[Cactus Jack]

He may only have one in the past 12 years, but he also has 4 of the last 18. Unless I'm mistaken, the only active coaches with a regional title are Pietrowski, Davis, Sizemore, and Valentine.

Over the past 25 years, the 13th Region has won one or more games in six tournaments. He is the only active coach of those six to have done it twice (2005 & 2018). The others are: Mike Jones (2001), Steve Wright (2006 & 2007), and Jeff Davis (2016). Out of his four trips, arguably his two best teams got the toughest draws (Eastern in 2009 & Scott County in 2010).

To say that you don't feel that he's one of the top three coaches in the region is one thing, but it seems odd that you'd pick regional titles and performance in the Sweet 16 as one of the primary things supporting that if the rankings are limited to active coaches.