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ALL-TIME D-II Coaches

TDR Editor’s Note;  We welcome input so that our records can be as accurate as possible.  Please notify us if you see something that needs to be looked into.  The wins counting on this list are for a coach at a D-II school while coaching at that school or schools.

ALL-TIME Coaches (D-II)– Top 40 (or so) with at least 140 wins    

  1. Pat Pecora(Pitt-Johnstown)                             569
  2. Don Elia (Carson-Newman)                                461
  3. Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa,Monmouth)  428 – II  ??
  4. Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State)               408          
  5. David James (Cent.Oklahoma)                         396
  6. Vaughn Hitchcock(Cal-Poly-SLO)                     353
  7. Mike Denney (MaryvilleUniv./Nebr.-Omaha)    348
  8. Robert “Rummy” Macias  (Minn.St.-Mankato)  299
  9. P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke,Campbell)               299
  10. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/ValleyCity St.)   293
  11. VinceMonseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.)   286
  12. JimKoch (Wisconsin-Parkside)                      277
  13. MikeSterner  (SW Minnesota St.)                  254
  14. William“Bill” Corman (Shippensburg State)  243
  15. JasonLiles (S.D. State/Montana St.-Northern)         236
  16. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&DanaCollege)       230
  17. TerryWetherald (Univ. of Indianapolis – Ind. Central)         230
  18. RobinErsland (Minot St./Cent. Mo. St./Calif. (Pa.), N. Mich.  225
  19. MarcBauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)                              215
  20. LarryKristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.)         212
  21. MikePalmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern) 200
  22. TracyBorah (Western State College)                         200
  23. JasonValek (Newberry)                                             194
  24. Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.)                                   191
  25. Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.)                              187
  26. JoeSeay (Cal. State Bakersfield)                               187  ?
  27. AllanAbraham (Calif. State San Francisco)               176
  28. Miles Van Hee (Western State College)                   170
  29. Lars Jensen (Calif. State San Francisco)                170
  30. Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.)                          169
  31. StamatisBulgaris (Wright State & Dayton)               169
  32. RayKowatch (Ashland College)                                167
  33. John Oxton(St. Cloud State Univ.)                           167
  34. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.)             165
  35. PaulKendle (Augustana College-S.D.)                      163
  36. HowardWestcott (Portland State)                             162
  37. Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West LibertyState)     157
  38. JohnW. Hancock (Northern Col., Col. St. Coll)        152
  39. BillGarland (Minnesota State-Moorhead)                 147
  40. RogerDenker (Central Missouri State)                      143
  41. JackLaBonde (Northern Colorado, Col. St. Coll)     142

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All-Time D-I Coaches

TDR Editor’s Note;  We welcome input so that our records can be as accurate as possible.  Please notify us if you see something that needs to be looked into.  The wins counting on this list are for a coach at a D-I school while coaching at that school or schools.

2018  ALL-TIME Coaches (D-I)– Top 70 with at least 200 wins     Wins

  1. Dale Thomas (Oregon State)                          616
  2. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.)                              493
  3. Gary Taylor (Rider)                                        442 – ** retired in 2017
  4. Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU)       440  
  5. J Robinson (Minnesota)                                  440
  6. Jack Childs (Drexel)                                       423
  7. T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.)  421
  8. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)            411
  9. Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.)                  392
  10. John Johnston (Princeton)                               382
  11. Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.)                     378
  12. Lonnie Timmerman (Drake)                            364
  13. Bob Guzzo (N.C. State )                                356
  14. Dan Gable (Iowa)                                           355
  15. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.)                   350
  16. Paul Mance (Appalachian State.)                    348
  17. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.)   327
  18. Carl Adams (Boston Univ.)                            326  
  19. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                  324  – up 4 spots
  20. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.)                             322 – I
  21. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell)                 322 – I
  22. Dave Amato (Brown)                                     319  
  23. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)     319 – I 
  24. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno)                   313 – I
  25. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.)                             311  – I
  26. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy)                    311  – I
  27. Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh)                      304 – I            
  28. Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati)                  302 – I
  29. Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.)  300 – I
  30. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.)                 297 – I – ** retired in 2018
  31. Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State)                     296 – I
  32. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                              292 – I – up 4 spots
  33. John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American)   288 – I
  34. Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287 – I
  35. Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.)                                    282 – I
  36. Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.)                             280 — I
  37. Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.)                     274 – I
  38. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)                 269
  39. Dave McCuskey  (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa)        262
  40. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)                 261
  41. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                   258
  42. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)   255
  43. Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall)      253
  44. Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ)       249
  45. Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville)  239 – I
  46. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)            238 – ** retired in 2018
  47. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                               234 – ** retired in 2018
  48. Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute)     232
  49. Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State)        231
  50. Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State)                227
  51. Harry Houska (Ohio University)                    224
  52. Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.)               223
  53. William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn)                 222
  54. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)          221
  55. Bob Carlson (Utah State)                               221
  56. Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State)                 221
  57. Dale Bahr (Michigan)                                     221
  58. Bill Harvey (Duke)                                         220
  59. Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.)             217
  60. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of)           214
  61. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                           213
  62. Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.)            213
  63. Ed Michael (Buffalo)                                      213
  64. Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.)                  210
  65. Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.)  208
  66. William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland)               207
  67. Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.)                            206
  68. Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.)                          203
  69. Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado)  202
  70. Tim Neumann (Nebraska)                               199

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