Good Morning, Illini Nation: Avoiding a coaching change

Apr. 18—The latest episode of CBS Sports' "" podcast provided the inspiration for this morning's missive. So shoutout to Matt Norlander for doing the research leg work.

The latest from Norlander and Gary Parrish was an update on the coaching carousel this offseason that included 14 power conference jobs changing hands following the 2024-25 season. That makes for 55 of the 79 total teams in the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten and SEC going through a coaching change in the last four years (and five coaching carousel cycles).

The Big East has run through the highest percentage, with just two coaches (UConn's Dan Hurley and Creighton's Greg McDermott) on the job before 2021. Most of the ACC and SEC has experienced the same. The Big Ten and Big 12 have been a bit more settled, with the former seeing changes in nine of 18 programs and the latter nine of 16.

What intrigued me as Norlander and Parrish broke down all the recent changes at power conference programs was a question of how successful the coaches that have held on to their jobs (Illinois' Brad Underwood obviously included) in the last four years have been.

So I looked it up, and here's how those 24 coaches rank by winning percentage from 2021-25:

1. Kelvin Sampson, Houston — 132-20 (.868)

2. Matt Painter, Purdue — 116-31 (.789)

3. Dan Hurley, UConn — 115-32 (.782)

4. Bruce Pearl, Auburn — 108-33 (.766)

5. Rick Barnes, Tennessee — 109-36 (.752)

6. Bill Self, Kansas — 102-38 (.729)

7. Nate Oats, Alabama — 103-41 (.715)

8. Mick Cronin, UCLA — 97-42 (.698)

9. Scott Drew, Baylor — 94-44 (.681)

10. Greg McDermott, Creighton — 97-46 (.678)

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12. Greg Gard, Wisconsin — 94-47 (.667)

13. Brad Brownell, Clemson — 91-46 (.664)

14. Tom Izzo, Michigan State — 94-48 (.662)

15. Dana Altman, Oregon — 90-52 (.634)

16. Jamie Dixon, TCU — 80-55 (.593)

17. Chris Collins, Northwestern — 76-56 (.576)

18. Tad Boyle, Colorado — 79-61 (.564)

19. Jeff Capel, Pittsburgh — 74-59 (.556)

20. Johnny Dawkins, UCF — 74-60 (.552)

21. Mike Young, Virginia Tech — 74-62 (.544)

22. Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska — 70-63 (.526)

23. Steve Pikiell, Rutgers — 67-63 (.515)

24. Bobby Hurley, Arizona State — 64-68 (.485)