What coach has coached the most NBA teams?

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Coach/national title(s)/their most notable school/year(s) they won the title

~List is chronological

*Actively coaching in NCAA

The Champ (the wizard of Westwood)

John Wooden 10 (UCLA) '64 '65 '67-'73 '75

Multiple wins

Adolph Rupp 4 (Kentucky) '48 '49 '51 '58

*Mike Kzryzewski 4 (Duke) '91 '92 '01 '10

*Jim Calhoun 3 (UCONN) '99 '04 '11

Bob Knight 3 (Indiana) '76 '81 '87

Two wins

Branch McCracken 2 (Indiana) '40 '53

Henry Iba 2 (Oklahoma A&M) '45 '46

Phil Woolpert 2 (San Francisco) '55 '56

Ed Jucker 2 (Cincinnati) '61 '62

Denny Crum 2 (Louisville) '80 '86

Dean Smith 2 (North Carolina) '82 '93

*Roy Williams 2 (North Carolina) '05 '09

*Billy Donovan 2 (Florida) '06 '07

One win

Howard Hobson 1 (Oregon) '39

Bud Foster 1 (Wisconsin) '41

Everett Dean 1 (Stanford) '42

Everett Shelton 1 (Wyoming) '43

Vadal Peterson 1 (Utah) '44

Doogie Julian 1 (Holy Cross) '47

Nat Holman 1 (CCNY) '50

Phog Allen 1 (Kansas) '52'

Ken Loeffler 1 (La Salle) '54

Frank McGuire 1 (North Carolina) '57

Pete Newell 1 (California) '59

Fred Taylor 1 (OSU) '60

George Ireland 1 (Loyola) '63

Don Haskins 1 (Texas Western) '66

Norm Sloan 1 (N.C. State) '74

Al McGuire 1 (Marquette) '77

Joe B. Hall 1 (Kentucky) '78

Jud Heathcote 1 (Michigan State) '79

Jim Valvano 1 (N.C. State) '83

John Thompson 1 (Georgetown) '84

Rollie Massimino 1 (Villanova) '85

Larry Brown 1 (Kansas) '88

Steve Fisher 1 (Michigan) '89

Jerry Tarkanian 1 (UNLV) '90

Nolan Richardson 1 (Arkansas) '94

Jim Harrick 1 (UCLA) '95

*Rick Pitino 1 (Kentucky) '96

Lute Olson 1 (Arizona) '97

*Tubby Smith 1 (Kentucky) '98

*Tom Izzo 1 (Michigan State) '00

*Gary Williams 1 (Maryland) '02

*Jim Boeheim 1 (Syracuse) '03

*Bill Self 1 (Kansas) '08

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