NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 362 D-I head coaches for 2023-24 season

140. Shantay Legans (Portland) (Last year: 131)

• Overall record: 108-83

When his playing career was finished, Legans briefly coached at the high school level before joining the staff at Eastern Washington. He’d spent eight years as an assistant, mostly under Jim Hayford, before being promoted to head coach in 2017. He led the Eagles to the Big Sky title in his third year and got them into the Big Dance in year four, actually finishing Top 3 in the league in all four seasons. Legans was hired by Portland that next offseason and sits 33-34 after two years, including last year’s 8th place WCC finish.

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

• Overall record: 181-129

A D1 head coach for a decade now, Byington has had some success with this coaching thing. He was an assistant for nearly a decade at the College of Charleston and spent time as their interim head coach in 2012. After assisting at Virginia Tech, his head coaching career began the following season with seven years at Georgia Southern, winning 20 games in more than half of his seasons. He’s been at James Madison since 2020, won the CAA title in his first season, and led the Dukes to 22 wins and a solid 4th place finish in their first season in the Sun Belt.

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

• Overall record: 188-137

Much of Jones’ coaching experience has come at Norfolk State but that’s not the whole story. He played and coached at New Paltz in New York before spending a few seasons at the high school level. He joined Anthony Evans’ staff with the Spartans and was part of their 2012 upset over 2-seed Missouri. A season later, he became Norfolk State’s head coach and remains there a decade later. The Spartans have made two of the last three NCAA Tournaments and have finished Top 3 in the MEAC in each of these last ten seasons, with Jones and this program humming right along.

137. Ray Harper (Jacksonville State) (Last year: 129)

• Overall record: 221-158

Harper is a former player, assistant, and head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan, winning a pair of D2 national titles with those Panthers. He then won a pair of NAIA titles leading Oklahoma City before catching on at Western Kentucky, originally as an assistant. Harper took over as the interim coach and led the Hilltoppers to a pair of NCAA Tournaments before departing for Jacksonville State in 2016. Continuing his success, he’s led the Gamecocks twice to the Big Dance but is coming off a 13-win season, finishing just 11th place in the ASUN.

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

• Overall record: 257-180

Jones spent nearly two decades as a D1 assistant, spending time with John Beilein (Richmond and West Virginia) and Shaka Smart (VCU) among others. After helping lead the Rams to that crazy Final Four run in 2011, he took over as head coach at Radford and had ten very solid seasons, including an NCAA Tournament in 2018 and a pair of Big South titles. Jones transitioned to UNC Greensboro in 2021 and has had solid success through two seasons coming off a 20-win season and 3rd place mark in the SoCon.

135. Marvin Menzies (Kansas City) (Last year: 125)

• Overall record: 257-180

Now entering the second season at his third D1 head coaching job, it’s fair to say that Menzies has been around for a while. A former assistant at San Diego State, USC, and Louisville, Menzies led New Mexico State to five trips to the Big Dance in nine years as head coach before stalling at UNLV. He was out of the game for a few seasons, but was hired by Kansas City in 2022 and has a rebuild ahead with the Roos, finishing just 11-21 in his first year.

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

• Overall record: 385-307

After nearly two decades as a player and assistant at LSU, Jones had brief stints at Memphis and Alabama, including a season as the Tigers’ interim head coach. His head coaching career truly began with an 11-year run at North Texas before middling success back at LSU, leading the Tigers to the Big Dance back in 2015. Jones has bounced back nicely at Texas Southern, where he’s been since 2018, having led the Tigers to each of the last three NCAA Tournaments.

133. Travis DeCuire (Montana) (Last year: 123)

• Overall record: 177-112

After playing at Montana in the early 90’s, DeCuire got into coaching at the high school and junior college level. He joined his former college coach Blaine Taylor’s staff at Old Dominion before hopping to California, spending six seasons as a Pac-12 assistant. DeCuire was brought home to Montana as head coach in 2014 and has been successful, taking the Grizzlies to the NCAA Tournament multiple times. Unfortunately, things have been a bit stale in recent years, finishing outside the Top 3 in the Big Sky each of the last three seasons.

132. Earl Grant (Boston College) (Last year: 136)

• Overall record: 156-126

It’s been a successful journey for Grant through his coaching career, which started just over two decades ago at the Citadel. He spent six years with Gregg Marshall and aided Brad Brownell at Clemson before beginning his own head coaching career back in 2014 at the College of Charleston. After taking the Cougars to the Big Dance in 2018 and a healthy amount of wins, Grant was hired by Boston College two seasons ago. The Eagles have mightily struggled in recent memory, though last year’s 16-17 mark is one of their best of the last decade.

131. Jason Hooten (New Mexico State) (Last year: 143)

• Overall record: 261-169

Just a few years after playing college ball at Tarleton State, then still a non-D1 program, Hooten joined the coaching staff and worked there for over a decade. In 2004, he hopped over to Sam Houston State and would succeed head coach Bob Marlin six seasons later. Hooten spent the last 13 years as the Bearkats’ head coach and is fresh off a 26-8 season; just the program’s second in the WAC. Now, he’s tasked with resurrecting a New Mexico State program that’s been successful, but completely fell apart due to scandal last year and joins the new-look CUSA.

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

• Overall record: 164-128

A former point guard and graduate assistant at Marshall, D’Antoni spent three decades coaching at the high school level at Socastee High School in Myrtle Bach. He’d then spend much of the next decade working under brother Mike in the NBA. His collegiate head coaching break came when the Thundering Herd brought him home in 2014. Back after 43 years away, he led Marshall to an NCAA Tournament upset win in 2018, a CIT title the next year, and took the program to 24 wins and a 2nd place finish in their first season in the Sun Belt just a few months ago.

129. Mike Davis (Detroit) (Last year: 126)

• Overall record: 411-329
• Final Four in 2002

After a very solid playing career both at Alabama and internationally, Davis served as a coach at several different institutions. He coached in the CBA and was on staff for both Alabama and Indiana before he was selected to succeed Bob Knight at Indiana. He led the Hoosiers to the national title game in his second season, but was fired after six years. He’s had stints at UAB and Texas Southern, leading the Tigers to four trips to the Big Dance, before he was hired by Detroit in 2018. He’s just 59-88 with the Titans, even with his son Antoine setting all kinds of records in the Horizon League.

128. Jerod Haase (Stanford) (Last year: 111)

• Overall record: 192-162

Haase started his playing career at California but transferred to Kansas three decades ago, beginning a long relationship with Roy Williams. He’d serve on Williams’ staff for over a decade both at Kansas and North Carolina before beginning his head coaching career at UAB in 2012. He averaged 20 wins a year with the Blazers, even pulling off an upset in the Big Dance in 2015, and was hired the following season by Stanford. Frankly, his seven years with the Cardinal haven’t gone according to plan, failing to reach the NCAA Tournament and struggling to a 10th place mark in the Pac-12 last year.

127. LeVelle Moton (North Carolina Central) (Last year: 132)

• Overall record: 239-162

Originally from Boston, Moton was recruited to play guard at North Carolina Central in the 90’s and has become a major part of this program’s culture and history. He briefly coached high school ball in Raleigh, but returned to Durham on the Eagles’ staff. In 2009, he was promoted to head coach and has led North Carolina Central for most of their D1 history. That history includes four trips to the Big Dance, four MEAC regular season titles, and a seemingly consistent place near the top of the league standings, including a 2nd place finish last season.

126. Adrian Autry (Syracuse) (Last year: N/A)

• Overall record: 0-0

A Syracuse point guard back in the early 90’s, Autry played professionally for over a decade before beginning his coaching career at the high school level. He spent three seasons on staff at Virginia Tech under Seth Greenberg before rejoining the Orange as an assistant in 2011. Later promoted to associate head coach, Autry was a major part of the program the last twelve seasons and now steps into the head coaching shoes after Jim Boeheim’s retirement, hoping to maintain a solid footing in the ACC for years to come.

125. Dave Richman (North Dakota State) (Last year: 130)

• Overall record: 175-114

Native to North Dakota, Richman has spent his entire playing and coaching career in his home state. He was a player and briefly an assistant at NDSCS before joining the North Dakota State staff as graduate assistant way back in 2003. Later promoted to a full-time assistant, he aided the Bison until he was named head coach in 2014. Since then, he’s led the Bison twice to the Big Dance, won three Summit League Tournament titles and has finished Top 3 in the conference in each of the last five seasons.

124. Jeff Linder (Wyoming) (Last year: 86)

• Overall record: 128-92

Linder has been excellent as a head coach early in his career, though he’s coming off a bit of a rough year. He was previously an assistant at several schools, including a six-year stint at Boise State, before Northern Colorado hired him in 2016. He inherited a program coming off several violations and led them to a CIT title and 80 wins in four years. With Wyoming, who hired him in 2020, he’s done even more improbable things, leading them straight to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Stricken by injuries and inconsistent play, his Cowboys won just 9 games and finished dead last in the MWC, but Linder might just bounce back.

123. Mike Hopkins (Washington) (Last year: 105)

• Overall record: 105-96

Formerly a magnet at Syracuse, Hopkins played guard under Jim Boeheim with the Orange in the early 90’s before spending more than two decades on the coaching staff, including a 9-game run as interim head coach in 2015. Hopkins left the nest and took over at Washington back in 2017 and would get the Huskies to a Pac-12 regular season crown in just his second season. However, the Huskies have really struggled these last four seasons, failing to return to the Big Dance. Last year ended with Washington tied for 8th in the Pac-12 in another disappointing season.

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

• Overall record: 216-239

Miles is an established head coach who has served six different colleges across the last three decades. He led Mayville State, Southwest Minnesota State, and North Dakota State before starting his D1 career with success at Colorado State. After mixed results in the Big Ten at Nebraska, he took a few years away from the game before being hired by the Spartans in 2021. After a very slow first season, he led San Jose State to 21 wins and a 5th place finish in the MWC in a dramatic improvement.

121. Eric Henderson (South Dakota State) (Last year: 122)

• Overall record: 87-35

A former high school coach, Henderson caught on in the D1 college game with stints in the Summit League, assisting at both North Dakota State and South Dakota State. After T. J. Otzelberger departed for UNLV in 2019, Henderson became the Jackrabbits’ head coach and has had a productive first four years. The record speaks for itself and includes three consecutive regular season titles in the Summit League, including 30 wins and a trip to the Big Dance in 2022. Last year’s 19-win campaign wasn’t half bad either.