SEC Basketball coach rankings

1. Calipari: Coach Cal continues to lead UK to SEC titles and their dominance doesn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. There's not much else to say about this HOF coach except that he is extremely unlikeable.

2. Billy Kennedy: TAMU has shown great improvement over the past two years and although they lost the SEC title in OT, they were probably the SEC's best team this year.

3. Frank Martin: USC has had an impressive turnaround under Martin, nearly making he NCAA tournament this year. He has had success in the past and USC looks to be going in the right direction.

4. Ben Howland: MSU started slow, but they really did get better as the year went on and have a great outlook for future success.

5. Kevin Stallings: He has been a very underrated coach for a while. To have Vandy consistently competitive in any sport is impressive.

6. Bruce Pearl: I won't drop Pearl way down quite yet because of the circumstances he came into and the injuries/suspensions around the team this year. Pearl definitely lost control of this year's team, but he got rid of the bad apples. Based on previous success and recruiting I will keep him mid pack, but I will be very disappointed if we don't see Auburn in the postseason with the talent coming in.

7. Avery Johnson: Avery proved me wrong this year by taking over a mediocre Alabama team and producing some big wins. He was probably ahead of Pearl until he lost the commitment of 5* SG Terrance Ferguson.

8. Rick Barnes: Tennessee is in a similar place to MSU. They struggled badly in the early part of the season, but came along late. Tennessee's late season run and conference tournament performance was very impressive.

9. Andy Kennedy: I really thought that Ole Miss had an NCAA tournament quality team this year. Kennedy has had decent success, but his team's have underperformed at times.

10. Mike Anderson: I really hate ranking him so low because of his previous success, but Anderson's teams can't seem to get over the hump. They cannot win on the road and lose head scratching games at times.

11. Mark Fox: He has a similar situation to Andy Kennedy. His team's have been consistently decent, but always seem to underperform.

12. Mike White: He had a decent first year, but with the talent at Florida, he really needs to improve them soon, especially following one of the great coaches ever in college basketball.

13. Kim Anderson: Mizzou has the worst talent in the SEC and their program is in NCAA trouble. They really underwhelmed when hiring Anderson and he hasn't done much other than pull the occasional upset.

14. Johnny Jones: This was a make or break year for Jones and it was awful. LSU had top five national talent and he didn't make the NCAA tournament. His teams have been extremely underwhelming despite having lots of NBA level talent and he really needs to go.