Top 5 Georgia Basketball Coach Candidates

There are many talented coaches out there, but these are the top 5 Georgia basketball coach candidates that could lead the team to success.

Tom Izzo

1. Tom Izzo – Head Coach of Michigan State
2. Mark few – head coach of Gonzaga
3. Jay Wright – Head Coach of Villanova
4. Bill self – head coach of Kansas
5. John Calipari – head coach of Kentucky

Billy Donovan

Billy Donovan is currently the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder but he has a strong connection to the University of Georgia He played basketball for UGA from 1983 to 1987 and was an Assistant Coach under Hugh Durham from 1989 to 1995. Donovan was also head coach of the Florida Gators from 1996 to 2015, winning back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2006 and 2007.

Jay Wright

Jay Wright is the head coach of the Villanova Wildcats a NCAA Division I college basketball team He has been the Head Coach of Villanova since 2001, and has led the Wildcats to two National Championships in 2016 and 2018. Prior to arriving at Villanova, Wright spent five seasons as the head coach at Hofstra University

John Calipari

1. John Calipari – Kentucky
2. Tom Izzo – Michigan State
3. Bill Self – Kansas
4. Mark Few – Gonzaga
5. Jay Wright – Villanova

Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino is an American college basketball coach. He is the former head coach of the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky He has also served as the head coach of the NBA’s Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets Pitino is currently the head coach of Panathinaikos Athens in Greece.

Pitino began his coaching career as an assistant at Hawaii in 1974. He then became an assistant at Boston University in 1978. In 1980, he became Head Coach at Boston University where he led the team to a 26-5 record and an NCAA tournament appearance. Pitino then left Boston University to become an assistant coach at Providence College under head coach Joe Mullaney.

In 1985, Pitino was hired as head coach at Wake Forest University. In his two seasons at Wake Forest Pitino led the team to a 28-24 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances.

In 1987, Pitino became head coach at the University of Kentucky In his ten seasons at Kentucky, Pitino led the team to a 253-63 record and six NCAA Final Four appearances, winning the National Championship in 1996.

In 1997, Pitino left Kentucky to become Head Coach of the Boston Celtics In his four seasons with the Celtics, Pitino led the team to a 102-146 record and one playoff appearance.

In 2001, Pitino was hired as head coach of the University of Louisville In his eight seasons at Louisville, Pitino led the team to a 241-57 record and five NCAA tournament appearances, winning the National Championship in 2013.

Pitino was fired from Louisville in September 2017 after it was revealed that he had engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who later accused him of rape. The affair allegedly occurred while she was employed as an escort by Louisville Basketball Program director Andre McGee.

Gregg Marshall

Gregg Marshall is the current head men’s basketball coach at Wichita State University He has held this position since 2007, and under his leadership, the team has made seven appearances in the NCAA tournament including one Final Four appearance in 2013. Prior to his time at Wichita State Marshall served as the head coach at Winthrop University from 1999 to 2007. During his time at Winthrop, he led the team to seven NCAA tournament appearances.

Mark Few

Mark Few is the current head men’s basketball coach at Gonzaga University. He has been the Bulldogs’ head coach since 1999, leading them to several conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2017, he was named one of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Top 30 coaches of all time.

Roy Williams

1. Roy Williams – The longtime North Carolina head coach who is a Georgia native, has been rumored as a candidate for the Bulldogs job for years. Williams has said he’s happy at UNC, but hasn’t ruled out coaching again someday.

2. Mark Few – The Gonzaga coach has emerged as one of the best coaches in the country, leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament every year since 1999. Few has said he’s happy at Gonzaga, but hasn’t ruled out coaching again someday.

3.Buzz Williams – The Virginia Tech head coach is a former assistant under Williams at UNC. Williams has led the Hokies to four NCAA tournaments in his six seasons in Blacksburg.

4. Jay Wright – The Villanova head coach has won two national championships with the Wildcats and is widely respected as one of the best coaches in the country. Wright has said he’s happy at Villanova, but hasn’t ruled out coaching again someday.

5. Kevin Ollie – The former UConn head coach led the Huskies to a National Championship in his second season in Storrs. Ollie was recently fired by UConn after seven seasons with the Huskies.

Bill Self

Bill Self is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas He is a ten-time NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament participant, including five times as head coach of the Jayhawks, with fifteen total wins in the tournament. In 2012, he was named the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year after leading Kansas to their eighth NCAA championship and seventeenth consecutive Big 12 Conference regular season title.

Prior to his time at Kansas, Self was head coach at Oral Roberts University and the University of Illinois In total, he has twenty-six years of experience as a head coach in college basketball amassing a record of 667-269 (.713).

Mike Krzyzewski

Mike Krzyzewski is widely regarded as one of the best Basketball Coaches of all time. He has led the Duke Blue Devils to five NCAA Championships and has won four Olympic gold medals as head coach of the US men’s national team If Georgia could lure Coach K away from Durham, it would be a real coup.