Despite the unprecedented turnover of Division-I men’s college basketball head coaches – approximately two-thirds of all teams have changed coaches at least once in the last five years – many programs have been led by the same coach for decades.
Tom Izzo, in his 28th season as Michigan State head coach, is the longest-tenured head coach in college basketball but is still far behind the longest-tenured coaches in the country, most notably Jim Boeheim.
Longest-Tenured College Basketball Head Coaches
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Rank
Coach
Team
First Season
1
Jim Boeheim
Syracuse
1976-77
2
Greg Kampe
Oakland
1984-85
3
Ron Cottrell
Houston Baptist
1991-92
4
Tom Izzo
Michigan State
1995-96
5(t)
Mark Few
Gonzaga
1999-2000
5(t)
James Jones
Yale
1999-2000
7
Mike Brey
Notre Dame
2000-01
8
Randy Bennett
Saint Mary's
2001-02
9
Leonard Hamilton
Florida State
2002-03
10(t)
Scott Drew
Baylor
2003-04
10(t)
Bill Self
Kansas
2003-04
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