NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 364 D-I head coaches for 2024-25 season

100. Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame) (Last year: 89)

Overall record: 50-51

Shrewsberry is an Indianapolis native who has lived and breathed basketball in his home state. His first head coaching gig was at IU South Bend before serving on the Butler bench when the Bulldogs made back-to-back title games. He later aided Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics and worked closely with Matt Painter at Purdue. Shrewsberry took over at Penn State in 2021 and led the Nittany Lions on a fantastic season, with an NCAA Tournament win in year two. He arrived at Notre Dame last offseason and won just 13 games in year one, though it’ll be a process to rebuild success in South Bend.

99. Niko Medved (Colorado State) (Last year: 116)

Overall record: 196-163

The record and overall accomplishments don’t scream it, but Medved has been a very solid head coach in his career. The Minnesotan began his head coaching career by rebuilding Furman before a lone, solid season at Drake. He arrived at Colorado State back in 2018, returning to a program he assisted under Tim Miles several years earlier. The results have been a pair of NCAA Tournaments, a deep NIT run, and another 25-win effort this past season.

98. Matt Langel (Colgate) (Last year: 113)

Overall record: 227-184

He’s doing his work at Colgate in the Patriot League, but Langel is quickly becoming a hot commodity and one of the best mid-major coaches in the nation. All of his experience came under Fran Dunphy, playing for him at Penn before joining his staffs both there and at Temple. Langel took over at Colgate in 2011 and slowly made progress before this more recent burst. His Raiders have made the last five NCAA Tournaments, won six straight regular season titles in the Patriot League, and continue to shine on the mid-major stage.

97. Chris Mooney (Richmond) (Last year: 109)

Overall record: 366-280

Mooney played collegiately under Pete Carril at Princeton and has become a very solid head coach in his own right. After a brief stint at Beaver College, a D3 school in Pennsylvania, Mooney latched on at Air Force and later became head coach. He arrived in Richmond in 2005 and has led the Spiders for nearly two decades, most notably taking the program to the Sweet Sixteen in 2011. His tenure has had plenty of wins, including another Tourney win over Iowa just two years ago, and featured a surprise regular season title in the A-10 this past season.

96. Ritchie McKay (Liberty) (Last year: 93)

Overall record: 385-256

A coach with a myriad of experience all over the country, McKay had early experience on both coasts before beginning his head coach career at Portland State in 1996. He’s helmed programs in more than half a dozen conferences, later bouncing to Colorado State, Oregon State, New Mexico, and Liberty. McKay spent several years with Tony Bennett at Virginia before beginning his second stint at Liberty back in 2015. He took the Flames to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and great progress in the ASUN and now tries to replicate that success as Liberty enters year two in the CUSA.

95. Darrin Horn (Northern Kentucky) (Last year: 94)

Overall record: 268-171

Horn was a Western Kentucky guard who later served as an assistant and head coach at his alma mater. Before beginning his coaching career, he was on Tom Crean’s Marquette staff that reached the Final Four in 2003. Five years later, he took Western Kentucky to the Sweet Sixteen before spending four mediocre seasons leading Georgia. Horn has bounced back nicely in his home state and has led Northern Kentucky since 2019, taking the Norse to a pair of league titles alongside 97 wins in five years.

94. Richard Pitino (New Mexico) (Last year: 117)

Overall record: 220-178

While his career pales in comparison to his father at this point, Pitino has a fair bit of experience himself in this coaching world. He aided several staffs, including under Rick at Louisville and Billy Donovan at Florida before a great first head coaching stint at FIU. Pitino then had 8 up and down seasons leading Minnesota in the Big Ten before he was hired at New Mexico back in 2021. His Lobos have progressed in these last three years, culminating in a 26-win season with an NCAA Tournament appearance and MWC Tournament title.

93. Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure) (Last year: 90)

Overall record: 384-316

Schmidt played at Boston College way back in the early 80’s and garnered his most important coaching experience under Skip Prosser at Loyola (MD) and Xavier. Schmidt’s first head coaching chance was a decent run at Robert Morris before taking St. Bonaventure’s job in 2007. Inheriting a mess of a program, Schmidt led a turnaround for the Bonnies, making them a much more consistent A-10 program. He’s reached three NCAA Tournaments, most recently in 2021, and is fresh off another 20-win season.

92. Bobby Hurley (Arizona State) (Last year: 77)

Overall record: 197-151

During a wildly successful playing career, Hurley won a pair of national titles as a point guard at Duke in the early 90’s and later spent parts of five years in the NBA. His coaching career began years later on brother Dan’s staffs at Wagner and Rhode Island before getting his own program in Buffalo. Hurley delivered a great turnaround for the Bulls, making the Big Dance in 2015 before heading to Arizona State a few weeks later. His time with the Sun Devils has been eventful, though they’ve finished below .500 in three of the last four seasons.

91. Tommy Amaker (Harvard) (Last year: 85)

Overall record: 468-318

Another prominent Duke point guard from the olden days, Amaker starred for the Blue Devils in the mid-80’s and joined Coach K’s staff soon after. After two titles as an assistant coach, Amaker began a head coaching career that has lasted nearly three decades, with early stops at Seton Hall and Michigan. After a Sweet Sixteen with the Pirates and inconsistent play with the Wolverines, Amaker landed at Harvard in 2007. He broke a long NCAA Tournament dance and led the Crimson to a pair of first-round upsets, but hasn’t danced in nine years, with Harvard playing .500 ball since the start of the pandemic.