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Self #16 All Time Winningest D-1 Men's Basketball Coach (SNAPSHOT)

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4 months 3 weeks ago - 4 months 3 weeks ago #33173 by HawkErrant
As noted earlier, with his 800th career win last Tuesday against UNC-WIlmington, Bill Self has become just the 16th D-1 HC to reach the 800 Win club. Here's the list 1-16 of who's in that elite group.

WINNINGEST D1 MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACHES thru Friday 2024-11-22
	ALL CAPS NAMES are active HCs AY2024-25					
						
RNK PERSON		SEASONS	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	WL %
1  Mike Krzyzewski	47	1202	368	0	0.766
2  Jim Boeheim		47	1015	441	0	0.697
3  Bob Huggins		41	935	414	0	0.693
4  Jim Calhoun		44	920	397	0	0.699
5  Roy Williams		33	903	264	0	0.774
6  Bob Knight		42	902	371	0	0.709
7  Dean Smith		36	879	254	0	0.776
8  Adolph Rupp		41	876	190	0	0.822
9  Cliff Ellis*		46	831	565	0	0.595
10 Jim Phelan*		49	830	524	0	0.613
11 JOHN CALIPARI	33	817	262	0	0.757
12 Rollie Massimino	41	816	462	0	0.638
13 RICK BARNES		38	812	415	0	0.662
14 Eddie Sutton		37	806	326	0	0.712
15 Rick Byrd*		38	805	403	0	0.666
16 BILL SELF		32	800	248	0	0.763

*D-1 programs for less well known HCs in the list -
Cliff Ellis 
1975-76 - 1983-84 @South Alabama
1984-85 - 1993-94 @Clemson
1994-95 - 2003-04 @Auburn
2007-08 - 2023-24 @Coastal Carolina

Jim Phelan
1954-55 - 2002-03 @Mount St. Mary's

Rick Byrd
1978-79 - 1979-80 @Maryville (TN)
1983-84 - 1985-86 @Lincoln Memorial
1986-87 - 2018-19 @Belmont

Side note 1 - the next Active HCs on this list are 
#20 Kelvin Sampson (3-1 this AY and 767 career to date) and 
#21 Dana Altman (5-0 this AY and 760 career to date)

Side note #2 - #2 Boeheim (Syracuse), #7 The Traitor Smith (UNC), #8 Rupp (UK) and 
#10 Phelan (Mount St. Mary's) are the only members of the Men's D-1 800 Wins club 
to have spent their entire HC careers at one university.

Side note 3 - I highly doubt anyone in the 800 Wins club will ever pass Rupp's .822 W percentage.
Source: NCAA Stats: Head Coaches, filtered for Men's Basketball and D-1, as of 2024-11-22.

You will note that the only active HCs ahead of Self (who turns 62 next month) are Arkansas' squid (#11 with 817, turns 66 in February) and Tennessee's Rick Barnes (#13 with 812, tums 71 in July).

Barring major collapses of their programs, I do not see Self catching either of them this AY.

I expect Calipari will end the AY in 9th place behind Adolph Rupp (876). Squid is 4-1 to date this AY for 817 total Ws and needs 15 more Ws to pass current #9 Cliff Ellis' 831.

I expect Barnes (6-0 so far, 812 total Ws, needs 20 more Ws to pass 831) to end up in 10th place.
(Personal note - I'd love to see Gentleman Rick pass squid this AY. I would not bet on it, but I will keep my fingers crossed!)

It will take a 37 win season for Self (5-0 Ws so far + 32 more) to pass Ellis (831) and finish in 11th place.

As we know 37 wins is highly unlikely in any given season.

I think Bill will most likely finish the AY in 13th place ahead of Rollie Massimino (816) (only another 17 wins, 22 total for the AY, to pass Rollie), but behind Ellis (831) and Phelan (830).

But until the W-L record math says it can't happen this AY, there is always hope! :woohoo:

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