Who is the best coach in college basketball right now?
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Phrom - making 5 million and not doing a darn thing 
Boeheim and Drew aren't better than Izzo.
I think Huggins is close to this list.
I would maybe vote Jay Wright.
I think Huggins is close to this list.
I would maybe vote Jay Wright.
Mark Few and it shouldn't even be close. Most of the other coaches on this list are all time greats that earned their jobs at the blue blood programs that they coach at, but Few did something none of those other coaches did - he took a program from a small school that few outside of the Pacific Northwest had heard of 25 years ago and turned it into a national brand. Unlike most mid-majors, the reputation Gonzaga earned was such that refusing to play them early in the year was viewed as ducking them, which is always a bad look on a program. As such, Gonzaga was always able to heavily front-load their nonconference schedule to balance out the fact they dominate a weaker conference. And they went and won a lot of those games as well.
A lot of this applies to Drew too. The thing I like about Drew is he gets the best players he can, and then adapts to them. He doesn’t try to pigeonhole players into a system. His team’s personality has changed multiple times since he’s been there. Plus, I just think he’s a good dude.
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I'd like Scott Drew so much more if this success he was having wasn't at Baylor.
Few is a great coach. And Wright has won 2 national titles in 3 years - Few has won 0 (well as of today).
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Do we include those that were caught or have been suspected of cheating and paying players or just one the ones we think are clean. Because that gets rid of Pitino, Self, Boeheim and a few others, there has also been a lot a rumors in the past about Drew.
Best clean coaches would have to Few and Wright
Best clean coaches would have to Few and Wright
How can you actually know who is clean or not? Others just may be better at hiding it. You can’t disqualify Drew because Twitter bandits say he seems shady...
How about we just start getting rid of the the ones that have been caught, like Pitino, Self and Boeheim, and a few others. All are in the Too big to fail group so they cheat, get caught, take a slap on the wrist and then go on. Encourages others to cheat also. The NCAA either had their head in the sand or does not care, I tend to think its the latter.
We don't have to know, just add a rule you ever get caught cheating as a coach or being involved in cheating, you can never coach at the college level again. No more of the Pitino's of the world having call girls for recruits and then him denying it and placing the blame on some low level flunky. Its your program, you take the fall if anyone in it cheats. Puts the pressure on the head coach and the staff as opposed to the NCAA to catch them in the act, which we are now seeing with the FBI probe does not even work then. Just lawyer up and deny everything is now the playbook.
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I saw the following stats and accomplishments below on Scott Drew's tenure at Baylor:
During Drew's tenure, Baylor has a 21-9 overall postseason record, an NIT Tournament title, eight NCAA Tournament appearances, four Sweet 16 berths, two Eliter Eight appearances, and the program's first No. 1 ranking and Final Four appearance.
Baylor is one of five P5 (Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State) with 18-plus wins each season after 2008.
Baylor appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times since 2008. The program only made four appearances in the tournament's 65-year prior to Drew's tenure.
Drew is one of 12 coaches nationally who has led his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010. Drew is the youngest (50) of those coaches.
Baylor has won at least 20 games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after only three 20-win seasons in the program's previous 100 years (1946, 1948, and 1988).
Baylor finished the regular season with 263 games as a nationally ranked program in Drew's 18 seasons. Baylor was ranked in two of the program's 2,197 games prior to Drew's tenure.
Drew was named 2020 NBC Sports National Coach of the Year following the pandemic shorten season in which the Bears went 26-4, enjoyed a Big 12-record 23-game winning streak, and were ranked No. 1 nationally for more than a month.
Baylor won the 2021 Big 12 title this season, the program's first conference title since winning the SW conference in 1950, and Baylor's first outright conference title since 1948.
Scott Drew's tenure at Baylor is all the more impressive since Baylor did not have much basketball success in its prior history. It's easy to see why Scott Drew will be on several teams' shortlist of prospective hires. I live in Texas. My Baylor friends do not seem worried that he will leave. They say he really likes being at Baylor. The administration will likely increase his salary. They are also building a new state-of-the-art basketball area. It will be interesting to see what happens.
During Drew's tenure, Baylor has a 21-9 overall postseason record, an NIT Tournament title, eight NCAA Tournament appearances, four Sweet 16 berths, two Eliter Eight appearances, and the program's first No. 1 ranking and Final Four appearance.
Baylor is one of five P5 (Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State) with 18-plus wins each season after 2008.
Baylor appeared in the NCAA Tournament nine times since 2008. The program only made four appearances in the tournament's 65-year prior to Drew's tenure.
Drew is one of 12 coaches nationally who has led his current program to four Sweet 16s since 2010. Drew is the youngest (50) of those coaches.
Baylor has won at least 20 games in 12 of the last 14 seasons after only three 20-win seasons in the program's previous 100 years (1946, 1948, and 1988).
Baylor finished the regular season with 263 games as a nationally ranked program in Drew's 18 seasons. Baylor was ranked in two of the program's 2,197 games prior to Drew's tenure.
Drew was named 2020 NBC Sports National Coach of the Year following the pandemic shorten season in which the Bears went 26-4, enjoyed a Big 12-record 23-game winning streak, and were ranked No. 1 nationally for more than a month.
Baylor won the 2021 Big 12 title this season, the program's first conference title since winning the SW conference in 1950, and Baylor's first outright conference title since 1948.
Scott Drew's tenure at Baylor is all the more impressive since Baylor did not have much basketball success in its prior history. It's easy to see why Scott Drew will be on several teams' shortlist of prospective hires. I live in Texas. My Baylor friends do not seem worried that he will leave. They say he really likes being at Baylor. The administration will likely increase his salary. They are also building a new state-of-the-art basketball area. It will be interesting to see what happens.
