This conference was exceptionally tough to rank, starting with Kansas' Bill Self. He has over 79,000 followers, but he's sent fewer tweets than the age of the U.S. Oklahoma's Lon Kruger and Baylor's Scott Drew are the league's serial tweeters, but many of their tweets are simply program-centric. We just wanted a little more personality for our No. 1.
COACHES’ TWITTER RANKING BY CONFERENCE: AAC | ACC | Big East | Big Ten | Pac-12 | SEC
We subjectively rank each coach's Twitter strength and single out one of their best tweets of recent vintage.
- Bob Huggins, West Virginia. I like a coach who shares his life off the court to the degree that Huggs does.
Tweets: 500Following: 100Followers: 26,000
Best Tweet: 244 retweets, 49 favorites, 125,000 impressions
- Bill Self, Kansas. He was at Cole Aldrich’s wedding, and Kevin Durant was there. Good times. But despite his following, we can’t put him at No. 1 when he just doesn’t tweet that often.Tweets: 170Following: 4Followers: 79,000
Best Tweet: 716 retweets, 599 favorites, 249,000 impressions. Self talked about the arrival of Ben McLemore in Lawrence.
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- Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State. I just love the picture of his family on his landing page.
Tweets: 400Following: 200Followers: 22,000
Best Tweet: 1,516 retweets, 1,017 favorites, 422,000 impressions. Hoiberg was grateful for a contract extension.
- Lon Kruger, Oklahoma. Blends engagement with former players with PSAs.
Tweets: 1,200Following: 40Followers: 12,000
Best Tweet: 136 retweets, 59 favorites, 97,000 impressions. Kruger was appreciative of the fans following the Sooners’ win over No. 5 Kansas.
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- Bruce Weber, Kansas State. His tweets have become sparse in recent months. We expect more from the league’s coach of the year!
Tweets: 250Following: 80Followers: 19,000
Best Tweet: 395 retweets, 296 favorites, 95.000 impressions
- Scott Drew, Baylor. He may be the college basketball retweet king of Twitter. We’d like to hear even more of his voice.
Tweets: 940Following: 30Followers: 9,700
Best Tweet: 115 retweets, 43 favorites, 37,000 impressions
- Travis Ford, Oklahoma State. Note to Coach: Share some pictures of your players. You only have one of the best in Marcus Smart!
Tweets: 230Following: 380Followers: 7,100
Best Tweet: 235 retweets, 44 favorites, 34,000 impressions. Ford was among those clamoring for Owasso High School special needs student Nathan Mitcham, a manager for the team, to play in the game. That he did. http://www.newson6.com/story/21139929/owasso-basketball-manager-to-dress-out-for-home-game
- Tubby Smith, Texas Tech. Only three tweets since he was hired in Lubbock. C’mon, coach!
Tweets: 90Following: 0Followers: 13,600
Tie 9-10: Rick Barnes, Texas and Trent Johnson, TCU. Yes, both coaches wear Twitter dunce caps.
