All-time Coaching Records

(Inactive and Active – through end of 2024-25 season)

RankCoachCollegeYearsWonLost
1* Gene Bess +Three Rivers College (MO)501,300416
2Jay HarringtonSouthwestern Illinois College47991582
3* Bill CarlyleWalters State CC (TN)46945430
4* Bob KirkAllegany CC (MD)33927178
5Patrick SmithMoberly (MO)/Trinity Valley (TX)/Wabash Valley (IL)/Jacksonville (TX)/Barton (KS)/Lincoln Land (IL)/St. Catherine (KY)/Sue Bennett (KY)40893434
6* Richard BaldwinSUNY Broome (NY)40879290
7* Dan SparksWabash Valley (IL)/Vincennes (IN)33869250
8* Bob WeathersMississippi Gulf Coast CC42868330
9* Dennis PilcherIowa Central/Dyersburg St. (TN)48856587
10* Jack RobertsonCoastal Alabama South (formerly Faulkner St)43855449
11* Don KlaasCollege of DuPage (IL)43837471
12Steve SchmidtMott (MI)34834248
13* Leon SpencerTrinity Valley CC (TX)42809492
14* Ralph AriettaWestchester CC (NY)31808239
15* William ShayCC of Allegany (PA)39803358
16Bill MuseConnors State College (OK)33803265
17Jerry BurnsMonroe CC (NY)34767249
18Jay HerkelmanCoffeyville (KS)31766244
19* Kevin O’ConnorNorth Platte CC (NE)39752449
20Todd FranklinVincennes/Southeastern Illinois27747184
21* Floyd WagstaffTyler JC (TX)29743225
22* Randy AlbrechtMeramec CC/St. Louis CC (MO)36736444
23Mike MarquisMarshalltown CC (IA)/Indian Hills CC (IA)/Tyler JC (TX)37731361
24* Roland “Rolly” WilliamsNorth Idaho College35731314
25Jim SigonaCollin College (TX)/Cayuga (NY)37725413
26* Dennis HelmsOdessa (TX)/Midland (TX)/Butler (KS)/Crowder (MO)32724279
27* Kirby JohnsonTemple College (TX)33715306
28* Dennis GibsonGarrett College (MD)36714367
29* Vincent CullenCC of Rhode Island37711270
30* Verties Sails, JrSouthwest Tennessee CC33709276
31* Richard MathisPearl River/East Miss./NE Miss.39709312
32* Steve GreenSouth Plains(TX)/Howard (TX)/Midland (TX)28705195
33* Robert TipsonChamplain College (VT)34704265
34*Mike Leatherwood Indian River State (FL)37703424
35* Enid DrakeLouisburg College (NC)42697
36* Kirby JohnsonTemple College (TX)33696313
37Michael IngramLansing CC (MI)36685317
38* Virgil MotsingerSoutheastern Illinois College 35679383
39* Lewis OrrNavarro (TX/Lon Morris (TX)37678421
40*Jim ToupalTrinidad State (CO)33678333
41Scott SchumacherBlinn (TX)/Paris (TX)/Kilgore (TX)/North Dakota SCS34674403
42Jerry CarrilloCochise College (AZ)30671264
43* Aubrey A. “Pop” (Fizz) WillsJoliet JC (IL)30+668198
44* Dave RetzlaffMinnesota State Community & Technical College38658313
45* Bruce HoffmanSheridan College (WY)34651
46* Paul CisekBrookdale (NJ)32644265
47* Dave HeissWaubonsee CC (IL)34644429
48* Scott GernanderSan Jacinto-Central24640158
49*Swede EricksonCasper College (WY)28638220
50* Dick ShiltzKalamazoo Valley CC (MI)32634313
51Marcus HarveyMetropolitan CC(Penn Valley (MO)) Men & Women35625497
52* Milton JohnsonChipola JC (FL)32628327
53* Bill BartonState Fair CC (MO)35625497
54* A. Fred Pohlman, Jr.Penn Valley CC (MO)32614400
55* Francis FlaxHighland CC (KS)/Brown Mackie College (KS)32612
56* Steve EckHutchinson (KS)/Cowley (KS)/Redlands (OK)/Butler (KS)20608113
57* Allen BradfieldVincennes (IN)27608177
58* Harry “The Chief” SimmonsPueblo JC (CO)35603326
59* Russ DamhoffSauk Valley CC (IL) – currently AC at SVCC31592392
60* Phil GaffneyGulf Coast FL/Georgia Highlands/Guilford Tech NC/Mohawk Valley NY/Columbia-Green NY29586311
61Joe KuhnCollege of DuPage (IL)/Joliet JC (IL)28585298
62* Mike JeffersJohnson Co CC (KS)/Brewton-Parker (GA)33583433
63Jeff BrustadMonroe University (NY)22577158
64Kevin GillMcLennan (TX)25576170
65*Jack MartinCounty College of Morris (NJ)34569225
66AJ WynderNassau CC (NY)28566246
67* Bill AlheimMiami-Dade College (FL)26560
68Jim RussellCentral Lakes (MN)29559233
69* Glen ClemWalker (AL)37557443
70* John HurleyCincinnati State CC (OH)26554
71* Brian LaPlanteRochester (MN)28554240
72* Buster GillissBismarck State College (ND)21551399
73James “Jim” WellingOwens CC (OH)20550127
74* Denny LehnusKankakee CC (IL)19548115
75* Ken RochlitzNorthwest College (CO)/Western Wyoming/Casper (WY)32529319
76* William FinnMoraine Valley CC (IL)23506210
77* Dennis MackeyGogebic (MI)36498463
78Audie “Bonner” ArnoldNortheast Mississippi CC26497106
79Matt RidgeDavidson-Davie CC (NC)1749788
80* Troy Arlis Ricks, Sr.Mississippi Delta/Hinds/Co-Lin2149658
81* Howie LandaMercer Co CC (NJ)21495140
82* Paige RowdenLeicester JC (MA)28493157
83* Ben RogersMiddle Georgia College25468
84* Bob SnellerCrowder College (MO)/Independence CC (KS)33467216
85* Craig “Fletch” FletchallBarton CC (KS)/Neosho Co. (KS)21466202
86* Robert SechrestMineral Area College (MO)24465273
87* Jay PivecMinneapolis C & TC20452115
88* Charles AndersonAquinas JC (TN)20451179
89* Tom BennettMesa CC (AZ)19442
90* Ron BrillhartWestern Nebraska CC/Lamar CC (CO)18441166
91* Rich CorsettoHudson Co CC (NJ)/Passaic Co. CC (NJ)20435188
92Lowell RoumphNortheastern JC (CO)34431263
93* Tim RyanMGCCC/College of Central Florida22427227
94* Bob FlicknerEastfield College (TX)23423
* Denotes inactive coaches 
+ Winningest Men's College Basketball Coach of all time, at any level!!