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)
Steve Fisher
571 wins
Michigan, San Diego State
John Beilein
571 wins
Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia, Michigan
Fran Dunphy
580 wins
Penn, Temple
Bobby Cremins
586 wins
Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, College of Charleston
Kelvin Sampson
592 wins
Washington State, Oklahoma, Indiana, Houston
Tom Penders
594 wins
Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, Houston
John Thompson
596 wins
Georgetown
Tom Davis
597 wins
Lafayette, Boston College, Sanford, Iowa, Drake
Slats Gill
599 wins
Oregon State
Leonard Hamilton
600 wins
Oklahoma State, Miami (FL), Florida State
Bob McKillop
607 wins
Davidson
Billy Tubbs
609 wins
Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU
Jay Wright
612 wins
Hofstra, Villanova
Stew Morrill
620 wins
Montana, Colorado State, Utah State
Tubby Smith
631 wins
Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Memphis, High Point
Norm Stewart
634 wins
State College of Iowa, Missouri
Hugh Durham
634 wins
Florida State, Georgia, Jacksonville
Jim Larranaga
642 wins
Bowling Green, George Mason, Miami (FL)
Tom Izzo
643 wins
Michigan State
John Wooden
664 wins
Indiana State, UCLA
Gary Williams
668 wins
American, Boston College, Ohio State, Maryland
Ralph Miller
674 wins
Wichita, Iowa, Oregon State
Lon Kruger
674 wins
Texas-Pan American, Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma
Denny Crum
675 wins
Louisville
Mike Montgomery
676 wins
Montana, Stanford, California
Dana Altman
690 wins
Marshall, Kansas State, Creighton, Oregon
Don Haskins
719 wins
Texas Western/UTEP
Phog Allen
Baker, Kansas, Haskell
Rick Barnes
727 wins
George Mason, Providence, Clemson, Texas, Tennessee
Bill Self
729 wins
Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Illinois, Kansas
Hank Iba
752 wins
Northwest Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma A&M/State
E. A. Diddle
759 wins
Western Kentucky
Jerry Tarkanian
761 wins
Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State
Credit: Bradley Leeb-USA TODAY Sports
Lou Henson
775 wins
Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois
Credit: Casey Sapio-USA TODAY Sports
Lute Olson
776 wins
Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona
Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Rick Pitino
782 wins
Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona
Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
John Calipari
784 wins
UMass, Memphis, Kentucky
Credit: Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports
Lefty Driesell
786 wins
Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State
Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Cliff Ellis
800 wins
Cumberland, South Alabama, Clemson, Auburn, Coastal Carolina
Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports
Eddie Sutton
806 wins
Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, San Francisco
Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Bob Huggins
828 wins
Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, West Virginia
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Adolph Rupp
876 wins
Kentucky
Credit: Jim O’Connor-USA TODAY Sports
Jim Calhoun
877 wins
Northeastern, UCONN, St. Joseph’s (CT)
Credit: Phil Sears-USA TODAY Sports
Dean Smith
879 wins
North Carolina
Courtesy: Rich Miller – Indy Star
Bob Knight
899 wins
Army, Indiana, Texas Tech
Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Roy Williams
903 wins
Kansas, North Carolina
Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports
Jim Boeheim
1083 wins
Syracuse
Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Mike Krzywewski
1170 wins
Army, Duke
