List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins

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This is a list of college men's basketball coaches by number of career wins across all three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[1][2][3][4] Mike Krzyzewski has the most total victories (men's or women's) with 1,178. The highest winning percentage for a men's coach with at least 600 wins is Mark Few's .835 at Gonzaga, where he has coached since 1999. Exhibition games and games vacated by the NCAA are not included on this list.

College basketball coaches with 600 wins[]

Key[]

* Active in the 2021–22 season
† Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
600 wins with a NCAA Division I program (or historic equivalent)

Coaches[]

  1. Statistics correct through games of November 18, 2021.
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Pct. Teams
1* Mike Krzyzewski† 46 1,178 362 .765 Army (1975–1980), Duke (1980–present)
2* Herb Magee† 53 1,129 446 .717 Philadelphia Textile/Philadelphia/Jefferson (1967–present)[a]
3 Harry Statham 52 1,122 513 .686 McKendree (1967–2018)
4 Danny Miles 45 1,040 437 .704 Oregon Tech (1971–2016)
5* Dave Holmquist 44 1,010 412 .710 Fresno Pacific (1974–1977), Biola (1978–present)
6* Jim Boeheim†[b] 45 987 414 .704 Syracuse (1976–present)
7 Glenn Robinson 48 967 360 .729 Franklin & Marshall (1971–2019)
8 Don Meyer 38 923 324 .740 Hamline (1972–1975), Lipscomb (1975–1999), Northern State (1999–2010)
9 Jim Calhoun†[c] 43 920 397 .699 Northeastern (1972–1986), UConn (1986–2012), Saint Joseph (CT) (2018–2021)
10 Larry Holley 48 919 579 .613 Central Methodist (1969–1975), Northwest Missouri State (1977–1979), William Jewell (1979–2019)
11* Bob Huggins 38 909 383 .704 Walsh (1980–1983), Akron (1984–1989), Cincinnati (1989–2005), Kansas State (2006–2007), West Virginia (2007–present)
12 Roy Williams† 33 903[6] 264 .774 Kansas (1988–2003), North Carolina (2003–2021)
13 Bob Knight† 42 902 371 .709 Army (1965–1971), Indiana (1971–2000), Texas Tech (2001–2008)
14 Cliff Ellis 47 881 541 .620 South Alabama (1975–1984), Clemson (1984–1994), Auburn (1994–2004), Coastal Carolina (2007–present)
15 Dean Smith† 36 879 254 .776 North Carolina (1961–1997)
16 Adolph Rupp† 41 876 190 .822 Kentucky (1930–1972)
17 Steve Moore 39 867 251 .775 Muhlenberg (1981–1987), Wooster (1987–2020)
18 Jim Phelan 49 830 524 .613 Mount St. Mary's (1954–2003)
19 Clarence Gaines† 47 828 447 .649 Winston-Salem State (1946–1993)
20 David Hixon 42 826 293 .738 Amherst (1977–2019)
21 Jerry Johnson 47 821 447 .647 LeMoyne–Owen (1958–2005)
22 Rollie Massimino 40 816 462 .638 Stony Brook (1969–1971), Villanova (1973–1992), UNLV (1992–1994), Cleveland State (1996–2003), Northwood (FL)/Keiser (2006–2017)
23 42 813 527 .607 Mid-American Christian (1974–2015)
24 Bob Chipman 38 808 353 .696 Washburn (1979–2017)
25 Eddie Sutton† 37 806 326 .712 Creighton (1969–1974), Arkansas (1974–1985), Kentucky (1985–1989), Oklahoma State (1990–2006), San Francisco (2007–2008)
26 Rick Byrd 37 805 402 .667 Maryville (TN) (1978–1980), Lincoln Memorial (1983–1986), Belmont (1986–2019)
27 Mike Lightfoot 30 794 285 .736 Bethel (IN) (1987–2017)
28 Bob Burchard 31 788 269 .746 Columbia (MO) (1988–2019)
28 Jim Kessler 42 788 582 .575 Grace (1977–2019)
30 Lefty Driesell† 41 786 394 .666 Davidson (1960–1969), Maryland (1969–1986), James Madison (1988–1997), Georgia State (1997–2003)
30 Jim Smith 51 786 556 .586 Saint John's (MN) (1964–2015)
32 Lute Olson† 34 780 280 .736 Long Beach State (1973–1974), Iowa (1974–1983), Arizona (1983–2007)
33 Lou Henson 41 779 412 .654 Hardin–Simmons (1962–1966), New Mexico State (1966–1975, 1998–2005), Illinois (1975–1996)
34 Ralph Hodge 39 775 487 .614 Olivet Nazarene (1978–2018)
35* 33 774 410 .656 MidAmerica Nazarene (1986–present)
36 Edgar Diddle† 42 759 302 .715 Western Kentucky (1922–1964)
37 Henry Iba† 41 755 340 .689 Northwest Missouri State (1929–1933), Colorado (1933–1934), Oklahoma State (1934–1970)
38 John Beilein 37 754 425 .640 Nazareth (1982–1983), Le Moyne (1983–1992), Canisius (1992–1997), Richmond (1997–2002), West Virginia (2002–2007), Michigan (2007–2019)
39 Bo Ryan 31 747 233 .762 Wisconsin–Platteville (1984–1999), Milwaukee (1999–2001), Wisconsin (2001–2015)
40 Phog Allen† 50 746 264 .739 Baker (1905–1908), Kansas (1907–1909, 1919–1956), Haskell (1908–1909), Central Missouri State (1912–1919)
41* John Calipari†[d] 26 742 231 .763 UMass (1988–1996), Memphis (2000–2009), Kentucky (2009–present)
42 John Chaney† 34 741 312 .704 Cheyney (1972–1982), Temple (1982–2006)
43 34 734 375 .662 Taylor (1978–2013)
44* Bill Self† 27 729 223 .766 Oral Roberts (1993–1997), Tulsa (1997–2000), Illinois (2000–2003), Kansas (2003–present)
44 Jerry Tarkanian†[e] 31 729 201 .784 Long Beach State (1968–1973), UNLV (1973–1992), Fresno State (1995–2002)
44 Norm Stewart† 38 729 373 .662 Northern Iowa (1961–1967), Missouri (1967–1999)
47* Rick Barnes 32 727 386 .653 George Mason (1987–1988), Providence (1988–1994), Clemson (1994–1998), Texas (1998–2015), Tennessee (2015–present)
48 Ray Meyer† 42 724 354 .672 DePaul (1942–1984)
48 38 724 470 .606 Northwestern Oklahoma State (1978–1983), Oklahoma Christian (1983–2016)
50 Jerry Slocum 41 723 556 .565 Nyack (1975–1987), Geneva (1987–1996), Gannon (1996–2005), Youngstown State (2005–2017)
51 Don Haskins† 38 719 353 .671 UTEP (1961–1999)
52* 31 716 296 .708 Embry–Riddle (1989–present)
53 Larry Chapman 40 714 495 .591 Georgia Southern (1974–1977), Auburn–Montgomery (1977–2014)
54 Dave Robbins 30 713 194 .786 Virginia Union (1978–2008)
55* 39 710 335 .679 Maryville (TN) (1980–present)
56* Richard Schmidt 38 709 396 .642 Vanderbilt (1979–1981), Tampa (1983–present)
57* 39 703 425 .623 Rollins (1980–present)
58 Larry Hunter 37 702 453 .608 Wittenberg (1976–1989), Ohio (1989–2001), Western Carolina (2005–2018)
58* 37 702 478 .595 William Carey (1982–present)
58 Doc Sauers 41 702 330 .680 Albany (1955–1987, 1988–1997)
61* Dana Altman 32 690 352 .662 Marshall (1989–1990), Kansas State (1990–1994), Creighton (1994–2010), Oregon (2010–present)
62* 38 688 518 .570 St. Ambrose (1983–present)
63 37 685 293 .700 Washington (MO) (1981–2018)
64* 26 678 242 .737 Cornerstone (1993–present)
65 Mike Montgomery 32 677 317 .681 Montana (1978–1986), Stanford (1986–2004), California (2008–2014)
66 Denny Crum† 30 675 295 .696 Louisville (1971–2001)
67* Lon Kruger 36 674 432 .610 UTPA (1982–1986), Kansas State (1986–1990), Florida (1990–1996), Illinois (1996–2000), UNLV (2004–2011), Oklahoma (2011–2021)
68* Jim Larrañaga 37 670 464 .591 American International (1977–1979), Bowling Green (1986–1997), George Mason (1997–2011), Miami (FL) (2011–present)
69 Gary Williams† 33 668 380 .637 American (1978–1982), Boston College (1982–1986), Ohio State (1986–1989), Maryland (1989–2011)
70* Kelvin Sampson 32 667 335 .666 Montana Tech (1981–1985), Washington State (1987–1994), Oklahoma (1994–2006), Indiana, (2006–2008), Houston (2014–present)
71 36 666 320 .675 Illinois Wesleyan (1965–2001)
72* 34 665 514 .564 Evangel (1982–present)
73 John Wooden†[f] 29 664 162 .804 Indiana State (1946–1948), UCLA (1948–1975)
74 Roger Kaiser 28 663 233 .740 West Georgia (1970–90), (1991-2000)
75 Glenn Van Wieren 33 660 219 .751 Hope (1977–2010)
76 Ralph Miller† 38 657 382 .632 Wichita (1951–1964), Iowa (1964–1970), Oregon State (1970–1989)
77 Lonn Reisman 30 654 261 .715 Tarleton (1988–2018)
78 40 653 426 .605 Otterbein (1972–2012)
79* Rick Pitino†[g] 31 652 274 .704 Hawaii (1976), Boston University (1978–1983), Providence (1985–1987), Kentucky (1989–1997), Louisville (2001–2017), Iona (2020–present)
80 Tom Penders 36 649 437 .598 Tufts (1971–1974), Columbia (1974–1978), Fordham (1978–1986), Rhode Island (1986–1988), Texas (1988–1998), George Washington (1998–2001), Houston (2004–2010)
81 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)
82* Greg Kampe 37 644 472 .576 Oakland (1984–present)
83* Tom Izzo† 26 643 254 .717 Michigan State (1995–present)
83 31 643 326 .664 Saint Rose (1986–2018)
85 Billy Tubbs 31 641 340 .653 Southwestern (TX) (1971–1973), Lamar (1976–1980, 2003–2006), Oklahoma (1980–1994), TCU (1994–2002)
86* 33 640 341 .652 Southern New Hampshire (1985–2018)
86* Homer Drew 34 640 427 .600 Bethel (IN) (1976–1987), Indiana–South Bend (1987–1988), Valparaiso (1988–2002, 2004–2011)
88* 41 639 344 .650 Colby (1970–2011), Thomas (2014)
89 Marv Harshman† 40 637 444 .589 Pacific Lutheran (1944–1958), Washington State (1958–1971), Washington (1971–1985)
90* Mark Few 22 633 125 .835 Gonzaga (1999–present)
90 Hugh Durham 37 633 429 .596 Florida State (1966–1978), Georgia (1978–1995), Jacksonville (1997–2005)
91 John Lance 44 632 340 .650 Southwestern Oklahoma (1918–1922), Pittsburg State (1922–1934, 1935–1963)
92* Ken Anderson 27 631 152 .806 Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1968–1995)
93 Tubby Smith 30 631 355 .640 Tulsa (1991–1995), Georgia (1995–1997), Kentucky (1997–2007), Minnesota (2007–2013), Texas Tech (2013–2016), Memphis (2016–2018), High Point (2018–present)
94* Cam Henderson 36 631 242 .723 Muskingum (1919–1923), Davis & Elkins (1923–1935), Marshall (1935–1955)
95 Ed Messbarger 41 630 518 .549 (1957–1960), Dallas (1960–1963), St. Mary's (TX) (1963–1998), Angelo State (1978–1998)
97 37 629 346 .645 Rochester (1976–2010), Hobart (2011–2014)
97* Bill Nelson 37 629 367 .632 RIT (1980-1983), Nazareth (1983-1986), Johns Hopkins (1986-2017)
99 Norm Sloan 37 624 393 .614 Presbyterian (1951–1955), The Citadel (1956–1960), Florida (1960–1966, 1980–1989), NC State (1966–1980)
100* Steve Alford 29 623 322 .659 Manchester (1991–1995), Southwest Missouri State (1995–1999), Iowa (1999–2007), New Mexico (2007–2013), UCLA (2013–2018), Nevada (2019–present)
100 34 623 480 .565 Central Methodist (1985–present)
102* 26 620 199 .757 Central Washington (1964–1990)
102* Stew Morrill 29 620 294 .678 Montana (1986–1991), Colorado State (1991–1998), Utah State (1998–2015)
104* 35 618 274 .693 Hamilton (1970–2004), SUNY Poly (2005–2006)
104 Tom Smith 38 618 463 .572 Central Missouri (1975–1980), Valparaiso (1980–1988), Missouri Western (1988–2013)
105 Ben Braun 37 615 517 .543 Siena Heights (1977–1985), Eastern Michigan (1985–1996), California (1996–2008), Rice (2008–2014)
106 Jay Wright† 27 614 275 .691 Hofstra (1994–2001), Villanova (2001–present)
107* 20 609 202 .751 Robert Morris (IL) (1997–2017)
107* Jerry Steele 39 609 486 .556 Guilford (1962–1970), High Point (1972–2003)
109 Rich Glas 37 608 413 .595 Minnesota–Morris (1974–1979), Willamette (1979–1984), North Dakota (1988–2006), Concordia (Moorhead) (2008–2017)
109* 38 608 537 .531 Bethel (TN) (1983–1999), Christian Brothers (1999–2019), Delta State (2019–present)
111* Bob McKillop 32 608 374 .619 Davidson (1989–present)
113 Gerry Matthews 30 603 243 .713 Stockton (1985–2016)
113 Dave Boots 31 603 291 .674 Augsburg (1982–1988), South Dakota (1988–2013)
115* Bruce Pearl 26 602 237 .718 Southern Indiana (1992–2001), Milwaukee (2001–2005), Tennessee (2005–2011), Auburn (2014–present)|}
116* 39 600 478 .557 Bloomfield (1982–1987)}, Caldwell (1988-2021)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jefferson did not play in the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns.
  2. ^ Jim Boeheim's total does not include 101 wins vacated by the NCAA.
  3. ^ Calhoun retired for the second time after coaching in 3 games in the 2021–22 season.[5]
  4. ^ John Calipari's total does not include 42 wins and 2 losses vacated by the NCAA.
  5. ^ Jerry Tarkanian's total does not include 55 wins vacated by the NCAA.
  6. ^ John Wooden is also a member of the Naismith Hall as a player.
  7. ^ Rick Pitino's record does not include 123 wins and 3 losses vacated by the NCAA.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved June 14, 2012.(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.)
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Winningest Active Coaches (By Wins): Currently" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. ^ NAIA Division II Winningest Active Coaches after 2014-2015 season. Accessed April 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "NCAA Basketball Coaching Records, as of 2011" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun retires from D-III Saint Joseph". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "UNC's Williams fifth men's coach to hit 900 wins". ESPN.com. 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  7. ^ "Louisville appeal denied; must vacate '13 title". 20 February 2018.
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