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Yes, all great coaches/managers (except maybe Ditka... don't know about his greatness as a coach).
By the way, Coach K had a great seaons going in '95 (I think) had only lost 1 or 2 games and his back went out and missed the rest of the season. The team, who by the way was still very taleneted only won a couple more games the balance of the year. Next year Coach is back, and Voila... Back on top of the Men's basketball world. Don't tell me he isn't a great coach. Yes he has talent, but to be a great NCAA coach you have to be able to recruit. You seem to forget, he struggled when he got to Duke and essentially put Duke on the map with a winning tradition. Coach Wooden the Godfather of NCAA mens hoops?.... Absolutely. However different time. Smaller field, the talent pool was not as great at the time (he got all the good ones). Today many schools get blue chip talent due to the popularity of bball, year round playing, availablity of camps, etc. This equals greater parity across the entire NCAA and less opportunity to win an NC year in and year out. By the way Duke did not have the best recruiting class this year (although they got a good one in Livingston), Texas did. By your definition, I should go ahead and pen Texas in as the NC for 2005. I would be curious to see how Wooden would do in this era, he might still be just as successful but I don't think so... just my opinion and others may disagree which I would understand.
As someone else already stated you have to factor the intangibles in with winning an NC and you have yet to recognize this. Give me one other team as consistently good over the last 15- 20 years as Duke....That is a function of coaching whether you choose to recognize it or not. The measure of a great coach is not only winning some NC's but also, putting yourself in a position to win one on a consistant basis. Coach K qualifies.
And I would venture a guess, that if whatever school you pull for was looking for a Coach and Coach K was a candidate, you would want him.
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