College Basketball Coaches at Alma Mater

 

What if college basketball programs opted to hire a school alum as their head coach?

Here is a list of potential options at many schools (includes active head coaches in college and NBA and notable assistants)

ACC

• Boston College – Bruce Pearl (Auburn), Mark Schmidt (St Bonaventure)
• Clemson – Will Wade (LSU)
• Duke – Bobby Hurley (Arizona St), Quin Snyder (Jazz), Jeff Capel (Pitt), Chris Collins (Northwestern), Tommy Amaker (Harvard), Johnny Dawkins (UCF)
• Georgia Tech – Mark Price (former Charlotte HC), Craig Neal (former New Mexico HC)
• Louisville – Scott Davenport (Bellarmine), Reece Gaines (NBA/Spurs Asst)
• Florida State – Sam Cassell (NBA Assst)
• Miami – James Jones (NBA/Suns GM)
• NC State – Archie Miller (recently fired at Indiana), Nate McMillan (NBA/Hawks)
• North Carolina – Hubert Davis*, Roy Williams, Jerry Stackhouse (Vanderbilt), Wes Miller (Cincinnati)
• Notre Dame – Monty Williams (NBA/Suns), Martin Ingelsby (Delaware)
• Pittsburgh – Sean Miller, Kevin Willard (Seton Hall)
• Syracuse – Jim Boeheim*, Mike Hopkins (Washington)
• Virginia – Rick Carlisle (NBA/Mavs), Jeff Jones (Old Dominion)
• Virginia Tech – N/A
• Wake Forest – Tim Duncan (NBA/Spurs Asst)

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Big East

• Butler – LaVall Jordan*, Scott Drew (Baylor), Travis Steele (Xavier)
• Creighton – Porter Moser (Oklahoma)
• Depaul – Tyrone Corbin (NBA/Magic Asst, former Jazz HC), Rod Strickland (former USF Asst)
• Georgetown – Patrick Ewing*
• Marquette – Doc Rivers (NBA/76ers), Brian Wardle (Bradley)
• Providence – Jim Larranaga (Miami), Richard Pitino (New Mexico), Billy Donovan (NBA/Bulls)
• Seton Hall – Dan Hurley (UConn)
• St. John’s – Chris Mullin
• UConn – Steve Pikiell (Rutgers), Mark Daigneault (NBA/Thunder)
• Xavier – Chris Mack (Louisville), Pat Kelsey (Charleston)

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Big Ten

• Purdue – Matt Painter*, Cuonzo Martin (Missouri)
• Illinois – N/A
• Indiana – Mike Woodson*, Steve Alford (Nevada), Joe Pasternack (UC-Santa Barbara
• Iowa – Keno Davis (recently fired by CMU)
• Maryland – Juan Dixon (Coppin St)
• Michigan – Juwan Howard*
• Michigan State – Scott Skiles (former NBA HC)
• Minnesota – Ben Johnson*, Brian Dutcher (SD St), Niko Medved (Colorado State), JB Bickerstaff (NBA/Cavs)
• Nebraska – Tyronn Lue (NBA/Clippers)
• Northwestern – Dave Leitao (recently fired by Depaul)
• Ohio State – N/A
• Penn St – Ed DeChellis (Navy)
• Rutgers – Eddie Jordan (former Rutgers HC)
• Wisconsin – Ben Braun (former Cal and Rice HC), Michael Finley (NBA/Spurs FO)

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Big 12

• Baylor – Grant McCasland (North Texas)
• Iowa State – Fred Hoiberg (Nebraska), Jeff Hornacek (former Knicks HC)
• Kansas – Mark Turgeon (Maryland), Jerod Haase (Stanford), Tad Boyle (Colorado)
• Kansas State – Lon Kruger (retired), Tim Jankovich (SMU), Brad Underwood (Illinois)
• Oklahoma – Terry Stotts (NBA/Blazers)
• Oklahoma State – Bill Self (Kansas)
• Texas – Chris Beard*
• Texas Tech – Darvin Ham (NBA/Bucks Asst)
• TCU – Jamie Dixon*
• West Virginia – Bob Huggins*

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SEC

• Alabama – Mike Davis (Detroit Mercy), Mo Williams (Alabama St), Mark Gottfried (Cal State Northridge)
• Arkansas – Darrell Walker (Arkansas-Little Rock)
• Auburn – N/A
• Florida – Matt McCall (UMass)
• Georgia – N/A
• Kentucky – Dwayne Casey (NBA/Pistons), Frank Vogel (NBA/Lakers), Mark Pope (BYU), Travis Ford (STL)
• LSU – Johnny Jones (Texas Southern)
• Mississippi State – Kermit Davis (Ole Miss)
• Missouri – Kim English (George Mason)
• Ole Miss – Mike White (Florida), Anthony Boone (Central Arkansas)
• South Carolina – Mike Boynton (Oklahoma St)
• Tennessee – N/A
• Texas A&M – Buzz Williams*
• Vanderbilt – N/A

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PAC-12

• Arizona – Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech), Damon Stoudemire (Pacific), Steve Kerr (NBA/Warriors), Luke Walton (NBA/Kings)
• Arizona State – Lionel Hollins (former Grizzlies/Nets HC)
• California – Dennis Gates (Cleveland St), Jason Kidd (former Nets/Bucks HC)
• Colorado – Chauncey Billups (NBA/Clippers Asst)
• Oregon – Mark Few (Gonzaga)
• Oregon State – N/A
• Stanford – Mark Madsen (Utah Valley)
• UCLA – Earl Watson (NBA/former Suns HC)
• USC – N/A
• Utah – Scott Garson (Santa Clara asst)
• Washington – Lorenzo Romar (Pepperdine)
• Washington State – Leon Rice (Boise State)

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AAC

• Cincinnati – Mick Cronin (UCLA)
• East Carolina – Bob McKilop (Davidson)
• Memphis – Penny Hardaway*
• Temple – Aaron McKie*
• Tulsa – Mike Anderson (St John’s)

Atlantic 10

• Dayton – Anthony Grant*
• George Washington – Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Joe Dooley (ECU)
• Dayton – Anthony Grant*
• Richmond – Kenny Atkinson (former Nets HC)
• Saint Joseph’s – John Gallagher (Hartford)
• St Bonaventure – Rob Lanier (Georgia St)
• UMass – Rick Pitino (Iona)

Big Sky

• Montana – Wayne Tinkle (Oregon St),  Larry Krystkowiak (recently fired by Utah)
• Weber St – Ben Howland (Miss St)

Big South

• High Point – Tubby Smith*

Big West

• UC Irvine – Scott Brooks (NBA/Wizards)

Colonial

• Elon – Frank Haith (Tulsa)

Conference USA

• FIU – Frank Martin (South Carolina)
• Marshall – Dan D’Antoni*, Mike D’Ántoni (NBA), John Brannen (former Cincinnati HC)
• Middle Tennessee St – Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina)
• UAB – Andy Kennedy*
• Western Kentucky – Darrin Horn (Northern Kentucky)

Horizon

• Green Bay – Tony Bennett (Virginia)
• Oakland – Brian Gregory (USF), Drew Valentine (Loyola-Chi)
• Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Bruce Weber (Auburn)

Ivy

• Brown – Stephen Silas (NBA/Rockets)
• Penn – Fran McCaffery (Iowa), Taylor Jenkins (NBA/Grizzlies)
• Princeton – Chris Mooney (Richmond)

MAC

• Central Michigan – Tom Crean (Georgia), Dan Majerle (former Grand Canyon HC)
• Kent State – Jordan Mincy (Jacksonville)
• Miami Ohio – Ron Hunter (Tulane)
• Ohio – Jeff Boals*

Missouri Valley

• Bradley – Jim Les (UC Davis)
• Illinois St – Dan Muller*, Dana Ford (Missouri St)
• Northern Iowa – Nick Nurse (Raptors), Greg McDermott (Creighton)
• Valparaiso – Bryce Drew (Grand Canyon)

Mountain West

• Air Force – Greg Popovich (Spurs)
• UNLV – Kevin Kruger*, Todd Simon (Southern Utah)

Ohio Valley

• UT-Martin – Leonard Hamilton (Florida St)

Patriot League

• Army – Mike Krzyzewski (Duke)
• Bucknell – Jay Wright (Villanova)

Summit

• North Dakota – Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa), Craig Smith (Utah)

Sun Belt

• Appalachian St – Matt McMahon (Murray St), Alvin Gentry (former NBA HC)

West Coast Conference

• San Diego – Eric Musselman (Arkansas), James Borrego (NBA/Hornets)
• Santa Clara – Steve Nash (NBA/Nets)