Among ACC coaches who reached a fifth season, Georgia Tech’s Brian Gregory owns the fourth-worst winning percentage in regular-season league play. He’s 21-59 (.263). The only five-year men who fared worse were Clemson’s Larry Shyatt (.250 from 1999-2003); Virginia’s Billy McCann (.238 from 1958-1963) and South Carolina’s Frank Johnson (.231 from 1953-1958).
Jeff Bzdelik of Wake Forest, this century’s most misguided ACC hire, was slightly worse (.250) than Gregory but lasted only four seasons. Les Robinson, whose North Carolina State teams finished last or next-to-last so often that the ACC tournament’s play-in game became known as the Les Robinson Invitational, was actually better than Gregory — .