This is a list of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament regional championships by coach. Unlike the men's tournament that uses directions for names, the current names of the NCAA tournament regions are the name of the city that is to host said region. The winners of the four regions are awarded an NCAA Regional Championship Trophy and advance in the Division I women's basketball tournament to play in the Final Four.

Final Four appearances by coach Coaches with vacated Final Four appearances due to NCAA violations are marked with an * next to the year. The listed Final Four totals for those coaches do not include the vacated appearances. Coaches with names in bold are active with a team that they took to a Final Four. Coaches with names in bold italics are active in NCAA Division I, but are not currently coaching a team that they took to a Final Four. Years in bold indicate national championship. All school names reflect current athletic brand names, which do not necessarily match those in use during a particular season. Number Coach Years Team(s)Refs25 Geno Auriemma 1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Connecticut18Pat Summitt 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Tennessee14 Tara VanDerveer 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022 Stanford9 Muffet McGraw 1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 Notre Dame9 Leon Barmore 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999 Louisiana Tech8 Dawn Staley2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 South Carolina5 Andy Landers 1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999Georgia5 Kim Mulkey 2005, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023 Baylor (4), LSU (1)4 Vic Schaefer 2017, 2018, 2025, 2026 Mississippi State (2), Texas (2)4 Jeff Walz 2009, 2013, 2018, 2022 Louisville4 Gail Goestenkors 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 Duke4 C. Vivian Stringer 1982, 1993, 2000, 2007Cheyney State (1), Iowa (1), Rutgers (2)3 Brenda Frese 2006, 2014, 2015 Maryland3 Jody Conradt 1986, 1987, 2003 Texas3 Sylvia Hatchell 1994, 2006, 2007 North Carolina3 Linda Sharp 1983, 1984, 1986 USC3 Paul Sanderford 1985, 1986, 1992 Western Kentucky3 Joe Ciampi 1988, 1989, 1990 Auburn3 Sherri Coale 2002, 2009, 2010 Oklahoma3 Debbie Ryan 1990, 1991, 1992 Virginia3 Sonja Hogg 1982, 1983, 1984 Louisiana Tech3 Marianne Stanley 1983, 1985, 1996 Old Dominion, Stanford2Pokey Chatman2005, 2006LSU2 Chris Weller 1982, 1989 Maryland 2 Gary Blair 1998, 2011 Arkansas (1), Texas A&M (1)2 Cheryl Burnett1992, 2001 Missouri State2 Joan Bonvicini 1987, 1988 Long Beach State 2 Lisa Bluder 2023, 2024 Iowa 2 Cori Close 2025, 2026 UCLA 1 Kenny Brooks 2023 Virginia Tech 1 Linda Harper 1985 Louisiana-Monroe 1 Mike Neighbors 2016 Washington 1 Quentin Hillsman 2016Syracuse1Scott Rueck2016Oregon State 1 Lindsay Gottlieb 2013 California 1 Pam Borton 2004 Minnesota 1 Joanne P. McCallie 2005 Michigan State 1 Rick Moody 1994 Alabama 1 Rene Portland 2000 Penn State 1 Marsha Sharp 1993Texas Tech 1 Adia Barnes 2021Arizona 1 Jim Foster 1993 Vanderbilt 1 Kay Yow 1998 NC State 1 Kelly Graves 2019 Oregon 1 Nancy Darsch 1993 Ohio State 1 Wendy Larry 1997 Old Dominion 1 Lin Dunn 1994 Purdue 1 Carolyn Peck 1999 Purdue 1 Kristy Curry 2001 Purdue 1 Sue Gunter 2004 LSU 1 Van Chancellor 2008 LSU 1 Winthrop McGriff 1984 Cheyney State 1 Wes Moore 2024 NC State1 Amy Tucker/Marianne Stanley 1996 Stanford1Bob Starkey2007LSU

Coaches with multiple NCAA Division I Championships This is a list of NCAA women's basketball coaches who have won multiple championships. This list includes only championships since 1982.

Number Coach Years Program(s) Refs12Geno Auriemma1995, 2000, 2002–2004, 2009, 2010, 2013–2016, 2025Connecticut8Pat Summitt1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–1998, 2007, 2008 Tennessee4Kim Mulkey2005, 2012, 2019, 2023Baylor (3), LSU (1)3Dawn Staley2017, 2022, 2024South Carolina3Tara VanDerveer1990, 1992, 2021 Stanford2Muffet McGraw2001, 2018Notre Dame2Linda Sharp 1983, 1984USC

References

2023 NCAA Record Book - Coaches

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