In quite the off-season of college basketball news, longtime North Carolina head coach Roy Williams announced his retirement while legendary Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he will call it a career after the 2021-22 season.
Those are two of the all-time greats in college basketball history and rank nearly at the top of the all-time wins list for men’s college basketball career victories as a Division-I head coach.
Who is near them and does anyone have a chance to catch them in the next decade or two?
Here are your 50 winningest coaches in men’s college basketball history according to sports-reference:
(In case you were wondering, Mike Brey ranks 57th all-time at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season with 547 victories)
T-50. Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher 571 wins Michigan, San Diego State
T-50. John Beilein
John Beilein 571 wins Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia, Michigan
49. Fran Dunphy
Fran Dunphy 580 wins Penn, Temple
48. Bobby Cremins
Bobby Cremins 586 wins Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, College of Charleston
T-46. Kelvin Sampson
Kelvin Sampson 592 wins Washington State, Oklahoma, Indiana, Houston
T-46. Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis 592 wins Houston
45. Tom Penders
Tom Penders 594 wins Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, Houston
44. John Thompson
John Thompson 596 wins Georgetown
43. Tom Davis
Tom Davis 597 wins Lafayette, Boston College, Sanford, Iowa, Drake
42. Slats Gill
Slats Gill 599 wins Oregon State
41. Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton 600 wins Oklahoma State, Miami (FL), Florida State
40. Bob McKillop
Bob McKillop 607 wins Davidson
39. Billy Tubbs
Billy Tubbs 609 wins Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU
38. Jay Wright
Jay Wright 612 wins Hofstra, Villanova
37. Stew Morrill
Stew Morrill 620 wins Montana, Colorado State, Utah State
36. Mark Few
Mark Few 630 wins Gonzaga
35. Tubby Smith
Tubby Smith 631 wins Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Memphis, High Point
T-33. Norm Stewart
Norm Stewart 634 wins State College of Iowa, Missouri
T-33. Hugh Durham
Hugh Durham 634 wins Florida State, Georgia, Jacksonville
32. Jim Larranaga
Jim Larranaga 642 wins Bowling Green, George Mason, Miami (FL)
31. Tom Izzo
Tom Izzo 643 wins Michigan State
30. John Wooden
John Wooden 664 wins Indiana State, UCLA
29. Gary Williams
Gary Williams 668 wins American, Boston College, Ohio State, Maryland
T-27. Ralph Miller
Ralph Miller 674 wins Wichita, Iowa, Oregon State
T-27. Lon Kruger
Lon Kruger 674 wins Texas-Pan American, Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma
26. Denny Crum
Denny Crum 675 wins Louisville
25. Mike Montgomery
Mike Montgomery 676 wins Montana, Stanford, California
24. Dana Altman
Dana Altman 690 wins Marshall, Kansas State, Creighton, Oregon
T-22. Don Haskins
Don Haskins 719 wins Texas Western/UTEP
T-22. Phog Allen
Phog Allen Baker, Kansas, Haskell
21. Ray Meyer
Ray Meyer 724 wins DePaul
20. Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes 727 wins George Mason, Providence, Clemson, Texas, Tennessee
19. Bill Self
Bill Self 729 wins Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Illinois, Kansas
18. Hank Iba
Hank Iba 752 wins Northwest Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma A&M/State
17. E. A. Diddle
E. A. Diddle 759 wins Western Kentucky
16. Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Tarkanian 761 wins Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State
15. Lou Henson
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Lou Henson 775 wins Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois
14. Lute Olson
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Lute Olson 776 wins Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona
13. Rick Pitino
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Rick Pitino 782 wins Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona
12. John Calipari
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John Calipari 784 wins UMass, Memphis, Kentucky
11. Lefty Driesell
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Lefty Driesell 786 wins Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State
10. Cliff Ellis
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Cliff Ellis 800 wins Cumberland, South Alabama, Clemson, Auburn, Coastal Carolina
9. Eddie Sutton
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Eddie Sutton 806 wins Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, San Francisco
8. Bob Huggins
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Bob Huggins 828 wins Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, West Virginia
7. Adolph Rupp
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Adolph Rupp 876 wins Kentucky
6. Jim Calhoun
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Jim Calhoun 877 wins Northeastern, UCONN, St. Joseph’s (CT)
5. Dean Smith
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Dean Smith 879 wins North Carolina
4. Bob Knight
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Bob Knight 899 wins Army, Indiana, Texas Tech
3. Roy Williams
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Roy Williams 903 wins Kansas, North Carolina
2. Jim Boeheim
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Jim Boeheim 1083 wins Syracuse
1. Mike Krzywewski
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Mike Krzywewski 1170 wins Army, Duke
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