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NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 68 head coaches in 2023 NCAA Tournament

By Joey Loose

Apr 4, 2022; New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self cuts down the net after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2022 NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four championship game at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 4, 2022; New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self cuts down the net after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2022 NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four championship game at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports /
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NCAA Tournament Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Tournament Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

40. Rodney Terry – Texas

1 NCAA Tournament (0-1)

Nobody expected to see Terry in this position as interim head coach of the Longhorns, but he’s done a fantastic job. He’s a former high school coach and collegiate assistant who led Fresno State to the Big Dance back in 2016 for his only other trip as head coach. Terry spent three years beginning a turnaround at UTEP before joining Chris Beard’s staff at Texas in 2021. When Beard was cast aside this season, Terry took control of the program and has been magnificent with a talented Longhorns team.

39. John Becker – Vermont

4 NCAA Tournaments (1-4)

Becker has become synonymous with basketball at Vermont, serving as head coach of the school since 2011, with five years as an assistant before that. This is his fifth NCAA Tournament appearance with the Catamounts, having won another America East Tournament title. Becker has been one of the best mid-major coaches in the country, with this being Vermont’s 7th consecutive regular season title in the conference. Vermont got a win in the First Four a decade ago but is looking for that breakthrough first-round win that they haven’t tasted since 2005.

38. Dennis Gates – Missouri

1 NCAA Tournament (0-1)

A longtime collegiate assistant after his playing days at California, Gates seems to be the king of the quick turnaround for these programs. The longtime former Florida State assistant turned things around in a hurry at Cleveland State, leading the Vikings to the NCAA Tournament back in 2021. This has been his first season at Missouri and he’s already got the Tigers back in the Big Dance and looking like a potential contender from the SEC, both this season and in the future.

37. Jon Scheyer – Duke

0 NCAA Tournaments

Aside from a few years playing professional ball overseas, Scheyer has been entrenched at Duke for much of the last two decades. He won a national title in 2010 as one of the Blue Devils’ star guards and joined Coach K’s coaching staff back in 2014. Following Krzyzewski’s retirement, Scheyer took over the program this year, and despite a slow start led Duke to the ACC Tournament title. How will his first trip to the Big Dance as a head coach end?

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