Be Patient With Me: All-Time Winningest Coaches Erased Shaky Start

A significant number of pensive pilots are on the precipice of receiving pink slips from struggling schools. Prior to doing so, the institutions need to reflect a moment on the following alphabetical list of individuals who didn't get off to roaring starts with major colleges but withstood the test of time and became their all-time winningest coaches:

Dana Altman - Failed to post a winning season record with Creighton until his fourth year (1997-98).
Randy Bennett - Total of 11 games below .500 with Saint Mary's through his first two seasons (2001-02 and 2002-03).
Bill Bibb - Total of 16 games below .500 with Mercer in his first three seasons (1974-75 through 1976-77).
George Blaney - Total of 18 games below .500 with Holy Cross in his first two seasons (1972-73 and 1973-74).
Buster Brannon - Total of 14 games below .500 with TCU in his first two seasons (1948-49 and 1949-50).
Tom Brennan - Total of 54 games below .500 overall and 36 below in ECAC North Atlantic Conference competition with Vermont in his first three seasons (1986-87 through 1988-89).
Dale Brown - Overall losing record with LSU through his first five seasons (1972-73 through 1976-77).
Jim Calhoun - Total of 24 games below .500 in Big East competition with Connecticut in his first three seasons (1986-87 through 1988-89).
Bobby Cremins - Total of 16 games below .500 in ACC competition with Georgia Tech in his first three seasons (1981-82 through 1983-84).
Billy Donovan - Failed to post a winning season record with Florida until his third year (1998-99).
Pat Douglass - Total of 23 games below .500 with UC Irvine in his first two seasons (1997-98 and 1998-99).
Homer Drew - Total of 67 games below .500 with Valparaiso in his first five seasons (1988-89 through 1992-93).
Fran Dunphy - Failed to post a winning season record with Penn until his third year (1991-92).
Cliff Ellis - Total of 12 games below .500 in ACC competition with Clemson through his first two seasons (1984-85 and 1985-86).
Bill Ferguson - Four losing records with St. Joseph's in his first six seasons (1928-29 through 1933-34).
Bud Foster - Overall losing record (two games below .500) with Wisconsin through his first six seasons (1934-35 through 1939-40).
Murray Greason - Total of 11 games below .500 with Wake Forest in his first three seasons (1933-34 through 1935-36).
Doc Hayes - Four losing records with SMU in his first six seasons (1947-48 through 1952-53.
Lou Henson - Overall losing record with Illinois through his first three seasons (1975-76 through 1977-78).
Terry Holland - Breakeven record overall and 16 games below .500 in ACC competition with Virginia through his first three seasons (1974-75 through 1976-77).
George Ireland - Overall losing record with Loyola Chicago through his first six seasons (1951-52 through 1956-57).
Doggie Julian - Total of 30 games below .500 with Dartmouth through his first three seasons (1950-51 through 1952-53).
Mike Krzyzewski - Overall losing record with Duke through his first three seasons (1980-81 through 1982-83).
Guy Lewis - Total of 14 games below .500 overall and in MVC competition with Houston through his first four seasons (1956-57 through 1959-60).
Eddie McCarter - Six losing records with Texas-Arlington in his first seven seasons (1992-93 through 1998-99).
Al McGuire - Total of eight games below .500 with Marquette in his first two seasons (1964-65 and 1965-66).
Frank McGuire - Total of 13 games below .500 with South Carolina in his first two seasons (1964-65 and 1965-66).
Bob McKillop - Failed to post a winning season record with Davidson until his fifth year (1993-94).
Eldon Miller - Total of 10 games below .500 with Northern Iowa through his first two seasons (1986-87 and 1987-88).
Ralph Miller - Total of three games below .500 with Wichita in his first two seasons (1951-52 and 1952-53).
Danny Nee - Total of 20 games below .500 in Big Eight Conference competition with Nebraska in his first four seasons (1986-87 through 1989-90).
Fran O'Hanlon - Total of 19 games below .500 with Lafayette in his first two seasons (1995-96 and 1996-97).
Johnny Orr - Failed to post a winning season record with Iowa State until his fourth year (1983-84).
Jerry Pimm - Total of 14 games below .500 with UC Santa Barbara in his first three seasons (1983-84 through 1985-86).
Nolan Richardson - Total of eight games below .500 in SWC competition with Arkansas in his first two seasons (1985-86 and 1986-87).
Jack Rohan - Failed to post a winning season record with Columbia until his fifth year (1965-66).
Al Skinner - Failed to post a winning season record with Boston College until his fourth year (2000-01).
Dean Smith - Only one winning season record (1962-63) with North Carolina in his first three years.
Jim Snyder - Total of eight games below .500 with Ohio University in his first five seasons (1949-50 through 1953-54).
Rick Stansbury - Total of eight games below .500 in SEC competition with Mississippi State through his first three seasons (1998-99 through 2000-01).
Norm Stewart - Losing record in Big Eight Conference competition with Missouri in his first three seasons (1967-68 through 1969-70).
Scott Sutton - Total of 10 games below .500 with Oral Roberts in his first three seasons (1999-2000 through 2001-02).
Blaine Taylor - Total of six games below .500 with Old Dominion in his first two seasons (2001-02 and 2002-03).
Bob Thomason - Total of 16 games below .500 with Pacific in his first four seasons (1988-89 through 1991-92).
John Thompson Jr. - Total of three games below .500 with Georgetown in his first two seasons (1972-73 and 1973-74).
M.K. Turk - Total of five games below .500 with Southern Mississippi in his first three seasons (1976-77 through 1978-79).
Riley Wallace - Total of 10 games below .500 in WAC competition with Hawaii in his first six seasons (1987-88 through 1992-93).
Gary Williams - Total of 24 games below .500 in ACC competition with Maryland in his first four seasons (1989-90 through 1992-93).
Jim Williams - Total of 12 games below .500 with Colorado State in his first five seasons (1954-55 through 1958-59).
Charlie Woollum - Total of eight games below .500 with Bucknell in his first three seasons (1975-76 through 1977-78).