Men's Basketball
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Mark Few enters his 28th season as the head coach of Gonzaga University in 2026-27, having established himself as one of the most successful coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history. Few was enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Aug. 15, 2026, becoming the first Gonzaga head coach to receive basketball's highest individual honor. He has spent 37 years at Gonzaga, including 27 seasons as the Bulldogs' head coach.
Few enters the 2026-27 season with a 772-156 career record at Gonzaga and an .832 winning percentage, the highest in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. He has never had a losing season and has guided Gonzaga to at least 20 wins in every season as head coach. The Bulldogs have won at least 25 games in each of the last 19 seasons, an NCAA Division I record.
In 2025-26, Few guided Gonzaga to a 31-4 record, the program's 27th West Coast Conference regular-season championship and 23rd WCC Tournament title. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 27th consecutive season under Few, earning a No. 3 seed and defeating Kennesaw State in the first round before falling to Texas, 74-68, in the second round. The 31 victories marked Few's ninth 30-win season.
Few guided Gonzaga to 23 WCC regular-season championships, including the 2025-26 title, and 21 WCC Tournament championships won during his tenure. The Bulldogs have also appeared in the WCC Tournament championship game in an NCAA-record 29 consecutive seasons.
Under Few, Gonzaga has advanced to the NCAA Tournament in every season he has been head coach, with the exception of 2019-20, when the Bulldogs had secured an automatic berth before the NCAA Tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, Gonzaga's NCAA Tournament streak dates to 1999, when Few was an assistant coach. During his head-coaching tenure, the Bulldogs have reached the Sweet 16 14 times, Elite Eight six times, Final Four twice and national championship game twice.
Few led Gonzaga to its first Final Four in 2017 and a second in 2021. The 2017 Bulldogs reached the national championship game for the first time in program history, while the 2021 team entered the national championship game undefeated at 31-0 after spending the entire season ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.
Few has been recognized repeatedly as one of the nation's premier coaches. He is a two-time Naismith National Coach of the Year and a two-time NABC National Coach of the Year. He was named Associated Press, Sporting News, USBWA and USA Today National Coach of the Year in 2017. Few has also been named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year a conference-record 14 times. In 2025, he received the John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching Award.
Few's teams have produced an extraordinary number of individual honors. During his tenure, Gonzaga players have earned 26 All-America honors, including Graham Ike's Third Team All-America selections from the Associated Press and NABC following the 2025-26 season. Ike also became the 21st Bulldog to earn WCC Player of the Year, giving Few 18 WCC Players of the Year during his tenure. Gonzaga players under Few have also accumulated 106 All-WCC selections, along with nine WCC Defensive Player of the Year awards and 10 Newcomer of the Year awards.
Ike's 2025-26 season added another significant accomplishment to Few's résumé. The graduate transfer was named WCC Player of the Year and WCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the second consecutive season before earning Third Team All-America recognition from both the Associated Press and NABC. Ike finished the season ranked first in the WCC in scoring and became the 86th player in NCAA Division I history to reach 2,500 career points.
Few has also developed a remarkable pipeline of professional talent. Thirty-two players coached by Few at Gonzaga have appeared in the NBA, with 22 selected in the NBA Draft. His NBA players include Domantas Sabonis, Kelly Olynyk, Zach Collins, Rui Hachimura, Brandon Clarke, Jalen Suggs, Corey Kispert, Chet Holmgren, Andrew Nembhard, Julian Strawther, Anton Watson, Drew Timme and others. Holmgren became the highest-drafted player in Gonzaga history when the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him No. 2 overall in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Few has also played a significant role with USA Basketball. He served as an assistant coach for the gold-medal-winning 2024 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team in Paris and has continued his involvement with USA Basketball, being selected as an assistant coach for the 2027 FIBA Men's World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He previously served as an assistant with the 2023 USA Men's National Team at the FIBA World Cup, the 2021 USA Men's Select Team, the 2019 USA Men's Select Team and 2018 USA National Team minicamp. He was head coach of the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men's Basketball Team and an assistant coach for the gold-medal-winning 2012 USA U18 National Team.
Few began his Gonzaga coaching career as a graduate assistant in 1989-90 under head coach Dan Fitzgerald. He became a full-time assistant coach in 1991-92 and was promoted to associate head coach in April 1999. Following Gonzaga's run to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1999, head coach Dan Monson departed for Minnesota and Few was named head coach on July 26, 1999.
Few made an immediate impact in his first season, guiding Gonzaga to a 26-9 record and a Sweet 16 appearance. Since then, he has transformed the Bulldogs into one of the nation's premier programs while establishing a level of sustained success rarely matched in college basketball.
Few's accomplishments extend beyond the court. He and his wife, Marcy, have been deeply involved in cancer fundraising and community initiatives in Spokane. In 2002, they helped establish the Spokane branch of Coaches vs. Cancer, which grew into one of the nation's largest Coaches vs. Cancer fundraising events. The Fews and community partners later helped launch the Community Cancer Fund, supporting cancer research, patients, families and local cancer-related organizations.
Few was honored for his philanthropy at the Dick Vitale Gala benefiting The V Foundation for Cancer Research in 2020 and received the Nell and John Wooden Coaching Achievement Award from the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 2008.
A native of Creswell, Ore., Few graduated from the University of Oregon in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He and Marcy were married in 1994 and have four children: Austin James (A.J.) (2000), Joseph Dillon (2002), Julia Ann Elizabeth (2006) and Colt Walker Norman(2009). Mark and Marcy's wedding was more special because Rev. Norm Few, father of the groom, officiated.
Mark Few
Birthplace: Creswell, Oregon
High School: Creswell (Ore.) HS, 1981
College: University of Oregon, 1987
Degree: B.S./Physical Education
Graduate School: Gonzaga University, 1993
Degree: M.A./Athletic Administration
Coaching Experience
1986-88 - Assistant Coach, Creswell (Ore.) High
1988-89 - Assistant Coach, Sheldon (Ore.) High
1990-91 - Graduate Assistant Coach, Gonzaga University
1992-1999 - Assistant Coach, Gonzaga University
April 16, 1999 - Named Associate Head Coach, Gonzaga University
July 26, 1999 - Named Head Coach, Gonzaga University
