ACC coaches as a group are far younger, less experienced, and less accomplished than they’d been at any time in recent memory.
A season short of a decade ago, when Louisville took Maryland’s place in the ACC, the league boasted four Hall of Fame coaches, all NCAA title winners. Now there are no inducted HOF members and a single championship coach (Virginia’s Tony Bennett).
Only four coaches (Brad Brownell, Leonard Hamilton, Jim Larranaga, Bennett) remain of 15 from UL’s inaugural ACC season.
Five coaches, representing a third of the league, are in their first or second year at their respective schools.