Gonzaga's Mark Few named one of college basketball's best coaches by Field of 68

Only three active head coaches will enter the 2024-25 college basketball season with more NCAA Tournament wins in their career than Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few.

The names ahead of him on the list are noteworthy — Arkansas coach John Calipari (57), Kansas coach Bill Self (57), and St. John’s coach Rick Pitino (54), three future hall-of-famers. UConn’s Dan Hurley is quickly climbing that leaderboard as he comes off back-to-back national championships with the Huskies. Outside of those names, there are not many coaches in the sport who boast a resume as lengthy as Few’s.

As such, the Field of 68’s list of top 10 head coaches heading into the new college basketball season featured Few at No. 3, only behind Hurley and Self. Baylor’s Scott Drew, who won a national championship over the Zags in 2021, checked in at No. 4 followed by Houston’s Kelvin Sampson, the reigning AP and Big 12 Coach of the Year.

Nate Oats of Alabama, coming off his first Final Four appearance, was No. 6 on the list ahead of Purdue’s Matt Painter (No. 7) and Auburn’s Bruce Pearl (No. 8). Pitino and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, who also crossed the 700-win threshold this past season along with Few, rounded out the rankings.


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