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NCAA Basketball: 10 Coaches who have overstayed their welcome entering 2019-20

By Bryan Mauro

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Head coach Patrick Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions yells instructions to his team against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 14: Head coach Patrick Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions yells instructions to his team against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the United Center on March 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 01: Head coach Pat Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions reacts in the second half against the Northwestern Wildcats during the second round of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 1, 2018 in New York City (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 01: Head coach Pat Chambers of the Penn State Nittany Lions reacts in the second half against the Northwestern Wildcats during the second round of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 1, 2018 in New York City (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

1. Pat Chambers – Penn State

Welcome to the end of the list. Pat Chambers secures the top spot on this list for a number of reasons, mostly because he coaches a team with a talent pool that many coaches would love to have. He has gotten those players; Penn State has not been able to turn that into wins. Outside of a run to the NIT championship last season the Penn State basketball program has been a program that has finished near the bottom of the league every season.

Chambers has never had a winning record in the Big Ten conference and has two NIT appearances on his record. After the NIT championship last season, the coach was rewarded with a long extension. An extension that did not seem justified for a coach with the resume of Chambers. Early this season the Nittany Lions showed everyone why the Chambers extension may have been a bad idea. The team did not start well in the league and some even said that they were the worst coached team they had ever seen.

When Chambers arrived in Happy Valley he inherited a team who had just been to the NCAA tournament, since then the losses have piled up and the attendance has dropped. If Penn State is going to reward this coach with extensions every time they come anywhere close to winning, the Chambers may be their coach forever. Penn State has invented new ways to lose basketball games, and if not for a tremendous season by former star Tony Carr, the NIT championship would have never happened. Penn State is in an area that is a recruiting hotbed.

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There is zero reason this program continues to reward mediocrity. Many great coaches would love this job and to compete against the Big Ten teams. A new coach may even spark the interest of the fans in Happy Valley as well.

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