NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 353 D-I head coaches for 2019-20 season

By Joey Loose | Oct 30, 2019

DURHAM, NC - MARCH 03: (L-R) Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils talks to head coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels before their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 3, 2018 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – APRIL 08: Head coach Tony Bennett of the Virginia Cavaliers cuts down the net after his teams 85-77 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 2019 NCAA men’s Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

There are 353 D1 NCAA Basketball programs, each led by a head coach. How do we rank these coaches against one another and which ones will stand out?

With the dawn of a new NCAA Basketball season upon us, we look forward to the future. Big moments and names from the past like Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, and Kyle Guy have all come and gone. These programs move forward with a few new players leading the charge, while others deal with even larger changes. The one thing that changes far often than the names on the backs of the jerseys is the coaches.

The college basketball world is filled with a great variety of head coaches. These programs are led by living legends as well as youthful head coaches just starting to make their mark. Many lists and rankings have been put together looking at just the top tier of coaches, but we’re going well beyond that. We’re going to take a deep dive and attempt to rank every single one of those 353 head coaches.

The methodology to rank these coaches is very similar to last season’s effort, and we will include last year’s rank for each returning coach. As a baseline, we considered various statistics to rank the coaches, including winning percentage, postseason success and future expectations. Clearly, a young coach with plenty of postseason success will rank higher than someone with more experience and less success. While some coaches may seem too high or too low, remember that a single season can greatly change the trajectory of any coach; with multiple coaches rising over 100 spots this season.

Much of the information from these rankings were gathered using Sports Reference and KenPom ratings. Without wasting any more time, let’s start diving into the long list of head coaches, starting from the bottom and slowly working our way upwards.

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