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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.

  1. Dale Thomas (Oregon State)                          616
  2. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.)                              493
  3. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)           462 
  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. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                 354
  16. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.)                   350
  17. Paul Mance (Appalachian State.)                   348
  18. Rob Koll (Cornell Univ.)                              328
  19. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.)   327
  20. Carl Adams (Boston Univ.)                            326  
  21. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.)                             322
  22. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell)                322
  23. Dave Amato (Brown)                                     319  
  24. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)     319
  25. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)               318
  26. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno)                   313
  27. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.)                            311 
  28. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy)                    311 
  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 
  33. Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State)                     296
  34. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                 294
  35. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 291
  36. John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American)   288
  37. Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.)            287
  38. Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.)                        282
  39. Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.)                            280
  40. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)               278 (now at NAIA school)
  41. Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.)                     274
  42. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)         267
  43. Dave McCuskey  (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa)  262
  44. Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall)     253
  45. Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ)       249
  46. Tim Flynn (West Virginia/Edinboro St.)   244
  47. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                          240
  48. Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville)  239
  49. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)               238
  50. Ed Steers (Army, E.C.U. William&Mary)    235
  51. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                                234
  52. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of)        233
  53. Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute)    232
  54. Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State)        231
  55. Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State)               227
  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. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State)   219
  63. Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.)             217
  64. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Bing.) –  217
  65. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 216
  66. Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.)            213
  67. Ed Michael (Buffalo)                                      213
  68. Kevin Dresser (Iowa St./Virginia Tech Un.)  212
  69. Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.)                  210
  70. Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.)  208
  71. William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland)              207
  72. Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.)                           206
  73. Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.)                        203
  74. Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado)  203
  75. Tim Neumann (Nebraska)                              199
  76. Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) –          199
  77. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)                197
  78. Charles Sherwood (Cent. Mich. Un.)             195
  79. Jerry Cheynet (Virginia Tech)                        194
  80. Charlie Speidel (Penn State)                          191
  81. Greg Strobel (Lehigh University)                  189
  82. Fran McCann (Indiana St/WinonaSt./Notre Dame)   184
  83. Charles Mayser (Iowa St./Yale/Franklin&Marshall)  180
  84. Clyde H. “Red” Whitman  (East Stroudsburg St.)     180
  85. Jessie Reyes (Purdue)                                     179
  86. Reg Wicks (U.S. Naval Academy)                173
  87. Steve Garland (Univ. of Virginia)               173
  88. Steve Martin (Old Dominion Univ.)            172 
  89. Pete (Tom?) Robinson (Old Dominion Un.) 172
  90. Thad Turner (Lehigh Univ.)                           171
  91. Carl Poff (Lock Haven Univ.)                        167
  92. John Sacchi (Rutgers University)                       167
  93. John Stutzman (Bloomsburg/Buffalo Univ.)  165
  94. Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell/Bloomsburg) 164
  95. Lowell Lange (Georgia Tech/Cornell Coll.)  161
  96. Joe Wells (Oregon State Univ.)                      161
  97. John Trudgeon (V.M.I.)                                 160
  98. Hugh Otopalik (Iowa State)                               159
  99. Jack Effner (Clev. St./U.S. M.A.)                     158
  100. Mike Young (Boise State)                              155 – inc.
  101. Harold Pinther (Eastern Illinois Univ.)          149
  102. Rob Hjerling (Citadel)                                   144
  103. Donn Matson (Cal. State-Fullerton/Santa Barbara)  144
  104. Ray Swartz (Central Oklahoma, U.S. Naval Acad.)  143
  105. Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ)                 143
  106. Richard Voliva (Rutgers Univ.)           142
  107. Myron Roderick (Oklahoma State Univ.)  140
  108. George Redman (Central Conneticut)133
  109. Jerry Swope (Millersville Univ.)       133
  110. Kerry McCoy (Maryland/Stanford)   131 – retired 2019
  111. Joe Seay (Okla.St., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)               130
  112. Bert Waterman (Yale University)      130 – inc.
  113. Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.)         129
  114. Steve Suder (Wyoming University)   127
  115. John Schutz (U.S. Naval Academy)   126
  116. Ron Russo (Columbia Univ.)             125
  117. W. Roy Phillips (Franklin & Marshall/Pennsylvania)   124 – inc.
  118. A. Frank Teske  (Virginia Tech)        122
  119. John Mark Bentley (Appalachian St.)   121
  120. Neil Turner (Lock Haven)                  120
  121. Greg Randall (Boise State)                117
  122. Ike Sherlock (V.M.I./Campbell)        116
  123. Jim Smith (Washington Univ./West. Wash.)  115
  124. Troy Sunderland (Penn State Univ.)  115
  125. Mark Cody (Presby/Oklahoma/American)  115
  126. Joel Sharratt (U.S.Naval/Air Force)      113
  127. W.H. “Billy” Thom (Indiana Univ.)  110
  128. Jim Heffernan (Univ. of Illinois)    110
  129. Zeke Jones (Ariz. St./U. of Penn.)      109
  130. Julius ‘Hans’ Wagner (Colorado St. Un.) 106
  131. Joe Scalzo (Toledo Univ.)                  106
  132. Ken Shelton (The Citadel)                 103
  133. James J. “Jimmy” Reed (Princeton)   100
  134. Fred Schleicher Jr.  (Ohio University)  100

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