College basketball coaching changes: The top five hires from 2020 after the first season at their new school

The 2020 college basketball coaching carousel was one of the calmest rides in recent memory, as only a handful of programs opted for coaching changes with the COVID-19 pandemic in its early stages and the financial ramifications unclear for athletic departments. Only one major conference program, Wake Forest, made a coaching change in relatively short order after the 2019-20 season and even that move came over a month after the season.

While Penn State and Wichita State followed suit in the coming months, those changes resulted from off-court controversies after the carousel slowed. But despite the relatively quiet offseason of 2020, some first-year coaches still managed to make a strong impression last season even while taking over programs amid the complications of a pandemic.

This time next year, a reflection on the new first-year coaches will be far beefier as big-name programs such as North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Indiana and others transition. But for now, these are the five first-year coaches whose success stood out most last season.