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Coaches’ Top 40 Lists part 2

Coaches’ Top 40 Lists
As of late October or in other words before the start of this season the following are the top 25 coaches in each category. Active Coaches in bold. Keep in mind that there are some coaches tied with the same number of wins and thus if one sees that just note that they rank at the highest level of the two. This first posting looks at all All-Time Coaches and then Division I coaches. We welcome input, information and corrections, – please send
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Top 40 All-Time Division II

  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                 597
  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. Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha)    365
  7. Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO)         353 – II
  8. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   302
  9. Robert “Rummy” Macias  (Minn. St.-Mankato)        299
  10. P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke, Campbell)               299
  11. Vince Monseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.)         286
  12. Jim Koch (Wisconsin-Parkside)                            277
  13. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&Dana Coll.) 269
  14. Mike Sterner  (SW Minnesota St.)                        254
  15. William “Bill” Corman (Shippensburg State)      243
  16. Jason Liles (S.D. State/Montana St.-Northern)    236
  17. Terry Wetherald (Univ. of Indianapolis – Ind. Central)         230
  18. Robin Ersland (Minot St./Cent. Mo. St./Calif. (Pa.), N. Mich.  225
  19. Marc Bauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)                              215
  20. Larry Kristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.)  212
  21. Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.)                              209
  22. Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.)                                   208
  23. Mike Palmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern)  200
  24. Tracy Borah (Western State College)                         200
  25. Jason Valek (Newberry)                                             194
  26. Joe Seay (Cal. State Bakersfield)                               187
  27. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.)             181
  28. Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.)                          179
  29. Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State)     177
  30. Allan Abraham (Calif. State San Francisco)              176
  31. Miles Van Hee (Western State College)                     170 – moved to A.D.
  32. Lars Jensen (Calif. State San Francisco)                     170
  33. Stamatis Bulgaris (Wright State & Dayton)               169
  34. Ray Kowatch (Ashland College)                                167
  35. John Oxton (St. Cloud State Univ.)                           167
  36. Paul Kendle (Augustana College-S.D.)                      163
  37. Howard Westcott (Portland State)                             162
  38. John W. Hancock (Northern Col., Col. St. Coll)        152
  39. Doug Moses (N.M. Highlands, So. Color., Col. St.)  150 – incomplete
  40. Bill Garland (Minnesota State-Moorhead)                       147

Top 40 All-Time Division III

  1. Jare Klein (Olivet College)                             569 – III
  2. Bill Racich (Ursinus College)                         540 – III
  3. David Icenhower (College of New Jersey)    534 – III
  4. John Reese (Wilkes Univ.)                              515 – I/III  ????
  5. Max Servcies (Wabash)                                  487 – III
  6. Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass)                    485 – III
  7. Ned McGinley (King’s College)                     458 – III
  8. Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth)  428 – II/III ???
  9. Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.)             414 III
  10. Jim Miller (Wartburg)                         413 – III 
  11. Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
  12. Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
  13. Roger Crebs (Lycoming College)                406 – III
  14. Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.)                       376 – III
  15. Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.)                   376 – III
  16. Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport)                 350 – III
  17. Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales)              347 – III
  18. Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.)        324 – III
  19. Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.)                      321 – III
  20. Tom Kessler (York College)                           321 – III
  21. Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.)         317 – III  – Inc.,
  22. Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve)          310 – III
  23. Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll)                      304 – III
  24. Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass)                   301 – III
  25. Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater)            301 – III
  26. Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls)                     297 – III
  27. Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State)                       284 — III
  28. Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College)         282 – III
  29. John Elton (St. John’s {Minn.}                      273 – III
  30. Martin Nichols (Ithaca College)                   262 – III
  31. Frank Cheek (Humboldt State)                      261 – III
  32. Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University)       253 – III
  33. Dave Kemmy (Roger Williams)                      251 – III
  34. Al Hanke (Elmhurst Coll./Lake Forest Coll.{ILL})   246 – III
  35. Randy Steward (Loras College)                     235 – III
  36. Jay Jones (Rhode Island College)                234 – III
  37. James R. Howard (SUNY-Oswego State)     234 — III
  38. Tim Fader  (Wisc.-Whitewater & Wisc.-Lacrosse)  230 – III
  39. John Oostendorp (Coe College)                   229 – III
  40. John Davis  (Maryville College)                     224 – III

November 22, 2019 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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  1. Jim White – Washington & Jefferson College 252 wins from 1965-1997

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