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

70. Tad Boyle (Colorado) (Last year: 71)

• Overall record: 306-197

Boyle played his college ball at Kansas and garnered experience under a couple of former Kansas aides, spending stints under Jerry Green and Mark Turgeon in his coaching career. Boyle’s first collegiate head coaching job came at Northern Colorado, where he propelled the Bears on a major turnaround. This led to his hiring at Colorado way back in 2010 and he now enters his 13th season leading the Buffaloes. Boyle has led Colorado to five NCAA Tournaments, most recently in 2021, and a slew of other postseason successes. Last year’s squad won 21 games and settled for the NIT.

69. Penny Hardaway (Memphis) (Last year: 70)

• Overall record: 85-43

Much has been made of Hardaway’s success on the recruiting trail, but has that really translated to success on the court? The former Memphis star spent more than a decade in the NBA. He was briefly a high school coach before the Tigers hired him in 2018. Hardaway has won at least 20 games in his first four seasons and came home with the NIT crown in his third season. Last year’s squad made the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Memphis’ first trip in nearly a decade, but underachieved yet again.

68. Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina) (Last year: 68)

• Overall record: 819-541

One of NCAA basketball’s all-time winningest head coaches, Ellis returns for a 16th season at Coastal Carolina boasted 819 career wins at the D1 level. He previously spent long stints leading South Alabama, Clemson, and Auburn and has led all four programs to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances. He’s led teams to three Sweet Sixteens and has kept the Chanticleers in solid shape over the last decade, leading them to a slew of postseason appearances, including after last season’s 19-win effort.

67. Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall) (Last year: 238)

• Overall record: 64-54

No head coach had a more impactful March than Holloway last season. The former Seton Hall star and former assistant took over at Saint Peter’s back in 2018 to begin his head coaching career. He slowly built this Peacocks roster and his program did the unthinkable last season, advancing to the Elite Eight as a lowly 15-seed. With former Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard departing around that same time, Holloway returning home to the Pirates became a perfect marriage. We’ll just have to see how Holloway fares as a Big East head coach, replacing his former boss Willard.

66. Steve Prohm (Murray State) (Last year: N/A)

• Overall record: 201-124

After a year off, Prohm is back in NCAA basketball, beginning his second stint at Murray State. He originally took over back in 2011 after assisting predecessor Billy Kennedy at a number of schools. Prohm led the Racers to an NCAA Tournament first-round win and a CBI title before departing for Iowa State. He was successful early with the Cyclones but was fired after a horrific final season in Ames. Now, he’s back with the Racers and faces a new challenge, leading this Murray State program into the MVC this season.

65. Craig Smith (Utah) (Last year: 50)

• Overall record: 164-99

After serving as an assistant to Tim Miles at a number of schools, including stints at Colorado State and Nebraska, Smith began his D1 head coaching career with success at South Dakota. After a 26-win season in 2018, he was hired away by Utah State and had phenomenal success with the Aggies. He took that program to two NCAA Tournaments and two MWC Tournament titles, winning 74 games in a three-year span. Smith took over last season at Utah and is only just beginning the rebuild, finishing just 11-20 in year one.

64. Mike Woodson (Indiana) (Last year: 84)

• Overall record: 21-14

It was a bit of a shocking move when Indiana brought Woodson aboard last offseason. It had been more than four decades since he had been on campus with the Hoosiers and he had never been a collegiate coach, spending much of that time in the NBA as player, assistant, and head coach. Woodson’s first season was successful, winning 21 games and leading the Hoosiers to their first NCAA Tournament in half a decade, a feat that predecessor Archie Miller could not accomplish.

63. Chris Jans (Mississippi State) (Last year: 99)

• Overall record: 143-44

Jans has been a head coach at half a dozen different schools and served stints under Porter Moser and Gregg Marshall as an assistant coach. He was relieved of his duties at Bowling Green for inappropriate behavior but bounced back during his second chance at New Mexico State. He led the Aggies to four WAC regular season titles and three NCAA Tournaments, including last year’s first-round upset win over Connecticut. After a 122-32 spurt with the Aggies, Jans is hoping to turn Mississippi State into a power in the SEC starting this season.

62. Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa) (Last year: 63)

• Overall record: 321-201

Jacobson has been head coach at Northern Iowa since he succeeded Greg McDermott way back in 2006. This North Dakota native has been with the Panthers for nearly two decades as a staffer and has seen the program through some of its finest moments. Jacobson was head coach during memorable March Madness shots by Ali Farokhmanesh and Paul Jesperson, leading the Panthers to four NCAA Tournaments and four Tournament wins. Last year’s squad won the MVC regular season title but settled for the NIT after a 20-12 campaign.

61. Todd Golden (Florida) (Last year: 159)

• Overall record: 57-36

The last few years have represented a meteoric rise for Golden, who very recently was just an aide to Bruce Pearl at Auburn when the Tigers program was still in rough shape. He had multiple stints with Kyle Smith, who was one of the assistants when Golden played at Saint Mary’s. Golden succeeded Smith at San Francisco in 2019 and is coming off a season where he led the Dons to their first NCAA Tournament in 24 years. Golden took the jump to Florida, landing at one of the best programs in the SEC; but a program that certainly needs a breath of fresh air in a changing SEC landscape.