Jim Larrañaga
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The winningest coach in Miami men’s basketball history, Jim Larrañaga completed his 12th year at The U in 2022-23 with the program’s best season ever. He guided the Hurricanes to their first Final Four appearance, sharing the ACC regular season title and tying a Miami record with 29 wins along the way. The Hurricanes finished third in the Coaches Poll, another program best.
Larrañaga has taken The U to unprecedented heights. His eight 20- win seasons are the most by a Hurricane coach and 40 percent of the program’s total. He has led Miami to all five of its 25-win years, half its 12 NCAA berths, 11 of its 15 wins in the tournament, four of its five Sweet 16s, both of its Elite Eight trips, its first Final Four, both its ACC regular season titles and its first ACC Tournament crown.
Larrañaga came to Miami in April 2011 after a 14-year stint at George Mason. There, he led the Patriots to a 273-164 record, four CAA regular season titles, three CAA tournament titles, nine postseason appearances, five NCAA Tournament bids and a spot in the 2006 Final Four. Before that, he was the head coach at Bowling Green for 11 seasons, guiding the Falcons to a 170-144 mark, a MAC regular season crown and three NIT trips. Larrañaga also served as the head coach at American International.
In 39 years as a head coach, Larrañaga is 725-483, good for No. 30 all-time and eighth among active DI coaches (min. five years DI) in wins. His 255 victories at Miami put him No. 12 in ACC history, while his 120 league triumphs place him No. 10. He is among four coaches with 150-plus wins at three DI schools and among eight with 250-plus at two, as well as the first coach to record 100 league victories at three DI institutions
Larrañaga owns five league Coach of the Year honors: two ACC, two CAA and one MAC. He was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 2013 and the Clair Bee National Coach of the Year in 2006. This year, Larrañaga was a first-time nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Larrañaga has taken The U to unprecedented heights. His eight 20- win seasons are the most by a Hurricane coach and 40 percent of the program’s total. He has led Miami to all five of its 25-win years, half its 12 NCAA berths, 11 of its 15 wins in the tournament, four of its five Sweet 16s, both of its Elite Eight trips, its first Final Four, both its ACC regular season titles and its first ACC Tournament crown.
Larrañaga came to Miami in April 2011 after a 14-year stint at George Mason. There, he led the Patriots to a 273-164 record, four CAA regular season titles, three CAA tournament titles, nine postseason appearances, five NCAA Tournament bids and a spot in the 2006 Final Four. Before that, he was the head coach at Bowling Green for 11 seasons, guiding the Falcons to a 170-144 mark, a MAC regular season crown and three NIT trips. Larrañaga also served as the head coach at American International.
In 39 years as a head coach, Larrañaga is 725-483, good for No. 30 all-time and eighth among active DI coaches (min. five years DI) in wins. His 255 victories at Miami put him No. 12 in ACC history, while his 120 league triumphs place him No. 10. He is among four coaches with 150-plus wins at three DI schools and among eight with 250-plus at two, as well as the first coach to record 100 league victories at three DI institutions
Larrañaga owns five league Coach of the Year honors: two ACC, two CAA and one MAC. He was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 2013 and the Clair Bee National Coach of the Year in 2006. This year, Larrañaga was a first-time nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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