List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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John Wooden, inducted as player in 1960 and as a coach in 1973, the FIRST person so inducted. Johnwooden.jpg
John Wooden, inducted as player in 1960 and as a coach in 1973, the FIRST person so inducted.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Basketball Hall of Fame is named after James Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891; he was inducted into the Hall as a contributor in 1959. [1] The Coach category has existed since the beginning of the Hall of Fame. For a person to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, they must either be "fully retired for five years" or, if they are still active, "have coached as either a fulltime assistant or head coach on the high school and/or college and/or professional level" for 25 years. [2]

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As part of the inaugural class of 1959, three coaches were inducted (Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, Henry Clifford Carlson and Walter E. Meanwell); in total, 100 individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame as coaches.

Six coaching inductees were associated with teams that were inducted to the Hall of Fame as units. Don Haskins, inducted in 1997, was the coach of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team, which was inducted in 2007. Dutch Lonborg, inducted in 1973, was manager of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team that was inducted in 2010. Three coaching inductees were members of the staff for the 1992 U.S. Olympic team that was also inducted in 2010—head coach Chuck Daly (1994) and assistants Lenny Wilkens (1998) and Mike Krzyzewski (2001). Cathy Rush (2008) was the head coach of the Immaculata College women's team of 1972–1974 that was inducted in 2014. [3]

Ten of the inducted coaches were born outside the United States: Cesare Rubini, Aleksandr J. Gomelsky, Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Aleksandar "Aza" Nikolić, Geno Auriemma, Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba, Mirko Novosel, Pedro Ferrándiz, Lidia Alexeeva, and Lindsay Gaze. Ten of the inducted coaches are women: L. Margaret Wade, Jody Conradt, Pat Head Summitt, Sandra Kay Yow, Sue Gunter, Rush, C. Vivian Stringer, Tara VanDerveer, Alexeeva, and Sylvia Hatchell. Four coaches have also been inducted as players: John Wooden, Bill Sharman, Wilkens, and Tom Heinsohn. One of the more recent inductees in this category was John McLendon, who was inducted as a head coach in 2016. McLendon had also been inducted as a contributor in 1979, making him the first individual ever to be inducted as both a coach and contributor. [4]

Unlike recent years (such as 2015), in which individuals directly elected by special Hall committees were announced separately from the rest of the class, [5] [6] all 2016 inductees were announced at the same event. Specifically, the announcement of the class of 2016 was made on April 4 during the festivities surrounding the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four in Houston. [4]

Coaches

Clifford Carlson, inducted in 1959 Carlson Owl1935.jpg
Clifford Carlson, inducted in 1959
Walter Meanwell, inducted in 1959 Walter Meanwell.jpg
Walter Meanwell, inducted in 1959
Red Auerbach, inducted in 1969 RedAuerbach.jpg
Red Auerbach, inducted in 1969
Dean Smith, inducted in 1983 DeanSmithcropped2.jpg
Dean Smith, inducted in 1983
Bob Knight, inducted in 1991 TTU Bob Knight.jpg
Bob Knight, inducted in 1991
Lou Carnesecca, inducted in 1992 Lou Carnesecca 081013.jpg
Lou Carnesecca, inducted in 1992
Chuck Daly, inducted in 1994 Chuck Daly.jpg
Chuck Daly, inducted in 1994
Jody Conradt, inducted in 1998 Jody conradt.jpg
Jody Conradt, inducted in 1998
Pat Summitt, inducted in 2000 Pat-Summitt-Walter-Reed-Center-06-24-08-2.jpg
Pat Summitt, inducted in 2000
Mike Krzyzewski, inducted in 2001 Krzyzewski at Pentagon cropped.JPG
Mike Krzyzewski, inducted in 2001
Geno Auriemma, inducted in 2006 Geno-Auriemma-UConn-vs-Texas-3-23-08.jpg
Geno Auriemma, inducted in 2006
Van Chancellor, inducted in 2007 Coachvan.jpg
Van Chancellor, inducted in 2007
Phil Jackson, inducted in 2007 Phil Jackson 3 cropped.jpg
Phil Jackson, inducted in 2007
Pat Riley, inducted in 2008 Pat Riley.jpg
Pat Riley, inducted in 2008
C. Vivian Stringer, inducted in 2009 C Vivian Stringer.jpg
C. Vivian Stringer, inducted in 2009
YearInducteesAchievements [a] Ref.Nationality
1959 Phog Allen Two Helms Foundation championships (Kansas, 1922, 1923); Founder of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship. National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) National Coach of the Year (1950); NCAA Tournament Champion (Kansas, 1952); 26 regular season conference championships. Responsible for basketball being accepted as an Olympic sport (1936). Olympic gold medal winner (Helsinki, 1952). 746 career wins. Known as "The Father of Basketball Coaching." [7] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1959 Doc Carlson Created Figure 8 offense in 1922; Helms Foundation championship (Pittsburgh; 1928, 1930) [8] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1959 Walter Meanwell Three Helms Foundation championships (Wisconsin, 1912, 1914, 1916); Eight Big Ten Conference championships (Wisconsin; 1912–14, 1916, 1921, 1923–24, 1929); charter member of National Basketball Coaches Association [9] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1960 Ernest Blood Coached Passaic High School to a high school record 159-game winning streak and seven high school state championships; five prep-school state championships (St. Benedict's) [10] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1960 Frank Keaney Led University of Rhode Island to four National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berths; University of Rhode Island Gymnasium dedicated in his honor in 1953; first coach to be signed by the Boston Celtics [11] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1960 Ward Lambert 11 Big Ten Conference championships (Purdue); Helms Foundation championship (Purdue, 1932); inducted into Helms Foundation Hall of Fame; Most Outstanding Coach by Esquire (1945) [12] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1961 George Keogan Two Helms Foundation championships (Notre Dame; 1927, 1936) [13] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1961 Lenny Sachs Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championship (Illinois Athletic Club, 1917) [14] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1964 Ken Loeffler Basketball Association of America (BAA) Western Division championship (St. Louis, 1948); National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship (La Salle, 1952); NCAA championship (La Salle, 1954); East All-Star coach in College All-Star Game (1955) [15] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1965 Howard Hobson NCAA championship (Oregon, 1939); member and treasurer of National Basketball Rules Committee; member of U.S. Olympic Basketball Olympic Committee [16] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1966 Everett Dean Three Big Ten Conference championships (Indiana; 1926, 1928, 1936); NCAA championship (Stanford, 1942) [17] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1968 Howard Cann National Coach of the Year (1947); NIT championship (NYU, 1948) [18] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1968 Slats Gill Five Pacific Coast Conference championships (Oregon State; 1933, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1958); eight Far West Conference championships; coached 1964 NABC All-Star Game [19] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1968 Doggie Julian NCAA championship (Holy Cross, 1947); three Ivy League championships (Dartmouth; 1956, 1958–59) [20] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1969 Red Auerbach Nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championships (Boston Celtics; 1957, 1959–66); coached NBA All-Star Game (1957–67); NBA Coach of the Year (1965); NBA Executive of the Year (1980); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [21] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1969 Henry Iba Two-time National Coach of the Year (Oklahoma A&M; 1945–46); 14 Missouri Valley Conference championships (Oklahoma A&M); Big Eight championship (Oklahoma State, 1965); first of only two coaches in history to win two Olympic gold medals, FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) [22] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1969 Adolph Rupp NIT championship (Kentucky, 1946); four NCAA championships (Kentucky; 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958); four-time National and Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year; co-coached U.S. Olympic team (London, 1948); 27 Southeastern Conference championships (Kentucky) [23] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1970 Ben Carnevale Southern Conference championship (North Carolina, 1945); NCAA championship (North Carolina, 1946); College Coach of the Year, 1947; five NCAA and two NIT tournament appearances (Navy) [24] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1972 Edgar Diddle First coach in NCAA history to coach 1,000 games at one school; three NCAA and eight NIT tournament appearances (Western Kentucky); won 32 conference titles in 3 conferences; pioneer of fast break basketball [25] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1973 Bruce Drake Three NCAA tournament appearances and six conference championships (Oklahoma; 1939, 1943, 1947); Chairman of NCAA Rules Committee (1951–55); co-coached U.S. Olympic team (Melbourne, 1956) [26] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1973 Dutch Lonborg AAU championship (Washburn, 1925); Big Ten Conference championship (Northwestern, 1931); chaired the NCAA Tournament Committee (1947–60); manager of U.S. Olympic team (Rome, 1960) [27] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1973 John Wooden Ten NCAA championships in 12 years (UCLA; 1964–65, 1967–73, 1975); NCAA College Basketball Coach of the Year (UCLA; 1964, 1967, 1969–70, 1972–73); NCAA Division I record winning streak of 88 games; The Sporting News Sportsman of the Year (1970); Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (1973); compiled an 885–203 (.813) record during his 40-year coaching career [28] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1976 Harry Litwack NCAA Final Four (Temple; 1956, 1958) [29] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1977 Frank McGuire NCAA runner-up (St. John's, 1952); NCAA championship (North Carolina, 1957); National Coach of the Year (St. Johns, 1952; North Carolina, 1957; South Carolina, 1970); ACC Coach of the Year (North Carolina, 1957; South Carolina, 1971) [30] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1979 Sam Barry Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships (Knox College; 1919–20); Big Ten Conference championship (Iowa, 1923); Pacific Coast Conference championships (USC; 1930, 1935, 1940); NCAA third-place finish (USC, 1940) [31] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1979 Eddie Hickey 4 Missouri Valley Conference championships (Creighton); NIT championship (St. Louis, 1948); Cotton Bowl (1949) and Sugar Bowl (1950, 1952) championships (St. Louis); United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year (1959) [32] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1979 Ray Meyer NCAA Final Four (DePaul, 1943, 1979); NIT championship (DePaul, 1945); USBWA Coach of the Year (DePaul, 1978); NABC Coach of the Year (DePaul, 1979) [33] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1980 Everett Shelton Developed five-man weave offense; AAU national championship (Denver Safeways, 1937); NCAA championship (Wyoming, 1943) [34] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1981 Arad McCutchan Five NCAA College Division championships (Evansville; 1959–60, 1964–65, 1971); NCAA College Division Coach of the Year (1964–65); coached the Olympic Trials teams (1960, 1968) [35] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1982 Everett Case 4 state championships (Frankfort High School; 1925, 1929, 1936, 1939); six Southern Conference titles (NC State; 1947–52); 4 Atlantic Coast Conference titles (NC State; 1954–56, 1959); ACC Coach of the Year (NC State; 1954–55, 1958) [36] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1982 Clarence Gaines 12 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships; CIAA Coach of the Year (1961, 1963, 1970, 1975, 1980); NCAA College Division championship (Winston-Salem State, 1967); NCAA College Division Coach of the Year (1967) [37] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1983 Dean Smith NIT championship (North Carolina, 1971); 3 NCAA championships (As player with Kansas; 1952 and as coach of North Carolina; 1982, 1993); Olympic gold medal (Montreal, 1976); Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (1997), FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) [38] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1984 Jack Gardner National Coach of the Year (1970); three Big Seven titles (Kansas State); five Skyline Conference titles (Utah); coached NABC East-West All-Star (1953, 1960, 1964) [39] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1985 Harold Anderson NIT third-place finish (Toledo, 1942); six NIT and three NCAA tournament berths (Bowling Green); first coach to take two different schools to the NIT; President of NABC (1962–63) [40] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1985 Marv Harshman National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship game (Pacific Lutheran, 1959); coached U.S. Pan American gold medal (1975); seven-time NAIA District I Coach of the Year; NABC Coach of the Year NCAA Division I (Washington, 1984) [41] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1985 Margaret Wade All-Conference (Delta State; 1930–32); Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships (Delta State; 1975–77); later a member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999) [42] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1986 Red Holzman National Basketball League (NBL) All-Star First-Team (1946, 1948); NBA Coach of the Year (1970); three NBA championships (Rochester Royals, 1951; New York Knicks, 1970, 1973); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [43] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1986 Fred Taylor NCAA championship (Ohio State, 1960); NCAA Final Four (1960–62, 1968); won or shared seven Big Ten Conference titles (1960–62, 1963–64, 1968, 1971); Coach of the Year by USBWA and United Press International (1961–62) [44] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1986 Stan Watts Two NIT championships (BYU; 1951, 1966); eight conference titles: Mountain State Athletic Conference (1950–51), Skyline Conference (1957), Western Athletic Conference (1965, 1967, 1969, 1971–72); 11 postseason tournaments (4 NITs, seven NCAAs) [45] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1988 Ralph Miller Associated Press National Coach of the Year (Oregon State, 1981–82); conference championships (Wichita, 1964; Iowa, 1968, 1970; Oregon State, 1980–82); Pac-10 Coach of the Year (Oregon State, 1975, 1981) [46] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1991 Bob Knight Four NCAA championships (Ohio State as a player, 1960 and Indiana as a coach; 1976, 1981, 1987); Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year (1973, 1975–76, 1980–81); National Coach of the Year (1975–87, 1989); Olympic gold medal (Los Angeles, 1984) [47] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1992 Lou Carnesecca Big East Conference Coach of the Year (St. John's, 1983, 1985–86); National Coach of the Year by USBWA (1983, 1985) and NABC (1985); NCAA Final Four (St. John's, 1985); NIT championship (St. John's, 1989) [48] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1992 Al McGuire NIT championship (Marquette, 1970); National Coach of the Year (1971); NABC Coach of the Year (1974); NCAA championship (1977) [49] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1992 Jack Ramsay NCAA Final Four (St. Joseph's College, 1965); NBA championship (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977); led Portland to playoffs 9 times in 10 seasons; retired as the NBA's second-winningest coach; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [50] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1992 Phil Woolpert NCAA championship (San Francisco; 1955–56); Coach of the Year (1955–56); NCAA third-place finish (San Francisco, 1957); Pacific Coach of the Year (1957–58) [51] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1994 Denny Crum USA World University Games gold medal (1977); two NCAA Championships (Louisville; 1980, 1986); National Coach of the Year (Louisville; 1980, 1983, 1986); three NIT tournaments and the 1985 NIT Semifinals (all Louisville); 3 Missouri Valley Conference titles, 12 regular season Metro Conference titles and 11 Metro Conference championships (all Louisville) [52] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1994 Chuck Daly Ivy League championship (Pennsylvania; 1972–75); NBA championships (Detroit Pistons, 1989–90); three Eastern and Central Division titles (Detroit Pistons; 1988–90); Olympic gold medal (Barcelona, 1992); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [53] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1994 Cesare Rubini Olympics silver medal (Moscow, 1980); EuroBasket gold medal (1983); EuroBasket 1985 bronze medal; 9 Italian League championships (1958–60, 1962–63, 1965–67, 1972), FIBA Hall of Fame (2013) [54] Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1995 Alexander Gomelsky Six EuroBasket Championships (1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1979, 1981); 2 World Cups (1967, 1982); Olympics gold medal (Seoul, 1988); three-time European Coach of the Year; Olympic Order from International Olympic Committee; FIBA Hall of Fame (2007), one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in EuroLeague History (2008) [55] Flag of Russia.svg Russia [56]
1995 John Kundla NBL championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1948); BAA championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1949); NBA championship (Minneapolis Lakers, 1950, 1952–54); coached 4 NBA All-Star Games (1951–54); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [57] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1997 Pete Carril 13 Ivy League championships (Princeton); NIT championship (Princeton, 1975); 13 postseason tournaments (Princeton; 11 NCAA, 2 NIT); led nation in defensive points allowed (14 times) [58] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1997 Antonio Díaz-Miguel EuroBasket silver medal (1973, 1983); Spain's Coach of the Year (1980–81, 1982–83); Olympics silver medal (Los Angeles, 1984); Spanish national team Coach from 1965 to 1992, FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) [59] Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1997 Don Haskins NCAA championship (Texas Western, 1966); had the fourth-most wins in NCAA history (1999) [60] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1998 Jody Conradt National Coach of the Year (1980, 1984, 1986, 1997); NCAA championship (Texas, 1986); Southwest Conference Coach of the Year (1984–85, 1987–88, 1996); member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999) [61] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1998 Alex Hannum 2X NBA championships (1958 St. Louis Hawks and 1967 Philadelphia 76ers); AAU championship (Wichita Vickers, 1959); NBA Coach of the Year (1964); American Basketball Association (ABA) Coach of the Year (1969); ABA championship with 1969 Oakland Oaks [62] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1998 Aleksandar Nikolić European Coach of the Year (1966, 1976); EuroBasket gold medal (1977 EuroBasket); FIBA World Cup gold medal (1978); FIBA Hall of Fame (2007), one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in EuroLeague History (2008) [63] Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia [64]
1998 Lenny Wilkens NBA championship (Seattle SuperSonics, 1979); assistant coach of U.S. gold medal basketball team (Barcelona, 1992); NBA Coach of the Year (1994); Olympic gold medal (Atlanta, 1996); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [65] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1999 Billie Moore AIAW championship (Cal State Fullerton, 1970); AIAW Final Four (1970, 1972, 1975, 1978–79); Olympic silver medal (Montreal, 1976); AIAW Championship (UCLA, 1978) [66] Flag of the United States.svg United States
1999 John Thompson NCAA championship (Georgetown, 1984); NCAA Final Fours (1982, 1984–85); National Coach of the Year (1984, 1985–87); Big East Coach of the Year (1980, 1987, 1992) [67] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2000 Pat Summitt Olympic gold medal, (Los Angeles, 1984); eight NCAA championships (Tennessee; 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–98, 2007–08); Naismith College Coach of the Year (1987, 1989, 1994, 1998); Naismith Coach of the Century (2000); member of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999), FIBA Hall of Fame (2013) [68] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2000 Morgan Wootten Five high school national championships (DeMatha High School; 1962, 1965, 1968, 1978, 1984); USA Today National Coach of the Year (1984); Walt Disney Award (1991); Naismith Scholastic Coach of the Century (2000) [69] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2001 John Chaney NCAA Division II championship (Cheyney State, 1978); Division II National Coach of the Year (1978); USBWA National Coach of the Year (Temple, 1987–88); Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year (Temple, 1984–85, 1987–88, 2000) [70] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2001 Mike Krzyzewski At time of induction:
  • Three national championships (Duke; 1991–92, 2001)
  • Nine NCAA Final Fours (Duke; 1986, 1988–92, 1994, 1999, 2001)

Since induction:

  • Two national championships (Duke, 2010, 2015)
  • Four NCAA Final Fours (Duke; 2004, 2010, 2015, 2022)
  • Winningest coach in the NCAA tournament
  • Winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's history
  • First coach to lead a team to three Olympic gold medals in basketball (2008, 2012, 2016)
  • FIBA World Championship, 2010, 2014
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2002 Larry Brown NCAA championship (Kansas, 1988); USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (1999); NBA Coach of the Year (2001); later won the NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons (2004) [72] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2002 Lute Olson NCAA championship (Arizona, 1997); National Coach of the Year (1988, 1990); gold medal coach at Jones Cup (1984) and World Championships (1986) [73] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2002 Kay Yow NCAA Final Four (N.C. State, 1998); Olympic gold medal (Seoul, 1988); enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2000), FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) [74] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2003 Leon Barmore Naismith National Coach of the Year (Louisiana Tech, 1982); nine NCAA Final Fours (all with Louisiana Tech) and two national titles (1982 and 1988); reached 500 wins faster than any other coach in women's basketball history; enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2003) [75] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2004 Bill Sharman Only coach to win professional championships and Coach of the Year honors the same season in three different leagues (American Basketball League, Cleveland Pipers, 1962; ABA, Utah Stars, 1971; NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, 1972); coached the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA-record 33 consecutive victories (1971–72) [76] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 Jim Boeheim National championship (Syracuse, 2003); Big East Conference Coach of the Year (Syracuse, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2010); four NCAA Final Fours (Syracuse, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013,2016); USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2001); AP National Coach of the Year (2010). [77] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 Jim Calhoun National championships (Connecticut; 1999, 2004, 2011); NIT Championship (Connecticut, 1988); National Coach of the Year (1990); Big East Conference Coach of the Year (1990, 1994, 1996, 1998) [78] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 Sue Gunter Retired as the third-winningest coach in Division I women's basketball history; National Coach of the Year (LSU, 1983); enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2001) [79] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2006 Geno Auriemma At time of induction:

Since induction:

  • Six national championships (2009–10, 2013–16)
  • Four unbeaten seasons (2009–10, 2014, 2016)
  • Separate Division I record winning streaks of 90 and 111 games
  • 5× National Coach of the Year (2008–09, 2011, 2016–17)
  • Coached USA to Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016
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2006 Sandro Gamba Olympics silver medal (Moscow, 1980); EuroBasket gold medal (1983); EuroBasket silver medal (1991); EuroBasaket bronze medal (1985) [82] Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2007 Van Chancellor At time of induction:
  • 3× Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year (Mississippi, 1987, 1990, 1992)
  • 4× WNBA titles (Houston Comets, 1997–2000)
  • 3× coach of the WNBA Western Conference All-Stars (1999, 2000, 2001)
  • Coach of the WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006)
  • Retired from the WNBA as the league's winningest coach
  • 2× USA Basketball National Coach of the Year (2002, 2004)
  • World Championship gold medal (2002)
  • Olympic gold (2004)

Since induction:

  • Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year (LSU, 2008)
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2007 Pedro Ferrándiz 4 EuroLeague championships (Real Madrid; 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974); co-founder of the World Association of Basketball Coaches (1976); Olympic Order from International Olympic Committee; FIBA Order of Merit (2000); one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in EuroLeague History (2008), FIBA Hall of Fame (2009) [84] Flag of Spain.svg Spain
2007 Phil Jackson First coach in NBA history to lead a team to three consecutive championships in three separate stretches (Chicago Bulls, 1991–93, 1996–98; Los Angeles Lakers, 2000–02, and also led Lakers to championships in 2009 and 2010); coached the Chicago Bulls to NBA-record 72–10 season (1995–96); led his teams to NBA-record 25 consecutive postseason series victories (1996–2003); winner of NBA-record 11 championships; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996) [85] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2007 Mirko Novosel Olympics silver medal (1976), bronze medal (1984) with Yugoslavia; FIBA World Cup silver medal with Yugoslavia (1974); seven Yugoslav Cups (KK Cibona; 1969, 1980–83, 1985, 1988), FIBA Hall of Fame (2010) [86] Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [87]
2007 Roy Williams 3 NCAA Titles (2005, 2009, 2017); 9 NCAA Final Four (Kansas, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003; North Carolina, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017); took less time than any other men's basketball coach to win 500 games; six-time National Coach of the Year [88] [89] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2008 Pat Riley NBA Coach of the Year (Los Angeles Lakers, 1990; New York Knicks, 1993; Miami Heat, 1997); five NBA championships (1982, 1985, 1987–1988 with the Lakers, 2006 with the Heat); one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996); a record 11-time NBA Coach of the Month [90] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2008 Cathy Rush Three consecutive AIAW national titles (Immaculata, 1972–74, a team inducted as a unit in 2014); Pan American Games gold medal (1975); USBWA Pioneer Award (1994); founder of Women's Athletic Service, Inc.; enshrined in Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2000) [91] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2009 Jerry Sloan First NBA coach to win 1,000 games with a single franchise (Utah Jazz); Sporting News NBA Coach of the Year (2004); two NBA Finals appearances (1997–98); nine-time NBA Coach of the Month; tied for third for winningest coach in NBA history [92] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2009 C. Vivian Stringer National Coach of the Year (Cheyney State, 1982; Iowa, 1988, 1993); first coach to lead 3 different schools to the NCAA Final Four (Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers); led teams to 29 20-win seasons in her first 38 years; enshrined in Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2001) [93] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2010 Bob Hurley Three USA Today national high school championships (1989, 1996, 2008); three-time USA Today National Coach of the Year (1989, 1996, 2008); 25 New Jersey state parochial school championships; five undefeated seasons (1974, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2008) [94] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2011 Herb Magee Head coach at Philadelphia University (1967–present); most wins by an NCAA men's head coach in any division; NCAA College Division (now Division II) championship (1970); Division II Coach of the Year (1976); NABC Guardians of the Game award (2005); Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2008); also a renowned shooting instructor [95] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2011 Tara VanDerveer Head coach at Stanford University (1985–95, 1996–present); three NCAA championships (1990, 1992, 2021) and ten other Final Four appearances (1991, 1995, 1997, 2008-2012, 2014, 2017); Naismith National Coach of the Year (1990, 2002); Olympic gold medal (USA, 1996); Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2002); Winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's history [96] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2012 Lidiya Alekseyeva Two Olympic gold medals (1976, 1980) and 11 European championships as head coach of the Soviet Union women's team; Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999); FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) [97] Flag of Russia.svg Russia [98]
2012 Don Nelson Winningest coach in NBA history (1,335 wins) at time of induction; three-time NBA Coach of the Year (1983, 1985, 1992); 18 consecutive postseason appearances; one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996); also coached USA men to World Championship gold in 1994 [99] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2013 Sylvia Hatchell One of only six college women's basketball coaches with more than 1000 wins at the time of induction; only college women's coach to win national championships at three different levels (AIAW Division II, Francis Marion, 1982; NAIA Division I, Francis Marion, 1986; NCAA Division I, North Carolina, 1994); AP Coach of the Year (2006), Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2004) [100] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2013 Guy Lewis Won nearly 600 games in a 30-year career at the University of Houston; responsible for the integration of the Houston program; five Final Four appearances, including the Phi Slama Jama teams (1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1984); twice AP Coach of the Year (1968, 1983); architect of the 1968 "Game of the Century" against UCLA, the first nationally televised regular-season college game [101] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2013 Rick Pitino Only NCAA Division I men's coach to win national championships at two different schools (Kentucky, 1996; Louisville, 2013 - vacated); first coach to take three different schools to the men's Final Four (Providence, Kentucky, Louisville); four-time conference Coach of the Year (Southeastern Conference three times, Conference USA once) [102] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2013 Jerry Tarkanian Took three different programs to the NCAA men's tournament (Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State); one national championship (1990) and three other Final Fours at UNLV (1977, 1987, 1991); four-time national Coach of the Year (1977, 1983, 1984, 1990) [103] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2014 Bobby "Slick" Leonard Three ABA championships (Indiana Pacers, 1970, 1972, 1973); winningest coach in Pacers history (529 wins), winningest coach in ABA history (387 wins), and winningest playoff coach in ABA history (69 wins) [104] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2014 Nolan Richardson Only coach to win NJCAA, NIT, and NCAA Division I titles (respectively Western Texas, 1980; Tulsa, 1981; and Arkansas, 1994); two other Final Fours at Arkansas (1990 & 1995); nine conference championships at Arkansas (both SWC and SEC); Naismith Coach of the Year, 1994; also coached Panama and Mexico national teams [105] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2014 Gary Williams Over 600 career college coaching wins (American, Boston College, Ohio State, Maryland); one national championship (2002), one other Final Four (2001), and three ACC regular-season titles (1995, 2002, 2010) at Maryland; twice ACC Coach of the Year (2002, 2010) [106] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2015 John Calipari The only coach to coach a men's college basketball team to 38 wins in a season. He has done it three times – in 2008 (Memphis Tigers – vacated), 2012 (Kentucky Wildcats), 2015 (Kentucky Wildcats). He has won one National Championship (2012), two runner-up finishes (2008 – vacated), (2014), and three other Final Fours (1996 – vacated), (2011), (2015). He's won one NIT championship (2002), twelve conference tournament championships (5 Atlantic-10, 4 Conference USA, 3 SEC), and twelve conference regular season championships (5 Atlantic-10, 4 Conference USA, 3 SEC). He's been named three times the Naismith Coach of the Year (1996, 2008, 2015), once the Associated Press Coach of the Year (2015), 3 NABC Coach of the Year awards (1996, 2009, 2015), as well as a multitude of other awards including conference coach of the year seven times (1 Atlantic-10, 3 Conference USA, 3 SEC). [107] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2015 Lindsay Gaze Coached Australian national team in four Olympic Games (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
3x NBL Coach of the Year
Author, Better Basketball and Winning Basketball
Enshrinee, FIBA Hall of Fame, 2010		 [108] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
2015 Tom Heinsohn NBA Coach of the Year, 1973
2 NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics (1974, 1976)
Led Boston Celtics to five consecutive first-place finishes in the Atlantic Division, 1972–77
Led Boston Celtics to franchise record 68 wins, 1973		 [109] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2016 Tom Izzo Over 600 college career wins, 1 NCAA Championship (2000), 8x NCAA Final Fours, AP College Coach of the Year (1998), 9x Big Ten Regular Season Championships, 6x Big Ten Tournament Championships, 3x Big Ten Coach of the Year [4] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2016 John McLendon Over 400 college career wins, 3x NAIA Coach of the Year award, 3x NAIA championships with Tennessee State A&I University, 8 CIAA Championships (1941, 1943–44, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1952) with North Carolina College for Negroes
Previously inducted in 1979 as a contributor		 [4] Flag of the United States.svg United States
2017 Robert Hughes Winningest coach in High School Boys Basketball History, 5x Texas State Championships, 1x National High School Coach of the Year (2003), Recipient of the Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2017 Muffet McGraw 2 NCAA Championships (2001, 2018), 9x NCAA Final Fours, 3x AP Coach of the Year (2001, 2013, 2014), 1 of 6 Coaches (Male or Female) with 800 wins, 9 Final Fours, and 7 Championship Game AppearancesFlag of the United States.svg United States
2017 Bill Self Over 700 college career wins, 2 NCAA Championships (2008, 2022), 4x NCAA Final Fours, 2x AP National Coach of the Year (2009, 2016), 6x Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018), 1x Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2000), NCAA Record 14 consecutive regular season conference titles (2005–2018)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2018 Lefty Driesell Won nearly 800 games, 1972 NIT Championship, 16 Conference Championships (2 ACC, 5 SoCon, 5 CAA, 4 Atlantic Sun), & 6 Conference Tournament Championships (1 ACC, 3 SoCon, 1 CAA, 1 Atlantic Sun). Inventor of “Midnight Madness”, first coach to win 100 games at four different schools (Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, & Georgia State), first coach to be named Conference Coach of the Year in four different conferences, one of 11 coaches to lead four schools to the NCAA Tournament.Flag of the United States.svg United States
2019 Bill Fitch Over 900 NBA wins, 1981 NBA champion, 2x NBA Coach of the Year, took 5 different teams to the NBA Playoffs, one of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History (1996), Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2020 Kim Mulkey 4 NCAA Championships (2005, 2012 and 2019 with Baylor, 2023 with LSU), 5x NCAA Final FoursFlag of the United States.svg United States
2020 Barbara Stevens NCAA Division II National (2014)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2020 Eddie Sutton Over 800 wins, 3x NCAA Final Fours (Arkansas 1978, Oklahoma State 1995 & 2004).Flag of the United States.svg United States
2020 Rudy Tomjanovich 2 NBA Championships with the Houston Rockets (1994 & 1995), 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist.Flag of the United States.svg United States
2021 Rick Adelman 1 of 9 NBA Head Coaches with over 1000 wins.Flag of the United States.svg United States
2021 Cotton Fitzsimmons 2x NBA Coach of the YearFlag of the United States.svg United States
2021 Bill Russell First black head coach in NBA history, and the first to win an NBA title. 2 NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics (1968, 1969).Flag of the United States.svg United States
2021 Jay Wright 2 NCAA Championships (2016, 2018), 3x NCAA Final Fours, 2x Naismith National Coach of the Year (2006, 2016), 6x Big East Conference Coach of the Year (2006, 2009, 2014-16, 2019)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2022 Theresa Grentz 1 AIAW Championship (1982), 1992 Olympic Bronze MedalistFlag of the United States.svg United States
2022 Bob Huggins 2x NCAA Final Fours, 11x Conference Regular Season Titles (1x OVC, 2x Great Midwest, 8x C-USA), 10x Conference Tournament Titles (1x OVC, 4x Great Midwest, 4x C-USA, 1x Big East)Flag of the United States.svg United States
2022 George Karl 2013 NBA Coach of the Year; reached the NBA Playoffs 22 times with 5 different teamsFlag of the United States.svg United States
2022 Marianne Stanley 1 NCAA Championship (1985), 2002 WNBA Coach of the YearFlag of the United States.svg United States
2023 Gene Bess 1,300 wins, 2X NJCAA National Championships, 2X NJCAA National Coach of the YearFlag of the United States.svg United States
2023 Gary Blair 2011 NCAA Women's National Championship, 2X Final Four appearances, 852 career winsFlag of the United States.svg United States
2023 David Hixon 2X NCAA DIII National Championships, 7X NCAA DIII Final Four Appearances, 2X NABC DIII Coach of the YearFlag of the United States.svg United States
2023 Gene Keady 7x Big Ten Coach of the Year, 6X Big Ten championships, 4X National Coach of the YearFlag of the United States.svg United States
2023 Gregg Popovich 5X NBA championships, 3X Coach of the Year, Winningest coach in NBA historyFlag of the United States.svg United States

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