I wanted to start this thread to track Coach Drew's progress over the years, as he progresses up the all-time wins list.
As of today, March 1, 2023, Coach Drew sits at 441 wins, which places him 113th all-time in NCAA history. While anyone who has followed the Baylor program knows that what CSD has accomplished is remarkable, 441 wins isn't that noteworthy, historically. What really gets interesting is what the rest of Drew's career could look like. He has a very realistic shot to end up in the Top 10, maybe even Top 5 in all-time wins. To do that from where he took this program over is mind-blowing.
I'll run through my methodology briefly. Here's the website I'm using to track all-time wins: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/men/wins-coach-career.html
I'm assuming 25 wins/year going forward. Since 2009-2010, when things really started humming, Coach Drew has averaged 24.5 wins/year. You could make the argument that the average should be higher, given COVID disruptions (both the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and CSD missing games at the outset of 2021 when he contracted COVID), and for games he couldn't coach, due to "NCAA violations" that are no longer penalties under current NCAA rules (and were no longer penalties at the time he served the suspension). That being said, I'll keep it conservative and stick with 25 wins.
Coach Drew is 52 years old, currently. I'll assume he coaches another 20 years. 72 isn't that old (for comparison, Jim Boeheim is 78 and is still coaching with no indications of quitting), but most of the coaches who are at the top of the list were miserable old *****s (Coach K, Boeheim, Knight, among others), so we'll give him 20 more and assume he gets a wonderful, long retirement to hang with his family.
Assuming 20 more years at 25 wins/season, that's 500 more wins. 941 wins would put him at #3 all-time in total wins, as the list currently stands. There are a number of active coaches who will push well into the 900s that I'll detail in a subsequent post.
I don't intend to update this as often as a TexasJeremy or Baylorkid thread on player career stats, but I'll come back periodically and update, particularly as CSD moves up the list and passes notable names.
As of today, March 1, 2023, Coach Drew sits at 441 wins, which places him 113th all-time in NCAA history. While anyone who has followed the Baylor program knows that what CSD has accomplished is remarkable, 441 wins isn't that noteworthy, historically. What really gets interesting is what the rest of Drew's career could look like. He has a very realistic shot to end up in the Top 10, maybe even Top 5 in all-time wins. To do that from where he took this program over is mind-blowing.
I'll run through my methodology briefly. Here's the website I'm using to track all-time wins: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/men/wins-coach-career.html
I'm assuming 25 wins/year going forward. Since 2009-2010, when things really started humming, Coach Drew has averaged 24.5 wins/year. You could make the argument that the average should be higher, given COVID disruptions (both the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and CSD missing games at the outset of 2021 when he contracted COVID), and for games he couldn't coach, due to "NCAA violations" that are no longer penalties under current NCAA rules (and were no longer penalties at the time he served the suspension). That being said, I'll keep it conservative and stick with 25 wins.
Coach Drew is 52 years old, currently. I'll assume he coaches another 20 years. 72 isn't that old (for comparison, Jim Boeheim is 78 and is still coaching with no indications of quitting), but most of the coaches who are at the top of the list were miserable old *****s (Coach K, Boeheim, Knight, among others), so we'll give him 20 more and assume he gets a wonderful, long retirement to hang with his family.
Assuming 20 more years at 25 wins/season, that's 500 more wins. 941 wins would put him at #3 all-time in total wins, as the list currently stands. There are a number of active coaches who will push well into the 900s that I'll detail in a subsequent post.
I don't intend to update this as often as a TexasJeremy or Baylorkid thread on player career stats, but I'll come back periodically and update, particularly as CSD moves up the list and passes notable names.
