NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 363 D-I head coaches for 2022-23 season

160. Chris Collins (Northwestern) (Last year: 144)

• Overall record: 133-150

A former high school star in the Chicago suburbs, Collins starred at Duke in the 90’s and spent a long stint on Mike Krzyewski’s staff with the Blue Devils. He got his first taste of head coaching when Northwestern hire him back in 2013 and it’s certainly been a historic tenure. Collins led the Wildcats to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and win back in 2017. However, his program has finished below .500 in each of the last five seasons and has never really been a contender in the Big Ten.

159. Justin Hutson (Fresno State) (Last year: 193)

• Overall record: 69-53

Hutson is a native of Bakersfield who spent much of his early career in the city, both as a collegiate player and high school head coach. He’s spent most of his career bouncing around the Mountain West, serving long stints on staff at San Diego State and UNLV before taking the Fresno State job in 2018. In his first season, his Bulldogs won 23 games, a feat he repeated this past season, leading Fresno State to the TBC championship. The Mountain West has been a better conference in recent years and the play of the Bulldogs has certainly been solid.

158. Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo) (Last year: 172)

• Overall record: 367-273

Kowalczyk has been a D1 head coach for the last two decades, spending eight seasons leading Green Bay before leading Toledo for the last 12. He had decent success in the Horizon League, but it’s been more fruitful in the MAC since joining Toledo. While he hasn’t broken through to the NCAA Tournament, he’s won three MAC regular season titles and led the program to 3 NIT appearances. His overall record is pretty solid and he’s won 112 games these last five seasons combined, including the last two MAC regular season crowns.

157. Bill Coen (Northeastern) (Last year: 147)

• Overall record: 260-244

Nearly all of Coen’s early coaching experience came under Al Skinner, serving nearly decade-long stints on his staffs at Rhode Island and Boston College. Coen got his own chance to call the shots when Northeastern named him head coach in 2006. He has proceeded to become the Huskies’ longest-serving head coach, leading the program to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and a number of other postseason bids. Last season was by far his worst as head coach, finishing just 9-22, but we’ve learned to expect some sort of rebound from this program very soon.

156. Dana Ford (Missouri State) (Last year: 163)

• Overall record: 129-116

It’s been a quick rise for Ford, one of the up-and-coming coaches in the country still under 40 years old. He bounced around as an assistant, spending time under Gregg Marshall at Wichita State, before starting his head coaching career at Tennessee State. After four seasons, he was lured back to the MVC by Missouri State, taking over the Bears program in 2018. He’s 72-51 in his first four years in Springfield, leading the Bears to a 23-win season and a NIT trip this past year.

155. Eran Ganot (Hawaii) (Last year: 148)

• Overall record: 117-79

Few coaches can say their head coaching career began with an NCAA Tournament upset win in their first season, but Ganot is one of those few. After bouncing between Saint Mary’s and Hawaii as an assistant, he took over the Rainbow Warriors program in 2015. In that first season, he led the program to the NCAA Tournament, with a first-round upset win over 4-seed California. There’s been nothing standing out over Hawaii’s last six years, but there are few complaints about last year’s 17-11 mark and 3rd place finish in the Big West.

154. Mark Byington (James Madison) (Last year: 149)

• Overall record: 159-118

After nine years on the staff of the College of Charleston, including a month as interim head coach, Byington got his head coaching career going at Georgia Southern. The former assistant at Virginia and Virginia Tech won 20 games in four of his seven years leading the Eagles. He’s been head coach at James Madison the last two seasons, tying for the CAA regular season title in his first season. He’ll lead this program back to familiar ground, joining Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt this upcoming season while looking to build on that initial success.

153. Micah Shrewsberry (Penn State) (Last year: 154)

• Overall record: 14-17

Shrewsberry began his D1 head coaching career last season at Penn State, though he previously led IU South Bend, an NAIA school. Shrewsberry had spent over a decade coaching under Matt Painter at Purdue and Brad Stevens, both at Butler and with the Boston Celtics. His first season at Penn State wasn’t anything special, but certainly a fine start for the Nittany Lions, with Shrewsberry hoping that the program can compete in the Big Ten a little more in the coming seasons.

152. Brian Gregory (South Florida) (Last year: 132)

• Overall record: 313-269

Not only has Gregory spent time at three different D1 schools as head coach, but he’s got over a decade of experience on staff at Michigan State. He was part of the 2000 national title squad as an assistant before an impressive 8-run leading Dayton. Gregory led the Flyers to an NIT title and a pair of NCAA Tournaments before a mediocre stretch at Georgia Tech. He’s been head coach at South Florida since 2017, winning the CBI title in his second season but finishing an abhorrent 8-23 last year.

151. Dan D’Antoni (Marshall) (Last year: 124)

• Overall record: 140-120

D’Antoni was a start point guard at Marshall more than five decades ago and now begins his ninth season leading his alma mater. He previously spent 30 years as a successful high school coach before joining his brother Mike’s staffs with three NBA franchises. He took the Thundering Herd to the NCAA Tournament and an upset win over 4-seed Wichita State back in 2018 while winning the CBI the following season. Unfortunately, Marshall was just 12-21 last year, taking a bit of a step back in finishing near the bottom of the C-USA.

150. Dan Monson (Long Beach State) (Last year: 156)

• Overall record: 407-365

It feels like a lifetime ago that Monson led Gonzaga to the Elite Eight in 1999, the run that jumpstarted what’s become a mid-major dynasty out west. He parlayed that success into the Minnesota job but struggled mightily across seven and a half seasons in the Big Ten. Monson has been at Long Beach State since 2007, leading the Beach to four Big West regular season titles and an NCAA Tournament. One of those regular-season crowns came last season, as Long Beach State had its first 20-win campaign in six years.

149. Ben Johnson (Minnesota) (Last year: 158)

• Overall record: 13-17

A native of Minneapolis and an alum of Minnesota, Johnson returned to his alma mater last season as head coach, having previously served on a number of coaching staffs. He was an assistant at Northern Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Xavier before returning home, spending those last three seasons with Travis Steele in the Big East. He certainly already had plenty of experience in the Big Ten, though being head coach is a different animal. The Golden Gophers tied with Nebraska for last place in the conference last year even after a promising start to the season.

148. Mike Jones (UNC Greensboro) (Last year: 150)

• Overall record: 191-165

Jones bounced around a number of schools before finally beginning his head coaching career at Radford back in 2011. He spent three years under John Beilein, had a long stint at Georgia, and was on staff when VCU advanced to their surprise Final Four. Across ten seasons at Radford, he took the Highlanders to an NCAA Tournament and a pair of Big South regular season titles, winning at least 21 games in half of his seasons. UNC Greensboro hired him last season, and a 17-15 mark in his debut is certainly a solid start as he hopes to replicate the recent success for the Spartans.

147. Matt Langel (Colgate) (Last year: 165)

• Overall record: 176-165

For Langel, it was his time under Fran Dunphy that gave him his experience. He was a player and assistant under Dunphy at Penn before following him to Temple, helping lead those programs to plenty of success. Langel became head coach at Colgate in 2011 and it’s fair to say that success has followed him with the Raiders as well. He’s led Colgate to the last four Patriot League regular season titles and the last three NCAA Tournaments, securing this program among the most dominant in recent years at the mid-major level.

146. Robert Jones (Norfolk State) (Last year: 170)

• Overall record: 166-126

Norfolk State has been home for Jones for many years, arriving on campus in 2007 and taking over as head coach six seasons later. He was on staff for the Spartans’ 2012 upset of 2-seed Missouri but has started to make his own legacy in recent years. After leading the program to a slew of CIT bids, Jones has taken Norfolk State to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons. He’s won more than 75% of his games in the MEAC, finishing top 2 each season, and established this program in a major way.

145. Tim Miles (San Jose State) (Last year: 131)

• Overall record: 195-225

Miles enters his second season leading San Jose State, the sixth different school where he’s been head coach. He had success at Mayville State, Southwest Minnesota State, and North Dakota State, leading the Bison right before they joined D1. Miles took Colorado State to the Big Dance and had an uneven stint at Nebraska across seven seasons. He’s back in the Mountain West with a project on his hands, as San Jose State hasn’t been very competitive in recent years, finishing just 8-23 in his debut season.

144. Johnny Jones (Texas Southern) (Last year: 147)

• Overall record: 371-286

It’s been quite the coaching career for the Louisiana native, who played, assistant, and recently served as head coach at LSU. Jones was interim head coach at Memphis and had a long stint at North Texas, leading the Mean Green to a pair of NCAA Tournaments. After a mostly forgetful run with his alma mater, Jones has bounced back in the SWAC as Texas Southern, leading the Tigers to the last two SWAC Tourney titles and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. The program built by Mike Davis continues to shine at the low-major level.

143. Jason Hooten (Sam Houston State) (Last year: 143)

• Overall record: 235-161

Hooten spent over a decade at Tarleton State before arriving on the campus of Sam Houston State way back in 2004. Six years later, he was promoted to the top job, beginning his first collegiate head coaching position. The next decade saw him make Sam Houston State one of the better programs in the Southland, leading the Bearkats to numerous postseason runs. The Bearkats have won at least 17 games in all but one of Hooten’s twelve seasons and finished 4th last season in their first year in the WAC.

142. Joe Pasternack (UC Santa Barbara) (Last year: 138)

• Overall record: 143-99

A former student manager at Indiana under Bob Knight, Pasternack has found most of his coaching success on the west coast. He spent long stints on staff at California and Arizona, sandwiching his first head coaching job at New Orleans. Several years after that stint with the Privateers, he got his second chance, accepting the UC Santa Barbara job in 2017. He’s already won 105 games with the Gauchos, leading them to the NCAA Tournament in 2021, while last year’s 17-11 mark was actually his worst season to this point.

141. Danny Sprinkle (Montana State) (Last year: 239)

• Overall record: 56-33

Suffice it to say, bringing Sprinkle back to Montana State as head coach three years ago was a fantastic call. He had previously spent nearly two decades as a collegiate assistant, including long runs at Cal State Northridge and Fullerton. A player for the Bobcats in the late 1990’s, Sprinkle returned to his alma mater in 2019 and delivered results this past season, leading Montana State to a 27-win campaign and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1996, back when he was just a freshman on the team.