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The Top Ranked College Basketball Head Coaches of the 1980s
Notes: A coach has to have lead his team to a post season tournament in this decade to be listed.
| Rnk | Coach |
| 1 | Denny Crum |
| 2 | Bobby Knight |
| 3 | John Thompson |
| 4 | Larry Brown |
| 5 | Dean Smith |
| 6 | Rollie Massimino |
| 7 | Jim Valvano |
| 8 | Steve Fisher |
| 9 | Guy Lewis |
| 10 | Mike Krzyzewski |
| 11 | Billy Tubbs |
| 12 | Jim Boeheim |
| 13 | P.J. Carlesimo |
| 14 | Lute Olson |
| 15 | Dale Brown |
| 16 | Terry Holland |
| 17 | Lou Henson |
| 18 | Lou Carnesecca |
| 19 | Jerry Tarkanian |
| 20 | Joe B. Hall |
| 21 | Dana Kirk |
| 22 | Hugh Durham |
| 23 | Rick Pitino |
| 24 | Lee Rose |
| 25 | Eddie Sutton |
| 26 | Gene Bartow |
| 27 | Ralph Miller |
| 28 | Tom Davis |
| 29 | John Chaney |
| 30 | Sonny Smith |
| 31 | Paul Evans |
| 32 | Bobby Cremins |
| 33 | Jack Hartman |
| 34 | Carl Tacy |
| 35 | Lon Kruger |
| 36 | Frank Arnold |
| 37 | Don Donoher |
| 38 | Gene Smithson |
| 39 | Bill C. Foster |
| 40 | Bill E. Foster |
| 41 | Jim Lynam |
| 42 | Norm Stewart |
| 43 | Digger Phelps |
| 44 | Wimp Sanderson |
| 45 | Gene Keady |
| 46 | Lefty Driesell |
| 47 | Joey Meyer |
| 48 | Don DeVoe |
| 49 | Bill Frieder |
| 50 | Ray Meyer |
| 51 | Eldon Miller |
| 52 | Norm Sloan |
| 53 | Tiny Grant |
| 54 | Johnny Orr |
| 55 | Gary Williams |
| 56 | Jim Brandenburg |
| 57 | Jerry Pimm |
| 58 | Andy Russo |
| 59 | Clem Haskins |
| 60 | Dick Tarrant |
| 61 | Tommy Penders |
| 62 | C.M. Newton |
| 63 | Dan Monson |
| 64 | Jud Heathcote |
| 65 | Marv Harshman |
| 66 | Shelby Metcalf |
| 67 | Gene Sullivan |
| 68 | Jim Dutcher |
| 69 | Kevin Mackey |
| 70 | Ted Owens |
| 71 | J.D. Barnett |
| 72 | Don Haskins |
| 73 | Gale Catlett |
| 74 | Nolan Richardson |
| 75 | Jim Calhoun |
| 76 | Jim Harrick |
| 77 | Murray Arnold |
| 78 | Davey Whitney |
| 79 | George Raveling |
| 80 | Pete Carril |
| 81 | Pete Gillen |
| 82 | Dave Bliss |
| 83 | Lou Campanelli |
| 84 | Bob Donewald |
| 85 | Ladell Andersen |
| 86 | Pat Foster |
| 87 | Bruce Stewart |
| 88 | Charles Moir |
| 89 | Charles Spoonhour |
| 90 | Cliff Ellis |
| 91 | Hank Raymonds |
| 92 | Roy Chipman |
| 93 | Ned Wulk |
| 94 | Tom Young |
| 95 | Benny Dees |
| 96 | Bob Weinhauer |
| 97 | Danny Nee |
| 98 | Dick Versace |
| 99 | Jim Boyle |
| 100 | Larry Finch |
| 101 | Mike Newell |
| 102 | Paul Westhead |
| 103 | Tommy Joe Eagles |
| 104 | Bob Wade |
| 105 | Jim Crews |
| 106 | Jim Killingsworth |
| 107 | Joe Williams |
| 108 | Lake Kelly |
| 109 | Mike Deane |
| 110 | Rick Majerus |
| 111 | Ronnie Arrow |
| 112 | Stan Simpson |
| 113 | Steve Newton |
| 114 | Walt Hazzard |
| 115 | Don Corbett |
| 116 | Pat Kennedy |
| 117 | Ben Jobe |
| 118 | Matt Furjanic |
| 119 | Paul Webb |
| 120 | Rick Huckabay |
| 121 | Rod Tueller |
| 122 | Bill Bibb |
| 123 | Bob Wenzel |
| 124 | Bobby Paschal |
| 125 | Charles Woollum |
| 126 | Eddie Fogler |
| 127 | Frank Kerns |
| 128 | Gene Iba |
| 129 | Gerald Myers |
| 130 | Jerry Peirson |
| 131 | Lefty Ervin |
| 132 | Mike Vining |
| 133 | Mitch Buonaguro |
| 134 | Neil McCarthy |
| 135 | Paul Lizzo |
| 136 | Peter Barry |
| 137 | Sonny Allen |
| 138 | Speedy Morris |
| 139 | Stan Morrison |
| 140 | Tom Green |
| 141 | Tom Schneider |
| 142 | Tony Barone |
| 143 | Wayne Martin |
| 144 | A.B. Williamson |
| 145 | Al Brown |
| 146 | Ben Braun |
| 147 | Bill Berry |
| 148 | Bob Huggins |
| 149 | Bob Nichols |
| 150 | Bob Staak |
| 151 | Bob Weltlich |
| 152 | Bobby Dye |
| 153 | Bobby Hussey |
| 154 | Carl Stewart |
| 155 | Carroll Williams |
| 156 | Charlie Coles |
| 157 | Craig Littlepage |
| 158 | Cy Alexander |
| 159 | Darrell Hedric |
| 160 | Dave Magarity |
| 161 | Dick Acres |
| 162 | Dick Walters |
| 163 | Eddie Burke |
| 164 | Eddie Holbrook |
| 165 | Ernie Nestor |
| 166 | Fran McCaffery |
| 167 | George Blaney |
| 168 | George Felton |
| 169 | Hank Egan |
| 170 | Jarrett Durham |
| 171 | Jeff Mullins |
| 172 | Jim Boutin |
| 173 | Jim Brovelli |
| 174 | Jimmy Gales |
| 175 | John Carpenter |
| 176 | John McDougal |
| 177 | Karl Fogel |
| 178 | Ken Burmeister |
| 179 | Kermit Davis |
| 180 | Lafayette Stribling |
| 181 | Les Robinson |
| 182 | Lynn Archibald |
| 183 | Lynn Nance |
| 184 | Mack McCarthy |
| 185 | Mike Dement |
| 186 | Mike Jarvis |
| 187 | Mike Montgomery |
| 188 | Moe Iba |
| 189 | Paul Hansen |
| 190 | Pete Herrmann |
| 191 | Rick Barnes |
| 192 | Robert Hopkins |
| 193 | Ron Jacobs |
| 194 | Smokey Gaines |
| 195 | Stan Albeck |
| 196 | Steve Welch |
| 197 | Steve Yoder |
| 198 | Stu Starner |
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