- List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
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This is a list of NCAA men's basketball coaches by number of career wins across all three divisions.[1][2] This list includes games won at the NAIA level, but omits coaches who have won only NAIA games. Harry Statham is the all-time leader in men's college wins, having won 1,043 NAIA games.
Contents
NCAA basketball coaches with 600 wins
Key
* Expected to be active in the 2011–12 season † Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach 600 wins with a NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent) Coaches
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010–11 college basketball season.[2]
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Pct. Teams 1* Herb Magee† 45 923 367 .716 Philadelphia (1967–present) 2 Don Meyer 36 923 324 .740 Hamline (1972–1975), Lipscomb (1975–1999), Northern State (1999–2010) 3* Mike Krzyzewski† 37 905 284 .761 Army (1975–1980), Duke (1980–present) 4 Bob Knight† 42 902 371 .709 Army (1965–1971), Indiana (1971–2000), Texas Tech (2001–2008) 5 Dean Smith† 36 879 254 .776 North Carolina (1961–1997) 6 Adolph Rupp† 41 876 190 .822 Kentucky (1930–1952, 1953–1972) 7* Jim Boeheim† 35 856 301 .740 Syracuse (1976–present) 8* Jim Calhoun† 39 855 358 .705 Northeastern (1972–1986), Connecticut (1986–present) 9 Jim Phelan 49 830 524 .613 Mount St. Mary's (1954–2003) 10 Clarence Gaines† 47 828 447 .649 Winston-Salem State (1946–1993) 11 Jerry Johnson 47 821 447 .647 LeMoyne-Owen (1958–2005) 12* Glenn Robinson 40 805 302 .727 Franklin & Marshall (1971–present) 13 Eddie Sutton 37 804 328 .710 Creighton (1969–1974), Arkansas (1974–1985), Kentucky (1985–1989), Oklahoma State (1990–2006), San Francisco (2007–2008) 14 Lefty Driesell 41 786 394 .666 Davidson (1960–1969), Maryland (1969–1986), James Madison (1988–1997), Georgia State (1997–2003) 15 Lute Olson† 34 780 280 .736 Long Beach State (1973–1974), Iowa (1974–1983), Arizona (1983–2007) 16 Lou Henson 41 779 412 .654 Hardin–Simmons (1962–1966), New Mexico State (1966–1975, 1998–2005), Illinois (1975–1996) 17 Henry Iba† 41 764 339 .693 Northwest Missouri State (1929–1933), Colorado (1933–1934), Oklahoma State (1934–1970) 18 Edgar Diddle† 42 759 302 .715 Western Kentucky (1922–1964) 19 Phog Allen† 48 746 264 .739 Baker (1905–1908), Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell (1908–1909), Central Missouri State (1912–1919) 20 John Chaney† 34 741 312 .704 Cheyney (1972–1982), Temple (1982–2006) 21 Jerry Tarkanian[3] 31 729 201 .784 Long Beach State (1968–1973), UNLV (1973–1992), Fresno State (1995–2002) 22 Norm Stewart 38 728 374 .661 Northern Iowa (1961–1967), Missouri (1967–1999) 23* Jim Smith 47 727 510 .588 Saint John's (MN) (1964–present) 24 Ray Meyer† 42 724 354 .672 DePaul (1942–1984) 25 Don Haskins† 38 719 353 .671 UTEP (1961–1999) 26 Dave Robbins 30 713 194 .786 Virginia Union (1978–2008) 27 Dick Sauers 41 702 330 .680 Albany (1955–1987, 1988–1997) 28* Bob Chipman 32 696 288 .707 Washburn (1979–present) 29* Bob Huggins 29 691 253 .732 Walsh (1980–1983), Akron (1984–1989), Cincinnati (1989–2005), Kansas State (2006–2007), West Virginia (2007–present) 30 Denny Crum† 30 675 295 .696 Louisville (1971–2001) 31 Dennis Bridges 36 666 320 .675 Illinois Wesleyan (1965–2001) 32 Gary Williams 33 668 380 .637 American (1978–1982), Boston College (1982–1986), Ohio State (1986–1989), Maryland (1989–2011) 33 John Wooden†[4] 29 664 162 .804 Indiana State (1946–1948), UCLA (1948–1975) 34 Glenn Van Wieren 33 660 219 .751 Hope (1977–2010) 35 Ralph Miller† 38 657 382 .632 Wichita State (1951–1964), Iowa (1964–1970), Oregon State (1970–1989) 36* Steve Moore 30 656 194 .772 Muhlenberg (1981–1987), Wooster (1987–present) 37* Rollie Massimino 35 653 424 .606 Stony Brook (1969–1971), Villanova (1973–1992), UNLV (1992–1994), Cleveland State Vikings (1996–2003), Northwood (FL) (2006–present) 38 Tom Penders 36 648 438 .597 Tufts (1971–1974), Columbia (1974–1978), Fordham (1978–1986), Rhode Island (1986–1988), Texas (1988–1998), George Washington (1998–2001), Houston (2004–2010) 39 Gene Bartow 34 647 353 .647 Central Missouri State (1961–1964), Valparaiso (1964–1970), Memphis State (1970–1974), Illinois (1974–1975), UCLA (1975–1977), UAB (1978–1996) 40* Roy Williams† 23 645 163 .798 Kansas (1988–2003), North Carolina (2003–present) 41 Billy Tubbs 31 641 340 .653 Southwestern (TX) (1971–1973), Lamar (1976–1980, 2003–2006), Oklahoma (1980–1994), TCU (1994–2002), 42 Homer Drew 34 640 427 .600 Bethel (IN) (1976–1987), Indiana-South Bend (1987–1988), Valparaiso (1988–2002, 2004–2011) 43* Jerry Slocum 36 638 446 .589 Nyack (1975–1987), Geneva (1987–1996), Gannon (1996–2005), Youngstown State (2005–present) 44 Marv Harshman† 40 637 443 .590 Pacific Lutheran (1944–1958), Washington State (1958–1971), Washington (1971–1985) 44* David Hixon 34 637 248 .720 Amherst (1977–present) 44 Dick Whitmore 40 637 341 .656 Colby (1970–2011) 47 Hugh Durham 37 633 429 .596 Florida State (1966–1978), Georgia (1978–1995), Jacksonville (1997–2005) 48 John Lance 44 632 340 .650 Southwestern Oklahoma (1918–1922), Pittsburg State (1922–1934, 1935–1963) 49* Dick Reynolds 39 644 409 .612 Otterbein (1972–present) 50 Ken Anderson 27 631 152 .806 Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1968–1995) 50 Cam Henderson 36 631 242 .723 Muskingum (1919–1923), Davis & Elkins (1923–1935), Marshall (1935–1955) 52 Ed Messbarger 41 630 518 .549 Benedictine Heights (1957–1960), Dallas (1960–1963), St. Mary's (TX) (1963–1978), Angelo State (1978–1998) 53* Bo Ryan 27 625 194 .763 Wisconsin-Platteville (1984–1999), Milwaukee (1999–2001), Wisconsin (2001–present) 54 Norm Sloan 37 624 393 .614 Presbyterian (1951–1955), Citadel (1956–1960), Florida (1960–1966, 1980–1989), NC State (1966–1980) 55 Dean Nicholson 26 620 199 .757 Central Washington (1964–1990) 56 Tom Murphy 35 618 274 .693 Hamilton (1970–2004), SUNYIT (2005–2006) 57* Cliff Ellis 33 614 385 .614 South Alabama (1975–1984), Clemson (1984–1994), Auburn (1994–2004), Coastal Carolina (2007–present) 58* Rick Byrd 30 610 333 .647 Maryville (TN) (1978–1980), Lincoln Memorial (1983–1986), Belmont (1986–present) 59* Mike Montgomery 29 611 281 .695 Montana (1978–1986), Stanford (1986–2004), California (2008–present) 60 Jerry Steele 39 609 486 .556 Guilford (1962–1970), High Point (1972–2003) 61* Rick Pitino 25 600 220 .731 Boston University (1978–1983), Providence (1985–1987), Kentucky (1989–1997), Louisville (2001–present) Active coaches nearing 600 career wins
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2010–11 college basketball season.
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Pct. Teams * Larry Hunter 31 599 324 .649 Wittenberg (1976–1989), Ohio (1989–2001), Western Carolina (2005–present) * Richard Schmidt 30 597 280 .681 Vanderbilt (1979–1981), Tampa (1983–present) * Ben Braun 34 584 452 .564 Siena Heights (1977–1985), Eastern Michigan (1985–1996), California (1996–2008), Rice (2008–present) * Dave Boots 29 583 253 .703 Augsburg (1982–1988), South Dakota (1988–present) * Bobby Cremins 30 567 367 .607 Appalachian State (1975–1981), Georgia Tech (1981–2000), College of Charleston (2006–present) See also
- List of National Basketball Association head coaches with 400 games coached
References
- ^ "NCAA Basketball Coaching Records". NCAA. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Coaching.pdf. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch. Retrieved April 10, 2011.(The NCAA Career Statistics database allows the viewer to obtain coaching records for all NCAA coaches by inputting the individual's name in the linked window.)
- ^ Jerry Tarkanian's total does not include 55 wins vacated by the NCAA. His career total would be 784 with the vacated victories.
- ^ Wooden is also a member of the Naismith Hall as a player.
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