100. Mike Rhoades (Penn State) (Last year: 105)
Overall record: 208-145
It’s been a steady rise for Rhoades, who now has more than two decades of head coaching experience in his pocket. He had D3 postseason success leading Randolph-Macon before playing a role in VCU’s run to the Final Four as an assistant back in 2011. As a head coach, he engineered a turnaround in the CUSA with Rice before taking VCU to three more NCAA Tournaments as their next leader. Rhoades jumped to Penn State in 2023 and has 16 wins apiece in his first two seasons, though there’s plenty of work still to be done with the Nittany Lions.
99. Russ Turner (UC Irvine) (Last year: 104)
Overall record: 321-187
In the earlier days of Turner’s coaching career, he was on staff at Wake Forest under Dave Odom and later worked for Mike Monetomgery both with Stanford and the Golden State Warriors. Turner aided that NBA franchise for six years before getting his first head coaching opportunity at UC Irvine in 2010. The overall work has been great with the Anteaters, with Turner producing a pair of NCAA Tournaments, including an upset win in 2019, and a plethora of Big West titles. In fact, he took last year’s bunch from Irvine to 32 wins and the title game of the NIT.
98. Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame) (Last year: 100)
Overall record: 65-69
Much of the work across Shrewsberry’s career has come in his home state of Indiana. Aside from early work helming IU South Bend, he’s spent time on staff with Butler and Purdue, aiding Brad Stevens during those memorable runs to the national title game. After great work on staff with the Boston Celtics, his first D1 head coaching experience came at Penn State, taking the Nittany Lions to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament for a fantastic season. Shrewsberry jumped back to his home state with Notre Dame and is fresh off a 9th place finish in the ACC with work still ahead.
97. Tony Skinn (George Mason) (Last year: 174)
Overall record: 47-21
While not a household name as a player, Skinn was a major weapon on the George Mason team that advanced to the Final Four in a major surprise back in 2006. After several years playing overseas, he caught on as a collegiate assistant at schools like Seton Hall, Ohio State, and Maryland before his alma mater brought him back as its next leader in 2023. Suffice to say the early results have been impressive, taking the Patriots to the A-10 regular season title and an NIT appearance already.
96. Bobby Hurley (Arizona State) (Last year: 92)
Overall record: 210-171
A former Duke star in the early 90’s, Hurley won a pair of titles with the Blue Devils then played half a decade in the NBA. After several years out of basketball, Hurley’s coaching career began on his brother Dan’s coaching staffs before getting the head coaching job at Buffalo in 2013. He turned the Bulls around in an instant, taking them to the 2015 NCAA Tournament before leaping to Arizona State. His decade with the Sun Devils has had ups and downs, with three trips to the Big Dance, but a 15th place finish in year one in the Big 12.
95. Rob Senderoff (Kent State) (Last year: 109)
Overall record: 288-176
The basketball journey for Senderoff began as a New Yorker playing first for Albany and then Miami (OH) back in the mid-90’s. He worked coaching gigs at several schools in the coming years, including time under Kelvin Sampson at Indiana, but has spent a great portion of his career with Kent State. Previously an assistant, he was named head coach of the Golden Flashes in 2011 and has twice advanced to the NCdAA Tournament. This past year was a nice bounce back for Kent State, with 24 wins and a decent NIT run.
94. Tommy Amaker (Harvard) (Last year: 91)
Overall record: 480-333
The college journey began long ago for Amaker, who was one of Mike Krzyzewski’s first star players at Duke in the 80’s. After winning a pair of titles as an assistant with the Blue Devils, Amaker’s head coaching career featured stops at Seton Hall and Michigan with mixed results. Despite struggles in the Big Ten, he’s handled things nicely at Harvard, leading the Crimson to four straight NCAA Tournaments and a pair of wins in the Big Dance. However, a decade has passed since that success and Harvard finished just 5th in the Ivy League last year.
93. Casey Alexander (Belmont) (Last year: 106)
Overall record: 277-174
Nearly all of Alexander’s lengthy basketball career has come in the city of Nashville, with much of it with this Belmont program. He played under Rick Byrd in the early 90’s and assisted him with the Bruins for over a decade before becoming head coach at Stetson. That brief sojourn to Florida lasted two years before Alexander built success at Lipscomb, taking the Bison to the NCAA Tournament in 2018. Weeks after nearly winning the NIT, Alexander succeeded Byrd at Belmont and has 20 wins in each of his first six seasons, continuing that success now three years into the MVC.
92. Darrin Horn (Northern Kentucky) (Last year: 95)
Overall record: 285-187
Horn is a Kentucky native who’s had his best head coaching success in his home state. He played guard at Western Kentucky and later served as assistant and head coach, taking the Hilltoppers to the Sweet Sixteen in 2008. He parlayed that success into the South Carolina job but lacked a breakthrough in the SEC. Years later, Horn caught on again this time taking the Northern Kentucky gig in 2019. He won the Horizon League Tournament in his first year and finally led the Norse to the Big Dance in 2023 and is coming off another decent season.
91. Takayo Siddle (UNC Wilmington) (Last year: 148)
Overall record: 106-47
A big part of Siddle’s rise came under Kevin Keatts, who he played for in high school before later joining his coaching staffs. Siddle played collegiately at Gardner-Webb and was an assistant there before reuniting with Keatts at UNC Wilmington and NC State. Following that time as an ACC assistant, Siddle was brought back to UNC Wilmington as head coach in 2020 and has been outstanding. He won the CBI in his second season and is fresh off his work trip to the NCAA Tournament and a fourth consecutive 20-win campaign.