Who are the top 10 active coaches in CBB?

1. J. Wright 2. R. Williams 3. Coach K 4. B. Self 5. J. Beilein 6. J. Calipari 7. M. Few 8. G. Marshall 9. T. Izzo 10. C. Holtmann(Still don’t know how he won 15 B1G games with that OSU roster)

Good list but one of the great things about college b-ball is that there are a lot of great coaches around. Greg Marshall is fantastic, Coach Mack, may not like him but Jim Boeheim. Not to mention so many coaches who fit so well at their respective mid majors and can really coach.

williams, self and calipari can't coach a lick.  they would be nothing without the bagmen.

It's hard to separate actual coaching ability (talent identification, player development, game planning and in-game adjustments) from other program-building activities (recruiting, publicity, donor/alum relationships) from bottom-line results (winning games, championships, and NBA draft picks).

Program building often comes with inherent historical or program advantages/disadvantages. Bottom-line results often means all of the shadiness involved in dirty recruiting, shoe company relationships, and looking past player misconduct, be it criminal or just immoral.

I'll take Beilein and Jay Wright in the first category. I'm sure there are a solid number that could fit in here from mid-major and low-major programs.

It's hard to argue with Calipari, Self and K in the latter. Izzo used to be in the middle category for me but now falls more into this category the more that comes out about how he let a lot of his guys get away with pretty much anything.

If you look at the last 7 years , not many will have a better resume than Beilein. 6 tournament appearances 2 B1G regular season titles 2 B1G tourney titles 4 sweet sixteens 2 final fours 2 championship appearances Beilein is definitely top 5 if we look at it with a recency bias.

Not based on recruiting but on coaching the talent on roster. 

1.  Mike Kryzweski

2. Tony Bennett

3. Jay Wright

4.  John Beilein

5.  Mark Few

6.  Gregg Marshall

7.  John Calipari

8.  Bob Huggins

9.  BIll Self

10. Chris Mack

Izzo  and Roy Williams would be in the next level.  Izzo has had lots of talent on his roster in recent years, but does not seem to have a semblance of an offensive scheme.  Roy Williams is just a cheerleader on the bench and seems to be just rolling the ball out in practice. I think Roy was a much better coach while he was at Kansas.    

 

Sorry for the double-post

1-10.---Beilein

10-100---the rest

I can't believe the OP voted for himself at #4.

Roy Williams is the only guy in your top six that can actually coach. The other five are just recruiting studs.

He doesn't land 4 McDonald's All Americans every year.  Also, if you're talking about careers, how do you not have Boeheim?  Dude went to Final Four with Sherman Douglas, Rony Seikaly and Derrick Coleman over 30 years ago.  His teams may underacheieve in regular seasons recently, but ask Izzo if he wants to see the 2-3 zone.

Disclosure, I live in Lexington and despise UK. Calipari is a great recruiter/ agent, not a great coach. His only championship is with key veteran players from another coach. He fielded team after team with 5 or 6 NBA first round picks each year, yet can't win one with his NBA rosters while the teams he faces and losses to are lucky to have 1. Players are either NBA ready already or never get better, see Matthews. They've had success, but with the enormous talent gap he processed over everyone else he faced, there should be at least 1 championship with his players, but more like 2 or 3. Imagine Bielein with a team with that much talent and then tell me Calipari is a coach instead of being almost an NBA agent.