Coaches in NCAA Tournament

This year there are 8 coaches that are in their first ever NCAA Tournament.  They are:

• Roman Banks, Southern
• Matt Brady, James Madison
• Bryce Drew, Valparaiso
• Andy Enfield, Florida Gulf Coast
• John Giannini, La Salle
• Andy Kennedy, Mississippi
• Jack Perri, Long Island-Brooklyn
• Leon Rice, Boise State

Last year's tournament had 14 new coaches.

In addition, there are 10 coaches that have been in the tournament that are coaching with a new team:

• Cy Alexander, North Carolina A&T (South Carolina State 1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003)
• Dana Altman, Oregon (Kansas State 1993; Creighton 1999-2003, 2005, 2007)
• Jim Crews, Saint Louis (Evansville 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)
• Kermit Davis, Jr., Middle Tennessee State (Idaho 1989, 1990)
• Larry Eustachy, Colorado State (Utah State 1998; Iowa State 2000, 2001; Southern Mississippi 2012)
• John Groce, Illinois (Ohio 2010, 2012)
• Lon Kruger, Oklahoma (Kansas State 1987-90; Florida 1994-95; Illinois 1997-98, 2000; UNLV 2007-08, 2010-11)
• Jim Larranaga, Miami, Fla. (George Mason 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011)
• Dale Layer, Liberty (Colorado State 2003)
• Bruce Weber, Kansas State (Southern Illinois 2002-03; Illinois 2004-07, 2009, 2011)

Lon Kruger becomes the first coach to take 5 schools to the NCAA Tournament.  Larry Eustachy becomes the 9th coach to take at least 4 schools to the NCAA Tournament.  Here is the list of coaches that have taken 4 or more schools to the tournament:

• Lon Kruger 5
• John Beilein 4
• Lefty Driesell 4
• Larry Eustachy 4
• Jim Harrick 4
• Tom Penders 4
• Rick Pitino 4
• Tubby Smith 4
• Eddie Sutton 4