List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four appearances by coach

This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's 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 an NCAA Regional Championship Trophy and advance in the Division I men's basketball tournament to play in the Final Four.

Final Four appearances by coach

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  • Coaches with vacated Final Four appearances due to NCAA violations are marked with an * next to the year. The listed Final Four totals for those coaches do not include the vacated appearances.
  • 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.
  • All school names reflect current athletic brand names, which do not necessarily match those in use during a particular season.
Number Coach Years Team(s)
13 Mike Krzyzewski 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2022 Duke
12 John Wooden 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 UCLA
11 Dean Smith 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 North Carolina
9 Roy Williams 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 Kansas (4), North Carolina (5)
8 Tom Izzo 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019 Michigan State
6 Denny Crum 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986 Louisville
6 Adolph Rupp 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966 Kentucky
5 Jim Boeheim 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, 2016 Syracuse
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)
5 Rick Pitino 1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2012*, 2013* Providence (1), Kentucky (3), Louisville (3*)
4 Jim Calhoun 1999, 2004, 2009, 2011 UConn
4 John Calipari 1996*, 2008*, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 UMass (1*), Memphis (1*), Kentucky (4)
4 Billy Donovan 2000, 2006, 2007, 2014 Florida
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
4 Jay Wright 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022 Villanova
3 Phog Allen 1940, 1952, 1953 Kansas
3 Forddy Anderson 1950, 1954, 1957 Bradley (2), Michigan State (1)
3 Vic Bubas 1963, 1964, 1966 Duke
3 Harry Combes 1949, 1951, 1952 Illinois
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 Bill Self 2008, 2012, 2018*, 2022 Kansas
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 John Beilein 2013, 2018 Michigan
2 Dale Brown 1981, 1986 LSU
2 Larry Brown 1980*, 1986, 1988 UCLA (1*), Kansas (2)
2 Bruce Drake 1939, 1947 Oklahoma
2 Hugh Durham 1972, 1983 Florida State (1), Georgia (1)
2 Mark Few 2017, 2021 Gonzaga
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 Dan Hurley 2023, 2024 UConn
2 Doggie Julian 1947, 1948 Holy Cross
2 Lon Kruger 1994, 2016 Florida (1), Oklahoma (1)
2 Jim Larrañaga 2006, 2023 George Mason (1), Miami (FL) (1)
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 Bo Ryan 2014, 2015 Wisconsin
2 Kelvin Sampson 2002, 2021 Oklahoma (1), Houston (1)
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 Tex Winter 1958, 1964 Kansas State
1 Dana Altman 2017 Oregon
1 Rick Barnes 2003 Texas
1 Sam Barry 1940 USC
1 Chris Beard 2019 Texas Tech
1 Dick Bennett 2000 Wisconsin
1 Tony Bennett 2019 Virginia
1 John Brady 2006 LSU
1 Earl Brown 1944 Dartmouth
1 Howard Cann 1945 NYU
1 P. J. Carlesimo 1989 Seton Hall
1 Doc Carlson 1941 Pittsburgh
1 Lou Carnesecca 1985 St. John's
1 Ben Carnevale 1946 North Carolina
1 Everett Case 1950 NC State
1 John Castellani 1958 Seattle
1 Osborne Cowles 1942 Dartmouth
1 Frosty Cox 1942 Colorado
1 Tom Crean 2003 Marquette
1 Mick Cronin 2021 UCLA
1 Bobby Cremins 1990 Georgia Tech
1 Roy Danforth 1975 Syracuse
1 Chick Davies 1940 Duquesne
1 Hubert Davis 2022 North Carolina
1 Mike Davis 2002 Indiana
1 Everett Dean 1942 Stanford
1 Don Donoher 1967 Dayton
1 Brian Dutcher 2023 San Diego State
1 Scott Drew 2021 Baylor
1 Tippy Dye 1953 Washington
1 Bob Feerick 1952 Santa Clara
1 Steve Fisher 1989, 1992*, 1993* Michigan
1 Bill Foster 1978 Duke
1 Harold E. 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 Don Haskins 1966 UTEP
1 Doc Hayes 1956 SMU
1 Jud Heathcote 1979 Michigan State
1 Paul Hewitt 2004 Georgia Tech
1 Bernard Hickman 1959 Louisville
1 Howard Hobson 1939 Oregon
1 Bill Hodges 1979 Indiana State
1 George Ireland 1963 Loyola Chicago
1 Maury John 1969 Drake
1 George King 1969 Purdue
1 Kevin Keatts 2024 NC State
1 Eugene Lambert 1945 Arkansas
1 Bebe Lee 1955 Colorado
1 Rick Majerus 1998 Utah
1 Gregg Marshall 2013 Wichita State
1 Frank Martin 2017 South Carolina
1 Rollie Massimino 1985 Villanova
1 Dusty May 2023 Florida Atlantic
1 Bones McKinney 1962 Wake Forest
1 Louis Menze 1944 Iowa State
1 Mike Montgomery 1998 Stanford
1 Porter Moser 2018 Loyola Chicago
1 Nate Oats 2024 Alabama
1 Kevin Ollie 2014 UConn
1 Johnny Orr 1976 Michigan
1 Bruce Pearl 2019 Auburn
1 Vadal Peterson 1944 Utah
1 Matt Painter 2024 Purdue
1 Digger Phelps 1978 Notre Dame
1 Nibs Price 1946 California
1 Harry Rabenhorst 1953 LSU
1 Elmer Ripley 1943 Georgetown
1 Glen Rose 1941 Arkansas
1 Lou Rossini 1960 NYU
1 Fred Schaus 1959 West Virginia
1 Alexander Severance 1939 Villanova
1 Everett Shelton 1943 Wyoming
1 Norm Sloan 1974 NC 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 USC
1 Jim Valvano 1983 NC 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 Tom Young 1976 Rutgers

Coaches whose only appearance has been vacated

Coach Years Program(s)
Clem Haskins 1997* Minnesota
Dana Kirk 1985* Memphis
Jack Kraft 1971* Villanova
Jim O’Brien 1999* Ohio State
John Oldham 1971* Western Kentucky
Jack Ramsay 1961* Saint Joseph’s

Coaches with multiple NCAA Division I Championships

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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
5 Mike Krzyzewski 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015 Duke
4 Adolph Rupp 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958 Kentucky
3 Bob Knight 1976, 1981, 1987 Indiana
3 Jim Calhoun 1999, 2004, 2011 UConn
3 Roy Williams 2005, 2009, 2017 North Carolina
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 Billy Donovan 2006, 2007 Florida
2* Rick Pitino 1996, 2013* Kentucky, Louisville*
2 Jay Wright 2016, 2018 Villanova
2 Bill Self 2008, 2022 Kansas
2 Dan Hurley 2023, 2024 UConn

*Rick Pitino and Louisville won the 2013 NCAA Championship but it was later vacated by the NCAA.

See also

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References

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