The number of Division I men's college basketball head coaches is tiny, roughly equivalent to the populations of small towns like Arroyo Alto, Texas; East Germantown, Indiana; Crows Landing, California; or Altamahaw, North Carolina. Not all head coaching positions are elite, necessarily, but the title itself is a scarce commodity.
Unlike small town populaces, however, men's college basketball head coaches pretty much run to a type. Most obviously, as of 2022, such coaches are still all uniformly male.
Here are a few other distinguishing characteristics -- demographic, professional and biographical -- about the 363 men who will pace the sidelines, talk about "building a culture" and call a timeout or two this season.