Wow, Sean Miller surprised me. I knew he had a great run at Xavier, but didn't realize he had than many wins.

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Mitch Henessey said:

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With last night's victory over Washington, Scott Drew sits at 86th all-time in career victories. He passed Pat Kennedy, who had several coaching stops over his career (spanning from 1980-2011), but had his longest tenure at Florida State in the 80s and 90s, predating Leonard Hamilton.

Drew is now tied with Thad Matta, Sean Miller, and Abe Lemons at 488 wins.

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I think it is safe to assume that he will soon pass my friend the late Abe Lemons.I wish Abe was still with us so he could share humorous observations about the current state of college-pro basketball.

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This is a good point. Now that we're getting further up the list, it's probably a good idea to start giving the gentlemen Coach Drew passes their flowers. I'll start doing a mini bio for these retired coaches as we pass them.

With tonight's victory over Tarleton State, Coach Drew keeps pace with both Thad Matta and Sean Miller, and moves into a tie for 86th all-time with win #489.

Tonight, Drew passed the late Abe Lemons, who coached at Oklahoma City University (two stints there), UT Rio Grande Valley (then called Pan American), and Texas. He made the NCAA tourney 7x over his career and won an NIT at Texas.

Lemons was an Oklahoma native who played college ball at Hardin before transferring to Oklahoma City. When WWII broke out, Lemons served in the Merchant Marines before returning to school after the war.

Lemons coached his alma mater for 18 years (1955-73), and then later returned to coach there again when they were an NAIA team before retiring in 1990.

Lemons was known for his quick wit and had numerous memorable quotes while HC at Texas. He and his wife had two daughters. Lemons passed in 2002 at the age of 79, due to complications from Parkinson's.

With Tuesday's victory over Sacramento State, Coach Drew passed the late, great Gene Bartow to gain sole possession of 87th all-time. Bartow is best known as the coach who succeeded John Wooden at UCLA, where he led the Bruins to a Final 4 and a Sweet 16 in two seasons as coach. Bartow began his career coaching high school basketball in Missouri in the 1950s, and coached at Central Missouri State, Valparaiso, Memphis State (now Memphis), where he coached the National Runner Up team in 1973, and then Illinois for one season, before jumping to UCLA.

After just two years at UCLA, Bartow left to form the athletic department at UAB, where he served as head basketball coach (from 1978-1996) and AD (from 1977-2000). In UAB's second season as a program, Bartow led them to the NIT, followed by 7 straight NCAA tournament appearances, peaking with teams in the Sweet 16 (1981) and Elite 8 (1982). UAB still plays in Bartow Arena to this day.

The scuffling back and forth with Thad Matta and Sean Miller continues, however, and Drew sits one win behind them both, as of Wednesday night.