Analytics
The state of the industry, measured from the register itself: who builds coaching trees, which programs launch careers, who lasts, and how fast the carousel is spinning.
1,505
Coaches on staff
144
Programs
11
Conferences
175
Open positions
859
Moves tracked
The carousel cycle
Movement on the wire this cycle, and where the openings are.
Movement by type
599
Changes
175
Openings
75
Hires
10
Departures
Every hire, change, opening, and departure recorded on The Wire.
Open positions by conference
1
145
2
11
3
11
4
8
Coaching influence
The mentors whose trees reach furthest across the sport.
Biggest coaching trees
1
12 coaches
2
12 coaches
3
11 coaches
4
11 coaches
5
10 coaches
6
10 coaches
7
10 coaches
8
10 coaches
9
9 coaches
10
9 coaches
Trees that produce head coaches
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Program pipelines
The programs that launch head-coaching careers, and the ones every résumé seems to pass through.
Head-coach factories
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Most careers passed through
1
20 coaches
2
19 coaches
3
19 coaches
4
17 coaches
5
17 coaches
6
17 coaches
7
17 coaches
8
16 coaches
9
16 coaches
10
16 coaches
Longest tenures
The rarest thing in the sport: staying put.
Most years at one program
1
1999-now · 27 yrs
2
2001-now · 25 yrs
3
2001-now · 25 yrs
4
1945-1966 · 21 yrs
5
2004-2025 · 21 yrs
6
2007-now · 19 yrs
7
2008-now · 18 yrs
8
2006-2022 · 16 yrs
9
2007-2022 · 15 yrs
10
2003-2017 · 14 yrs
Career records
The winningest coaches on a staff today.
Winningest active coaches
1
204-124
2
180-47
3
167-86
4
165-64
5
140-88
6
136-92
7
135-89
8
125-80
9
125-57
10
119-56
Computed live from the register: careers, trees, and wire events as of 2026. As coaches claim profiles and fill in their histories, these numbers sharpen.