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All Time Top Division I Coaches in Dual Meet Wins

TDR Editor’s Notes ; This list of college coaches by the number of dual meet victories in which they led their Division I teams. Several of the coaches have a greater overall number of victories when their time as a coach at another level is added in. Some notes of interest are John Smith of Oklahoma State is closing in on the 2nd spot and could pass Harold Nichols in a year or two. Tom Borelli moved past Bob Guzzo of N.C. State and Dan Gable of Iowa. Brian Smith of Missouri moved past four coaches to tie Carl Adams at 20th. Tom Ryan of Ohio State and Mark Manning of Nebraska both moved past the 300 wins mark to join just 31 other D-I coaches of the past 120 years of college wrestling. We welcome input, information and reactions to us at martinkfleming@gmail.com

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ALL-TIME Coaches(D-I)– Top 125 with at least 116 Wins

  1. Dale Thomas (Oregon State)                          616
  2. Harold Nichols (Iowa St.)                              493
  3. John Smith (Oklahoma State Univ.)           476 
  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. Tom Borelli (Central Michigan)                 360 
  14. Bob Guzzo (N.C. State )                                 356
  15. Dan Gable (Iowa)                                           355
  16. Russ Hellickson (Ohio St./Wisc.)                   350
  17. Paul Mance (Appalachian State.)                   348
  18. Rob Koll (Stanford/Cornell Univ.)             334
  19. Gray Simons (ODU, Tenn, L. Haven, Ind. St.)   327
  20. Carl Adams (Boston Univ.)                            326  
  21. Brian Smith (Missouri/Syracuse)               326  up 4 spots
  22. Bob Bubb (Clarion Univ.)                             322
  23. Jack Spates (Oklahoma & Cornell)                322
  24. Dave Amato (Brown)                                     319  
  25. Joe Seay (Okla.St., Ca.-Bak., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)     319
  26. Dennis Deliddo (Cal. St. Fresno)                   313
  27. Ron Finley (Oregon Univ.)                            311 
  28. Ed Peery (U.S. Naval Academy)                    311 
  29. Tom Ryan (Ohio State/Hofstra)                 307
  30. Randy Stottlemyer (Pittsburgh)                      304             
  31. Mark Manning (Nebraska/Northern Iowa) 303
  32. Stan Abel (Oklahoma, Cincinnati)                 302
  33. Roger Sanders (Bloomsburg, New York Univ.)  300
  34. Duane Goldman (Indiana Univ.)                    297 
  35. Dick Bonacci (Cleveland State)                     296
  36. John McHugh (Maryland, Catholic, American)   288
  37. Craig Turnbull (West Virginia Univ.)            287
  38. Joe Begala (Kent State Univ.)                        282
  39. Tom Brands (Iowa & Virginia Tech)         282
  40. Ed Carlin (Syracuse Univ.)                            280
  41. Jim Zalesky (Oregon State/Iowa)               278 (now at NAIA school)
  42. Clifford Keen (Michigan Univ.)                     274
  43. Dave McCuskey  (Iowa / Univ. Northern Iowa)  262
  44. Tim Flynn (West Virginia/Edinboro St.)   254
  45. Ron Gray (Kent St./Franklin & Marshall)     253
  46. Arnold ‘Swede’ Umbach (Auburn Univ)       249
  47. Joel Greenlee (Ohio Univ.)                          244
  48. Roger Reina (Pennsylvania, Univ. of)        242
  49. Red W. Watkins (Appalachian State/Maryville)  239
  50. Joe McFarland (Michigan/Indiana)               238
  51. Ed Steers (Army, E.C.U. William&Mary)    235
  52. Cael Sanderson (Penn State, Iowa State)   235
  53. Barry Davis (Wisconsin)                                234
  54. Oscar Gupton (Virginia Military Institute)    232
  55. Mark Johnson (Illinois & Oregon State)        231
  56. Pat Popolizio (North Carolina St., SUNY-Bing.) –  231
  57. Kevin Dresser (Iowa St./Virginia Tech Un.)  228
  58. Tommy Chesbro (Oklahoma State)               227
  59. Pat Santoro (Lehigh University, Maryland) 225
  60. Harry Houska (Ohio University)                    224
  61. William Sheridan (Lehigh & Penn)               222
  62. Bob Carlson (Utah State)                               221
  63. Fred Powell (Slippery Rock State)                 221
  64. Dale Bahr (Michigan)                                    221
  65. Bill Harvey (Duke)                                         220
  66. Chuck Patten (Northern Iowa Univ.)             217
  67. Grady Peninger (Michigan State Un.)            213
  68. Ed Michael (Buffalo)                                      213
  69. Fred Davis (Brigham Young Un.)                  210
  70. Scott Goodale (Rutgers University) –          209
  71. Bill Koll (Penn State, Northern Iowa, Cornell Coll.)  208
  72. William “Sully” Krouse (Maryland)              207
  73. Paul Billy (Delaware Univ.)                           206
  74. Jimmy Miller (Cornell Univ.)                        203
  75. Linn Long (So. Illini-Carbondale/Colorado)  203
  76. Tim Neumann (Nebraska)                              199
  77. Jim Andrassy (Kent State Univ.)                198
  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. Steve Garland (Univ. of Virginia)               181
  84. Charles Mayser (Iowa St./Yale/Franklin&Marshall)  180
  85. Clyde H. “Red” Whitman  (East Stroudsburg St.)     180
  86. Jessie Reyes (Purdue)                                     179
  87. Reg Wicks (U.S. Naval Academy)                173
  88. John Stutzman (Bloomsburg/Buffalo Univ.)  173
  89. Steve Martin (Old Dominion Univ.)            172 
  90. Pete (Tom?) Robinson (Old Dominion Un.) 172
  91. Thad Turner (Lehigh Univ.)                           171
  92. Dan Wirnsberger (Bucknell/Bloomsburg) 170
  93. Carl Poff (Lock Haven Univ.)                        167
  94. John Sacchi (Rutgers University)                       167
  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. Jay Weiss (Harvard Univ)                 147
  103. Rob Hjerling (Citadel)                                   144
  104. Donn Matson (Cal. State-Fullerton/Santa Barbara)  144
  105. Ray Swartz (Central Oklahoma, U.S. Naval Acad.)  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. John Mark Bentley (Appalachian St.)   133
  111. Kerry McCoy (Maryland/Stanford)   131 – retired 2019
  112. Joe Seay (Okla.St., U.Tenn.-Chatt.)               130
  113. Bert Waterman (Yale University)      130 – inc.
  114. Mark Branch (Wyoming Univ.)         130
  115. Steve Suder (Wyoming University)   127
  116. John Schutz (U.S. Naval Academy)   126
  117. Ron Russo (Columbia Univ.)             125
  118. W. Roy Phillips (Franklin & Marshall/Pennsylvania)   124 – inc.
  119. A. Frank Teske  (Virginia Tech)        122
  120. Neil Turner (Lock Haven)                  120
  121. Mark Cody (Presby/Oklahoma/American)  119
  122. Greg Randall (Boise State)                117
  123. Ike Sherlock (V.M.I./Campbell)        116
  124. Jim Heffernan (Univ. of Illinois)    116
  125. Zeke Jones (Ariz. St./U. of Penn.)      116

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