Yearly Coaching Men's Leaders and Records for Wins

Wins

  • Includes record as coach of major (D-I or equivalent) programs
Wins Table
Season Coach W School
2023-24 Dan Hurley 37 Connecticut
2022-23 Dusty May 35 Florida Atlantic
2021-22 Bill Self 34 Kansas
2020-21 Mark Few 31 Gonzaga
2019-20 Mark Few 31 Gonzaga
2018-19 Tony Bennett 35 Virginia
2017-18 Jay Wright 36 Villanova
2016-17 Mark Few 37 Gonzaga
2015-16 Jay Wright 35 Villanova
2014-15 John Calipari 38 Kentucky
2013-14 Billy Donovan 36 Florida
2012-13 Rick Pitino 35 Louisville
2011-12 John Calipari 38 Kentucky
2010-11 Bill Self 35 Kansas
2009-10 John Calipari 35 Kentucky
  Mike Krzyzewski 35 Duke
2008-09 Roy Williams 34 North Carolina
2007-08 John Calipari 38 Memphis
2006-07 Billy Donovan 35 Florida
  Thad Matta 35 Ohio State
2005-06 John Calipari 33 Memphis
  Billy Donovan 33 Florida
2004-05 Bruce Weber 37 Illinois
2003-04 Jim Calhoun 33 Connecticut
2002-03 Tubby Smith 32 Kentucky
2001-02 Roy Williams 33 Kansas
2000-01 Mike Krzyzewski 35 Duke
1999-00 Larry Eustachy 32 Iowa State
  Tom Izzo 32 Michigan State
  Bill Self 32 Tulsa
1998-99 Mike Krzyzewski 37 Duke
1997-98 Tubby Smith 35 Kentucky
  Roy Williams 35 Kansas
1996-97 Rick Pitino 35 Kentucky
1995-96 John Calipari 35 Massachusetts
1994-95 Nolan Richardson 32 Arkansas
1993-94 Nolan Richardson 31 Arkansas
1992-93 Dean Smith 34 North Carolina
1991-92 Mike Krzyzewski 34 Duke
1990-91 Nolan Richardson 34 Arkansas
  Jerry Tarkanian 34 Nevada-Las Vegas
1989-90 Jerry Tarkanian 35 Nevada-Las Vegas
1988-89 P.J. Carlesimo 31 Seton Hall
  Lou Henson 31 Illinois
1987-88 Lute Olson 35 Arizona
  Billy Tubbs 35 Oklahoma
1986-87 Jerry Tarkanian 37 Nevada-Las Vegas
1985-86 Mike Krzyzewski 37 Duke
1984-85 John Thompson 35 Georgetown
1983-84 John Thompson 34 Georgetown
1982-83 Denny Crum 32 Louisville
1981-82 Dean Smith 32 North Carolina
1980-81 Dale Brown 31 Louisiana State
1979-80 Denny Crum 33 Louisville
1978-79 Bill Hodges 33 Indiana State
1977-78 Eddie Sutton 32 Arkansas
1976-77 Bob Gaillard 29 San Francisco
  Guy Lewis 29 Houston
  Jerry Tarkanian 29 Nevada-Las Vegas
1975-76 Bob Knight 32 Indiana
1974-75 Bob Knight 31 Indiana
1973-74 Norm Sloan 30 NC State
1972-73 John Wooden 30 UCLA
1971-72 John Wooden 30 UCLA
1970-71 John Wooden 29 UCLA
1969-70 John Wooden 28 UCLA
1968-69 John Wooden 29 UCLA
1967-68 Guy Lewis 31 Houston
1966-67 John Wooden 30 UCLA
1965-66 Don Haskins 28 UTEP
1964-65 John Wooden 28 UCLA
1963-64 John Wooden 30 UCLA
1962-63 George Ireland 29 Loyola (IL)
1961-62 Ed Jucker 29 Cincinnati
1960-61 Ed Jucker 27 Cincinnati
  Fred Taylor 27 Ohio State
1959-60 Pete Newell 28 California
  George Smith 28 Cincinnati
1958-59 Fred Schaus 29 West Virginia
1957-58 Harry Litwack 27 Temple
1956-57 Frank McGuire 32 North Carolina
1955-56 Phil Woolpert 29 San Francisco
1954-55 Everett Case 28 NC State
  Phil Woolpert 28 San Francisco
1953-54 E.A. Diddle 29 Western Kentucky
1952-53 Honey Russell 31 Seton Hall
1951-52 Adolph Rupp 29 Kentucky
1950-51 Forddy Anderson 32 Bradley
  Adolph Rupp 32 Kentucky
1949-50 Forddy Anderson 32 Bradley
1948-49 Adolph Rupp 32 Kentucky
1947-48 Adolph Rupp 36 Kentucky
1946-47 Adolph Rupp 34 Kentucky
1945-46 Hank Iba 31 Oklahoma State
1944-45 John Warren 30 Oregon
1943-44 Hank Iba 27 Oklahoma State
1942-43 Everett Shelton 31 Wyoming
1941-42 E.A. Diddle 29 Western Kentucky
1940-41 Jack Friel 26 Washington State
1939-40 Slats Gill 27 Oregon State
1938-39 Howard Hobson 29 Oregon
1937-38 E.A. Diddle 30 Western Kentucky
1936-37 Clair Bee 28 Long Island University
1935-36 E.A. Diddle 26 Western Kentucky
1934-35 Clair Bee 24 Long Island University
  E.A. Diddle 24 Western Kentucky
1933-34 E.A. Diddle 28 Western Kentucky
1932-33 James Freeman 23 St. John's (NY)
1931-32 Hank Iba 26 Northwest Missouri State
1930-31 Hank Iba 32 Northwest Missouri State
1929-30 Hank Iba 31 Northwest Missouri State
1928-29 Schubert Dyche 36 Montana State
1927-28 Ott Romney 36 Montana State
1926-27 Ott Romney 30 Montana State
1925-26 Francis Schmidt 23 Arkansas
1924-25 Robert Hager 29 Oregon State
1923-24 Norman Shepard 26 North Carolina
1922-23 Bill Bates 25 Southwestern (KS)
1921-22 John Blake 27 Niagara
1920-21 Willard Greim 22 Central Missouri
  Pete Vaughan 22 Wabash
1919-20 Pat Page 27 Chicago
1918-19 Edward Siskind 24 Fordham
1917-18 Lon Jourdet 18 Pennsylvania
1916-17 J. Fred Bohler 25 Washington State
1915-16 William Kline 20 Nebraska Wesleyan
  Doc Meanwell 20 Wisconsin
1914-15 Pat Page 20 Chicago
1913-14 Clement Risacher 20 Fordham
1912-13 Fred Bennion 21 Utah
1911-12 Clement Risacher 17 Fordham
1910-11 Doc Freeman 15 Denison
  Charles Keinath 15 Pennsylvania
  Burt Kennedy 15 Lake Forest
1909-10 W.O. Hamilton 18 Kansas
1908-09 Bertram Maris 33 Notre Dame
1907-08 Ralph Jones 24 Wabash
  Joseph Raycroft 24 Chicago
  Russell Smith 24 Pennsylvania
1906-07 William Lush 30 Yale
1905-06 Phog Allen 18 Baker University
1904-05 Harry Fisher 18 Fordham
1903-04 John McLaughlin 19 Fordham
1902-03 S.J. Mellyn 15 Fordham
  William Murphy 15 Yale
1901-02 Louis Cooke 15 Minnesota
1900-01 Student Coaches 12 Bucknell
  Alpha Jamison 12 Purdue
1899-00 John Rogers 14 Temple
1898-99 Charles Williams 18 Temple
1897-98 Charles Williams 22 Temple
1896-97 Henry Anderson 11 Yale
1895-96 Charles Williams 15 Temple
1894-95 Charles Williams 8 Temple

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