One and Only: Larry Eustachy Could Go Where No Coach Has Gone Before

September 28th, 2012 - 22:22

Larry Eustachy, inheriting a talented Colorado State squad that participated in the NCAA playoffs last season, became the first coach in NCAA Division I history to win at least 24 games in a single season with five different DI schools. He previously achieved the feat with Idaho, Utah State, Iowa State and Southern Mississippi.

Eustachy, one of six coaches this year to leave an NCAA playoff participant, was an assistant coach at Idaho under Tim Floyd. Eustachy and Floyd are joined by Cliff Ellis as the only coaches ever to post at least 24 victories in a single season with four different DI schools. Iowa's Fran McCaffery could join the following list featuring 17 mentors to reach the 20-win plateau with four universities:

  • Cliff Ellis - won at least 25 games in a single season with four different DI schools (South Alabama, Clemson, Auburn and Coastal Carolina)

  • Larry Eustachy - won at least 24 games with five different NCAA Division I schools (Idaho, Utah State, Iowa State, Southern Mississippi and Colorado State)

  • Tim Floyd - won at least 24 games with four different DI schools (New Orleans, Iowa State, Southern California and Texas-El Paso)

  • Lon Kruger - won at least 23 games with four different DI schools (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois and UNLV before joining Oklahoma)

  • Tubby Smith - won at least 23 games with four different DI schools (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky and Minnesota)

  • Eddie Sutton - won at least 23 games with four different DI schools (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State)

  • John Beilein - won at least 22 games with four different DI schools (Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia and Michigan)

  • Bill E. Foster - won at least 22 games with four different DI schools (Rutgers, Utah, Duke and South Carolina)

  • Bob Huggins - won at least 22 games with four different DI schools (Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State and West Virginia)

  • Mike Jarvis - won at least 21 games with four different DI schools (Boston University, George Washington, St. John's and Florida Atlantic)

  • Rick Pitino - won at least 21 games with four different DI schools (Boston University, Providence, Kentucky and Louisville)

  • Oliver Purnell - won at least 21 games with four different DI schools (Radford, Old Dominion, Dayton and Clemson before joining DePaul)

  • Bill Self - won at least 21 games with four different DI schools (Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Illinois and Kansas)

  • Rick Barnes - won at least 20 games with four different DI schools (George Mason, Providence, Clemson and Texas)

  • Rick Majerus - won at least 20 games with four different DI schools (Marquette, Ball State, Utah and Saint Louis)

  • Tom Penders - won at least 20 games with four different DI schools (Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington and Houston)

  • Gary Williams - won at least 20 games with four different DI schools (American University, Boston College, Ohio State and Maryland)

NOTE: Floyd (once with Idaho) and Penders (four times with Fordham) posted a high of 19 victories with another school.