NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 68 head coaches in 2022 NCAA Tournament

By Joey Loose | Mar 14, 2022

DURHAM, NC - DECEMBER 22: Head coach Mike Young (L) of the Virginia Tech Hokies shakes hands with head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils prior to their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on December 22, 2021 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /

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NCAA Basketball Tournament Drew Valentine of the Loyola Ramblers (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /

60. Martin Ingelsby (Delaware)

0 NCAA Tournaments

Ingelsby has spent these last six seasons as head coach at Delaware and it’s his first trip to the Big Dance. Ingelsby had spent most of his career at Notre Dame, playing and coaching under former Delaware head coach Mike Brey for most of that run. This is his first head coaching bid, with his team catching fire in the CAA Tournament. Delaware has never finished higher than 4th place in the CAA, but this team is peaking at the right time this year.

59. Drew Valentine (Loyola-Chicago)

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After four years on Porter Moser’s coaching staff at Loyola, Valentine is in his first season as a collegiate head coach, and it’s been a pretty great start for his career. As an assistant, he was part of the Final Four Ramblers squad back in 2018, and now he’ll try to replicate success after winning another MVC Tournament crown. Valentine is the youngest head coach at the D1 level and inherited an impressive roster; it might be years before we know how good a coach he really is.

58. Robert Jones (Norfolk State)

1 NCAA Tournament (1-1)

Jones has been a part of Norfolk State basketball for the last fifteen years, taking over as head coach in 2013. He was an assistant when this team upset Missouri in the NCAA Tournament and now he’s taken the Tigers to a second straight NCAA Tournament. This is the ninth straight year Norfolk State has finished Top 2 in the MEAC; clearly, Jones helms the conference’s best program and will hope to build on this success.

57. Rob Lanier (Georgia State)

1 NCAA Tournament (1-1)

It’s been a long time coming, as Lanier led Siena to an opening-round win over their fellow 16-seed way back in 2002; but he’s finally back in the NCAA Tournament. Lanier’s seen plenty of postseason action as an assistant, with success at Florida, Texas, and Tennessee, but he’s again looking to make his mark as the head coach. This is his third year at Georgia State and the clear breakthrough, taking care of business in the Sun Belt Tournament.

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