Mark Few
Mark Few (born December 27, 1962)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Gonzaga Bulldogs
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Gonzaga record: 715-143 (.833)
Overall record: 715-143 (.833)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2017, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 24 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 13 (2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 2 (2017, 2021)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 22 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 19 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Awards:
- AP Coach of the Year: 1 (2017)
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 2 (2017, 2021)
- NABC Coach of the Year: 2 (2017, 2021)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (2017)
- Henry Iba Award: 1 (2017)
- WCC Coach of the Year: 14 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1999-present | Gonzaga |
| 1990-1999 | Gonzaga (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Gonzaga (grad. asst) |
Mark Few Facts
- Mark Norman Few
- Born December 27, 1962
- Hometown: Creswell, Oregon
- Alma Mater: University of Oregon (BS, 1987) / Gonzaga University (MA, 1993)
- Got into coaching in 1983 as an unpaid assistant at his alma mater, Creswell HS (OR), while still a college student at Oregon
- After getting his bachelor’s, he became a graduate assistant with the Gonzaga program under head coach Dan Fitzgerald
- Became a full-time assistant a year later in 1990, working for Fitzgerald for seven years and under Dan Monson for two more
- Hired as the head coach in 1999 when Monson left for Minnesota, winning the WCC Tournament in his first season
- During his tenure, Few has won 22x WCC regular season titles, 19x WCC Tournament trophies and has led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament every single season (excluding the cancelled 2020 event)
- His 2017 Bulldogs team made it to the NCAA Final Four, the first appearance in the program’s history; the Zags would go on to play in the National Championship game, losing to North Carolina
- Few swept the major national coach of the year awards in 2017, winning AP, Naismith, NABC and Henry Iba honors
- The 2020-21 Bulldogs entered the NCAA Tournament undefeated and ranked #1 overall, but fell to Baylor in the title game
- The Zags have an active streak of reaching the Sweet Sixteen in nine-straight NCAA Tournaments (2015-24)
- Formed a close friendship with the late Jud Heathcote, HOF coach at Michigan State, who moved to Spokane in his retirement and became a supporter of Bulldogs basketball
Mark Few Coaching Tree
- Ray Giacoletti (Drake)
- Grant Gibbs (Oklahoma City Blue)
- Bill Grier (San Diego)
- John Jakus (Florida Atlantic)
- Tommy Lloyd (Arizona)
- Roger Powell Jr. (Valparaiso)
- Leon Rice (Boise State)
