The Athletic: College basketball coaching tiers 2023

[rick64]

Article is a few months old, but is there anyone on this list we're not considering that we should?

Tier 1:

Tony Bennett
Scott Drew
Mark Few
Dan Hurley
Tom Izzo
Rick Pitino
Kelvin Sampson
Bill Self

Tier 2:
Rick Barnes
Randy Bennett
Ed Cooley
Mick Cronin
Brian Dutcher
Jim Larrañaga
Greg McDermott
Sean Miller
Eric Musselman
Nate Oats
Matt Painter
Bruce Pearl
Shaka Smart

Tier 3 (if UK has to drop this far then they're in trouble)
Dana Altman
Chris Beard
John Becker
Hubert Davis
Darian DeVries
Jamie Dixon
Andy Enfield
Greg Gard
Dennis Gates
Leonard Hamilton
Chris Holtmann
James Jones
Matt Langel
Tommy Lloyd
Dusty May
Fran McCaffery
Grant McCasland
Ritchie McKay
Niko Medved
TJ Otzelberger
Steve Pikiell
Mike Rhoades
Bob Richey
Jon Scheyer
Jerome Tang
Brad Underwood
Kevin Willard
Buzz Williams
Mike Young

 

[FirewithFire]

Paywall

 

[Fox2monk]

Paywall

 

[rick64]

Paywall

Oops fixed it.

 

[ZagsVisitor]

Tommy Lloyd and Mick Cronin need to switch places.

 

[BlueSince92]

Lol at Izzo in Tier 1

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Lol at Izzo in Tier 1

And tony Bennet. Cmon lol

 

[BlueSince92]

We’ve got a Tier 1 coach on that list drooling to be here and another one interested who isn’t on that list only because he’s coaching the Bulls in the playoffs.

Enough with the prima donna act, Mitch.

 

[Wildcats1st]

I’d say oats is tier ones after taking bama to the ff.

 

[Wildcats1st]

Lol at Izzo in Tier 1

They just put all the title coaches in tier 1

 

[KFuqua]

And tony Bennet. Cmon lol

And Pitino! LOL!!

 

[JFCats22]

Bennett, Izzo and certainly Pitino are not tier 1 coaches. What doofus ranked this?

 

[SemperFiCat]

Golden isn't on here. Interesting.

 

[Johanngambolputty]

Shaka Smart LOL. He had one single NCAA run where his team shot out of this universe from 3--until they got to the Final Four where they bricked everything again.

 

[HeismaNole]

Did ChatGPT come up with this atrocious list?

 

[HeismaNole]

Shaka Smart LOL. He had one single NCAA run where his team shot out of this universe from 3--until they got to the Final Four where they bricked everything again.

Has there ever been a coach who has lived off of one single run like Shaka Smart?

One more NCAA Tourney win at VCU in 2012
Zero NCAA Tourney wins at Texas


Two total NCAA Tourney wins from 2012-2023. Then got to the Sweet 16 this season and got bounced by 11 seed NC State. How this guy has remained a name is crazy.

 

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Tony Bennett well at least he teaches defense, but I might sleep through his tenure.
Scott Drew; Bible boy sez no
Mark Few; no chance he'd consider it
Dan Hurley; throw 10M at him and make him say no
Tom Izzo; He's still alive?
Rick Pitino; EFF no. That ship sailed then burned then sunk.
Kelvin Sampson; old AF but would kill it here.
Bill Self; no way he'd consider it, and no way we should either.

Tier 2:
Rick Barnes; he took his name out of contention before we put his name on the list.
Randy Bennett; Who?
Ed Cooley; Hard nosed dude and good coach but hard to imagine him at UK.
Mick Cronin; EFF no. I'd rather have pitino
Brian Dutcher; who?
Jim Larrañaga; older than old AF
Greg McDermott; great coach. should be on the next tier short list
Sean Miller; oh man, is this who we end up with?
Eric Musselman; not happening
Nate Oats; CHOICE 1A at this point. Pay that man his money.
Matt Painter; nope.
Bruce Pearl; Choice 1B. Bruce would run through walls to bring a chip' to UK
Shaka Smart; Not the smart choice

Tier 3 (if UK has to drop this far then they're in trouble)
Dana Altman; Wouldn't consider the job.
Chris Beard; should be higher on this list. Good coach with a bit of a history
John Becker; at this point the rest aren't worth my time
Hubert Davis
Darian DeVries
Jamie Dixon
Andy Enfield
Greg Gard
Dennis Gates
Leonard Hamilton
Chris Holtmann
James Jones
Matt Langel
Tommy Lloyd
Dusty May
Fran McCaffery
Grant McCasland
Ritchie McKay
Niko Medved
TJ Otzelberger
Steve Pikiell
Mike Rhoades
Bob Richey
Jon Scheyer
Jerome Tang
Brad Underwood
Kevin Willard
Buzz Williams
Mike Young

 

[Spica Orbit]

Did ChatGPT come up with this atrocious list?

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No, the young man on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, I think, is his name.