That team made three consecutive Final Four appearances and won a national championship in 2007 when Porter was also named NCAA national assistant coach of the year. The Blue Devils coach. AFC Championship: Most appearances, wins, losses The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to their fifth consecutive AFC Championship Game, but until 2018, they had only made it this far once in 48 . The Blue Devils have been to four Final Fours in the current streak, winning titles in all but one. statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account. Bill Guthridge, Smiths longtime assistant, took over ahead of the 1997-1998 season and led the Tar Heels back to the Final Four that year. The only other coach to make multiple Final Four appearances with two different schools was Jack Gardner, who led Kansas State and Utah to two Final Four appearances each between 1948 and 1966 (Rick Pitino would be the third member on the list had two of his three Final Four appearances with Louisville not been vacated). In his second year as Kansas head coach, in 1990, Williams led the Jayhawks to a 30-5 record and the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Kansas Jayhawks have made 15 appearances in the Final Four, doing so under six different head coaches. Most Consecutive Final Four Appearances. One of Woodens records, the most important of all, still stands: 10 national championships. Wooden made the national championship in 1964-65, missed the tournament entirely in 1966, then made the national championship every year from 1967-73. From first joining the Boston Celtics in 1956, Bill made it to the NBA finals from 1956 to 1966. National Collegiate Athletic Association. March Madness 2021: Who is the 1st team to defeat ALL double-digit seeds to make it to the Final Four?. (May 1, 2022). [Online]. Duke legend cites family, COVID in decision and timing to step away from coaching, Who is Jon Scheyer? #2. Tubby Smith (1), Rick Pitino (3), Joe B. The 2022 Final Four will be played at Caesars Superdome, home of the New Orleans Saints, in New Orleans. Connecticut Connecticut. If Duke reaches the Final Four in the upcoming tournament during Krzyzewskis final season, Coach K will hold yet another NCAA record all to himself by breaking a tie for most semifinal appearances with another legendary coach. These are not the typical names college basketball fans are used to seeing at the end of the tournament. The 18-year streak saw some ups and downs for the Hoosiers, who won the 1987 championship and made three Final Fours, but lost in the first round eight times, and the second round thrice more. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is venerable, but not oldest in college basketball history. /*-->