NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 357 D-I head coaches for 2020-21 season

5. Bill Self (Kansas) (Last year: 5)

• Overall record: 708-214
• Final Four in 2008, 2012, 2018
• National championship in 2008

Self has emerged as one of the best in the game, winning conference titles at a regular pace throughout his career. He took Tulsa and Illinois to the top of their leagues and Elite Eight runs before landing with the Jayhawks in 2003. Since then, there’s been a national championship, three Final Fours, five Elite Eights, and 15 Big 12 regular-season titles. Self is among the best in the game and he’s a major reason why Kansas remains one of the country’s most potent Blue Blood programs.

4. John Calipari (Kentucky) (Last year: 3)

• Overall record: 775-217
• Final Four in 1996*, 2008*, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
• National championship in 2012

Despite the fact that two of them were vacated, Calipari remains the only coach to led three programs to the Final Four, accomplishing the feat with Massachusetts and Memphis before heading to Kentucky. He took the Wildcats to the national title in 2012 and a total of four Final Fours. His Wildcats have been the premier team in the SEC and will continue to compete yearly for national titles as Calipari keeps bringing young studs to Lexington.

3. Tom Izzo (Michigan State) (Last year: 4)

• Overall record: 628-241
• Final Four in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019
• National championship in 2000

Since Izzo took over as head coach in 1995, he has ensured that Michigan State remained as one of the best programs in the Big Ten on a regular basis. He’s led the Spartans to 8 Final Fours, including the national title in 2000. They are regularly atop the Big Ten standings and threatening deep runs in the postseason. Izzo continues to bring talent to Michigan State and puts that talent in a position to compete for national glory.

2. Roy Williams (North Carolina) (Last year: 2)

• Overall record: 885-253
• Final Four in 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
• National championships in 2005, 2009, 2017

Williams will go down as one of the greatest head coaches in the history of the game, no matter how bad last season was. He took Kansas to four Final Fours before adding five more back home at North Carolina. He’s won three national titles with the Tar Heels and is a major reason for much of this program’s success in recent memory, including his stint as an assistant under the legendary Dean Smith. Last year’s 14-19 campaign was awful, but not something that’s likely going to be repeated.

1. Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) (Last year: 1)

• Overall record: 1157-350
• Final Four in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015
• National championships in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015

Krzyzewski is a proven winner with the Blue Devils. He’s the winningest head coach of all time, has five national championships as a head coach, has a legendary tree of players and coaches who have worked under him, and has turned Duke into a national power on a yearly basis. Duke is always in the NCAA Tournament and regularly competes at the highest stage in March.