[Jimmy Dugan]

Who are the top 5 coaches in college basketball?

[BlackcatAlum]

1. Mike Krzyzewski - Duke
2. Bill Self - Kansas
3. Roy Williams - North Carolina
4. Billy Donovan - Florida
5. Tubby Smith - Minnesota

[PC_You_Know]

As much as everyone on here hates to admit it, Duke's Coach K is definitely one of the top coaches, along with Rick Pitino.

[Overrated]

1.Coach K - Duke
2.Jim Boeheim - Syracuse
3.Jim Calhoun - U-Conn
4.Roy Williams - UNC
5.Billy Donovan - Florida

[king360]

Coach K-Duke
Roy Williams-North Carolina
Billy Donovan-Florida
Rick Pitino-Louisville
Jim Calhoun-UConn

[dortonite]

1.Coach K - Duke
2.Jim Boeheim - Syracuse
3.Jim Calhoun - U-Conn
4.Roy Williams - UNC
5.Billy Donovan - Florida

As bad as I hate to admit it, when you mention top coaches, Pitino has to be included. I would add him to your list as #6.

[alfus21]

Roy Williams
Coach K
Ben Howland
John Calipari
Tom Izzo

Rick Pitino
Calhoun
Donovan

[Spartan4Life]

Tom Izzo
Mike Krzyzewski
Jim Calhoun
Billy Donavon
Bill Self

[MVP2]

Ben Howard from UCLA has to be in there!

[ImagineThat!]

Coach K
Roy Williams
Rick Pitino
Billy Donovan
Jim Boeheim

[dore20]

Rick Pitino

[DukeFan4life]

1.Coach K - Duke
2.Roy Williams- UNC
3. Bill Self - Kansas
4.Billy Donovan - Florida
5.Rick Pitino - Louisville

[Jimmy Dugan]

1.Coach K - Duke
2.Roy Williams- UNC
3. Bill Self - Kansas
4.Billy Donovan - Florida
5.Rick Pitino - Louisville

List looks good...I completely agree

[Stardust]

OK, here is a different way to look at this question. What coaches win, without sending players to the next level. It is a cakewalk to coach at Duke, UNC, UK, UCLA, Memphis, Florida, Kansas etc... when you load up with bluechippers every year. How can you not win and be considered a great coach. I could be a great coach if I had the recruits that these schools get

Coach K is still probably at the top of the list. I think you could put him at just about any program in the country and he would be successful. But it's not hard to be a strategist when you have the athletes that can do anything that you ask of them.

[JackRabbitSlim]

Well regardless of how bad people want to really admit it Tubby Smith has proven the "coaching" aspect he is one of the best. Maybe not in the recruiting area, but when it comes to coaching he is among the best. I think the last two coaches that have coached at UK before Gillesppie got there are among the best with Pitino and Tubby.

[FBALL]

Well regardless of how bad people want to really admit it Tubby Smith has proven the "coaching" aspect he is one of the best. Maybe not in the recruiting area, but when it comes to coaching he is among the best. I think the last two coaches that have coached at UK before Gillesppie got there are among the best with Pitino and Tubby.

I agree. I don't think people in Kentucky really appreciate how good of a basketball coach Tubby Smith is.

[ImagineThat!]

Well regardless of how bad people want to really admit it Tubby Smith has proven the "coaching" aspect he is one of the best. Maybe not in the recruiting area, but when it comes to coaching he is among the best. I think the last two coaches that have coached at UK before Gillesppie got there are among the best with Pitino and Tubby.

Although I do not personally like Tubby's offensive style, he is a great defensive coach and a disciplinarian (sp) that wins. He CANNOT recruit and it seems that he will not get an assistant coach that can recruit, at least not while he was at Georgia or UK.

[15th region slamdunk]

I agree. I don't think people in Kentucky really appreciate how good of a basketball coach Tubby Smith is.

Tubby Smith is an excellent coach, and knows the game VERY WELL. He may not have been the best recruiter, but look what he always did with what talent he had. Im not a Billy G hater by no means, I like billy g. But when we had Tubby, did we lose to VMI, Gardner Webb, San diego State... no. But I have faith in Billy, I say give him a couple of years.

[Stardust]

Under Tubby, UK did not lose to teams that should should not have lost to. They would beat the Gardiner Webbs and VMI's on their November/December Schedule

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/teams.html

[Jimmy Dugan]

Best Coaches
1.Coach K
2.Roy Williams
3.Bill Self
4.Rick Pitino
5.Billy Donovan

The best after that would probably have to be Ben Howland, Jim Boeheim,Tom Izzo, and Calipari.

If Thad Matta could coach Ohio State would be # 1 every year because he always seems to get at least 2 recruits in the top 25.

[NYY10]

coach K

[Protect_This_House26]

Coach K
Roy Willams
Jim Calhoun
Billy D
Tubby Smith

[Magicjefferson25]

Rick Pitino
Pat Summitt
Dilly Donovan

[Free BAlla 14]

Roy Williams
Bill Self
Coach K
Rick Pitino
Billy the Kid

[Protect_This_House26]

Rick Pitino
Pat Summitt
Dilly Donovan

Man I totally forgot about Pat Summitt. She is a great coach....she is like, 6 wins from a thousand I think. GREAT coach.

[Jimmy Dugan]

Man I totally forgot about Pat Summitt. She is a great coach....she is like, 6 wins from a thousand I think. GREAT coach.

She is probably the best. Hasn't she won all 7 of tenn. national titles?

[king360]

Geno Auriemma-Uconn Women

[Spartan4Life]

Man I totally forgot about Pat Summitt. She is a great coach....she is like, 6 wins from a thousand I think. GREAT coach.

oh yes Pat Summit is a very good basketball coach, she could prolly coach mens basketball if she wanted too.

[Magicjefferson25]

She is the winningest coach in NCAA history. 994-184 in her career as a coach, 8 championships, and all of it is with the lady vols.

[Spartan4Life]

Where did Pat play college basketball?