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All-Time D-I Coaches

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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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