The Legend: Dean Smith
College basketball's all-time leader in coaching victories led the Tar Heels to 879 wins over 36 seasons at Chapel Hill. His legend lives in the Dean Smith Center where his teams' two national championship banners (1982, '93) hang in the rafters. Smith led UNC to 10 Final Four appearances, 61 NCAA Tournament wins and the 1971 NIT title.
The Replacement: Bill Guthridge
Despite winning more games (56) in his first two seasons at UNC than any other coach in NCAA history and leading the Tar Heels to the 2000 Final Four, Guthridge never seemed comfortable in his three seasons on the end of the bench. After 30 years as Smith's assistant, his brief, albeit successful, tour of duty ended in June with an 80-24 record.

The Legend: Adolph Rupp
The Wildcats won four national titles under Rupp, who until Smith passed him held the NCAA record for career wins with 876 -- all at Kentucky. The Hall of Fame coach remains synonymous with not only the university, but college basketball itself. His teams won 82.2 percent of their games.
The Replacement: Joe B. Hall
The former assistant to Rupp was able to continue Kentucky's successful tradition without missing a beat, leading the university to its fifth national title just three years after Rupp's departure. Hall wound up spending 13 seasons on the Kentucky sidelines, compiling a mark of 297-100 (.748) and winning eight SEC titles in 13 seasons.

The Legend: "Phog" Allen
Sure, Dr. James Naismith was there before Allen, but the Jayhawks didn't become a winner until the "Phog" rolled onto campus. When he was finished after 39 seasons in Lawrence, Kan., Allen had won 746 games and three national titles. Oh, and he also has the university's basketball facility named after him -- the Allen Fieldhouse.
The Replacement: Dick Harp
OK, William Hamilton did bridge the gap between Allen's two tenures at Kansas, but in 1956, Harp took control for the eight seasons after Allen left for good. An understudy of Allen on the bench, Harp was moderately successful (121-82). With Wilt Chamberlain, his '57 Jayhawks reached the NCAA tournament finals, but lost to UNC in triple OT.

The Legend: John Wooden
In 27 seasons at UCLA, the "Wizard of Westwood" went 620-147 (.808) and won an unprecedented 10 national championships -- including seven in a row from 1966-73. His Bruins also put together a streak of 88 consecutive wins over four seasons, a streak that included back-to-back 30-0 campaigns in 1971-72 and '72-73. In 29 seasons of college coaching, Wooden won 667 games.
The Replacement: Gene Bartow
Bartow lasted just two seasons in charge of the Bruins before leaving to become UAB's director of athletics and head men's basketball coach in 1977. Before he left, he won 52 of 61 games and led the '76 UCLA squad to the Final Four. Since Bartow's departure, the Bruins have gone through six head coaches in 23 seasons.

The Legend: Ray Meyer
During a 42-year run at DePaul, which started in 1942 and ended in 1984, Meyer had two trips to the NCAA Final Four (1943, '79), an NIT championship in 1945 and 724 wins. His victory total ranks sixth all-time.
The Replacement: Joey Meyer
Things started off well enough for the DePaul icon's son, Joey, who guided the Blue Devils to the third round of the '87 NCAA tournament. But Joey's teams didn't win an NCAA tourney game in '90s (0-2), and he wound up leaving in 1997 after a 3-23 campaign. Joey's overall record at DePaul was 231-158.

The Legend: Norm Stewart
Stewart won more games in 32 seasons at Missouri (634) than the school had won in its previous 61 seasons (630). That's about all you need to know about Stewart's era in the heartland. His teams won 20 or more games in 17 seasons and eight Big Eight Conference titles. He finished coaching in 1999, he had won 731 career games in 38 years of coaching.
The Replacement: Quin Snyder
The student of Duke's Mike Krzyzewski went 18-13 in his first season, leading the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to North Carolina in the first round.

The Legend: Jerry Tarkanian
Brought national recognition to the desert, transforming UNLV into a powerhouse in the late '80s and early '90s. Tarkanian, while he battled the NCAA over his controversial style of coaching and recruiting, led the Runnin' Rebels to 14 NCAA Tournament bids, including nine consecutive appearances from 1983-91. His 1990 team won the national championship. He left in 1992 after compiling a 509-105 record in 19 seasons.
The Replacement: Rollie Massimino
Massimino came in under tough circumstances, with the Rebels on probation after Tark's exile. Never really had a chance, despite going 36-21 in two seasons. His legacy, however, remains at Villanova, where he won the 1985 national championship.