List of college men's ice hockey coaches with 400 wins

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This is a list of men's college ice hockey coaches with 400 career wins.

Jerry York, who has coached men's ice hockey for 49 years at Clarkson University, Bowling Green State University and Boston College is the all-time and active leader in wins, losses and ties.

With 894 wins in 40 years at Boston University, Jack Parker is the all-time leader in wins with a single program.

Among the coaches with at least 400 wins, the leader in winning percentage is Tim Coghlin with .771, all at St. Norbert College.

List of coaches with at least 400 wins[]

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2020–21 college men's ice hockey season.[1][2][3]
= Coached one team = Active Coaches
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
1 Jerry York 49 1108 664 123 .617 Clarkson (1972–1979), Bowling Green (1979–1994), Boston College (1994–present)
2 Ron Mason 36 924 380 83 .696 Lake Superior State (1967–1973), Bowling Green (1973–1979), Michigan State (1979–2002)
3 Jack Parker 40 894 475 115 .641 Boston University (1973–2013)
4 Red Berenson 33 848 426 92 .654 Michigan (1984–2017)
5 Rick Comley 38 783 615 110 .556 Lake Superior State (1973–1976), Northern Michigan (1976–2002), Michigan State (2002–2011)
6 Bob Peters 36 744 313 50 .695 North Dakota (1964–1966), Bemidji State (1966–1982, 1983–2001)
7 Mike McShane 37 741 348 69 .670 St. Lawrence (1980–85), Providence (1985–1994), Norwich (1995–2018)
8 Don Lucia 31 736 403 102 .634 Alaska-Fairbanks (1987–1993), Colorado College (1993–1999), Minnesota (1999–2018)
9 Len Ceglarski 34 672 341 36 .658 Clarkson (1958–1972), Boston College (1972–1992)
10 Jeff Sauer 31 655 532 57 .549 Colorado College (1971–1982), Wisconsin (1982–2002)
11 Bob Emery 30 624 215 65 .726 Plattsburgh State (1989–2019)
12 Bill O'Neill 39 606 404 76 .593 Salem State (1981–present)
13 Bill Beaney 35 601 260 59 .685 New England College (1978–84), Middlebury (1986–2002, 2003–2015)
14 Dick Umile 28 598 375 114 .603 New Hampshire (1990–2018)
15 Tim Coghlin 27 596 157 58 .771 St. Norbert (1993–present)
16 George Gwozdecky 27 593 391 85 .594 Wisconsin–River Falls (1981–1984), Miami (1989–1994), Denver (1994–2013)
17 John Rolli 32 577 224 43 .709 Mass. Dartmouth (1984–2016)
18 Rick Gotkin 33 572 460 96 .550 Mercyhurst (1988–present)
19 Dean Fuller 36 561 339 61 .616 Fitchburg State (1984–present)
20 John MacInnes 26 555 295 39 .646 Michigan Tech (1956–1982)
21 Rand Pecknold 27 549 326 97 .615 Quinnipiac (1994–present)
22 Jack Riley 36 542 343 20 .610 Army (1950–1986)
22 Terry Meagher 33 542 253 58 .669 Bowdoin (1983–2016)
24 Don Brose 34 539 362 78 .590 Concordia (MN) (1958–1962), Minnesota State-Mankato (1970–1983, 1985–2000)
25 Don Roberts 33 532 290 25 .643 Gustavus Adolphus (1964–1997)
26 Jeff Jackson 22 530 271 91 .645 Lake Superior State (1990–1996), Notre Dame (2005–present)
27 Ed Saugestad 38 503 364 21 .578 Augsburg (1958–1996)
28 John Kelley 36 501 249 15 .665 Boston College (1933–1942, 1947–1972)
29 Jack Arena 37 487 359 78 .570 Amherst (1983–present)
30 Joe Marsh 27 482 418 75 .533 St. Lawrence (1985–2012)
31 Mike Schafer 25 481 261 99 .631 Cornell (1995–present)
32 Bob Daniels 29 462 538 107 .466 Ferris State (1992–present)
33 Murray Armstrong 21 460 215 31 .674 Denver (1956–1977)
34 Frank Serratore 28 459 470 102 .495 Denver (1990–1994), Air Force (1997–present)
35 John Dunham 33 441 306 34 .586 Trinity (1974–2007)
36 Bill Wilkinson 26 437 469 81 .484 Western Michigan (1982–1999), Wayne State (1999–2008)
37 Don Vaughan 28 435 470 114 .483 Colgate (1992–2003, 2004–present)
38 Bob Gaudet 32 424 482 112 .472 Brown (1988–1997), Dartmouth (1997–2020)
39 Mike Gilligan 25 419 350 49 .542 Salem State (1975–1981), Yale (1983–1984), Vermont (1984–2003)
40 Terry Skrypek 23 415 194 45 .669 St. Thomas (1987–2010)
40 Bill Kangas 32 415 270 66 .597 Williams (1989–2017, 2018–Present)
42 Jeff Meredith 32 411 352 95 .534 Fredonia State (1988–present)
43 Steve Freeman 25 410 233 61 .626 Wisconsin–River Falls (1996–Present)
44 Dean Blais 18 408 248 63 .611 North Dakota (1995–2004), Omaha (2010–2017)
44 Craig Dahl 24 408 402 57 .503 Bethel (1981–1985), Wisconsin–River Falls (1985–1986), St. Cloud State (1987–2006)
46 Scott Sandelin 21 406 332 91 .545 Minnesota–Duluth (2000–Present)

Active coaches nearing 400 wins[]

Coaches within 30 wins of reaching 400 for their career (as of the end of the 2020–21 season).

Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
Enrico Blasi 20 398 311 76 .555 Miami (1999–2019), St. Thomas (2021–Present)
Wayne Wilson 22 391 274 73 .579 RIT (1999–Present)

Notes[]

Shawn Walsh finished his career with 399 wins, however, that total excludes the 27 wins he was forced to vacate as part of a pair of NCAA rulings on player ineligibility.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "All-Time Coaching Records". USCHO. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  3. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Maine Suspends Coach Who Won Hockey Crown". Chicago Tribune. 1995-12-22. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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