"My Top Ten Active WBB Coaches"

[justabbfan]

Back in April 2008, a thread with this title was started. The coaches listed were:

1. Pat Summitt
2. Geno Arriema
3. Tara VanDerVeer
4. Gail Gestenkors
5. Syliva Hatchell
6. Kim Mulkey
7. Melony Bacham
8. Van Chancellor
9. Gary Blair
10. Sherri Coale

It's now seven years later. Who makes your list today?

 

[LeoBenz74]

1 Geno
2. muffet
3. Mulkey
4. walz
5. Frese
6. van Der Veer
7. Staley
8. jabir
9. Coale
10. Aston

 

[BabHorn]

1. Geno Auriemma—Uconn
2. Muffet McGraw—Norte Dame
3. Tara VanDerveer—Stanford
4. Brenda Frese—Maryland
5. Kim Mulkey—Baylor
6. Charli Turner Thorne—Arizona State
7. Dawn Staley—South Carolina
8. Sue Semrau—Florida State
9. Sylvia Hatchell—North Carolina
10. Sherri Coale—Oklahoma

 

[rattfatt]

1. Geno Auriemma—Uconn
2. Muffet McGraw—Norte Dame
3. Tara VanDerveer—Stanford
4. Brenda Frese—Maryland
5. Kim Mulkey—Baylor
6. Charli Turner Thorne—Arizona State
7. Dawn Staley—South Carolina
8. Sue Semrau—Florida State
9. Sylvia Hatchell—North Carolina
10. Sherri Coale—Oklahoma

I like your list.

 

[utfannforlife]

@BabHorn just curious, what'd you base your list off of? Just last season, or the cumulative last 7 yeas? Just wondering so I can make my list using the same criteria

 

[BabHorn]

@BabHorn just curious, what'd you base your list off of? Just last season, or the cumulative last 7 yeas? Just wondering so I can make my list using the same criteria

I looked at their body of work instead of just the past one or two seasons. How much success they had in the regular season and the NCAAs. How long they have been able to sustain the success. The first five were really no brainers. After Geno, it was a matter of whom I felt did a better job and that really is a matter of personal opinion.

The last five are coaches I have followed and feel do a very good job even though they don't get the recognition that the first five do.

 

[Ellis21d]

1. Geno Auriemma—Uconn
2. Muffet McGraw—Norte Dame
3. Tara VanDerveer—Stanford
4. Brenda Frese—Maryland
5. Kim Mulkey—Baylor
6. Charli Turner Thorne—Arizona State
7. Dawn Staley—South Carolina
8. Sue Semrau—Florida State
9. Sylvia Hatchell—North Carolina
10. Sherri Coale—Oklahoma

I think you nailed it! Aston is not there yet and Coale can do more with less than any coach I have seen!