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All Time Top Division II 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 teams while in Division II. It is tricky to keep track of records when a school changes in divisions while under the same coach. Coaches with connections to North Carolina schools include M. Olson in 4th, P.J. Smith tied for 11th, K. Caudell of Belmont Abbey (53rd), B. Gorney of Livingstone (59th) and O.T. Johnson of UNC-Pembroke(60th). Jason Valek made a strong start leading the Newberry College program to almost 200 wins in South Carolina. We have just the top 60 coaches listed but do keep track of all. We welcome input, information and reactions to us at martinkfleming@gmail.com

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ALL-TIME Coaches (D-II)– Top 60 (or so) with at least 120 wins     Wins

  1. Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown)                 646
  2. Doug Parker (Springfield, Mass)              485
  3. Don Elia (Carson-Newman)                     461
  4. Mike Olson (UNC-Pembroke, Upper Iowa, Monmouth)  428 inc.
  5. Arthur “Bucky” Maughn (N Dak State)  408     
  6. David James (Cent. Oklahoma)                396
  7. Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha)    389
  8. Vaughn Hitchcock (Cal-Poly-SLO)         353 – II
  9. Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.)   324
  10. Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&Dana Coll.) 319
  11. Robert “Rummy” Macias  (Minn. St.-Mankato)   299
  12. P.J. Smith (UNC-Pembroke, Campbell)               299
  13. Vince Monseau (West Liberty St./Peru St.)         286
  14. Jim Koch (Wisconsin-Parkside)                          277
  15. Mike Sterner  (SW Minnesota St.)                       254
  16. William “Bill” Corman (Shippensburg State)      243
  17. Jason Liles (S.D. State/Montana St.-Northern)    236
  18. Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.)                             236
  19. Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.)                                   234
  20. Terry Wetherald (Univ. of Indianapolis – Ind. Central)        230
  21. Robin Ersland (Minot St./Cent. Mo. St./Calif. (Pa.), N. Mich.  225
  22. Marc Bauer (Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)                 215
  23. Larry Kristoff (So. Illinois-Edwardsville, SW Mo. St.)  212
  24. Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.)            212
  25. Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.)                          210
  26. Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State)   208
  27. Mike Palmisiano (Nebraska-Omaha, Ohio Northern)  200
  28. Tracy Borah (Western State College)                        200
  29. Jason Valek (Newberry)                                             194
  30. Joe Seay (Cal. State Bakersfield)                               187
  31. Allan Abraham (Calif. State San Francisco)              176
  32. Miles Van Hee (Western State College)                    170
  33. Lars Jensen (Calif. State San Francisco)                    170
  34. Stamatis Bulgaris (Wright State & Dayton)               169
  35. Ray Kowatch (Ashland College)                               167
  36. John Oxton (St. Cloud State Univ.)                            167
  37. Paul Kendle (Augustana College-S.D.)                     163
  38. Howard Westcott (Portland State)                              162
  39. Doug Moses (N.M. Highlands, So. Color., Col. St.)  155 – inc
  40. John W. Hancock (Northern Col., Col. St. Coll)       152
  41. Bill Garland (Minnesota State-Moorhead)                 147
  42. Roger Denker (Central Missouri State)                     143
  43. Jack LaBonde (Northern Colorado, Col. St. Coll)     142
  44. Chuck Piper (Colorado Mesa St.)                           138
  45. James Kisgen (McKendree College)                       138 D-II since 2013
  46. John Sterner (Minnesota State-Moorehead)              137
  47. Scott Ritzen (Chadron State College)                        135
  48. Pat Timm (Northern State)                                     135
  49. Warren Williamson (South Dakota State )                 134
  50. Dave Shutter  (Truman State, NE Missouri State)     133
  51. Mike McGlinchey (Salisbury State)                          133
  52. Jack Maughan (Northern Colorado)                           129
  53. Ken Caudell (Belmont-Abbey)                                127
  54. Martin Grahn (Portland State)                                    126
  55. Jason Ramstetter(Adams State)                              125
  56. Dan Hinkel (Kutztown)                                              124
  57. Jason Warthan (Indianapolis)                                123
  58. Mark Osgood (Ashland Univ.)                                   121
  59. Blaine Gorney (Livingstone)                                     121
  60. Othello ‘O.T.’ Johnson (U. N.C.-Pembroke)         119

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