College basketball coaching carousel grades, four years later: The best and worst from the 2022 hiring cycle

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TL;DR

The article evaluates college basketball coaching hires from the 2022 cycle four years later, highlighting the most significant changes in coaching positions. It marks the 10th edition of this grading exercise, reflecting on the impact of these hires on their respective programs.

Key points

The 2022 hiring cycle saw 14 power-conference jobs change.
This marks the 10th edition of grading coaching hires after four years.
Notable job openings included Louisville and Florida.
The grading focuses on the long-term impact of coaching hires.

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In 2017, I went to my editors and made the pitch: Let's resist vapid clickbait fodder and stop "grading" hirings before these coaches have even led one practice with their new teams, let alone been on the sideline for a single game. You can't properly grade something if you have no results from which to judge.

We can, instead, exhibit patience and actually grade athletic directors on their hirings a full four years after the coaches got those jobs. Sure it's antithetical to the entire premise of the sports internet's new consumption cycle, but I'm happy to say this is now the 10th edition of my Grade the Coaches Four Years Later exercise. Scroll below and you'll notice a few template updates, including naming the ADs responsible for making the hirings.

With it being 2026, we're looking back at the 2022 cycle, which in retrospect started a run on high-major coaching turnover that hasn't really stopped in the years since. Every March/April since 2022 has been especially crowded and highlighted by top-10 job openings. In '22, Mike Krzyzewski's one-of-a-kind career came to an end. Louisville opened, as did Florida. In total, 14 power-conference jobs changed, the most in one cycle ever (a record tied with other carousels in the 2020s).

I'm a notoriously fair but picky grader. Every job is different; there is no universal standard. For previous years, my report cards for 2013, 2014, 2015, , , , , and 's hiring cycles are linked therein. For the updated template below, all ADs with an asterisk next to their name are no longer at that school. Let's hand out some letters.