Mike Krzyzewski has the most Final Four appearances by a head coach with 13. In reaching the national semifinal in his final season, 2022, Coach K broke a tie with John Wooden, whose 12 appearances stood as the record for nearly 50 years.
Tom Izzo leads active coaches with nine Final Fours, four more than the next-closest coach, Jim Boeheim.
Coaches With Most Final Four Appearances
| Final Fours | Coach | Team(s) |
| 13 | Mike Krzyzewski | Duke |
| 12 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 11 | Dean Smith | North Carolina |
| 9 | Roy Williams | Kansas (4), North Carolina (5) |
| 8 | Tom Izzo | Michigan State |
| 6 | Denny Crum | Louisville |
| 6 | Adolph Rupp | Kentucky |
| 5 | Jim Boeheim | Syracuse |
| 5 | Bob Knight | Indiana |
| 5 | Guy Lewis | Houston |
| 5 | Lute Olson | Iowa (1), Arizona (4) |
| 5 | Rick Pitino | Providence (1), Kentucky (3), Louisville (3) |
| 4 | Jim Calhoun | UConn |
| 4 | John Calipari | UMass (1), Memphis (1), Kentucky (4) |
| 4 | Billy Donovan | Florida |
| 4 | Jack Gardner | Kansas State (2), Utah (2) |
| 4 | Henry Iba | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | Harold Olsen | Ohio State |
| 4 | Bill Self | Kansas |
| 4 | Jerry Tarkanian | UNLV |
| 4 | Fred Taylor | Ohio State |
| 4 | Jay Wright | Villanova |
| 3 | Phog Allen | Kansas |
| 3 | Forddy Anderson | Bradley (2), Michigan State (1) |
| 3 | Vic Bubas | Duke |
| 3 | Harry Combes | Illinois |
| 3 | Joe B. Hall | Kentucky |
| 3 | Ben Howland | UCLA |
| 3 | Ed Jucker | Cincinnati |
| 3 | Nolan Richardson | Arkansas |
| 3 | Eddie Sutton | Arkansas (1), Oklahoma St ate (2) |
| 3 | John Thompson | Georgetown |
| 3 | Phil Woolpert | San Francisco |
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