Every March, the cream of the College Basketball crop converges, crossing the country to see which program, propelled by future stars, is to be named champions.
In a month-long whirlwind, 68 teams are whittled down to a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, and, eventually, the kings of the bracket, the national champion.
While plenty of praise will go to the players who raised the trophy, cut the net and celebrated under the confetti, one must always tip their caps to the men in suits that drew up the plays to get them there.
From long-term Bruin brilliance built on a Wooden pyramid to a recent run in Kansas, here are the head coaches with multiple NCAA Championships to their name.
| John Wooden (UCLA) |
10 | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) |
5 | 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015 |
| Adolph Rupp (Kentucky) |
4 | 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958 |
| Jim Calhoun (UConn) |
3 | 1999, 2004, 2011 |
| Bob Knight (Indiana) |
3 | 1976, 1981, 1987 |
| Roy Williams (North Carolina) |
3 | 2005, 2009, 2017 |
| Denny Crum (Louisville) |
2 | 1980, 1986 |
| Billy Donovan (Florida) |
2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Henry Iba (Oklahoma A&M) |
2 | 1945, 1946 |
| Ed Jucker (Cincinnati) |
2 | 1961, 1962 |
| Branch McCracken (Indiana) |
2 | 1940, 1953 |
| Bill Self (Kansas) |
2 | 2008, 2022 |
| Dean Smith (North Carolina) |
2 | 1982, 1993 |
| Phil Woolpert (San Francisco) |
2 | 1955, 1956 |
| Jay Wright (Villanova) |
2 | 2016, 2018 |