Youngest College Basketball Coach

There are 353 mens college basketball programs competing in the national collegiate athletic associations division i.

Youngest college basketball coach. A son lou jr was the basketball coach at parkland college a community college in champaign when he was killed in an automobile accident in 1992. Each program employs a head coachas of the 201920 season the longest tenured head coach is jim boeheim who has been head coach at syracuse since 1976. Morehead state athletics at 31 morehead. Dana ford tennessee state.

Hiwassee college founded in 1849 is one of the oldest colleges in the volunteer state but that didnt stop the school from hiring one of the nations youngest head basketball coaches. Branch mccracken indiana 1940 31 years 9 months 21 days. He will be 76 when the season starts. Since the start of the 2016 17 season miller has.

20 division 1 mens coaches enter the 2017 18 season at 35 years old or younger. After accepting the head coaching job at unc greensboro as a 27 year old miller emerged as one of the top young coaches in college basketball. At 75 boeheim is the oldest coach in college basketball. Youngest college basketball coaches in division 1 mens basketball.

He was hired on april 7 2019 after a 17 year stint where he went 299244 545 as the head coach at wofford college. Heres a list of coaches who made a mark early the youngest ever to win an ncaa championship. Conference affiliations reflect those of the upcoming 202021 college basketball season. Andy toole is the youngest coach on this list and hes already making quite a name for himself.

Coach team year age 1. Leigh anne the youngest daughter said. My best guess is that he will coach the orange until his son buddy graduates in 2022 at which point. Born in radford virginia young played collegiately at emory and henry college.