mullin (St. John’s)
- Overall record 45-60
A 5-time NBA All-Star, Mullin’s entire coaching career has been his stint at his alma mater, taking over at St. John’s in 2015. He’s building a program and will rapidly rise up the rankings if he produces results this year, but it’s hard to laud his current record in the Big East.
165. Mike Dunleavy (Tulane)
- Overall record 22-47
Dunleavy may have been head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, and Los Angeles Clippers, but his hiring by Tulane in 2016 was his first collegiate coaching job. Sitting at 20-42 through two seasons, he’s another coach who can rise rapidly if Tulane has a solid third year, but there have also been NBA coaches who found zero success in the college game (Isiah Thomas).
164. Keno Davis (Central Michigan)
- Overall record 179-154
Davis was hired by Central Michigan in 2012, already armed with head coaching experience at Drake and Providence. He succeeded his father Tom at Drake in 2007 and led that team to the only NCAA Tournament appearance of his career, though his 5-seed Bulldogs were upset in the first round. He’s going to need to produce more results in his current job, as the Chippewas will not be satisfied with CIT appearances.
163. Danny Kaspar (Texas State)
- Overall record 327-230
Kaspar took over Texas State in 2013 after 13 years at Stephen F. Austin and 9 years at then-NAIA Incarnate Word. His career mark is impressive and SFA really blossomed under Brad Underwood after he left for Texas State. Despite this, there’s just one NCAA Tournament bid on his resume and things haven’t gone smoothly at Texas State, with just one season finishing higher than 7th in the Sun Belt.
162. David Richman (North Dakota State)
- Overall record 79-58
Following 11 seasons as an assistant, Richman was finally promoted to head coach of NDSU after Saul Phillips left for Ohio in 2014. He led the Bison to the NCAA Tournament in his first season but his win total has fallen in each subsequent season. He’ll need to reverse that trend immediately, though he does have the benefit of coaching at his alma mater.
161. Dave Paulsen (George Mason)
- Overall record 185-152
Paulsen’s head coaching career has taken him all over, from D-III St. Lawrence to D-II Le Moyne to D-III Williams to Bucknell and then George Mason in 2015. He won the D-III title in 2003 at Williams and made two NCAA Tournament appearances with Bucknell, but things aren’t going that well with the Patriots, though a turnaround could certainly be in the cards.