List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders

This is a list of college baseball coaches by number of career wins. This list includes coaches who have won at least 1,100 games at the NCAA and NAIA levels. Mike Martin, the former head coach of Florida State, tops the list with 2,029 career wins. The highest winning percentage in the group belongs to Don Schaly, former head coach of Marietta, with an .812 career winning percentage. Danny Hall is the active wins leader with 1,378 and is seventeenth in overall wins. The list is complete through the completion of the 2023 season.[1][2][3]

College baseball coaches with 1,100 career wins

Key

* Denote manager is active
† Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Coaches

Updated through end of 2023 season
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
1 Mike Martin† 40 2,029 736 4 .733 Florida State (1980–2019)
2 Augie Garrido† 48 1,975 951 9 .674 San Francisco State (1969), Cal Poly (1970–1972), Cal State Fullerton (1973–1987, 1991–1996), Illinois (1988–1990), Texas (1997–2016)
3 Gordie Gillespie† 59 1,893 952 1 .665 Lewis (1953–1976), St. Francis (Ill.) (1977–1995, 2006-2011), Ripon (1996–2005)
4 Gene Stephenson† 36 1,768 675 3 .723 Wichita State (1978–2013)
5 Ed Cheff† 34 1,705 430 2 .799 Lewis-Clark State (1977–2010)[4]
6 Woody Hunt 40 1,630 774 5 .678 Cumberland (TN) (1980–2021)[5]
7 Mark Marquess† 40 1,627 878 7 .649 Stanford (1977–2017)
8 Denney Crabaugh 34 1,601 493 2 .764 Oklahoma City (1989–2022)
9 Jim Morris† 37 1,594 716 4 .690 Georgia Tech (1982–1993), Miami (FL) (1994–2018)
10 Larry Hays† 38 1,508 860 4 .637 Lubbock Christian (1971–1986), Texas Tech (1987–2008)
11 Paul Mainieri 39 1,505 775 8 .660 St. Thomas (FL) (1983–1988), Air Force (1989–1994), Notre Dame (1995–2006), LSU (2007–2021)
12 Mike Fox 37 1,487 547 5 .731 NC Wesleyan (1983–1994, 1996–1998), North Carolina (1999–2020)
13 Chuck Hartman 47 1,444 816 8 .638 High Point (1960–1978), Virginia Tech (1979–2006)
14 Don Schaly† 40 1,438 329 13 .812 Marietta (1964–2003)
15 Cliff Gustafson† 29 1,427 373 2 .792 Texas (1968–1996)
16 Bill Holowaty† 44 1,412 528 7 .727 Eastern Connecticut State (1969–2012)
17 Bobby Cox 35 1,378 643 0 .682 Oklahoma Baptist (1985–2019)
17 Danny Hall* 36 1,378 749 1 .648 Kent State (1988–1993), Georgia Tech (1994–present)
19 Ron Polk† 35 1,373 702 2 .662 Georgia Southern (1972–1975), Mississippi State (1976–1997, 2002–2008), Georgia (2000–2001)
19 Keith Guttin* 41 1,373 895 0 .605 Missouri State (1983–present)
21 John Anderson* 42 1,365 998 3 .578 Minnesota (1982–present)
22 Jim Gilligan 40 1,353 895 7 .602 Western New Mexico (1972), Lamar (1973–1986, 1992–2016)
23 Lou Yacinich 45 1,347 1058 0 .560 Grand View (1974–2022)
24 Rod Dedeaux† 44 1,342 597 16 .691 USC (1942–1947, 1949–1986)
25 Gary Gilmore* 34 1,335 674 5 .664 South Carolina Aiken (1990–1995), Coastal Carolina (1996–present)
26 Jack Leggett* 36 1,332 770 1 .634 Vermont (1978–1982), Western Carolina (1983–1991), Clemson (1994–2015)
27 Larry Cochell 39 1,331 813 3 .621 Emporia State (1967–1969), Creighton (1970–1971), Cal State Los Angeles (1972–1976), Oral Roberts (1977–1986), Northwestern (1987), Cal State Fullerton (1988–1990), Oklahoma (1991–2005)
28 Mike Metheny† 37 1,324 679 3 .668 Southeastern Oklahoma State (1981–2017)
29 Joe Roberts 34 1,314 640 6 .672 Armstrong Atlantic (1980–2013)
30 Pete Dunn 37 1,312 887 3 .597 Stetson (1980–2016)
31 Tommy Thomas† 40 1,308 825 6 .613 Valdosta State (1968–2007)
32 Bob Bennett† 34 1,300 757 8 .631 Fresno State (1967, 1970–2002)
32 Bobby Halford* 39 1,300 784 0 .624 William Carey (1985–present)
34 John Schaly* 36 1,272 706 7 .643 Barry (1988–1991), Saint Leo (FL) (1992–1997), Ashland (1998–present)
35 Ron Fraser† 30 1,267 440 9 .741 Miami (FL) (1963–1992)
35 Tom Austin* 44 1,267 595 10 .679 Methodist University (1980–present)
37 Bob Babb* 44 1,266 467 15 .729 Johns Hopkins (1980–present)
38 Jack Stallings 39 1,255 799 10 .610 Wake Forest (1960–1968), Florida State (1969–1974), Georgia Southern 1976–1999
39 Dave Van Horn* 30 1,249 615 0 .666 Central Missouri State (1994), Northwestern State (1995–1997), Nebraska (1998–2002), Arkansas (2003–present)
40 Charlie Migl 35 1,246 600 0 .675 St. Mary's (TX) (1987–2021)
41 Tim Pettorini 38 1,243 460 6 .729 Wooster (1982–2019)
42 Itch Jones 39 1,242 752 6 .623 MacMurray (1966–1968), Southern Illinois (1970–1990), Illinois (1991–2005)
42 Q. V. Lowe 28 1,242 689 5 .643 Auburn Montgomery (1987–2014)
44 Jim Dietz 31 1,230 751 18 .620 San Diego State (1972–2002)
45 Elliott Avent* 35 1,223 805 0 .603 New Mexico State (1989–1996), NC State (1997–present)
46 Jay Bergman 32 1,210 707 3 .631 Florida (1976–1981), UCF (1983–2008)
47 Al Ogletree 40 1,208 710 1 .630 Dallas (1958–1965), Sul Ross State (1966–1968), Texas–Pan American (1969–1997)
48 George Valesente 47 1,204 544 8 .688 Brockport (1973–1974), SUNY New Paltz (1975–1976), SUNY Maritime (1977–1978), Ithaca (1979–2019)
49 Jim Mallon 34 1,196 602 1 .665 Southwestern (1971–2004)
49 Scott Berry 42 1,196 698 1 .631 Mayville State (1982–2023)
51 Jeff Sikes 39 1,189 886 5 .573 Warner (FL) (1982–2023)
52 Andy Lopez† 33 1,177 742 7 .613 Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983–1988), Pepperdine (1989–1994), Florida (1995–2001), Arizona (2002–2015)
53 Wayne Graham† 26 1,173 528 2 .689 Rice (1992–2018)
53 Tony Robichaux 36 1,173 765 2 .605 McNeese State (1987–1994), Louisiana (1995–2019)
55 Gary Adams 35 1,172 892 12 .567 UC Irvine (1970–1974), UCLA (1975–2004)
56 Bill Wilhelm† 36 1,161 536 10 .683 Clemson (1958–1993)
57 Norm DeBriyn 33 1,161 650 6 .641 Arkansas (1970–2002)
58 Jack Coffey† 47 1,160 482 13 .705 Fordham (1909–1917, 1919–1921, 1923–1943, 1945–1958)[6]
59 Chuck Brayton† 33 1,158 525 6 .687 Washington State (1962–1994)
59 Mike Sansing 33 1,158 693 0 .626 Shorter (1989–1991), Kennesaw State (1992–2021)
61 Mike Gillespie 30 1,156 720 2 .617 USC (1987–2006), UC Irvine (2008–2018)
62 Greg Guilliams* 33 1,150 562 2 .672 Penn State–Behrend (1991), Embry–Riddle (FL) (1992–2007), Valdosta State (2008–present)
62 John Goelz* 38 1,150 810 5 .587 Sonoma State (1986–present)
64 Ken Dugan† 37 1,137 450 0 .716 Lipscomb (1960–1996)
65 Rich Hill* 36 1,136 782 4 .592 Cal Lutheran (1988–1993), San Francisco (1994–1998), San Diego (1999–2021), Hawaii (2022–present)
66 Ray Tanner 25 1,133 489 3 .698 NC State (1988–1996), South Carolina (1997–2012)
67 Frank Vieira† 44 1,127 324 6 .776 New Haven (1963–2006)
68 Mike Laird* 41 1,121 643 3 .635 William Penn (1983–present)
69 Ed Flaherty* 38 1,116 511 4 .685 Southern Maine (1986–present)
70 Don Brandon 38 1,110 588 5 .653 Anderson (IN) (1972, 1974–2010)
71 Keith Veale* 34 1,107 571 0 .660 Mount Vernon Nazarene (1990–present)
71 Jim Harp 27 1,107 553 2 .660 Dallas Baptist (1973–1999)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved February 14, 2015. (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.)
  3. ^ "NAIA All-Time Baseball Coaching Victories" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Ed Cheff, longtime Lewis-Clark State baseball coach, retiring". The Oregonian. June 30, 2010.
  5. ^ "Legendary Cumberland Baseball Coach Woody Hunt Announces Retirement". cumberland.edu. January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jack Coffey". Hall of Fame Inductees. American Baseball Coaches Association. Retrieved June 12, 2017.