310. Tommy Dempsey (Binghamton)
- Overall record 169-248
At age 44, Dempsey already has extensive head coaching experience, spending three years at the junior college level and 7 seasons at Rider before being hired by Binghamton in 2012. Inheriting a program in rough shape, he has started to turn things around, though the Bearcats are just 47-138 in his first six seasons.
309. Chris Casey (Niagara)
- Overall record 54-114
Three years apiece as head coach of Rutgers-Newark and LIU Post preceded Casey’s hiring at Niagara in 2013, but he’s only just starting to put something together. He’s just 51-110 in five seasons, but that includes 19-14 with a CIT appearance last season, so he and this team is trending upward.
308. Brian Katz (Sacramento State)
- Overall record 115-191
Hired in 2008 after 19 years as a junior college head coach, Katz has had difficulties in Sacramento. He’s got a 111-190 record and has only finished once in the top five of the Big Sky. He’s also an alumnus of the school, but he might be running out of time.
307. Preston Spradlin (Morehead State)
- Overall record 23-35
Spradlin became interim head coach after the dismissal of Sean Woods late in 2016, but after 2017 ended greatly, the team sputtered in his first full-time season, finishing just 8-21 and last in the OVC. He also spent five years as grad assistant/director of basketball operations under John Calipari, but he is still really young, just turning 30 a few years ago. He’s got a bright future but a lot to learn.
306. Donyell Marshall (Central Connecticut)
- Overall record 24-46
The former #4 overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft enters his third year heading the Blue Devils. 20-41 isn’t impressive, but his win total more than doubled in year two (6 to 14) and he can definitely build a program that can compete in the NEC.
305. Scott Padgett (Samford)
- Overall record 64-78
Another former first round pick, Padgett played eight years in the NBA before getting into coaching, spending time as an assistant at Kentucky, Manhattan, and Samford before being promoted to the head coaching job in 2014. After a slow start, things went well for Samford in 2017 (20-16 and a CIT bid) but last year (10-22) was a step in the wrong direction.
304. Mike Brennan (American)
- Overall record 67-96
Brennan played for Pete Carril at Princeton and served as an assistant at his alma mater, at American, and at Georgetown before being hired in 2013. That first season featured an NCAA Tournament appearance, but American was blasted 75-35 by Wisconsin, and things have been downhill for Brennan ever since, his win total dropping with each subsequent season.
303. Rob Krimmel (St. Francis PA)
- Overall record 82-112
Krimmel is a Red Flash through and through, spending the last 23 years as player, assistant, and then head coach for St. Francis. Head coach since 2012, he’s had the Red Flash in the CIT three of the last four years, but has yet to win the NEC during his time there.
302. Lew Hill (UTRGV)
- Overall record 31-44
Hill was hired in 2016 after spending twelve years an assistant to Lon Kruger at both UNLV and Oklahoma, a total of 26 years of D-I assistant coaching in his career. He’s 25-40 in his first two years but he’s also stuck in the WAC, though a CBI bid in 2018 might be the sign of better things to come.
301. Dave Dickerson (USC Upstate)
- Overall record 70-90
Having spent five years as the head coach of Tulane (71-85 from 2005-10), Dickerson begins his first year at USC Upstate, having bounced around as both an assistant (nine at Maryland, seven at Ohio State) and as a scout for the Utah Jazz. USC Upstate has seen very little success since joining D-I so Dickerson will have his work cut out for him.