Our preseason ranking extravaganza continues with a list of the best coaches in men's college basketball. It starts like this: 1. Dan Hurley 2. Kelvin Sampson 3. Rick Pitino 4. Todd Golden 5. Matt Painter 6. ... cbssports.com/college-basket…
College basketball coach rankings: UConn's Dan Hurley tops Houston's Kelvin Sampson, St. John's...

College basketball coach rankings: UConn's Dan Hurley tops Houston's Kelvin Sampson, St. John's...

With the 2026-27 season approaching, here's our Top 25 And 1 rankings of coaches

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Oct 26, 2026 · 2:53 PM UTC

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Dan Hurley too low
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Drew should be top 10
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Painter is way too high. He belongs closer to 25
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Dan Hurley at No. 1. Correct. Back-to-back natties in '23 and '24 and the man still coaches like the refs owe him money. Kelvin at 2 is fair. Somewhere Calipari is refreshing this list looking for his name. 🐺
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It’s missing @coachbrucepearl
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I wouldn’t want any of them at Kentucky.
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Bill self >>> any of those guys.
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Matt Painter? WTF? Why?
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Good coaching doesn't need to be a good sportman huh?
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Sampson is a cheater
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Scheyer is top 5!!
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Golden? Total joke
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Mark few at #11 is a sham
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Samson has cheated at every stop. He’s the ManCity of college bball coaching.
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@ArizonaMBB Tommy Lloyd … you know went to his first final four last year … yall sleeping or just dumb?
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Matt painter should not be in the top 10
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Few, Calipari, and Barnes all deserving of higher ranking.
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Nonsense. St John's has beaten UCONN often and won the Big East 2 years in a row.
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An actual human being put this list out thinking it was accurate
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#2 over #3 is engagement bait and I fell for it …..
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Sampson and Painter haven't won an oversized toothbrush at the county fair, but they're listed ahead of Bill Self???? Click bait, dog shit- ass rankings
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TJ Oz
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That list is all wrong
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YES and coaching the best TEAMS $$$$ can buy so its irrelevant for me!
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Matt Painter lol
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No one better than Ricky P
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@DavidWCobb is clearly desperate for clicks or the dumbest theater dork in college basketball media. You're a joke and your comprehension of college basketball is equivalent to that of a toddler on space science
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