150. Bill Carmody (Holy Cross)
- Overall record 332-294
Carmody has been at Holy Cross since 2015. It’s pure irony that he spent 13 years at Northwestern and couldn’t get the Wildcats their first NCAA Tourney bid only to accomplish it in year one with the Crusaders, taking a then 14-19 squad to Tournament. His 326-291 career mark is greatly boosted by his four years at Princeton before Northwestern, 92-25 in replacing Pete Carril. Currently, he’s yet to have an above .500 season with Holy Cross, but that won’t stop them from competing in the Patriot League.
149. Steve McClain (UIC)
- Overall record 202-180
Having also spent nine years as head coach at Wyoming, McClain was hired in 2015 by UIC and is slowly building the Flames into a Horizon League contender. After a 5-25 debut season, his squad won 20 games and nearly took the CIT crown in 2018. The Horizon is very winnable and McClain can take care of business if he can continue to recruit well in Chicago.
148. Mike Young (Wofford)
- Overall record 275-242
Young has been at Wofford since 1989 and has been head coach since 2002. During that time, his Terriers have seen moderate success in the SoCon, making four NCAA Tournaments since 2010. Wofford went 21-13 last year and Young is showing no signs of slowing down as head coach.
147. Steve Donahue (Penn)
- Overall record 255-257
Donahue turned a Sweet Sixteen run at Cornell in 2010 into the Boston College job, but it didn’t work out, fired after four seasons. He’s been at Penn since 2015 and has done better back in the Ivy League, leading the Quakers to the NCAA Tourney last season. If you ignore his first few years at Cornell, he’s a really solid Ivy League coach, a place where he should stay and have great success.
146. Eric Konkol (Louisiana Tech)
- Overall record 69-39
Konkol has 11 years as an assistant under Jim Larranaga (though he wasn’t on staff for the 2006 George Mason Final Four), and was hired by Louisiana Tech in 2015. He’s done an okay job for the Bulldogs in replacing Mike White (who left for Florida) and his record is not disappointing. However, he’s still looking for something better than a Vegas 16 appearance, his only postseason bid after three years.
145. Saul Phillips (Ohio)
- Overall record 190-133
A former assistant under Bo Ryan, Phillips took over Ohio in 2014 after seven solid years at North Dakota State. He not only made the NCAA Tournament twice with the Bison, but knocked out 5-seed Oklahoma in 2014, the program’s first Tourney victory. He’s just 67-60 at Ohio and hasn’t gotten the program has competitive as they were under John Groce, with just a CBI bid to show for his four years.
144. Johnny Jones (Texas Southern)
- Overall record 298-240
Jones couldn’t lead LSU to the NCAA Tournament when he had Ben Simmons, but he begins his first season at the best program in the SWAC, replacing Mike Davis. His career record include an interim season at Memphis and eleven with North Texas before his recent stint at LSU. He’s made three NCAA Tournaments as head coach (though just one in five years at LSU) and should keep Texas Southern on top of the SWAC.
143. Earl Grant (Charleston)
- Overall record 84-58
Grant took over at Charleston in 2014, leading the Cougars to the NCAA Tournament last season. He’s a former assistant under Gregg Marshall and Brad Brownell and still a relatively young coach at 41. He’s improved each season at Charleston and could be in the market for a better job in the coming years.
142. James Jones (Yale)
- Overall record 291-267
Jones has led Yale since 1999. His Bulldogs upset 5-seed Baylor during the 2016 NCAA Tournament and nearly did the same to Duke in the second round. He’s won a lot of games, but that was his only NCAA Tournament appearance. He’s an experienced coach with tough recruiting guidelines in the Ivy League, but he’s done solid work at Yale.
141. Mike Boynton (Oklahoma State)
- Overall record 25-18
After four years coaching under Brad Underwood, Boynton was promoted to head coach in 2017 when Underwood left for Illinois after just one season. Boynton has no prior head coaching experience, though the Cowboys weren’t bad in his first season. However, he’ll need to do more than NIT appearances in a super competitive Big 12.