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Active Coaches Top 40s Lists – Part One

Coaches’ Top 40 Lists
As of late October or in other words before the start of this season the following are the top 25 Active coaches in each category. 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 Coaches across divisions and then Division I coaches. We welcome input, information and corrections, – please send
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Top 40 ACTIVE Coaches – Top 40 w/ at least 180 wins    Wins &-Level   as of July 2019

  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                 597 – II
  2. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)      426– I
  3. Roger Crebs (Lycoming College)          406 – III
  4. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan, Lake Superior State) –  375 – I, II
  5. Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha)    365 – II
  6. Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport)                    350 – III
  7. Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales)                  347 – III
  8. Bruce Haberli (New York Univ./Manhattan Coll.)  336 – III
  9. Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.)            324 – III
  1. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                                305 – I
  2. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   302 – II
  3. David Pacheco (Sacramento City College)    301 – Calf. Jr.
  4. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)                    285– I
  5. Dave Mitchell (Luther (IA)                            277 – III
  6. Pat Whitcomb (North Idaho Jr. Coll.)   273 – Juco. – resigned in Jan. 2019
  7. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                     270 – I
  8. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud St. Univ./Dana College)   269 – II
  9. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)   267 – I
  10. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)                   266 — I
  11. Martin Nichols (Ithaca College)                     262 – III
  12. Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) –   253  –  III
  13. Tom Brands (Iowa, Va. Tech) –               235  –  I
  14. Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) –          234  –  III
  15. Mike Ritchey (Southern Oregon State) –  231  –  NAIA
  16. John Oostendorp  (Coe College)             229  –  III
  17. Tim Flynn (West Virginia Un./Edinboro Univ.)  –  227  –  I
  18. Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) –              223  –  III
  19. Joel Greenlee (Ohio University) –           221  –  I
  20. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of)    219  – returned in 2017 – I
  21. Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) –           216  –  III
  22. Robert Fisher (Kutztown University) –    209  –  II
  23. Don Henry (Gannon University) –          208 –  II
  24. Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley) –        206  –  NAIA
  25. Drew Black  (Wesleyan Univ., Phoenix Coll.)  –  205  – III
  26. Joe Renfro  (Northeastern Oklahoma, Labette Jr. Coll.)  204  –  JuCo
  27. Frank Romano (Notre Dame College, Kent State) – 196  –  II/NAIA/I
  28. Johnny Johnson (Wisconsin-Stevens Point)  –  194  –  III
  29. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland)  –  192  –  I
  30. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) –  184  –  I
  31. Dave Malecek (Wisconsin-LaCrosse State) –  184  –  III
  32. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina State, SUNY-Binghampton) –  183  –  I
  33. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College, S.D.) –  181  –  II
  34. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)  –  180 –  I

ACTIVE Coaches (D-I)– Top 30 (or so) with at least 100 wins    

  1. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)               411
  2. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                      329 
  3. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                                305
  4. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.)                    297 – retired in 2018
  5. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)                    285
  6. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                     270
  7. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)     267
  8. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)                   266
  9. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)                 238 –  retired in 2018
  10. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)              235
  11. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                                 234 –  retired in 2018
  12. Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.)                  227
  13. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                             221
  14. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of)              219  – returned in 2017
  15. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland)   192
  16. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) –     184
  17. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Binghampton) –  183
  18. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)                    180 
  19. Kevin Dresser (Iowa State/Virginia Tech Univ.)        178
  20. Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) –             173
  21. Steve Martin (Old Dominion University) –     159
  22. Steve Garland (Virginia University)               158
  23. John Stutzman (Buffalo SUNY, Bloomsburg) –  143
  24. Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell, Bloomsburg)     142
  25. Rob Hjerling (The Citadel) –                           140
  26. Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ.) –                           136
  27. Kerry McCoy (Maryland, Stanford) –            131
  28. Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.) –                   114
  29. Mark Cody (Presbyterian, Oklahoma U., American U.) – 113 – I – returned 2018
  30. Heath Eslinger (Tennessee-Chattanooga) –    108

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