2021 ACTIVE Division I Coaches – Top 40 w/at least 60 wins
TDR Blog Post # 3008 (11/7/21)
Notes ; The following are the top 40 Active College Head Coaches, in Division I, 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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ACTIVE Coaches (D-I)– Top 40 with at least 60 wins
Wins while coaching a D-I team
- John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 449
- Tom Borelli (Central Michigan) 342
- Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.) 316
- Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 307
- Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 285
- Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 285
- Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa) 278
- Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 253
- Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.) 238
- Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.) 231
- Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Un. Of) 225
- Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 207
- Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Binghampton) – 204
- Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) – 202
- Kevin Dresser (Iowa State/Virginia Tech Univ.) 197
- Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.) 190
- Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) – 183
- Steve Martin (Old Dominion University) – 172 – ODU drops in 2020
- Steve Garland (Virginia University) 169
- John Stutzman (Buffalo SUNY, Bloomsburg) – 156
- Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell, Bloomsburg) 152
- Rob Hjerling (The Citadel) – 144 – retired in 2020
- Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ.) – 139
- Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.) – 125
- Mark Cody (Presbyterian, Oklahoma U., American U.) – 114
- Joel Sharatt (U.S. Naval/Air Force Academy) 113 – retired(?) in 2020
- John Mark Bentley (Appalachian State) – 112
- Jim Heffernan (Illinois University) – 107
- Zeke Jones (Ariz. St., Univ. Of Penn.) – 100
- Teague Moore (American, Clarion) – 97 – retired in 2020
- Greg Williams (Utah Valley State) – 93
- Doug Schwab (Northern Iowa) – 89
- Roger Kish (North Dakota State) – 88
- Ryan Ludwig (Northern Illinois) – 79
- Matt Azevedo (Drexel Un.) – 78
- Chris Ayres (Princeton) – 77
- Lennie Zalensky (California Baptist) – 69
- Scott Coleman (North Carolina) – 61
- Tony Ersland (Purdue) – 60
- John Stutzman (Buffalo Un.) – 59
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