Top Active NAIA Coaches by dual meet wins
TDR Editor’s notes: The following are a list of the head coaches of NAIA schools by team dual meet wins. It is a preliminary list as many of the latest coaching and school changes have not been included yet. We welcome input, reactions and questions. Please let us know what we need to correct.
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ACTIVE Coaches NAIA – Top 40 with at least 25 wins
1. Franky James (Georgetown Coll./Campbellsville) 255 (4)
2. Nick Mitchell (Grand View College) 211 (14)
3. Corey Ruff (Cumberlands/Lindsey-Wilson) 169 (8)
4. Omi Acosta (Life University) — 132 (12)
5. Tyson Thivierge (Montana State Northern) 125 (1)
6. Jeff Bedard (Reinhardt Univ.) — 123 (12)
7. Jake Stevenson (Morningside College) — 117 (6)
8. K.C. Rock (Embry-Riddle College) – 118 (10)
9. Thomas Pompei (Indiana Institute of Tech.) 117 (13)
10. Rik Dahl (Northwestern College) — 101 (4)
11. Beau Vest (Mo. Valley/Dana-Midland) 99 (16)
12. James Hicks (Cumberland Univ./Darton — 93 (10)
13. Dana Vote (Doane, Midland, Concordia) — 90 (10)
14. Joey Martinez (Menlo) — 88 — now a D-II school
15. James Kisgen (McKendree College) – 84 – now a D-II school
16. Brandon Jorge (Southeastern University) 81 (10)
17. Steven Bradley (Marian University) — 79 (8)
18. Joe Privitere (Briar Cliff) 70 (5)
19. Dustyn Azure (Eastern Oregon) 67 (6)
20. Steve Komac (Providence Great Falls) 67 (12)
21. Chuck Kearney (St. Mary, University of) 66 (11)
22. Zach Mullins (Graceland Univ.) 65 (9)
23. Joel Gibson (Southern Oregon State) 65 (16)
24. Lennie Zalesky (Calif. Baptist Univ.) while NAIA – 55 – now a D-I school
25. Doc Kelly (Lourdes University) 51 (3) school closing in ‘26
26. Sam Hazewinkel (Oklahoma City) 49 (11)
27. Corey Ruff (Cumberlands Univ. of) 48 (8)
28. Jameel Bryant (Lindsey-Wilson College) 46 (9)
29. Wesley Maskill (Rochester Christian University) 44 (5)
30. Marcus Cobbs (Benedictine College) 38 (7)
31. Michael Butterfield (Arizona Christian) 37 (9)
32. Robert Parland (St. Andrews University) 33 school closed in 2025
33. Thomas Carr (Oklahoma Wesleyan Univ./Central Christian) 32 (1)
34. Stryder Davis (Wayland Baptist) 32 (10)
35. Josh Erickson (Hastings College) 30 (6)
36. Casey Mouw (Dakota Wesleyan) 30 (6)
37. Calb McElfresh (Missouri Baptist University) 29 (5)
38. Eric Van Kley (Great Falls Univ.) 29 – now at a D-III school
39. Eric Pack (Allen University) 28 school moved to D-II
40. Bo Bettinson (St. Ambrose) 26 (5)
41. Gregory Barner (Benedictine/Cleary Univ.) 26 (7)
42. Nolan Harris (Corban College) 25 (9)
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