Youngest coaches to win NCAA title

While many a grizzled veteran has prowled the sideline at the Final Four, youth has been served on a few occasions as well.

Who are the youngest coaches ever to have a team cut down the nets on the college basketball season’s final night?

Here’s the list:

1. Branch McCracken (Indiana, 1940): 31 years, 9 months, 21 days
2. Harold Foster (Wisconsin, 1941): 34 years, 9 months, 29 days
3. Fred Taylor (Ohio State, 1960): 35 years, 3 months, 16 days
4. Bob Knight (Indiana, 1976): 35 years, 5 months, 4 days
5. Howard Hobson (Oregon, 1939): 35 years, 8 months, 23 days
6. Don Haskins (UTEP, 1966): 36 yearsa, 0 months, 5 days
7. Jim Valvano (North Carolina State, 1983): 37 years, 0 months, 24 days
8. Phil Woolpert (San Francisco, 1955): 39 years, 2 months, 0 days
9. Phil Woolpert (San Francisco, 1956): 40 years, 2 months, 5 days
10. Frank McGuire (North Carolina, 1957): 40 years, 4 months, 15 days

Source: NCAA.org

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