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All-Time College Coaching Wins Top 160

The Page with the list of the Top 160 college coaches all-time across all college divisions has been updated. This update is much closer to the end of the season than has been done in other seasons. This posting only shows the top 82 that have 300 or more wins. To see the rest of the list, check out the list on our home page.

After the 2022-2023 season             as of March 2023

ALL-TIME Coaches – with at least 300 wins    
Division I Schools unless noted otherwise     

  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                        646 – II     (15 wins in 2023)
  2. Dale Thomas (Oregon State)                          616 – I
  3. Jare Klein (Olivet College)                            569 – III
  4. Bill Racich (Ursinus College)                        540 – III
  5. David Icenhower (College of New Jersey)    534 – III
  6. John Reese (Wilkes Univ.)                             515 – III 
  7. Jack Childs (Drexel/Thad. Stevens Tech)     512 – I/JuCo
  8. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.)                              493 – I
  9. Max Servcies (Wabash)                                  487 – III
  10. Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass)                    485 – II
  11. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)           476 – I   (14) up 1 spot
  12. Milton Martin (Westmar)                               462 – NAIA
  13. Don Elia (Carson-Newman/Maryville)          461 – II
  14. Ned McGinley (King’s College)                    458 – III
  15. Ron Mirikitani (St. Louis C.C.-Meramec)     457 – JuCo
  16. John Sacchi (Middlesex Jr. Coll./Rutgers Un.)   447- JuCo/I
  17. Gary Taylor (Rider)                                        442 – I
  18. Bobby Douglas (Iowa St/CSSB/ArizSU)       440 – I
  19. J Robinson (Minnesota)                                  440 – I
  20. Roger Crebs (Lycoming College)                439 – III   (10) up 1 spot
  21. John Johnston (Princeton/Stevens Tech.)      431 – I/JuCo
  22. Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth)  428 – II 
  23. Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales)             422 – III (30) up 11 spots
  24. T.J. Kerr (U. Calif. Bakersfield/San Jose St.)  421– I
  25. Tom Jarman (Manchester/Northwest./Taylor)  415-III/I/NAIA
  26. Phil Grebinar (Worcester Poly Tech.)            414 — III
  27. Jim Miller (Wartburg)                                    413 – III
  28. Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State)         408 – II
  29. Tom Borrelli (Central Michigan/Lake Superior St.)   406 – I/II (6) up 2 spots
  30. Bob Skelton (Western New England College) – 402 III
  31. Wally Johnson (Minnesota Univ./S.D. State/Luther Coll.)   400 – I
  32. Robert Marshall (Del. Valley Coll./Dickinson) – 396 III
  33. David James (Cent. Oklahoma)                      396 – II
  34. Bob Guzzo (N.C. State/Canton Jr. Coll.)       393 – I/JuCo
  35. Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha)    389 – II   (8) up 4 spots
  36. Paul Mance (Appalachian St./Herkimer Co.CC)  387 – I/JuCo
  37. Bruce Haberli (New York Un./Manhattan Coll.)  384 – III/I   (12) up 8 spots
  38. Eric Knuutila (Niagara City C.C.)                  383 – JuCo
  39. Dave Amato (Brown/SUNY Potsdam/U.Mass)  381  – I/II/III
  40. Bill Lam (North Carolina Univ.)                    378 – I
  41. Al Baxter (Buena Vista Univ.)                       376 – III
  42. Budd Whitehill (Lycoming Coll.)                  376 – III
  43. Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.)        374 – III  (20) up 5 spots
  44. Dean Sensenbaugh (Modesto Jr. Coll.)          374 – Calif. Jr. C.
  45. Lonnie Timmerman (Drake)                          364
  46. Don Murray (SUNY-Brockport)                    359 – III  
  47. Dan Gable (Iowa)                                           355
  48. Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO)               353 – II
  49. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.)                   350
  50. Ron Gaffner (Muskegon C.C.)                       344- JuCo
  51. Rob Koll (Stanford/Cornell Univ.)             334  (6) up 1 spot
  52. Roy Minter (Ridgewater C.C.-Willmar)        329- JuCo 
  53. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.)   327
  54. Carl Adams (Boston Univ./Un. Of R.I.)        326 
  55. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)               326  (8) up 7 spots
  56. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   324 – II  (5) up 4  spots
  57. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.)                             322
  58. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell)                322
  59. Jeff Swenson (Augsburg Coll.)                      321 – III
  60. Tom Kessler (York College)                          321 – III
  61. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)     319 – I/II
  62. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.& Dana College) 319 – II (15) up 10 spots
  63. Jody Thompson  (Labette C.C.-Ks.)               318- JuCo
  64. Steve Eldridge (U.S. Coast Guard Ac.)          317 – III  – Inc.,
  65. Dave Mitchell (Luther College)                  315 – III (14) up 14spots
  66. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno)                   313
  67. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.)                            311 
  68. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy)                    311 
  69. Bob Del Rosa (Case Western Reserve)          310 – III
  70. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                 307  (13) up 19 spots
  71. Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh)                      304
  72. Kerry Volkmann (John Carroll)                     304 – III
  73. John Owen (North Idaho Jr. Coll.)                 304- JuCo
  74. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa)   303  (12) up 15 spots
  75. Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati)                 302
  76. Daryl Arroyo (Springfield, Mass)                  301 – III
  77. Willie Myers (Wisconsin-Whitewater)          301 – III
  78. Dave Pacheo (Sacramento City College)       301 – Calf. Jr. Col.
  79. Ed Kringstad (Bismark State Coll.)           301- JuCo
  80. Chuck Williamson (Gloucester Co. Coll.)  300- JuCo
  81. Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.)  300
  82. Tim Fader (Wisc.-Eau Claire, Whitewater,& Lacrosse) 300– III (17) up 13 spots

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