In Rick Barnes career he has beaten the following coaches spanning from 1990 to 2025:

Lou Carnesecca
John Thompson
Jim Boeheim
Jim Calhoun
Dean Smith
Coach K
Rick Pitino
Roy Williams
Jay Wright
Bobby Knight
Eddie Sutton
John Calipari
Bill Self
Bob Huggins
Tom Izzo
Scott Drew
Mark Few
Jon Scheyer
Ben Howland
Matt Painter
Jim Larrranaga
Bruce Pearl
Chris Beard
Nate Oats
Todd Golden

Is there an active coach with more quality wins besides maybe Pitino? When Pitino and barnes are gone its going to be the final passing of an era

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Posted by TideCPA

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Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:11 am to VFL67

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Is there an active coach with more quality wins besides maybe Pitino?

Kelvin Sampson, Tom Izzo, Calipari, and Bill Self have quite a few scalps too, but that’s an impressive list. And good company.

This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 9:17 am

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Posted by FootballFrenzy

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Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:12 am to VFL67

You forgot Greg McDermott. He’s no slouch.

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Posted by Hussss

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Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:14 am to VFL67

Rick Barnes is Mack Brown without the championship

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Posted by VFL67

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Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:17 am to Hussss

Ive always wondered how Rick Barnes would've done if he had coached at a blue blood instead of schools like Clemson, Texas, and tennessee who care but aren't basketball first schools. If he had been the coach at UNC or UK in the last 25 years i think he would have won a natty

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