Chart: Most successful NCAA Tournament coaches
Kentucky's John Calipari and Louisville's Rick Pitino are two of the most successful NCAA Tournament coaches of all time, and they'll meet again Friday in Indianapolis. If Calipari wins, he'll leave the floor with a higher NCAA Tournament winning percentage than Pitino.
Here's a look at the 25 most successful NCAA Tournament coaches of all time, and a few more notables (minimum 20 games coached):
LEADERS
John Wooden 47-10 .825
Larry Brown-x 19-6 .760
Mike Krzyzewski 82-26 .759
Rick Pitino 50-16 .758
John Calipari-x 40-13 .755
Billy Donovan 33-11 .750
Roy Williams 63-22 .741
Tom Izzo 41-15 .732
Jim Calhoun-x 51-20 .718
Dean Smith 65-27 .707
Bill Self 36-15 .706
Joe B. Hall 20-9 .690
Al McGuire 20-9 .690
Hank Iba 15-7 .682
Jerry Tarkanian-x 38-18 .679
Steve Fisher-x 25-12 .676
Rollie Massimino 20-10 .667
Thad Matta 23-12 .657
Ben Howland 19-10 .655
Tubby Smith 30-16 .652
Jim Valvano-x 15-8 .652
John Beilein 15-8 .652
Denny Crum 42-23 .646
Gary Williams 29-16 .644
Bob Knight 45-25 .643
OTHERS
John Thompson 34-19 .642
Jim Boeheim 53-30 .639
Nolan Richardson 26-15 .634
Adolph Rupp 30-18 .625
Lute Olson-x 46-28 .622
Rick Majerus 19-12 .613
Eddie Sutton-x 39-26 .600
John Chaney 23-17 .575
Bob Huggins 27-20 .574
Dale Brown 15-14 .517
Mark Few 16-15 .516
Rick Barnes 21-21 .500
Digger Phelps 17-17 .500x-Records with vacated NCAA Tournament games removed: Brown (14-5), Calhoun (49-19), Calipari (31-11), Fisher (19-10), Olson (46-27), Sutton (37-25), Tarkanian (32-14), Valvano (14-5).
Notes
■ Records do not include Thursday night's games for Donovan and Fisher.
■ Arizona's Sean Miller coached his 20th NCAA Tournament game Thursday. He was 13-6 going into that contest.
This story was originally published March 27, 2014 at 11:40 AM with the headline "Chart: Most successful NCAA Tournament coaches."