2017 NCAA Tournament Coaches Who Once Played In It

Marquette: Steve Wojciechowski (Duke)

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Wojciechowski's 1994-95 freshman season is remembered for Mike Krzyzewski missing most of the year tending to a back injury. It is the only season since 1982-83 that Duke did did not reach the NCAA tournament. Woj then lost in the first round as a sophomore and the second as a junior. As a senior, after winning the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Wojciechowski was part of an Elite Eight team that lost to eventual champion Kentucky (as Jamaal Magloire nearly broke Wojo in half).

UCLA: Steve Alford (Indiana)

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A two-time first-team All-American, Alford played in three NCAA tournaments. He was the leading scorer with 23 points in the 1987 national championship game, a 74-73 win for the Hoosiers. Teammate Keith Smart, who hit the winning basket, was named Most Outstanding Player, despite Alford leading Indiana with 138 points in the tournament. Alford also had 33 points in the 1987 national semifinal against UNLV. UCLA is the fourth school he coached in the tournament. Southwest Missouri State, Iowa and New Mexico are the others.

Dayton: Archie Miller (North Carolina State)

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Miller didn't make the tournament until his senior year and reached the second round. He had eight points and two assists in a 69-58 first-round win for the No. 7 Wolfpack over No. 10 Michigan State. Julius Hodge and Anthony Grundy led N.C. State with 16 points in that game. Miller then scored nine points in a 77-74 second-round loss to No. 2 UConn in a game that featured 34 points from Caron Butler.

Arizona: Sean Miller (Pittsburgh)

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Miller, an Ellwood City, Pennsylvania native, played in three NCAA tournaments as Panther. As a freshman, Miller played 45 minutes – more than teammates Jerome Lane and Charles Smith – during a second-round overtime loss, 80-74, to Will Perdue and No. 7 Vanderbilt. Pitt lost in the first round in 1989, but in 1991, the Panthers reached the second round, thanks in part to a 10-point, six-assist game from Miller in a 76-68 win over No. 11 Georgia. Miller had 11 points and six assists in that year's second-round loss to No. 3 Kansas.

Northwestern: Chris Collins (Duke)

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At Duke, Collins proved he was more than just Doug Collins' son by averaging 9.1 points in four seasons, earning second-team All-ACC honors as a senior. Collins reached the 1994 national championship game as a sophomore, scoring 12 points in a 76-72 loss to Arkansas. This year, Collins is in the tournament for the first time as a head coach, with Northwestern making its initial appearance.

Vanderbilt: Bryce Drew (Valparaiso)

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One of the most famous players in March Madness history, Drew hit the magical 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave No. 13 Valparaiso an upset of No. 4 Ole Miss. Drew, a senior, also scored 22 points in that game and added 22 more in a second-round overtime win over No. 12 Florida State, 83-77. The Crusaders, coached by Bryce's dad Homer, finally fell in the Sweet Sixteen to No. 8 Rhode Island. Drew put up 18 in that game, but was out-dueled by Cuttino Mobley, who led Rhode Island with 16 points. Drew, who lost in the first round as a sophomore and a junior, took over Valpo as head coach in 2011 and led the Crusaders to two NCAA tournament appearances in five seasons. This is his first season at Vanderbilt.

Arkansas: Mike Anderson (Tulsa)

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Anderson played two years at Jefferson State Community College. An opposing coach at Western Texas Junior College, Nolan Richardson, took note, and when he was hired at Tulsa, he brought Anderson with him. Anderson had 11 points in his one NCAA tournament game for the No. 3 Golden Hurricane, a 78-74 loss in 1982 to No. 6 Houston. Clyde Drexler had 17 points and Hakeem Olajuwon just two for the Cougars. Rob Williams led Houston with 26 points. The Cougars subsequently went on their first of three straight Final Four runs.

Maryland: Mark Turgeon (Kansas)

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"The Surgeon" Turgeon made four NCAA tournaments at Kansas, reaching the Final Four as a junior. After graduation, he took on a role as an assistant coach in Lawrence and was on the bench with Larry Brown for the 1988 national championship.

Kansas: Bill Self (Oklahoma State)

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Self played in one NCAA tournament game during his sophomore year in Stillwater. He had eight points and four rebounds for No. 5 Oklahoma State in a 56-53 loss to No. 12 Princeton. Tigers senior Craig Robinson, the older brother of Michelle Obama and future head coach of Brown and Oregon State, led Princeton with 20 points and 16 rebounds.

Florida: Mike White (Ole Miss)

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White, a point guard, was part of three straight NCAA tournament teams for Ole Miss from 1997-1999. White's No. 4 Rebels were the victims of Bryce Drew's famous buzzer-beating shot for No. 13 Valparaiso in the first round in 1998.

Virginia: Tony Bennett (Green Bay)

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Bennett reached the NCAA tournament in 1991, as a junior, winning his first of two Summit League POYs along the way. The No. 12 Green Bay Phoenix, in their first tournament appearance, took No. 5 Michigan State down to the wire, losing 60-58. Bennett had a tough shooting game, going 3-12 from the field for nine points. He did have 10 assists.

Texas Southern: Mike Davis (Alabama)

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Davis has bounced around the coaching world, but once upon a time, he was part of two Alabama NCAA tournament teams. The first, the 1982 team, lost to eventual champion North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen. But Davis can say his squad held freshman Michael Jordan to a mere 11 points in a 74-69 Tar Heels win.

Wake Forest: Danny Manning (Kansas)

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Manning was in four tournaments and two Final Fours at Kansas from 1984-1988. A two-time first-team All-American, Manning won Player of the Year and Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1987-88, as the Jayhawks won their first national title since 1952. Manning had 31 points for No. 6 Kansas in a showdown with Big Eight rival Oklahoma in the national title game. He became the first pick in the NBA Draft by the Clippers.

Purdue: Matt Painter (Purdue)

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Although he grew up an Indiana fan, Painter played in three tournament from 1989-1993 for Purdue. In his senior year, Painter scored five points in his final game, a 74-68 loss for the No. 9 Boilermakers against Rhode Island. Freshman Glenn Robinson scored 36 points in a losing effort.

Princeton: Mitch Henderson (Princeton)

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A four-year starter and second-team All-Ivy League player, Henderson played in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore, junior and senior. As a sophomore in 1996, Henderson scored eight points in No. 13 Princeton's memorable first-round upset of reigning national champion No. 4 UCLA, 43-41. He led the Tigers with 15 points in a 1997 first-round loss to Cal. In 1998, with Princeton earning a No. 5 seed after a one-loss regular season, Henderson scored 19 points in a first-round win over UNLV, 69-57. However, Henderson was held to just six points in a second-round loss to No. 4 Michigan State. Mateen Cleaves dropped 27 for the Spartans.

SMU: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State)

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Jankovich transferred from Washington State to Kansas State, making three NCAA Tournaments at the latter school. In 1981, Jankovich peaked with a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

Rhode Island: Dan Hurley (Seton Hall)

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The younger Hurley brother was part of two NCAA tournament teams for P.J. Carlesimo before missing the tournament as a junior and senior under George Blaney. He played in both tournament games for the Pirates as a freshman, but did not make the box score as a sophomore.

Nevada: Eric Musselman (San Diego)

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Musselman was part of the first two San Diego NCAA tournament teams as a freshman and a senior. The Toreros couldn't make it out of the preliminary round in 1984, losing to fellow No. 12 seed Princeton, 65-56. Musselman was 0-2 from the field with zero points and one assist. In 1987, he had three points in two minutes in a 62-61 first-round loss to No. 8 Auburn.

Iona: Tim Cluess (St. John's)

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Cluess followed his three older brothers to St. John's, but injuries and a star-studded roster kept his minutes low. He was on the bench for two tournament teams in 1979 and 1980, but he never got into a game. Cluess transferred to the College of Charleston and then to Hofstra, playing his senior season at the latter.

UC Davis: Jim Les (Bradley)

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As a fifth-year senior in 1986, Les led Bradley with 22 points and 12 assists in a 83-65 first-round win over No. 10 UTEP. Sophomore teammate Hershey Hawkins added 21 points. Both Les and Hawkins played 40 minutes in the second round against No. 2 Louisville, but the eventual national champs cruised to an 82-68 win. Before UC Davis, Les was coach at Bradley, where he led the Braves to the 2006 Sweet Sixteen.

Winthrop: Pat Kelsey (Xavier)

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Kelsey started at Wyoming, but he transferred to Xavier, made the tournament in each of his tournaments in two seasons. In three games, Kelsey played just one minute during a 1997 second-round loss to No. 2 UCLA.

Xavier: Chris Mack (Evansville, Xavier)

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Mack, who played two years at Evansville and two at Xavier, is the only player on this list to have made the NCAA tournament at two schools. In 1989, Mack played nine minutes in a No. 13 Evansville overtime upset of Gary Payton and No. 4 Oregon State, 94-90. He then played six minutes in an 87-73 second-round loss to eventual runner-up Seton Hall. Four years later, Mack returned to the tournament as a fifth-year senior, playing limited minutes in a first-round win over No. 8 New Orleans and a second-round loss to No. 1 Indiana.