Whether you think Chris Holtmann has under-achieved (not making it to the second weekend of the tournament yet) or over-achieved (a ton of regular season wins, including ranked wins), it’s always good to keep things in perspective. It’s easy to look around college basketball and find examples of coaches who took over a program and immediately elevated it to new heights —like Eric Musselman at Arkansas— as well as coaches who couldn’t even get the plane off the ground, — like Archie Miller at Indiana (RIP).
To show how Holtmann stacks up to his Big Ten counterparts, we’re going to break down the first four seasons of each current B1G head coach at their current program.