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College Basketball: Coaches

Bob Knight's temper. Jim Boeheim's 2-3 zone. Rick Pitino's three-pointers. Pete Carrill's back-door cuts. Nolan Richardson's "40 minutes of hell." Perhaps more than any other sport, college basketball is all about the coaches. Here's a look at some of the best, both past and present.
Division I Coaching Changes
Get your resume together -- there are plenty of top jobs available in college basketball's off-season, though the highest-profile gig is filled with Marquette's Tom Crean taking over at Indiana.
Kelvin Sampson Timeline
The recruiting scandal that hit Indiana University is years in the making. Here's a look at coach Kelvin Sampson's career and the events leading up to the NCAA's charges.
The Winningest Active Coaches in College Hoops
The Top 25 Winningest Active NCAA Head Coaches through January 21, 2008
John Calipari
About John Calipari - Head Coach of the Memphis Tigers
Billy Gillespie
About Billy Gillespie, head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats
Rick Pitino
About Rick Pitino, head coach of the University of Louisville Cardinals
Hall of Famers
Some of the NCAA's top coaches have already received basketball's highest honor -- a place in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches
The official website of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, an organization formed in 1927 "to further the best interests of the game of basketball as well as the players and coaches who participate in the sport."
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