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All-Time Division III Coaches, Top 100 w/at least 100 wins {2021}

TDR Blog Post # 3021 (11/22/21)
Notes ; The following are the top College Head Coaches, in Division III, ranked by dual meet wins. The list includes coaches who retired in 2020 and coaches with incomplete totals marked by (inc). There have not been many changes to the list after last season as many D-III school programs were shut down and others had limited seasons. We welcome corrections and input so that the deserving coaches will be recognized. Contact us at martinkfleming@gmail.com Keep on wrestling!
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ALL-TIME Div. III Coaches      Top 100 (or so) with at least 100 wins

  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. Roger Crebs (Lycoming College)                418 – III
  10. Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.)            414 III
  11. Jim Miller (Wartburg)                         413 – III 
  12. Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
  13. Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
  14. Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.)                       376 – III
  15. Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.)                  376 – III
  16. Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales)             373 – III
  17. Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport)                    359 – III — retired in 2020
  18. Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.)        341 – 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. Bruce Haberli (New York Univ.)                307 –III
  24. Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll)                     304 – III
  25. Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass)                  301 – III
  26. Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater)          301 – III
  27. Byron James (Wisc.-River Falls)                   297 – III
  28. Dave Mitchell (Luther College)                  292 – III
  29. Al Sosa (SUNY-Oneota State)                       284 — III
  30. Kenneth Ober (Elizabethtown College)         282 – III
  31. Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater, La Crosse)   276 – III
  32. Martin Nichols (Ithaca College)                  274 – III
  33. John Elton (St. John’s {Minn.}                      273 – III
  34. Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University)       265 – III
  35. Frank Cheek (Humboldt State)                      261 – III
  36. Dave Kemmy (Roger Williams)                    251 – III
  37. John Oostendorp (Coe College)                  246 – III
  38. Al Hanke (Elmhurst Coll./Lake Forest Coll.{ILL})  246 – III
  39. Jay Jones (Rhode Island College)               242 – III
  40. Bryan Brunk   (Messiah College)                238 – III
  41. Randy Steward (Loras College)                     235 – III
  42. James R. Howard (SUNY-Oswego State)     234 — III
  43. Brad Bruhn (SUNY-Cortland)                    230 – III
  44. John Davis  (Maryville College)                    224 – III
  45. Steve Stellner  (Montclair State)                    223 – III
  46. Russell “Rusty” Carlsten (Rhode Island College)  222 – III
  47. Bob Gaudenzi  (Hunter College)                    218 – III
  48. Jerry Petrofes (Lebanon Valley College)       214 – III
  49. Tony DeCarlo (John Carroll Univ.)               213 – III
  50. Donald Montgomery (Mount Union College) 212 – III
  51. Drew Black (Wesleyan Univ.)                     207 – III
  52. Ron Zalokar (Carthage College)                    204 – III
  53. Johnny Johnson (Wisc.-Stevens Point)       203 – III
  54. John Summa (Baldwin-Wallace College)      201 – III
  55. Dave Malececk (Wisc.-Lacrosse)                199
  56. Earl Fuller (Rochester Inst. Of Tech.)            197 – III
  57. Gary Franke (Washington & Lee)                  196 – III
  58. Ron Peterson (Simpson College)                   195 – III
  59. Larry Shank (Heidelburg College/Capital)    194 – III
  60. George Olson (Wheaton College)                  192 – III
  61. Richard Walker (Wartburg College/Grinnell College)  191
  62. Sebastian Amato (Trinity College)                189
  63. Sam Case (McDaniel Coll.(West.Md./John Hopkins)  189
  64. Rich Achtzehn (York College, Penna.)          184
  65. Richard Walker (Wartburg College)              183
  66. John Hopkins (Scranton University)              183
  67. Duane Ritter (SUNY Oneonta State) –       179
  68. Tom Jarman (Manchester, College)               179
  69. Chester Anderson (Bemidiji State)                177-III (inc.)
  70. Mike Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) –       177 
  71. Claude B. Sharer (Case Western Reserve)           166 – III
  72.             Gene Nighman (SUNY-Cortland)                       163-III
  73.              Don Parker (Wisc-Eau Claire/Upper Iowa)         163 – III
  74.             Kevin Puebla (Augustana College, Ill.)               158 – III
  75. Jon McGovern (Dubuque University) –      158 
  76. Craig Thurber (Thiel College) –                  151
  77. Brian Anderson (Wabash College) –           150 
  78. Mike Poe (Millikin College)                          149 – III
  79. Jon Egan (Roger Williams) –                       146 – III
  80. Mike Duroe (Cornell College)                       145
  81. Leo Kocher (University of Chicago)             144 –  inc.
  82. Eric Keller (Wartburg/Nor.Central Coll.) 141 – III
  83. Alan Zellner (Kutztown/Wilkes Univ. )         140
  84. Bruce Shumaker (Apprentice School)            138
  85. Larry Sciacchetano (Montclair State & NY-Maritime)   135
  86. Dave Schutter (Truman/NE Mo. State)          133 – III
  87. Steve Marianetti (Elmhurst College) –       133 
  88. Branden Totten  (Delaware Valley College)  132
  89. James A. White (Washington & Jefferson)    132 – inc.
  90. Neil Turner (Messiah College)                      131
  91.             John Piper (Muhlenberg/Lafayette/Wash.&Lee)  131
  92. Ron Headlee (Waynesburg Univ.)              128
  93. Paul Solberg (Luther College)                            127 – III
  94. Joe Galente (College of New Jersey)           123
  95. Jamie Gibbs (Baldwin-Wallace) –              122 
  96. Chris Walter (Wisc.-Platteville)                         117
  97. Eric Van Kley (Central College )                117
  98. Brandon Brissette (Olivet College)             113 — III
  99. John Garriques (Centenary College)          111 — III
  100. Greg Ilaria (U.S. Merchant Marine Coll.) 109 — III
  101. James Holder (Springfield College)            108 – III
  102. Tom Schleicher (Muhlenburg)                       108
  103. Clem Stalka (U.S. Merchant Marine Acad.)  107 – inc.

November 22, 2021 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

All-Time NAIA Coaches, Top 30 w/at least 30 wins {2021}

TDR Blog Post # 3020 (11/22/21)
Notes ; The following are the top All-Time College Head Coaches, in the NAIA, ranked by dual meet wins. The list includes coaches who retired in 2020 and coaches with incomplete totals are marked by (inc). Several active coaches are no longer coaching at a NAIA school and their win number is in bold. In recent years the NAIA has done well in tripling the number of wrestling teams yet keeping track of the NAIA wins by coaches is challenging as schools change their division participation. We welcome corrections and input so that the deserving coaches will be recognized. Keep on wrestling!
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ALL-TIME NAIA Coaches  –  Top 50 with at least 35 wins

  1. Milton Martin (Westmar)                               462 – NAIA
  2. Bob Riehm (Southern Oregon)                      270 — NAIA
  3. Gerald E. “Jerry” Hampton (Graceland U.)   238 – NAIA
  4. Mike Ritchey (Southern Oregon)               236 – NAIA  retired in 2020
  5. Mike Machholz (Missouri Valley)              227 – NAIA
  6. Franky James (Campbellsville)                   207 – NAIA
  7. Vern Tate (Huron – SD Si Tanka)                 201 – NAIA
  8. Bill Hughes (Black Hills State)                      187 – NAIA
  9. Clayton Ketterling (Waynesburg/Dickinson St.)  170  inc.
  10. Mike Jones (Simon Fraser)                             162   inc
  11. Don Lemnus (Valley City State)                    158
  12. Nick Mitchell (Grand View College)           144 – NAIA
  13. David Ray (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, Montana State)  134
  14. Caleb Schaeffer (Providence Univ./Great Falls)  133 – NAIA  
  15. Fran Hummel (Northern State, Midland Lutheran)  131
  16. Milo Trusty (Univ. of Mary)                           128
  17. Tom Jarman (Taylor College)                         128
  18. Rodger Jehlicka (Adams State)                       127
  19. Thadd O’Donnell (Dickinson State)              121
  20. Arnold Brandt (Morningside College)            121
  21. Corey Ruff (Lindsey-Wilson)                      113
  22. Caleb Schaeffer (Great Falls Univ.)                104
  23. Jess Wilder (Univ. of Cumberlands)               101
  24. Tyson Thivierge (Montana St. Northern)     98
  25. Archie Randall (Oklahoma City Univ.)            97
  26. Jake Stevenson (Morningside College)         77
  27. K.C. Rock  (Embry-Riddle College)             76
  28. Rik Dahl (Northwestern College)                 70
  29. James Kisgen (McKendree College)             69 – school now active in Div.II
  30. Joey Martinez (Menlo)                                   62
  31. Todd Allen (Williams Baptist/Cumberland Univ.)  61
  32. Omi Acosta (Life University)                   —  59
  33. Dana Vote (Doane, Midland, Concordia) —  58
  34. Jeff Bedard (Reinhardt Univ.)                   —  58
  35. Thomas Pompei (Indiana Institute of Technology)    57
  36. Beau Vest (Dana-Midland)                              55  – now at another level
  37. Lenny Zalesky (Calif. Baptist)                      55  – now at another level
  38. Brian Jackson (Missouri Baptist)                     52  inc.
  39. Keith Spataro (Menlo College)                        52
  40. Aaron Meister (Wayland Baptist)                    51
  41. Joe Baranik (St. Andrews)                                50
  42. Kerry Regner (Williams Baptist College)   50
  43. James Hicks (Cumberland Univ.)                 48
  44. Jake Brumbelow (Midway, Emman., B-P-Coll.) —  45
  45. Joe Privitere  (Briar Cliff)                        —   45
  46. Mike Ester (Indiana Institute of Tech.)            44
  47. Cody Garcia (Baker College)                  —   41
  48. Steven Bradley (Marian Univ.)               —   40
  49. Frank Romano (Notre Dame College)             40 moved to D-II in 2012
  50. Zach Mullins (Graceland Univ.)             —   38

November 22, 2021 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

All-Time Women’s Coaches, Top 10 w/at least 25 wins {2021}

TDR Blog Post # 3020 (11/21/21)
Notes ; The following is our next list of top college head coaches. This is a list of coaches of Women’s teams across the NCAA divisions, the NAIA and Junior College schools, ranked by dual meet wins. These lists includes coaches who retired in 2020 and coaches with incomplete totals are marked by (inc).  The growth in the number of women’s teams on the college level is amazing and encouraging to see.  Over 100 schools now have a team or have announced that they will start a team by next year.  As with many new teams it is challenging to collect all results,  We welcome corrections and input so that the deserving coaches will be recognized.  Contact us at martinkfleming@gmail.com  Keep on wrestling!
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ALL-TIME Women’s Coaches– Top 20 with 10 or more wins                     

  1. Archie Randall (Oklahoma City Univ.)        160
  2. Jason Moorman (King Univ.)                     133
  3. Sam Schmitz (McKendree Univ.)               71
  4. Lee Miracle (Campbellsville)                       70
  5. Link Davis (Emmanuel College)                  59
  6. Donnie Stephens (Univ. of Cumberlands)   58
  7. Aaron Meister (Wayland Baptist College)      53 – retired in 2020
  8. Brian Jackson (Missouri Baptist)               52 – inc.
  9. Lee Dale Allen (Menlo Colleg)                      40
  10. Ashley Sword-Buster (Life University)       34
  11. Carl Murphree (Missouri Valley College)  34  – inc.
  12. Tony DeAnda (Jamestown)                           33
  13. Joey Bareng (Menlo College)                      26
  14. Johnny Cobb (Wayland Baptist College)        25
  15. David Mathews (Life University)                  22
  16. Beau Vest (Midland Lutheran)                        17
  17. Shaunna Isbell Kent (Jamestown)              16
  18. Mahdi Bigdely (Ottawa Univ.)                    16
  19. Kevin Corbett (Lyon College)                      14
  20. Travis Mercado (Colorado Mesa Univ.)    13
  21. Cliff Cushard (Adrian College)                   12
  22. Craig Jaxkson (Umpqua Comm. Coll.)      12
  23. Pauk Rademacher (Southern Oregon St.)        11
  24. Tony Champion (Southern Oregon State)       11
  25. Matt Stevens (Oklahoma City)                        11

November 22, 2021 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment