Winning Machines

How often eight great college basketball coaches had losing seasons:

Pete Carril (Lehigh, Princeton): Two of 30 seasons

Denny Crum (Louisville): Two of 29 seasons

Gene Bartow (Six schools, most recently Ala. Birmingham): Three of 34 seasons

Frank McGuire (St. John’s, North Carolina, South Carolina): Three of 30 seasons

Lute Olson (Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona): Three of 26 seasons

Billy Tubbs (Southwestern, Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU): Three of 25 seasons

Al McGuire (Belmont Abbey, Marquette) : Three of 20 seasons

Joe B. Hall (Regis, Central Mo. State, Kentucky): Three of 19 seasons

Source: World Features Syndicate