1. John Calipari, Kentucky
Record at Kentucky: 152-37 (.804)
NCAA Tournament: 43-14, five Final Fours, one national championship
Number to note: Despite missing the 2013 Tournament, Calipari has 15 NCAA wins since 2010, most in the country during that span.
Why hes ranked here: The disappointing 2013-14 regular season may not have been one of Cals shining moments, especially on the heels of an NIT exit a year earlier. The disappointment subsided with a run to the Final Four for the third time in four seasons.
2. Billy Donovan, Florida
Record at Florida: 451-169 (.727)
NCAA Tournament: 35-12, four Final Fours, two national championships
Number to note: Donovan has the second-most NCAA wins (13) since 2010 behind Calipari. The figure that doesnt include two championships in 2006 and 2007.
Why hes ranked here: Donovan will reach the 500-win mark next season and will be one of the top 25 fastest coaches to do so. His name will land somewhere around Lute Olson and Nolan Richardson in the record books in that category.
3. Bruce Pearl, Auburn
Record at Auburn: First season
NCAA Tournament: 10-8
Number to note: Pearl has missed the NCAA Tournament only twice as a Division I head coach, both in his first three seasons at Milwaukee.
Why hes ranked here: Pearl already pulled three four-star recruits (one junior college) for the 2015 class. Auburn will be competitive soon enough.
4. Mike Anderson, Arkansas
Record at Arkansas: 59-39 (.602)
NCAA Tournament: 7-6
Number to note: Mike Anderson is 4-1 against Calipari-coached Kentucky teams. While at UAB, Anderson went 1-1 against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament.
Why hes ranked here: Once considered a home run hire when the Razorbacks hired Nolan Richardsons right-hand man, Anderson will need to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time at Arkansas to truly shift the momentum of his program.
5. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt
Record at Vanderbilt: 292-192 (.603)
NCAA Tournament: 6-8
Number to note: During the last two years, Vanderbilt endured back-to-back losing seasons for the first time in 13 seasons under Stallings.
Why hes ranked here: Vanderbilt is still searching for answers since the John Jenkins/Festus Ezeli/Jeff Taylor class left school two years ago.
6. Frank Martin, South Carolina
Record at South Carolina: 28-38 (.424)
NCAA Tournament: 6-4
Number to note: The standings show a one-game improvement from 4-14 in the SEC to 5-12, but the Gamecocks improved from No. 210 to No. 114 in KenPoms rankings in Martins second season.
Why hes ranked here: Martin may never get South Carolina to the 29-win/Elite Eight mark as Kansas State did in 2010, but progress is being made incrementally.
7. Mark Fox, Georgia
Record at Georgia: 85-77 (.525)
NCAA Tournament: 2-4
Number to note: Georgia had a non-losing season in the SEC in three of Foxs five seasons, including 12-6 last season.
Why hes ranked here: The Bulldogs have been tough to play during the conference season, but the non-conference resume hasnt been up to NCAA standards.
8. Johnny Jones, LSU
Record at LSU: 39-26 (.600)
NCAA Tournament: 0-2
Number to note: LSU went 9-9 in the SEC in each of Jones two seasons.
Why hes ranked here: The former Dale Brown assistant and player is a good fit, but last seasons NIT bid was a disappointment.
9. Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss
Record at Ole Miss: 171-101 (.629)
NCAA Tournament: 1-1
Number to note: Kennedy is Ole Miss all-time wins leader and carries the best win percentage of any Rebels coach since 1938.
Why hes ranked here: The 2013-14 season lends more credence to the supporting cast, not Marshall Henderson, being the key to 27 wins and an NCAA appearance in 2013.
10. Anthony Grant, Alabama
Record at Alabama: 99-71 (.582)
NCAA Tournament: 1-3
Number to note: Alabama last season was winless on the road for the first time since 1999-2000.
Why hes ranked here: Alabama has recruited too well in five seasons under Grant to have as many losing seasons as NCAA appearances (one each).
11. Donnie Tyndall, Tennessee
Record at Tennessee: First season
NCAA Tournament: 2-2
Number to note: Not many coaches leave the Ohio Valley Conference with two NCAA wins in such a short period of time. One of Tyndalls wins came in a play-in game, the other was an upset of No. 4 seed Louisville.
Why hes ranked here: Southern Miss kept the momentum going under Tyndall with 56 wins in two seasons.
12. Billy Kennedy, Texas A&M
Record at Texas A&M: 50-49 (.505)
NCAA Tournament: 1-2
Number to note: Texas A&Ms conference win total has increased in each of the last three seasons under Kennedy from 4-14 in the Big 12 to 7-11 in the SEC to 8-10 last season.
Why hes ranked here: Kennedys resume at Southeastern Louisiana and Murray State suggests he needs time to build a program, but Texas A&M had made six consecutive NCAA appearances before his arrival.
13. Rick Ray, Mississippi State
Record at Mississippi State: 24-41 (.369)
NCAA Tournament: None
Number to note: A total of 11 players have left Mississippi State, not all of them by choice, in Rays two seasons.
Why hes ranked here: Ray has been building from the ground up in Starkville. This needs to be a season for him to show some progress.
14. Kim Anderson, Missouri
Record at Missouri: First season
NCAA Tournament: None
Number to note: Anderson led Central Missouri to a Division II national title last season.
Why hes ranked here: Though hes a former assistant at Missouri and Baylor, Anderson hasnt spent any time at the Division I level since 1999. Now he he has one of the better jobs in the SEC.
