Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is formally stepping away from school basketball and retiring on the conclusion of the 2021-22 season, ending a exceptional tenure in Durham, North Carolina, that spanned greater than 4 a long time. Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in males’s school basketball historical past together with his identify scattered concerning the document books. From his 5 nationwide championships (second-most all-time) to his 12 Remaining Fours (tied for probably the most all-time) to his document 97 NCAA Event wins, he’s as a lot synonymous with Duke as he’s with greatness in school teaching.

Whereas Krzyzewski nonetheless has a full season forward of him earlier than he hangs up his whistle, his standing within the pantheon of males’s school basketball coaches is entrenched. He is a legend with a bulletproof resume replete with exceptional longevity and constant greatness. No matter how the 2021-22 season performs out, he’ll go down as among the best to ever do it.

However not the finest to ever do it. Although that’s formally up for debate, we’re selecting to place some respect on the Wizard of Westwood’s identify on the prime of our rankings of the highest males’s school basketball coaches of all-time. Krzyzewski is not far behind, nevertheless, as he begins his farewell tour in 2021-22.

Our rankings of a prime 10 (and one) are beneath.

1. John Picket

Profession document: 664-162
Groups coached: Indiana State, UCLA
Nationwide titles: 10
Remaining Fours: 12

Picket ranks thirtieth — thirtieth (!) — on the all-time wins record. So how vital are nationwide championships? So vital {that a} coach can rank thirtieth on the all-time wins record and rank No. 1 all-time with little or no pushback. Picket received all 10 of his titles in an unimaginable 12-year span from 1964-75. His program’s document of seven consecutive nationwide titles nonetheless stands.

2. Mike Krzyzewski

Profession document: 1,170-361
Groups coached: Military, Duke
Nationwide titles: 5
Remaining Fours: 12

In 46 seasons — the primary 5 of which got here at Military earlier than a 41-year run at Duke — Krzyzewski has amassed an NCAA-record 1,170 wins. 5 of these wins embrace nationwide championships, the second-most all-time behind solely the Wizard of Westwood. At Duke his groups have earned a mixed 14 No. 1 NCAA Event seeds and had 35 NCAA Event berths.

3. Roy Williams

Profession document: 903-264
Groups coached: Kansas, North Carolina
Nationwide titles: 3
Remaining Fours: 9

Williams retired earlier this spring after 903 profession wins with two legendary applications, Kansas and North Carolina. Williams ranks third on the all-time wins record by a Division I coach, reaching the 900-win milestone in fewer video games (1,161) and seasons (33) than any coach in NCAA historical past. His 903 wins in 33 seasons is 100 greater than another coach in NCAA historical past together with Krzyzewski and Williams’ mentor, Dean Smith, who we’ll get to momentarily. Thrice he received nationwide championships with UNC and 9 occasions throughout his profession he led his groups to the Remaining 4 — together with three nationwide runner-up finishes (two at Kansas and one at UNC).

4. Bob Knight

Profession document: 899-374
Groups coached: Military, Indiana, Texas Tech
Nationwide titles: 3
Remaining Fours: 5

A four-time nationwide champion (as soon as as a participant, thrice as a coach), Knight personified greatness at Indiana the place he led the Hoosiers to a few championships, 5 Remaining Fours and 11 regular-season crowns. His IU tenure was sandwiched between stops at Military (102-50) and Texas Tech (138-82). He retired one win shy of reaching the elusive 900-win membership, and ranks fourth on the all-time wins record.

5. Dean Smith

Profession document: 879-254
Workforce coached: North Carolina
Nationwide titles: 2
Remaining Fours: 11

Smith, on the time of his retirement in 1997, stepped away from the sport because the all-time chief in wins with 879. He now ranks fifth in profession wins and top-10 in profession win share together with his 879-254 document all coming at North Carolina in one of the crucial exceptional careers ever that spanned 1961-97.

6. Jim Calhoun

Profession document: 877-382
Groups coached: Northeastern, UConn
Nationwide titles: 3
Remaining Fours: 4

There’s two spectacular careers Calhoun put collectively — first at Northeastern, the place he went 248-137 and led them to 5 NCAA Event appearances. However his second cease at UConn is what makes him a Corridor of Famer. Calhoun went 629-245 with the Huskies, changing 4 of their Remaining 4 appearances underneath him into three nationwide championships.

7. Adolph Rupp

Profession document: 876-190
Groups coached: Kentucky
Nationwide titles: 4
Remaining Fours: 6

Over 41 years at Kentucky, Rupp racked up 876 wins with a shocking 82.2% profitable mark. Solely Gonzaga’s Mark Few, who will sooner or later be a part of this record as a top-10 all-time coach, ranks larger. Rupp reduce his tooth enjoying underneath the legendary Phog Allen at Kansas earlier than taking Kentucky to 4 titles and a mixed 40 SEC regular-season and postseason championships.

8. Jim Boeheim

Profession document: 1,083-409
Workforce coached: Syracuse
Nationwide titles: 1
Remaining Fours: 5

A tenth of Boeheim’s 1,083 profession wins — 101, all at Syracuse — are technically vacated by the NCAA because of an investigation throughout his tenure on account of an investigation into the college’s athletic applications. However Boeheim nonetheless ranks second in whole wins with or with out these. That is as a result of he is been the Orange coach since 1976, the place he has guided this system to 5 Remaining Fours and 15 whole regular-season and postseason titles.

9. John Calipari

Profession document: 784-233
Groups coached: UMass, Memphis, Kentucky
Nationwide titles: 1
Remaining Fours: 6

At 62 years outdated, Calipari is primed subsequent season to hitch the 800-win membership — making him a top-10 coach all-time in wins. To bolster that resume, he has superior to 6 Remaining Fours, received 16 regular-season convention championships and 15 convention tournaments. The one comfortable spot on his file is profitable only one nationwide championship out of six Remaining 4 appearances.

10. Rick Pitino

Profession document: 782-277
Groups coached: Boston, Windfall, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona
Nationwide titles: 2
Remaining Fours: 7

Two fewer wins than Calipari, but yet another natty and yet another Remaining 4. Strictly by resume and by teaching acumen, Pitino’s acquired the sting. However certainly one of Pitino’s titles has been vacated and two of his Remaining Fours have been, too. I’ve to no less than bear in mind that he was fired at Louisville amidst scandal, therefore he is slightly below Cal.

11. Henry Iba

Profession document: 752-333
Groups coached: Northwest Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma A&M / State
Nationwide titles: 2
Remaining Fours: 4

I might be remiss to not embrace Iba, the person whose namesake graces the Henry Iba Award, which is given yearly to the school basketball coach of the 12 months. Iba received two nationwide championships at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State) and superior to 4 profession Remaining Fours. He did this whereas serving as the college’s athletic director from 1935-70 and whereas spending 1934-41 moonlighting as the college’s baseball coach.

Honorable point out / simply missed the reduce: Invoice Self, Tom Izzo, Billy Donovan, Mark Few, Jerry Tarkanian, Phog Allen, Lute Olson, Eddie Sutton, Lou Henson, Denny Crum