Coaches that never made it to the final four

[CNY in Miami]

Top coaches never to make a Final Four

 

[cuseattle]

Top coaches never to make a Final Four

Can't do the slide shows... How bout a recap?

 

[Frozen]

Can't do the slide shows... How bout a recap?

It's a crappy list.

Listed alphabetically:

Bliss
Carril
Catlett
Chaney
Tom Davis
DeVoe
Diddle
Driesell
Dunphy
Ellis
Eustachy
Hinkle
Keady
Pat Kennedy
Lemons
McKillop
Ralph Miller
Sean Miller
Morrill
Penders
Stallings
Stewart
Wulk

 

[cuseattle]

Gene Keady the only one that is kind of surprising.

 

[Trueblue25]

Stallings is the cuse patron saint of correction and karma

 

[Frozen]

They don't have Tony Bennett or Leonard Hamilton or Mike Brey.

If you're going to list guys like Eustachy and Bliss, you should really have the above three as well.

 

[Knicks411]

They don't have Tony Bennett or Leonard Hamilton or Mike Brey.

If you're going to list guys like Eustachy and Bliss, you should really have the above three as well.

Maybe they're omitting active coaches? I guess Eustachy isn't technically active.

No, Sean Miller is on there. Then yeah, Bennett especially is a big miss.

 

[Sherman20]

Gene Keady the only one that is kind of surprising.

Not surprising since I already know this about Keady. But I’d say Keady, Lefty Driesell, John Chaney, Rick Barnes (not on list), and Lou Carnesecca (not on list) are among the best coaches never to win a title.

 

[Sherman20]

They don't have Tony Bennett or Leonard Hamilton or Mike Brey.

If you're going to list guys like Eustachy and Bliss, you should really have the above three as well.

Or Dick Bennett, Tony’s dad. Tony will likely eventually win a title. He’s too young to be on this list.

 

[cuseattle]

Carneseca made it I think. Vs G-town.

 

[cuseattle]

John Chaney couldn't Gillooly his way in!

 

[MikeDamone]

Can't do the slide shows... How bout a recap?

Can't or won't? I refuse to read lists that make you click through each page. Shameless "click grab". It'd be like reading a regular article that makes you click to a new page after every paragraph.

 

[OrangeDW]

Chaney got to 5 elite 8’s, but no final fours. I think his teams generally maxed out what they could do though.

 

[HakAttack]

Obviously Dixon also belongs on this list.

 

[OrangeDW]

Obviously Dixon also belongs on this list.

Mike Brey too.

 

[HakAttack]

Chaney got to 5 elite 8’s, but no final fours. I think his teams generally maxed out what they could do though.

I consider him one of the best of the second tier coaches, and certainly the best coach at deploying goons.

 

[Alsacs]

Louie C and St. John’s made the 1985 Final Four in Rupp.
The Big East had 3 Final Four teams that year.

John Cheney was a 1 seed in 1988. His team got beat by Duke. If we beat Rhody I think it’s Temple-Syracuse we matched up with Duke.

Keady gagged a lot. 96 he almost lost to a 16 seed. He lost second round to Georgia and Cipola and Wallace took them out next round.

In 2000 Keady should have beat Tony Bennett and Wisconsin in the Elite 8.

 

[Alsacs]

I consider him one of the best of the second tier coaches, and certainly the best coach at deploying goons.

He isn’t impressed

 

[Alsacs]

I love John Chaney just for this.
He knew what Cal was about.

 

[HakAttack]

I love John Chaney just for this.
He knew what Cal was about.

LOVE that press conference. Stuff of legends.

 

[HakAttack]

He isn’t impressed

That’s Cuse bias. John Thompson elder certainly belongs in the first tier.

 

[Alsacs]

That’s Cuse bias. John Thompson elder certainly belongs in the first tier.

I rest my case.

 

[HakAttack]

I rest my case.

Dirty players, sure. But still a first tier coach.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Chris Mack. This is his 9th season at Xavier. 3 S16s and 1E8.

 

[dasher]

Not surprising since I already know this about Keady. But I’d say Keady, Lefty Driesell, John Chaney, Rick Barnes (not on list), and Lou Carnesecca (not on list) are among the best coaches never to win a title.

Louie made the final four in '85