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All-Time Division I Coaches – Top 80 w/at least 190 wins {2021}

TDR Blog Post # 3023 (11/25/21)
Notes ; The following are the top 80 Division I College Head Coaches, ranked by dual meet wins. The list includes coaches who retired in 2020 and coaches with incomplete totals are marked by (inc). 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 Coaches(D-I)– Top 80 with at least 190 Wins

  1. Dale Thomas (Oregon State)                          616
  2. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.)                              493
  3. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)           449  up 3
  4. Gary Taylor (Rider)                                        442
  5. Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU)       440  
  6. J Robinson (Minnesota)                                  440
  7. Jack Childs (Drexel)                                       423
  8. T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.)  421
  9. Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.)                  392
  10. John Johnston (Princeton)                              382
  11. Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.)                    378
  12. Lonnie Timmerman (Drake)                          364
  13. Bob Guzzo (N.C. State )                                 356
  14. Dan Gable (Iowa)                                           355
  15. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.)                   350
  16. Paul Mance (Appalachian State.)                   348
  17. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                 342
  18. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.)   327
  19. Carl Adams (Boston Univ.)                            326  
  20. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.)                             322
  21. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell)                322
  22. Dave Amato (Brown)                                     319  
  23. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)     319
  24. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                              316
  25. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno)                   313
  26. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.)                            311 
  27. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy)                    311 
  28. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)               307   up 4
  29. Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh)                      304             
  30. Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati)                 302
  31. Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.)  300
  32. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.)                    297  – ** retired in 2018
  33. Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State)                     296
  34. John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American)   288
  35. Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.)            287
  36. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                 285
  37. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 285
  38. Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.)                        282
  39. Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.)                            280
  40. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)               278
  41. Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.)                     274
  42. Dave McCuskey  (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa)  262
  43. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)         253
  44. Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall)     253
  45. Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ)       249
  46. Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville)  239
  47. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)               238
  48. Tim Flynn (Edinboro State Univ.)              238
  49. Ed Steers (Army, E.C.U. William&Mary)    235
  50. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                                234  
  51. Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute)    232
  52. Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State)        231
  53. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                          231
  54. Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State)               227
  55. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of)        225
  56. Harry Houska (Ohio University)                    224
  57. William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn)               222
  58. Bob Carlson (Utah State)                               221
  59. Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State)                 221
  60. Dale Bahr (Michigan)                                    221
  61. Bill Harvey (Duke)                                         220
  62. Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.)             217
  63. Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.)            213
  64. Ed Michael (Buffalo)                                      213
  65. Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.)                  210
  66. Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.)  208
  67. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 207
  68. William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland)              207
  69. Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.)                           206
  70. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Bing.) –  204
  71. Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.)                        203
  72. Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado)  203
  73. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State)   202
  74. Tim Neumann (Nebraska)                              199
  75. Kevin Dresser (Iowa St./Virginia Tech Un.)  197
  76. Charles Sherwood (Cent. Mich. Un.)             195
  77. Jerry Cheynet (Virginia Tech)                        194
  78. Charlie Speidel (Penn State)                          191
  79. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)                190
  80. Greg Strobel (Lehigh University)                  189

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All-Time Division II Coaches – Top 60 w/at least 100 wins {2021}

TDR Blog Post # 3022 (11/22/21)
Notes ; The following are the top College Head Coaches, in Division II, ranked by dual meet wins. The list includes coaches who retired in 2020 and coaches with incomplete totals are them marked by (inc). 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 Coaches (D-II)– Top 60 (or so) with at least 100 wins     Wins

  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                 618
  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)    375
  7. Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO)         353 – II
  8. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   317
  9. Robert “Rummy” Macias  (Minn. St.-Mankato)        299
  10. P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke, Campbell)               299
  11. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&Dana Coll.) 290
  12. Vince Monseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.)         286
  13. Jim Koch (Wisconsin-Parkside)                          277
  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. Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.)                             219
  20. Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.)                                   217
  21. Marc Bauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)                 215
  22. Larry Kristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.)  212
  23. Mike Palmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern)  200
  24. Tracy Borah (Western State College)                        200
  25. Jason Valek (Newberry)                                             194
  26. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.)            194
  27. Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.)                          194
  28. Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State)   188
  29. Joe Seay (Cal. State Bakersfield)                               187
  30. Allan Abraham (Calif. State San Francisco)              176
  31. Miles Van Hee (Western State College)                    170
  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.)  151– inc.-retired 2020
  40. Bill Garland (Minnesota State-Moorhead)                 147
  41. Roger Denker (Central Missouri State)                     143
  42. Jack LaBonde (Northern Colorado, Col. St. Coll)     142
  43. John Sterner (Minnesota State-Moorehead)              137
  44. Scott Ritzen (Chadron State College)                        135
  45. Warren Williamson (South Dakota State )                 134
  46. Dave Shutter  (Truman State, NE Missouri State)     133
  47. Mike McGlinchey (Salisbury State)                          133
  48. Jack Maughan (Northern Colorado)                           129
  49. Martin Grahn (Portland State)                                    126
  50. Dan Hinkel (Kutztown)                                              124
  51. Mark Osgood (Ashland Univ.)                                   121
  52. Blaine Gorney (Livingstone)                                     121
  53. Chuck Piper (Colorado Mesa St.)                            117 
  54. Pat Timm (Northern State)                                     115
  55. Jesse Nelson (SW Minnesota/Ridgewater)            113 inc.
  56. Tony Cipollone (Mercyhurst)                                    112
  57. Jason Ramstetter(Adams State)                              109
  58. Ken Caudell (Belmont-Abbey)                                109
  59. Dock Kelly (Lourdes/Anderson Coll.)                    107
  60. Jack Ramey (Kearney State/Fort Hays St.)                107
  61. Jason Warthan (Indianapolis)                                100
  62. Othello ‘O.T.’ Johnson (U. N.C.-Pembroke)             100
  63. Shawn Nelson (Findlay Univ.)                                     99 inc.

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