Risky Business: Iowa State, UNM & Winthrop Hire Coaches With Losing Marks

At the time, it seemed equivalent to betting everything on a penny stock. But it can turn into a bonanza as evidenced by Duke's Mike Krzyzewski going on to become the all-time winningest major-college mentor after arriving in Durham to homestead Krzyzewskiville on the heels of a season W-L record eight games below .500 with Army.

Could another Special K be in the mix when several coaches were hired recently despite posting a losing mark last season? They joined the following alphabetical list of active coaches hired by their current school despite coming off a season when posting a losing record:

Active DI Coach	Current School	Losing Season Record With Previous School
Rod Barnes	Cal State Bakersfield (since 2011-12)	11-18 with Georgia State in 2010-11
Duggar Baucom	The Citadel (since 2015-16)	11-19 with Virginia Military in 2014-15
Mike Davis	Detroit (since 2018-19)	16-20 with Texas Southern in 2017-18
John Dunne	Marist (since 2018-19)	14-18 with Saint Peter's in 2017-18
Travis Ford	Saint Louis (since 2016-17)	12-20 with Oklahoma State in 2015-16
Jeff Jones	Old Dominion (since 2013-14)	10-20 with American University in 2012-13
LaVall Jordan	Butler (since 2017-18)	11-24 with Milwaukee in 2016-17
Derek Kellogg	Long Island (since 2017-18)	15-18 with Massachusetts in 2016-17
Mike Krzyzewski	Duke (since 1980-81)	9-17 with Army in 1979-80
Jim Les	UC Davis (since 2011-12)	12-20 with Bradley in 2010-11
Greg McDermott	Creighton (since 2010-11)	15-17 with Iowa State in 2009-10
T.J. Otzelberger	Iowa State (since 2021-22)	12-15 with UNLV in 2020-21
Richard Pitino	New Mexico (since 2021-22)	14-15 with Minnesota in 2020-21
Mark Prosser	Winthrop (since 2021-22)	11-16 with Western Carolina in 2020-21