36. John Groce (Akron)
6 NCAA Tournaments (4-6)
Now a collegiate head coach for nearly two decades, Groce has really made a killing in the MAC. He spent eight years working under Thad Matta before really blooming as head coach at Ohio, winning three NCAA Tournament games in four years, including the Sweet Sixteen in 2012. Weeks later he was off to Illinois but lasted just five seasons in Champaign. Groce has really found his footing again with Akron over the last nine seasons and just secured his third straight MAC Tournament title, making the Big Dance for the fourth time in five years.
35. Ryan Odom (Virginia)
3 NCAA Tournaments (1-3)
A collegiate assistant for the first 19 years of his career, Odom has wasted no time making an impact as a head coach. That journey began with a D2 Tourney run at Lenoir-Rhyne before capturing national attention at UMBC, leading that historic upset with a 16-seed. Odom has since taken both Utah State and VCU to the Big Dance and just began his new gig at Virginia last season. He helped recapture some of the recent magic for the Cavaliers and has now led a 4th different program to the NCAA Tournament.
34. Mike White (Georgia)
5 NCAA Tournaments (6-5)
Much of White’s experience has come in the SEC, dating back to his time as a point guard at Ole Miss in the late 90’s. One of his earliest coaching gig came back on staff with the Rebels before his head coaching career started with a ton of wins at Louisiana Tech. White took over at Florida and took the Gators to an Elite Eight before jumping to Georgia in 2022. The Bulldogs aren’t exactly the hottest commodity of college basketball but he has this team in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year.
33. Andy Enfield (SMU)
6 NCAA Tournaments (7-6)
Early in Enfield’s coaching career he was an NBA shooting coach, but the former star at Johns Hopkins has made his name known as a collegiate head coach. After work under Leonard Hamilton, he more than handled his own head coaching start, taking Florida Gulf Coast to that memorable Sweet Sixteen in 2013. Enfield then had an eventful 11 years at USC, including an Elite Eight run and some really solid years in the Pac-12. He’s since landed at SMU and now has the Mustangs dancing in his second season, hoping to lead a third team to the second weekend of the Big Dance.