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2021 ACTIVE Coaches – Top 100 w/at least 100 wins   

TDR Blog Post # 3006 (11/6/21)
Notes ; The following are the top 100 Active College Head Coaches ranked by dual meet wins. The list includes coaches who retired in 2020 and some coaches that we have incomplete totals for them marked by (inc). We welcome corrections and input so that the deserving coaches will be recognized. Keep on wrestling!
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  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                                    618 – II
  2. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)                          449– I
  3. Roger Crebs (Lycoming College)                              418 – III
  4. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan, Lake Superior St.) – 388 – I, II
  5. Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha)          375 – II
  6. Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales)                             373 – III
  7. Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport)                                359 – III – retired in 2020
  8. Bruce Haberli (New York Univ./Manhattan Coll.)    356 – III
  9. Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.)                       341 – III
  10. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   317 – II
  11. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                                            316 – I
  12. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)                              307– I
  13. Dave Mitchell (Luther (IA)                                        292 – III
  14. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud St. Univ./Dana College)  290 – II
  15. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                                 285 – I
  16. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)                 285 – I
  17. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)                               278 – I
  18. Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater, La Crosse)   276 – III
  19. Martin Nichols (Ithaca College)                                 274 – III
  20. Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) –                     265  –  III
  21. Tom Brands (Iowa, Va. Tech) –                                 253  –  I
  22. Paul Keysaw (Fresno City/Moorpark College)          249 – Cal. Jr.Coll.
  23. John Oostendorp  (Coe College)                                246  –  III
  24. Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) –                            242  –  III
  25. Jake Fitzpatrick (Santa Rosa Coll.)                            240  – inc.  Calf. Jr. C.
  26. Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) –                              238  –  III
  27. Tim Flynn (West Virginia Un./Edinboro Univ.)  –    238-  I
  28. Mike Ritchey (Southern Oregon State) –                    236  –  NAIA
  29. Joel Greenlee (Ohio University) –                              231  –  I  
  30. Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland) –                                 230  –  III
  31. Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley) –                           227  –  NAIA
  32. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of)                       225  – I
  33. Robert Fisher (Kutztown University) –                      219  –  II
  34. Joe Renfro  (Northeastern Oklahoma, Labette Jr. Coll.)  218  –  JuCo
  35. Don Henry (Gannon University) –                              217 –  II
  36. Drew Black  (Wesleyan Univ., Phoenix Coll.)  –       207  – III
  37. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland)  –            207  –  I
  38. Franky James (Campbellsville Univ. Tennessee-Chattanooga) –  207 – NAIA,I
  39. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina State, SUNY-Binghampton) –  204  –  I
  40. Johnny Johnson (Wisconsin-Stevens Point)  –           203  –  III
  41. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) –                  202  –  I 
  42. Dave Malecek (Wisconsin-LaCrosse State) –            199  –  III
  43. Kevin Dresser (Iowa State, Virginia Tech Univ.)      197  –  I
  44. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College, S.D.) –             194  –  II
  45. Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.)  –                          194  –  II
  46. Sebastian Amato (Trinity College)                             192 –  III
  47. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)  –                            190 –  I
  48. Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State) –      188  –  II
  49. Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) –                         183  –  I
  50. James Kisgen (McKendree College) –                        181  – II/ NAIA
  51. Duane Ritter (SUNY Oneonta State) –                       179  –  III
  52. Mike Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) –                     177  – III
  53. Jamie Gibbs (Baldwin-Wallace, U.N.C.-Pembroke) – 173  –  III/II
  54. Steve Martin (Old Dominion University) –                172  – I – ODU drops in 2020
  55. Luke Moffitt (Iowa Central Community College) –   172  –  JuCo
  56. Steve Garland (Virginia University) –                        169  –  I
  57. Josh Rhoden (Clackamas Comm. College) –             160  –  JuCo
  58. Jon McGovern (Dubuque University) –                      158  –  III
  59. John Stutzman (Buffalo SUNY, Bloomsburg) –        156  –  I
  60. Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell, Bloomsburg)  –             152  –  I
  61. Dan Garriott (Cerritos College) –                               151  –  Calif. Jr. Coll.
  62. Doug Moses (New Mex. Highlands, South. Colo., Col. St.)  151  –  II  inc.-retired
  63. Craig Thurber (Thiel College) –                                 151  –  III
  64. Brian Anderson (Wabash College) –                          150  –  III
  65. Jon Egan (Roger Williams)                                        146  –  III
  66. Eric Van Kley (Central College, Great Falls Univ.)   146  –  III, NAIA
  67. Leo Kocher (University of Chicago)                          144 –  III  inc.
  68. Nick Mitchell (Grand View Univ.)                             144  –  NAIA
  69. Rob Hjerling (The Citadel) –                                      144 – I – retired in 2020
  70. Eric Keller (Wartburg/North Central)                         141  –  III
  71. Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ., Moravian College) –        139  –  I/III inc.
  72. Vince Silva (Santa Ana College) –                              135 –  Calif. Jr. Coll.
  73. Steve Marianetti (Elmhurst College) –                        133  –  III
  74. Jason Moorman (King University)                              133 – Women’s
  75. Kevin Bratland (U.S. Coast Guard Acad./Nor. Central)  130  — III
  76. Ron Headlee (Waynesburg University)                       128  —  III
  77. Lennie Zalesky (Calif. Baptist Univ., U.C. Davis) –   128  –  NAIA-I
  78. Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.) –                                125 – I
  79. Chris Bono (Wisconsin/South Dakota/U.Tenn.Chatt.)  124 – I
  80. Joe Galante (New Jersey, The College of)                  123 — III
  81. Jason Borelli  (Stanford University)                            122 – I
  82. Chuck Piper (Colorado Mesa University)                    117 — II
  83. Pat Timm (Northern State)                                           115  —  II
  84. Mark Cody (Presbyterian, Oklahoma Univ., American Univ.) –  114 
  85. Joel Sharatt (U.S. Naval/Air Force Academy)             113 – I – retired(?) in 2020
  86. Jesse Nelson  (S.W. Minnesota St./Ridgewater C.C.)  113  —  II/Jr. Coll. – inc.
  87. Brandon Brisette (Olivet College)                                113  —  III
  88. Corey Ruff (Lindsey-Wilson College)                         113  —  NAIA
  89. John Mark Bentley (Appalachian State)                       112 – I
  90. Joe Dansby (Cuesta College) –                                      112  –  Calif. Jr. Coll.
  91. John Garriques (Centenary College)                             111  —  III
  92.  Greg Ilaria (U.S. Merchant Marine)                             109  —  III
  93.  Jason Ramstetter (Adams State College)                     109  —  II
  94.  Kenn Caudell (Belmont-Abbey College)                     109  —  II
  95.  Jason Holder (Springfield College)                              108  —  III
  96.  Dock Kelly (Lourdes Un./Anderson Coll.)                   107  —  II
  97.  Jim Heffernan (Illinois University)                               107 – I
  98.  Zeke Jones (Ariz. St., Univ. Of Penn.)                          100 – I
  99. Othello (O.T.) Johnson (Univ. of N.C.-Pembroke)        100 – II
  100. Jason Wathan (Indianapolis Univ.)                      100 – II
  101. Shawn Nelson (Univ. Of Findlay)                         99 – II inc.

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