List of NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coach
This is a list of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Regional Championships by coach. The current names of the NCAA Tournament regions are the East, Midwest, South, and West. The winners of the four regions are awarded a NCAA Regional Championship Trophy and advance in the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to play in the Final Four.
Final Four appearances by coach
- Coaches with vacated Final Four appearances due to NCAA violations are marked with an * next to the year.
- Coaches with names in bold are active with a team that they took to a Final Four.
- Coaches with names in bold italics are active in NCAA Division I, but are not currently coaching a team that they took to a Final Four.
- Years in bold indicate national championship.
| Number | Coach | Years | Program(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | John Wooden | 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 | UCLA |
| 11 | Mike Krzyzewski | 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010 | Duke |
| 11 | Dean Smith | 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 | North Carolina |
| 7 | Rick Pitino | 1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2012, 2013 | Providence (1), Kentucky (3), Louisville (3) |
| 7 | Roy Williams | 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 | Kansas (4), North Carolina (3) |
| 6 | Denny Crum | 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986 | Louisville |
| 6 | Tom Izzo | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010 | Michigan State |
| 6 | Adolph Rupp | 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966 | Kentucky |
| 5 | Bob Knight | 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992 | Indiana |
| 5 | Guy Lewis | 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984 | Houston |
| 5 | Lute Olson | 1980, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2001 | Iowa (1), Arizona (4) |
| 4 | Jim Boeheim | 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013 | Syracuse |
| 4 | Jim Calhoun | 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011 | Connecticut |
| 4 | John Calipari | 1996*, 2008*, 2011, 2012 | Massachusetts (1), Memphis (1), Kentucky (2) |
| 4 | Jack Gardner | 1948, 1951, 1961, 1966 | Kansas State (2), Utah (2) |
| 4 | Henry Iba | 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951 | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | Harold Olsen | 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946 | Ohio State |
| 4 | Jerry Tarkanian | 1977, 1987, 1990, 1991 | UNLV |
| 4 | Fred Taylor | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968 | Ohio State |
| 3 | Phog Allen | 1940, 1952, 1953 | Kansas |
| 3 | Forddy Anderson | 1950, 1954, 1957 | Bradley (2), Michigan State (1) |
| 3 | Larry Brown | 1980*, 1986, 1988 | UCLA (1), Kansas (2) |
| 3 | Vic Bubas | 1963, 1964, 1966 | Duke |
| 3 | Harry Combes | 1949, 1951, 1952 | Illinois |
| 3 | Billy Donovan | 2000, 2006, 2007 | Florida |
| 3 | Steve Fisher | 1989, 1992*, 1993* | Michigan |
| 3 | Joe B. Hall | 1975, 1978, 1984 | Kentucky |
| 3 | Ben Howland | 2006, 2007, 2008 | UCLA |
| 3 | Ed Jucker | 1961, 1962, 1963 | Cincinnati |
| 3 | Nolan Richardson | 1990, 1994, 1995 | Arkansas |
| 3 | Eddie Sutton | 1978, 1995, 2004 | Arkansas (1), Oklahoma State (2) |
| 3 | John Thompson | 1982, 1984, 1985 | Georgetown |
| 3 | Phil Woolpert | 1955, 1956, 1957 | San Francisco |
| 2 | Gene Bartow | 1973, 1976 | Memphis (1), UCLA (1) |
| 2 | Dale Brown | 1981, 1986 | LSU |
| 2 | Bruce Drake | 1937, 1947 | Oklahoma |
| 2 | Hugh Durham | 1972, 1983 | Florida State (1), Georgia (1) |
| 2 | Slats Gill | 1949, 1963 | Oregon State |
| 2 | Bill Guthridge | 1998, 2000 | North Carolina |
| 2 | Bill Henderson | 1948, 1950 | Baylor |
| 2 | Lou Henson | 1970, 1989 | New Mexico State (1), Illinois (1) |
| 2 | Terry Holland | 1981, 1984 | Virginia |
| 2 | Nat Holman | 1947, 1950 | CCNY |
| 2 | Bob Huggins | 1992, 2010 | Cincinnati (1), West Virginia (1) |
| 2 | Doggie Julian | 1947, 1948 | Holy Cross |
| 2 | Harry Litwack | 1956, 1958 | Temple |
| 2 | Ken Loeffler | 1954, 1955 | La Salle |
| 2 | Thad Matta | 2007, 2012 | Ohio State |
| 2 | Branch McCracken | 1940, 1953 | Indiana |
| 2 | Al McGuire | 1974, 1977 | Marquette |
| 2 | Frank McGuire | 1952, 1957 | St. John’s (1), North Carolina (1) |
| 2 | Ray Meyer | 1943, 1979 | DePaul |
| 2 | Pete Newell | 1959, 1960 | California |
| 2 | Bucky O’Connor | 1955, 1956 | Iowa |
| 2 | Ted Owens | 1971, 1974 | Kansas |
| 2 | Lee Rose | 1977, 1980 | Charlotte (1), Purdue (1) |
| 2 | Bill Self | 2008, 2012 | Kansas |
| 2 | George Smith | 1959, 1960 | Cincinnati |
| 2 | Brad Stevens | 2010, 2011 | Butler |
| 2 | Dave Strack | 1964, 1965 | Michigan |
| 2 | Gary Williams | 2001, 2002 | Maryland |
| 2 | Fred "Tex" Winter | 1958, 1964 | Kansas State |
| 1 | Rick Barnes | 2003 | Texas |
| 1 | Sam Barry | 1940 | Southern California |
| 1 | John Beilein | 2013 | Michigan |
| 1 | Dick Bennett | 2000 | Wisconsin |
| 1 | John Brady | 2006 | LSU |
| 1 | Earl Brown | 1944 | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Howard Cann | 1945 | NYU |
| 1 | P. J. Carlesimo | 1989 | Seton Hall |
| 1 | Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson | 1941 | Pittsburgh |
| 1 | Lou Carnesecca | 1985 | St. John’s |
| 1 | Ben Carnevale | 1946 | North Carolina |
| 1 | Everett Case | 1950 | North Carolina State |
| 1 | John Castellani | 1958 | Seattle |
| 1 | Ozzie Cowles | 1942 | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Frosty Cox | 1942 | Colorado |
| 1 | Tom Crean | 2003 | Marquette |
| 1 | Bobby Cremins | 1990 | Georgia Tech |
| 1 | Roy Danforth | 1975 | Syracuse |
| 1 | Chick Davies | 1940 | Duquesne |
| 1 | Mike Davis | 2002 | Indiana |
| 1 | Everett Dean | 1942 | Stanford |
| 1 | Don Donoher | 1967 | Dayton |
| 1 | Tippy Dye | 1953 | Washington |
| 1 | Bob Feerick | 1952 | Santa Clara |
| 1 | Bill E. Foster | 1978 | Duke |
| 1 | Bud Foster | 1941 | Wisconsin |
| 1 | Jack Friel | 1941 | Washington State |
| 1 | Dave Gavitt | 1973 | Providence |
| 1 | Bully Gilstrap | 1943 | Texas |
| 1 | Jack Gray | 1947 | Texas |
| 1 | Elmer Gross | 1954 | Penn State |
| 1 | Dick Harp | 1957 | Kansas |
| 1 | Jim Harrick | 1995 | UCLA |
| 1 | Clem Haskins | 1997* | Minnesota |
| 1 | Don Haskins | 1966 | UTEP |
| 1 | Doc Hayes | 1956 | SMU |
| 1 | Jud Heathcote | 1979 | Michigan State |
| 1 | Paul Hewitt | 2004 | Georgia Tech |
| 1 | Peck Hickman | 1959 | Louisville |
| 1 | Howard Hobson | 1939 | Oregon |
| 1 | Bill Hodges | 1979 | Indiana State |
| 1 | George Ireland | 1963 | Loyola (Ill.) |
| 1 | Maury John | 1969 | Drake |
| 1 | George King | 1969 | Purdue |
| 1 | Dana Kirk | 1985* | Memphis |
| 1 | Jack Kraft | 1971* | Villanova |
| 1 | Lon Kruger | 1994 | Florida |
| 1 | Eugene Lambert | 1945 | Arkansas |
| 1 | Jim Larranaga | 2006 | George Mason |
| 1 | Bebe Lee | 1955 | Colorado |
| 1 | Rick Majerus | 1998 | Utah |
| 1 | Gregg Marshall | 2013 | Wichita State |
| 1 | Rollie Massimino | 1985 | Villanova |
| 1 | Bones McKinney | 1962 | Wake Forest |
| 1 | Louis Menze | 1944 | Iowa State |
| 1 | Mike Montgomery | 1998 | Stanford |
| 1 | Jim O’Brien | 1999* | Ohio State |
| 1 | Johnny Oldham | 1971* | Western Kentucky |
| 1 | Johnny Orr | 1976 | Michigan |
| 1 | Vadal Peterson | 1944 | Utah |
| 1 | Digger Phelps | 1978 | Notre Dame |
| 1 | Nibs Price | 1946 | California |
| 1 | Harry Rabenhorst | 1953 | LSU |
| 1 | Jack Ramsay | 1961* | Saint Joseph’s |
| 1 | Elmer Ripley | 1943 | Georgetown |
| 1 | Glen Rose | 1941 | Arkansas |
| 1 | Lou Rossini | 1960 | NYU |
| 1 | Kelvin Sampson | 2002 | Oklahoma |
| 1 | Fred Schaus | 1959 | West Virginia |
| 1 | Alex Severance | 1939 | Villanova |
| 1 | Everett Shelton | 1943 | Wyoming |
| 1 | Norm Sloan | 1974 | North Carolina State |
| 1 | Shaka Smart | 2011 | VCU |
| 1 | Tubby Smith | 1998 | Kentucky |
| 1 | Gary Thompson | 1965 | Wichita State |
| 1 | John Thompson III | 2007 | Georgetown |
| 1 | Billy Tubbs | 1988 | Oklahoma |
| 1 | Forrest Twogood | 1954 | Southern California |
| 1 | Jim Valvano | 1983 | North Carolina State |
| 1 | Butch van Breda Kolff | 1965 | Princeton |
| 1 | Bruce Weber | 2005 | Illinois |
| 1 | Bob Weinhauer | 1979 | Penn |
| 1 | Larry Weise | 1970 | St. Bonaventure |
| 1 | Joe Williams | 1970 | Jacksonville |
| 1 | Richard Williams | 1996 | Mississippi State |
| 1 | Jay Wright | 2009 | Villanova |
| 1 | Tom Young | 1976 | Rutgers |
NCAA Division I Championships by coach
This is a list of NCAA men's basketball coaches who have won multiple championships. This list includes only championships since 1939 when the National Association of Basketball Coaches began the formal national championship tournament that would be taken over by the NCAA the following year.
| Number | Coach | Years | Program(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | John Wooden | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 | UCLA |
| 4 | Adolph Rupp | 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958 | Kentucky |
| 4 | Mike Krzyzewski | 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 | Duke |
| 3 | Bob Knight | 1976, 1981, 1987 | Indiana |
| 3 | Jim Calhoun | 1999, 2004, 2011 | UConn |
| 2 | Branch McCracken | 1940, 1953 | Indiana |
| 2 | Henry Iba | 1945, 1946 | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | Phil Woolpert | 1955, 1956 | San Francisco |
| 2 | Ed Jucker | 1961, 1962 | Cincinnati |
| 2 | Denny Crum | 1980, 1986 | Louisville |
| 2 | Dean Smith | 1982, 1993 | North Carolina |
| 2 | Roy Williams | 2005, 2009 | North Carolina |
| 2 | Billy Donovan | 2006, 2007 | Florida |
| 2 | Rick Pitino | 1996, 2013 | Kentucky, Louisville |
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