List of college women's volleyball career coaching wins leaders

This is a list of college women's volleyball coaches in the United States with a minimum of 750 wins at the collegiate level. Entering 2023, Peggy Martin, who previously coached at Central Missouri and currently coaches at Spring Hill College, is the all-time leader with 1,434 wins. Russ Rose of Penn State achieved the most NCAA Division I wins with 1,330. Dave Shoji of Hawaii, with 1202 Division I wins, leads in win percentage at .855.[1][2]

College women's volleyball coaches with 750 wins

Key

* Active coach entering 2024
† Inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame
# Inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame

Coaches

Four-year colleges only. Includes DGWS/AIAW (1969–1981) and NCAA (1981–present). Includes NAIA and NCCAA where noted. Years shown are for seasons coached, not dates employed. The earliest seasons extended into January (e.g., the 1971–72 season). Statistics are through the 2024 season.
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
1* Peggy Martin# 47 1458 372 8 .795 Central Missouri (1975–1978, 1980–2008), Spring Hill (2009–2019, 2021–present; includes NAIA 142–36 record, 2009–2013)[3]
2 Larry Bock#[4] 41 1348 295 0 .820 Juniata (1977–2010), Navy (2011–2017)
3 Russ Rose# 43 1330 229 0 .853 Penn State (1979–2021)
4 Tracy Rietzke 38 1277 285 0 .818 Kansas Wesleyan (1982–1987, NAIA), Rockhurst (1988–2019; NAIA until 1999)
5* Vickie Grooms Denny[5] 41[6] 1245 419 0 .748 Maranatha Baptist (1982–1987),[7] Clearwater Christian (1989–2014), Bob Jones (2016–present) (all NCCAA schools)
6 Dave Shoji#[8] 42 1202 204 1 .855 Hawaii (1975–2016)
7* Chris Catanach# 40 1195 221 0 .844 Tampa (1984–present)
8 Shelton Collier# 41 1150 301 0 .793 Pittsburgh (1980–1988), Georgia Tech (1991–2001), Wingate (2002–2022)
9 Andy Banachowski†# 43 1106 301 0 .786 UCLA (1965–1968 (3 seasons, no records kept); 1970–2009)
10* Julie Jenkins 40 1075 437 0 .711 VCU (1984), Trinity (TX) (1985–present)
11 Rich Luenemann# 32 1070 324 0 .768 St. Francis (IL) (1981–1998; NAIA), Washington (MO) (1999–2012)
12* Mary Wise 38 1068 213 0 .836 Iowa State (1981–1984), Florida (1991–present)
13* Rick Squiers 31 980 167 0 .854 Hastings (1993–1998), Nebraska–Kearney (1999–present)
14 Mick Haley# 34 957 256 0 .788 Texas (1980–1996), USC (2001–2017)
15 Karen Chisum 40 919 559 3 .622 Texas State (1980–2019)
16* Chris Poole 37 916 356 0 .720 Arkansas Tech (1986), Arkansas State (1987–92), Arkansas (1994–2007), Florida State (2008–present)
17 Mike Hebert# 35 892 374 0 .705 Pittsburgh (1976–1979), New Mexico (1980–1982), Illinois (1983–1995), Minnesota (1996–2010)
18 John Dunning# 32 888 185 0 .828 Pacific (1985–2000), Stanford (2001–2016)
19 Elaine Michaelis# 33 886 219 5 .800 BYU (1969–2001)
20* John Cook# 32 883 176 0 .834 Wisconsin (1992–1998), Nebraska (2000–present)
21 Kathy Gregory† 38 882 412 0 .682 UC Santa Barbara (1975–2013)
22 Joe Sagula 42 865 507 0 .630 Penn (1981–89), North Carolina (1990–2023)
23* Debbie Humphreys 37 846 376 0 .692 Stephen F. Austin (1988–present)
24 Brian Gimmillaro# 32 835 221 0 .791 Long Beach State (1985–2016)
25 Kandis Schram 36 828 431 0 .658 Maryville (TN) (1986–2022)
25 Debby Colberg# 32 828 292 0 .739 Sacramento State (1976–2007)
27 Jennifer McDowell 26 826 182 0 .819 Emory (1996–2022)
28* Mark Birtwistle 35 820 271 0 .752 Eastern (1990–present)
29 Joan Sitterly# 22 816 234 0 .777 Cortland (1983–2004)
30 Marlene Piper 32 815 327 4 .713 Portland State (1969–1983), California (1984–1987), UC–Davis (1988–1993), Willamette (1994–2001)
31 Barry Goldberg 34 812 311 0 .723 American (1989–2022)
31 Kris Russell 24 812 231 0 .779 Wisconsin–Whitewater (1981–2004)
33 Tom Hilbert 34 811 236 0 .775 Idaho (1989-1996) Colorado State (1997-2022)
34 Marilyn McReavy Nolen# 33 809 392 12 .672 Sul Ross State (1969–1971), New Mexico State (1975), Utah State (1976–1981), Kentucky (1982–1983), Florida (1984–1990), North Florida (1991–1993), Saint Louis (1994–2003), Sul Ross State (2013)
35 Lisa Herb 28 790 297 0 .727 Dubuque (1979–1984), Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1985–2006)
36 Bob Bertucci 39 788 471 0 .626 Army (1978), Tennessee (1979–86), Rutgers–Newark (1987–93), Temple (1994–2010), Lehigh (2011–2017)
37 Jill Hirschinger 40 781 569 10 .578 Drake (1979–83), Ferris State (1984–95), New Hampshire (1996–2018)
37 Carolyn Condit 44 781 610 0 .561 Xavier (1980–1983), Miami (Ohio) (1984–2023)
39 Rosie Wegrich# 44 780 592 10 .568 Minnesota (1975–1976), Arizona (1977–1991), Cal Poly–Pomona (1992–2018)
40* Brenda Gray 41 776 590 0 .568 Sam Houston (1984–present)
41 Linda Dollar# 24 758 266 21 .735 Missouri State (1972–1995)
42 Sandy Hoffman# 32 758 366 0 .674 Bentley (1982–2013)
43 Matt Peck 32 751 340 0 .688 Wayne State (MI) (1984–94), North Alabama (1995–2003), Middle Tennessee (2004–2015)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women's Volleyball Coaching Records Entering 2022" (PDF). NCAA. 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Spring Hill College Athletics Badgers". Spring Hill College Athletics. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Bock also coached Juniata's men's volleyball team from 1990 to 1995, compiling a record of 100–91–4.
  5. ^ "Victory Club". American Volleyball Coaches Association, LLC. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. ^ "Dr. Vickie Denny". Bob Jones Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2023. Dr. Vickie Denny joined Bob Jones University in 2015 as head coach for the BJU Bruins women's volleyball team which began intercollegiate competition in the fall of 2016. Denny previously served as chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at Clearwater Christian College (CCC) in Clearwater, Florida, and as the women's volleyball coach. Prior to her twenty six years at Clearwater, she coached six years at Maranatha Baptist University.
  7. ^ "Vickie Denny". Bob Jones University. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Shoji also coached Hawaii men's volleyball team from 1979 to 1985, compiling a record of 81–48.