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Roy Williams vs John Calipari: Who Has the Better Resume?

By Bryson Gordon

Dec 13, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels coach Roy Williams and Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-70. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels coach Roy Williams and Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-70. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports /
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NCAA Tournament Success

Roy Williams: Coach Williams has done an incredible job navigating the madness that is the NCAA tournament. Coach Roy has managed to avoid the first round upset over his entire career, which is crazy to think about in this time of March Madness.

Williams has won two games, to get to the Sweet 16 seventeen times in his career. Coach Roy has also been to eight Final Fours, which is fourth all time.

And of course how could all Tar Heel fans forget the two national titles that Williams has won with UNC, which are his only two titles.

Apr 2, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts against the Syracuse Orange in the first half in the 2016 NCAA Men
Apr 2, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams reacts against the Syracuse Orange in the first half in the 2016 NCAA Men /

John Calipari: Calipari has also done an pretty good job avoiding the early upset.

Calipari has only lost once in the first round, making him 16-1 in first round games. After the first round, Cal has done a modest job of navigating through the tournament.

Many people criticize Calipari due to his inability to get his great teams to win the national title, but Coach Cal still has one title.

The glaring mistake on Calipari’s postseason resume is the inability to coach the 38-1 Kentucky team to win the national title two years ago.

Had Calipari won with that team, he would have had an undefeated national champion, which is something that is hard to deny.

Advantage: This category goes to Coach Williams, and it is not really close on this one. Maybe if Calipari had the undefeated title it would be close, but with only four Final Fours, compared to Williams’ eight, Coach Roy takes the cake on this one.

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