There has been much talk about coaching so I thought I would name some facts about the coaches of the teams left in the NCAA tournament.. Things besides records.... Thought it to be interesting
Ages of the coaches: Jim Boeheim of Syracuse is the oldest at 71 years old.. The youngest is Tony Bennett(Virginia) at 46. There are 2 in their 60's - Roy Williams(North Carolina) and Lon Kruger(Oklahoma)...There are 2 in their later 50's - Dana Altman of Oregon and Mike Brey of Notre Dame are both 57. There are 2 in their early to mid 50's - Jay Wright(Villanova) is 54 and Bill Self(Kansas) is 53. You have the oldest(Boeheim) vs. the youngest(Bennett) to go to the Final Four.
Coach of the year: ALL THE COACHES in the Elite 8 have won "Coach of the Year" in 2 or more conferences except Jim Boeheim.. Boeheim has been a player, assistant, and head coach in all 51 years of his association with Syracuse so he has known no other college experience.. And yes, he was "Coach of the Year" multiple times.
Locations where they learned the game: Brey(Maryland); Boeheim(New York), Wright(Pennsylvania) and Williams(North Carolina) are easterner/Atlantic seaboard types....Kruger(Kansas), Altman(Nebraska); and Self(Oklahoma) learned their games in the plains area.. Bennett was born in Wisconsin, of course so he is an Upper Midwest guy.
Coaching trees:
Boeheim: Roy Danforth is all he knows from the college game as he played and coached under him.. Rick Pitino was on his staff at Syracuse.
Bennett: Of course, played and coached under his dad Dick Bennett.
Altman: Coached under Jack Hartman and Lon Kruger(whom he will be facing this next round)
Kruger: Played and coached under Jack Hartman
Wright: assistant for 7 years under Rollie Massimino
Self: assistant to Larry Brown, Leonard Hamilton, and Eddie Sutton
Brey: played and coached under who may have been the best HS coach ever in Morgan Wooten at DeMatha High School outside of Washington DC.. Then coached under one of the greatest college coaches as an assistant for Coach K at Duke
Williams: Of course, he was an assistant under Dean Smith. Only Elite 8 coach to NOT play varsity college basketball(played for the North Carolina freshman team only).
That is the few details behind the story of some successful coaches.
Ages of the coaches: Jim Boeheim of Syracuse is the oldest at 71 years old.. The youngest is Tony Bennett(Virginia) at 46. There are 2 in their 60's - Roy Williams(North Carolina) and Lon Kruger(Oklahoma)...There are 2 in their later 50's - Dana Altman of Oregon and Mike Brey of Notre Dame are both 57. There are 2 in their early to mid 50's - Jay Wright(Villanova) is 54 and Bill Self(Kansas) is 53. You have the oldest(Boeheim) vs. the youngest(Bennett) to go to the Final Four.
Coach of the year: ALL THE COACHES in the Elite 8 have won "Coach of the Year" in 2 or more conferences except Jim Boeheim.. Boeheim has been a player, assistant, and head coach in all 51 years of his association with Syracuse so he has known no other college experience.. And yes, he was "Coach of the Year" multiple times.
Locations where they learned the game: Brey(Maryland); Boeheim(New York), Wright(Pennsylvania) and Williams(North Carolina) are easterner/Atlantic seaboard types....Kruger(Kansas), Altman(Nebraska); and Self(Oklahoma) learned their games in the plains area.. Bennett was born in Wisconsin, of course so he is an Upper Midwest guy.
Coaching trees:
Boeheim: Roy Danforth is all he knows from the college game as he played and coached under him.. Rick Pitino was on his staff at Syracuse.
Bennett: Of course, played and coached under his dad Dick Bennett.
Altman: Coached under Jack Hartman and Lon Kruger(whom he will be facing this next round)
Kruger: Played and coached under Jack Hartman
Wright: assistant for 7 years under Rollie Massimino
Self: assistant to Larry Brown, Leonard Hamilton, and Eddie Sutton
Brey: played and coached under who may have been the best HS coach ever in Morgan Wooten at DeMatha High School outside of Washington DC.. Then coached under one of the greatest college coaches as an assistant for Coach K at Duke
Williams: Of course, he was an assistant under Dean Smith. Only Elite 8 coach to NOT play varsity college basketball(played for the North Carolina freshman team only).
That is the few details behind the story of some successful coaches.
