My Top 5 College Basketball Coaches for the 2009-10 Season

Many Other Coaches Have Proven Worth to Be in the Top 5 but These Are My Choices

I have to say that this list turned into a bigger challenge than I originally thought. Upon researching some of these coaches' accomplishments there are also others who could very easily have made it on this list for me. These are the ones I chose and though they may not necessarily belong in this order they belong at the top

No. #1 Mike Krzyzewski- Duke

This Hall of Fame Coach sets the bar as a humanitarian of sport, an ambassador of education, a coach, a teacher, a friend, a family man, a leader and a motivator. The Duke program has become one of the most successful of all time. In 28 years at Duke, Krzyzewski, a 12-time National Coach of the Year, has built a dynasty that few programs in the history of the game can match. Named "America's Best Coach" in 2001. What more should I say about a legend? His Career Record: 833-274 (.752) in 34 years, His Duke Record: 760-215 (.779) in 28 years and His NCAA Record: 71-22 (.763) in 25 trips. These accomplishments are every coaches dream in making it to the Top.

No. #2 Bill Self- Kansas

I know that those who read this that know me will say I am biased. Being a huge fan of The University of Kansas (and Kentucky) and choosing Bill Self as the overall No.2 pick. He is a proven leader and recruiter. He has got enough talent on that team this year to just about make two teams out of the one. I didn't rate him at the top for those reasons and those alone. His productivity as a coach speaks for itself.

In Self's six seasons as head coach at KU he has won one national championship, five straight regular-season Big 12 titles and three league tournament championships. In his first trip to the Final Four in 2008, Self's team won the title. He was named just the eighth head coach in Kansas basketball history on April 21, 2003.

Overall, Self has coached 16 seasons with a 376-145 (.722 percent) record.

No. #3 Rick Pitino- Louisville

"They say the best men are molded out of faults, and for the most part, become more the better for being a little bad." Shakespeare