ALL-TIME Coaches (D-I)– Top 130 with at least 100 Wins
After the 2021-2022 season the top Division I coaches by most dual meet wins are as follows. Active coaches are marked in bold.
- Dale Thomas (Oregon State) 616
- Harold Nichols (Iowa St.) 493
- John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.) 462
- Gary Taylor (Rider) 442
- Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU) 440
- J Robinson (Minnesota) 440
- Jack Childs (Drexel) 423
- T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.) 421
- Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ.) 392
- John Johnston (Princeton) 382
- Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.) 378
- Lonnie Timmerman (Drake) 364
- Bob Guzzo (N.C. State ) 356
- Dan Gable (Iowa) 355
- Tom Borelli (Central Michigan) 354
- Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.) 350
- Paul Mance (Appalachian State.) 348
- Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.) 328
- Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.) 327
- Carl Adams (Boston Univ.) 326
- Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.) 322
- Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell) 322
- Dave Amato (Brown) 319
- Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 319
- Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse) 318
- Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno) 313
- Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.) 311
- Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy) 311
- Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh) 304
- Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati) 302
- Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.) 300
- Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.) 297
- Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State) 296
- Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra) 294
- Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 291
- John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American) 288
- Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.) 287
- Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.) 282
- Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.) 280
- Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa) 278 (now at NAIA school)
- Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.) 274
- Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech) 267
- Dave McCuskey (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa) 262
- Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall) 253
- Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ) 249
- Tim Flynn (West Virginia/Edinboro St.) 244
- Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.) 240
- Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville) 239
- Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana) 238
- Ed Steers (Army, E.C.U. William&Mary) 235
- Barry Davis (Wisconsin) 234
- Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of) 233
- Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute) 232
- Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State) 231
- Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State) 227
- Harry Houska (Ohio University) 224
- William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn) 222
- Bob Carlson (Utah State) 221
- Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State) 221
- Dale Bahr (Michigan) 221
- Bill Harvey (Duke) 220
- Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State) 219
- Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.) 217
- Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Bing.) – 217
- Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 216
- Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.) 213
- Ed Michael (Buffalo) 213
- Kevin Dresser (Iowa St./Virginia Tech Un.) 212
- Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.) 210
- Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.) 208
- William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland) 207
- Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.) 206
- Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.) 203
- Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado) 203
- Tim Neumann (Nebraska) 199
- Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) – 199
- Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.) 197
- Charles Sherwood (Cent. Mich. Un.) 195
- Jerry Cheynet (Virginia Tech) 194
- Charlie Speidel (Penn State) 191
- Greg Strobel (Lehigh University) 189
- Fran McCann (Indiana St/WinonaSt./Notre Dame) 184
- Charles Mayser (Iowa St./Yale/Franklin&Marshall) 180
- Clyde H. “Red” Whitman (East Stroudsburg St.) 180
- Jessie Reyes (Purdue) 179
- Reg Wicks (U.S. Naval Academy) 173
- Steve Garland (Univ. of Virginia) 173
- Steve Martin (Old Dominion Univ.) 172
- Pete (Tom?) Robinson (Old Dominion Un.) 172
- Thad Turner (Lehigh Univ.) 171
- Carl Poff (Lock Haven Univ.) 167
- John Sacchi (Rutgers University) 167
- John Stutzman (Bloomsburg/Buffalo Univ.) 165
- Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell/Bloomsburg) 164
- Lowell Lange (Georgia Tech/Cornell Coll.) 161
- Joe Wells (Oregon State Univ.) 161
- John Trudgeon (V.M.I.) 160
- Hugh Otopalik (Iowa State) 159
- Jack Effner (Clev. St./U.S. M.A.) 158
- Mike Young (Boise State) 155 – inc.
- Harold Pinther (Eastern Illinois Univ.) 149
- Rob Hjerling (Citadel) 144
- Donn Matson (Cal. State-Fullerton/Santa Barbara) 144
- Ray Swartz (Central Oklahoma, U.S. Naval Acad.) 143
- Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ) 143
- Richard Voliva (Rutgers Univ.) 142
- Myron Roderick (Oklahoma State Univ.) 140
- George Redman (Central Conneticut)133
- Jerry Swope (Millersville Univ.) 133
- Kerry McCoy (Maryland/Stanford) 131 – retired 2019
- Joe Seay (Okla.St., U.Tenn.-Chatt.) 130
- Bert Waterman (Yale University) 130 – inc.
- Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.) 129
- Steve Suder (Wyoming University) 127
- John Schutz (U.S. Naval Academy) 126
- Ron Russo (Columbia Univ.) 125
- W. Roy Phillips (Franklin & Marshall/Pennsylvania) 124 – inc.
- A. Frank Teske (Virginia Tech) 122
- John Mark Bentley (Appalachian St.) 121
- Neil Turner (Lock Haven) 120
- Greg Randall (Boise State) 117
- Ike Sherlock (V.M.I./Campbell) 116
- Jim Smith (Washington Univ./West. Wash.) 115
- Troy Sunderland (Penn State Univ.) 115
- Mark Cody (Presby/Oklahoma/American) 115
- Joel Sharratt (U.S.Naval/Air Force) 113
- W.H. “Billy” Thom (Indiana Univ.) 110
- Jim Heffernan (Univ. of Illinois) 110
- Zeke Jones (Ariz. St./U. of Penn.) 109
- Julius ‘Hans’ Wagner (Colorado St. Un.) 106
- Joe Scalzo (Toledo Univ.) 106
- Ken Shelton (The Citadel) 103
- James J. “Jimmy” Reed (Princeton) 100
- Fred Schleicher Jr. (Ohio University) 100
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