This is a list of college baseball coaches by number of career wins. This list includes 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]
* | Denote manager is active |
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† | Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1 | Mike Martin† | 40 | 2029 | 736 | 4 | .733 | Florida State (1980–2019) |
2 | Augie Garrido† | 48 | 1975 | 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 | 1893 | 952 | 1 | .665 | Lewis (1953–1976), St. Francis (Ill.) (1977–1995, 2006-2011), Ripon (1996–2005) |
4 | Gene Stephenson† | 36 | 1768 | 675 | 3 | .723 | Wichita State (1978–2013) |
5 | Ed Cheff† | 34 | 1705 | 430 | 2 | .799 | Lewis-Clark State (1977–2010) [4] |
6 | Woody Hunt | 40 | 1630 | 774 | 5 | .678 | Cumberland (TN) (1980–2021) [5] |
7 | Mark Marquess† | 40 | 1627 | 878 | 7 | .649 | Stanford (1977–2017) |
8 | Denney Crabaugh | 34 | 1601 | 493 | 2 | .764 | Oklahoma City (1989–2022) |
9 | Jim Morris† | 37 | 1594 | 716 | 4 | .690 | Georgia Tech (1982–1993), Miami (FL) (1994–2018) |
10 | Larry Hays† | 38 | 1508 | 860 | 4 | .637 | Lubbock Christian (1971–1986), Texas Tech (1987–2008) |
11 | Paul Mainieri | 39 | 1505 | 775 | 8 | .660 | St. Thomas (FL) (1983–1988), Air Force (1989–1994), Notre Dame (1995–2006), LSU (2007–2021) |
12 | Mike Fox | 37 | 1487 | 547 | 5 | .731 | NC Wesleyan (1983–1994, 1996–1998), North Carolina (1999–2020) |
13 | Chuck Hartman | 47 | 1444 | 816 | 8 | .638 | High Point (1960–1978), Virginia Tech (1979–2006) |
14 | Don Schaly† | 40 | 1438 | 329 | 13 | .812 | Marietta (1964–2003) |
15 | Cliff Gustafson† | 29 | 1427 | 373 | 2 | .792 | Texas (1968–1996) |
16 | Bill Holowaty† | 44 | 1412 | 528 | 7 | .727 | Eastern Connecticut State (1969–2012) |
17 | Bobby Cox | 35 | 1378 | 643 | 0 | .682 | Oklahoma Baptist (1985–2019) |
17 | Danny Hall* | 36 | 1378 | 749 | 1 | .648 | Kent State (1988–1993), Georgia Tech (1994–present) |
19 | Ron Polk† | 35 | 1373 | 702 | 2 | .662 | Georgia Southern (1972–1975), Mississippi State (1976–1997, 2002–2008), Georgia (2000–2001) |
19 | Keith Guttin* | 41 | 1373 | 895 | 0 | .605 | Missouri State (1983–present) |
21 | John Anderson* | 42 | 1365 | 998 | 3 | .578 | Minnesota (1982–present) |
22 | Jim Gilligan | 40 | 1353 | 895 | 7 | .602 | Western New Mexico (1972), Lamar (1973–1986, 1992–2016) |
23 | Lou Yacinich | 45 | 1347 | 1058 | 0 | .560 | Grand View (1974–2022) |
24 | Rod Dedeaux† | 44 | 1342 | 597 | 16 | .691 | USC (1942–1947, 1949–1986) |
25 | Gary Gilmore* | 34 | 1335 | 674 | 5 | .664 | South Carolina Aiken (1990–1995), Coastal Carolina (1996–present) |
26 | Jack Leggett | 36 | 1332 | 770 | 1 | .634 | Vermont (1978–1982), Western Carolina (1983–1991), Clemson (1994–2015) |
27 | Larry Cochell | 39 | 1331 | 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 | 1324 | 679 | 3 | .668 | Southeastern Oklahoma State (1981–2017) |
29 | Joe Roberts | 34 | 1314 | 640 | 6 | .672 | Armstrong Atlantic (1980–2013) |
30 | Pete Dunn | 37 | 1312 | 887 | 3 | .597 | Stetson (1980–2016) |
31 | Tommy Thomas† | 40 | 1308 | 825 | 6 | .613 | Valdosta State (1968–2007) |
32 | Bob Bennett† | 34 | 1300 | 757 | 8 | .631 | Fresno State (1967, 1970–2002) |
32 | Bobby Halford* | 39 | 1300 | 784 | 0 | .624 | William Carey (1985–present) |
34 | John Schaly* | 36 | 1272 | 706 | 7 | .643 | Barry (1988–1991), Saint Leo (FL) (1992–1997), Ashland (1998–present) |
35 | Ron Fraser† | 30 | 1267 | 440 | 9 | .741 | Miami (FL) (1963–1992) |
35 | Tom Austin* | 44 | 1267 | 595 | 10 | .679 | Methodist University (1980–present) |
37 | Bob Babb* | 44 | 1266 | 467 | 15 | .729 | Johns Hopkins (1980–present) |
38 | Jack Stallings | 39 | 1255 | 799 | 10 | .610 | Wake Forest (1960–1968), Florida State (1969–1974), Georgia Southern 1976–1999 |
39 | Dave Van Horn* | 30 | 1249 | 615 | 0 | .666 | Central Missouri State (1994), Northwestern State (1995–1997), Nebraska (1998–2002), Arkansas (2003–present) |
40 | Charlie Migl | 35 | 1246 | 600 | 0 | .675 | St. Mary's (TX) (1987–2021) |
41 | Tim Pettorini | 38 | 1243 | 460 | 6 | .729 | Wooster (1982–2019) |
42 | Itch Jones | 39 | 1242 | 752 | 6 | .623 | MacMurray (1966–1968), Southern Illinois (1970–1990), Illinois (1991–2005) |
42 | Q. V. Lowe | 28 | 1242 | 689 | 5 | .643 | Auburn Montgomery (1987–2014) |
44 | Jim Dietz | 31 | 1230 | 751 | 18 | .620 | San Diego State (1972–2002) |
45 | Elliott Avent* | 35 | 1223 | 805 | 0 | .603 | New Mexico State (1989–1996), NC State (1997–present) |
46 | Jay Bergman | 32 | 1210 | 707 | 3 | .631 | Florida (1976–1981), UCF (1983–2008) |
47 | Al Ogletree | 40 | 1208 | 710 | 1 | .630 | Dallas (1958–1965), Sul Ross State (1966–1968), Texas–Pan American (1969–1997) |
48 | George Valesente | 47 | 1204 | 544 | 8 | .688 | Brockport (1973–1974), SUNY New Paltz (1975–1976), SUNY Maritime (1977–1978), Ithaca (1979–2019) |
49 | Jim Mallon | 34 | 1196 | 602 | 1 | .665 | Southwestern (1971–2004) |
49 | Scott Berry | 42 | 1196 | 698 | 1 | .631 | Mayville State (1982–2023) |
51 | Jeff Sikes | 39 | 1189 | 886 | 5 | .573 | Warner (FL) (1982–2023) |
52 | Andy Lopez† | 33 | 1177 | 742 | 7 | .613 | Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983–1988), Pepperdine (1989–1994), Florida (1995–2001), Arizona (2002–2015) |
53 | Wayne Graham† | 26 | 1173 | 528 | 2 | .689 | Rice (1992–2018) |
53 | Tony Robichaux | 36 | 1173 | 765 | 2 | .605 | McNeese State (1987–1994), Louisiana (1995–2019) |
55 | Gary Adams | 35 | 1172 | 892 | 12 | .567 | UC Irvine (1970–1974), UCLA (1975–2004) |
56 | Bill Wilhelm† | 36 | 1161 | 536 | 10 | .683 | Clemson (1958–1993) |
57 | Norm DeBriyn | 33 | 1161 | 650 | 6 | .641 | Arkansas (1970–2002) |
58 | Jack Coffey† | 47 | 1160 | 482 | 13 | .705 | Fordham (1909–1917, 1919–1921, 1923–1943, 1945–1958) [6] |
59 | Chuck Brayton† | 33 | 1158 | 525 | 6 | .687 | Washington State (1962–1994) |
59 | Mike Sansing | 33 | 1158 | 693 | 0 | .626 | Shorter (1989–1991), Kennesaw State (1992–2021) |
61 | Mike Gillespie | 30 | 1156 | 720 | 2 | .617 | USC (1987–2006), UC Irvine (2008–2018) |
62 | Greg Guilliams* | 33 | 1150 | 562 | 2 | .672 | Penn State–Behrend (1991), Embry–Riddle (FL) (1992–2007), Valdosta State (2008–present) |
62 | John Goelz* | 38 | 1150 | 810 | 5 | .587 | Sonoma State (1986–present) |
64 | Ken Dugan† | 37 | 1137 | 450 | 0 | .716 | Lipscomb (1960–1996) |
65 | Rich Hill* | 36 | 1136 | 782 | 4 | .592 | Cal Lutheran (1988–1993), San Francisco (1994–1998), San Diego (1999–2021), Hawaii (2022–present) |
66 | Ray Tanner | 25 | 1133 | 489 | 3 | .698 | NC State (1988–1996), South Carolina (1997–2012) |
67 | Frank Vieira† | 44 | 1127 | 324 | 6 | .776 | New Haven (1963–2006) |
68 | Mike Laird* | 41 | 1121 | 643 | 3 | .635 | William Penn (1983–present) |
69 | Ed Flaherty* | 38 | 1116 | 511 | 4 | .685 | Southern Maine (1986–present) |
70 | Don Brandon | 37 | 1110 | 588 | 5 | .653 | Anderson (IN) (1972–2010) |
71 | Keith Veale* | 34 | 1107 | 571 | 0 | .660 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (1990–present) |
71 | Jim Harp | 27 | 1107 | 553 | 2 | .660 | Dallas Baptist (1973–1999) |
This is a list of college baseball coaches by number of career wins. This list includes 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]
* | Denote manager is active |
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† | Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1 | Mike Martin† | 40 | 2029 | 736 | 4 | .733 | Florida State (1980–2019) |
2 | Augie Garrido† | 48 | 1975 | 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 | 1893 | 952 | 1 | .665 | Lewis (1953–1976), St. Francis (Ill.) (1977–1995, 2006-2011), Ripon (1996–2005) |
4 | Gene Stephenson† | 36 | 1768 | 675 | 3 | .723 | Wichita State (1978–2013) |
5 | Ed Cheff† | 34 | 1705 | 430 | 2 | .799 | Lewis-Clark State (1977–2010) [4] |
6 | Woody Hunt | 40 | 1630 | 774 | 5 | .678 | Cumberland (TN) (1980–2021) [5] |
7 | Mark Marquess† | 40 | 1627 | 878 | 7 | .649 | Stanford (1977–2017) |
8 | Denney Crabaugh | 34 | 1601 | 493 | 2 | .764 | Oklahoma City (1989–2022) |
9 | Jim Morris† | 37 | 1594 | 716 | 4 | .690 | Georgia Tech (1982–1993), Miami (FL) (1994–2018) |
10 | Larry Hays† | 38 | 1508 | 860 | 4 | .637 | Lubbock Christian (1971–1986), Texas Tech (1987–2008) |
11 | Paul Mainieri | 39 | 1505 | 775 | 8 | .660 | St. Thomas (FL) (1983–1988), Air Force (1989–1994), Notre Dame (1995–2006), LSU (2007–2021) |
12 | Mike Fox | 37 | 1487 | 547 | 5 | .731 | NC Wesleyan (1983–1994, 1996–1998), North Carolina (1999–2020) |
13 | Chuck Hartman | 47 | 1444 | 816 | 8 | .638 | High Point (1960–1978), Virginia Tech (1979–2006) |
14 | Don Schaly† | 40 | 1438 | 329 | 13 | .812 | Marietta (1964–2003) |
15 | Cliff Gustafson† | 29 | 1427 | 373 | 2 | .792 | Texas (1968–1996) |
16 | Bill Holowaty† | 44 | 1412 | 528 | 7 | .727 | Eastern Connecticut State (1969–2012) |
17 | Bobby Cox | 35 | 1378 | 643 | 0 | .682 | Oklahoma Baptist (1985–2019) |
17 | Danny Hall* | 36 | 1378 | 749 | 1 | .648 | Kent State (1988–1993), Georgia Tech (1994–present) |
19 | Ron Polk† | 35 | 1373 | 702 | 2 | .662 | Georgia Southern (1972–1975), Mississippi State (1976–1997, 2002–2008), Georgia (2000–2001) |
19 | Keith Guttin* | 41 | 1373 | 895 | 0 | .605 | Missouri State (1983–present) |
21 | John Anderson* | 42 | 1365 | 998 | 3 | .578 | Minnesota (1982–present) |
22 | Jim Gilligan | 40 | 1353 | 895 | 7 | .602 | Western New Mexico (1972), Lamar (1973–1986, 1992–2016) |
23 | Lou Yacinich | 45 | 1347 | 1058 | 0 | .560 | Grand View (1974–2022) |
24 | Rod Dedeaux† | 44 | 1342 | 597 | 16 | .691 | USC (1942–1947, 1949–1986) |
25 | Gary Gilmore* | 34 | 1335 | 674 | 5 | .664 | South Carolina Aiken (1990–1995), Coastal Carolina (1996–present) |
26 | Jack Leggett | 36 | 1332 | 770 | 1 | .634 | Vermont (1978–1982), Western Carolina (1983–1991), Clemson (1994–2015) |
27 | Larry Cochell | 39 | 1331 | 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 | 1324 | 679 | 3 | .668 | Southeastern Oklahoma State (1981–2017) |
29 | Joe Roberts | 34 | 1314 | 640 | 6 | .672 | Armstrong Atlantic (1980–2013) |
30 | Pete Dunn | 37 | 1312 | 887 | 3 | .597 | Stetson (1980–2016) |
31 | Tommy Thomas† | 40 | 1308 | 825 | 6 | .613 | Valdosta State (1968–2007) |
32 | Bob Bennett† | 34 | 1300 | 757 | 8 | .631 | Fresno State (1967, 1970–2002) |
32 | Bobby Halford* | 39 | 1300 | 784 | 0 | .624 | William Carey (1985–present) |
34 | John Schaly* | 36 | 1272 | 706 | 7 | .643 | Barry (1988–1991), Saint Leo (FL) (1992–1997), Ashland (1998–present) |
35 | Ron Fraser† | 30 | 1267 | 440 | 9 | .741 | Miami (FL) (1963–1992) |
35 | Tom Austin* | 44 | 1267 | 595 | 10 | .679 | Methodist University (1980–present) |
37 | Bob Babb* | 44 | 1266 | 467 | 15 | .729 | Johns Hopkins (1980–present) |
38 | Jack Stallings | 39 | 1255 | 799 | 10 | .610 | Wake Forest (1960–1968), Florida State (1969–1974), Georgia Southern 1976–1999 |
39 | Dave Van Horn* | 30 | 1249 | 615 | 0 | .666 | Central Missouri State (1994), Northwestern State (1995–1997), Nebraska (1998–2002), Arkansas (2003–present) |
40 | Charlie Migl | 35 | 1246 | 600 | 0 | .675 | St. Mary's (TX) (1987–2021) |
41 | Tim Pettorini | 38 | 1243 | 460 | 6 | .729 | Wooster (1982–2019) |
42 | Itch Jones | 39 | 1242 | 752 | 6 | .623 | MacMurray (1966–1968), Southern Illinois (1970–1990), Illinois (1991–2005) |
42 | Q. V. Lowe | 28 | 1242 | 689 | 5 | .643 | Auburn Montgomery (1987–2014) |
44 | Jim Dietz | 31 | 1230 | 751 | 18 | .620 | San Diego State (1972–2002) |
45 | Elliott Avent* | 35 | 1223 | 805 | 0 | .603 | New Mexico State (1989–1996), NC State (1997–present) |
46 | Jay Bergman | 32 | 1210 | 707 | 3 | .631 | Florida (1976–1981), UCF (1983–2008) |
47 | Al Ogletree | 40 | 1208 | 710 | 1 | .630 | Dallas (1958–1965), Sul Ross State (1966–1968), Texas–Pan American (1969–1997) |
48 | George Valesente | 47 | 1204 | 544 | 8 | .688 | Brockport (1973–1974), SUNY New Paltz (1975–1976), SUNY Maritime (1977–1978), Ithaca (1979–2019) |
49 | Jim Mallon | 34 | 1196 | 602 | 1 | .665 | Southwestern (1971–2004) |
49 | Scott Berry | 42 | 1196 | 698 | 1 | .631 | Mayville State (1982–2023) |
51 | Jeff Sikes | 39 | 1189 | 886 | 5 | .573 | Warner (FL) (1982–2023) |
52 | Andy Lopez† | 33 | 1177 | 742 | 7 | .613 | Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983–1988), Pepperdine (1989–1994), Florida (1995–2001), Arizona (2002–2015) |
53 | Wayne Graham† | 26 | 1173 | 528 | 2 | .689 | Rice (1992–2018) |
53 | Tony Robichaux | 36 | 1173 | 765 | 2 | .605 | McNeese State (1987–1994), Louisiana (1995–2019) |
55 | Gary Adams | 35 | 1172 | 892 | 12 | .567 | UC Irvine (1970–1974), UCLA (1975–2004) |
56 | Bill Wilhelm† | 36 | 1161 | 536 | 10 | .683 | Clemson (1958–1993) |
57 | Norm DeBriyn | 33 | 1161 | 650 | 6 | .641 | Arkansas (1970–2002) |
58 | Jack Coffey† | 47 | 1160 | 482 | 13 | .705 | Fordham (1909–1917, 1919–1921, 1923–1943, 1945–1958) [6] |
59 | Chuck Brayton† | 33 | 1158 | 525 | 6 | .687 | Washington State (1962–1994) |
59 | Mike Sansing | 33 | 1158 | 693 | 0 | .626 | Shorter (1989–1991), Kennesaw State (1992–2021) |
61 | Mike Gillespie | 30 | 1156 | 720 | 2 | .617 | USC (1987–2006), UC Irvine (2008–2018) |
62 | Greg Guilliams* | 33 | 1150 | 562 | 2 | .672 | Penn State–Behrend (1991), Embry–Riddle (FL) (1992–2007), Valdosta State (2008–present) |
62 | John Goelz* | 38 | 1150 | 810 | 5 | .587 | Sonoma State (1986–present) |
64 | Ken Dugan† | 37 | 1137 | 450 | 0 | .716 | Lipscomb (1960–1996) |
65 | Rich Hill* | 36 | 1136 | 782 | 4 | .592 | Cal Lutheran (1988–1993), San Francisco (1994–1998), San Diego (1999–2021), Hawaii (2022–present) |
66 | Ray Tanner | 25 | 1133 | 489 | 3 | .698 | NC State (1988–1996), South Carolina (1997–2012) |
67 | Frank Vieira† | 44 | 1127 | 324 | 6 | .776 | New Haven (1963–2006) |
68 | Mike Laird* | 41 | 1121 | 643 | 3 | .635 | William Penn (1983–present) |
69 | Ed Flaherty* | 38 | 1116 | 511 | 4 | .685 | Southern Maine (1986–present) |
70 | Don Brandon | 37 | 1110 | 588 | 5 | .653 | Anderson (IN) (1972–2010) |
71 | Keith Veale* | 34 | 1107 | 571 | 0 | .660 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (1990–present) |
71 | Jim Harp | 27 | 1107 | 553 | 2 | .660 | Dallas Baptist (1973–1999) |