This is a list of U.S. college men's soccer career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 400 wins.
Jay Martin, head coach at Ohio Wesleyan University, is the all-time leader in wins, finishing the 2021 season, with a record of 738–153–76.
College men's soccer coaches with 400 wins
Key
* | Active coach |
† | Inducted into United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame |
400+ wins at a Division I Institution. |
Coaches
- statistics are correct through the end of the 2021 season.
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1* | Jay Martin† | 44 | 738 | 153 | 76 | .802 | Ohio Wesleyan 1977–2019, 2021-present |
2* | Tony Tocco | 51 | 719 | 223 | 81 | .742 | Rockhurst 1970–1973, 1975–present |
3 | Joe Bean† | 45 | 607 | 185 | 61 | .747 | Quinnipiac 1962–1964; Bridgeport 1965–68; Wheaton (IL) 1969–2006 |
4 | Cliff McCrath† | 49 | 597 | 233 | 95 | .697 | Wheaton (IL) 1958, Gordon 1960–66, Spring Arbor 1967–1969, Seattle Pacific 1970–2007 |
5 | Ron Butcher | 46 | 596 | 263 | 72 | .679 | Wisconsin–Platteville 1968–69, Keene State 1970–2013 |
6 | Horst Richardson† | 49 | 566 | 304 | 72 | .639 | Colorado College 1966–2014 |
7 | Dan Gilmore | 38 | 559 | 184 | 59 | .734 | Rowan 1976–2013 |
8* | Skip Roderick | 38 | 557 | 168 | 70 | .745 | Elizabethtown 1983–2019, 2021-present |
9 | Jerry Yeagley† | 31 | 543 | 101 | 46 | .820 | Indiana 1973–2003 |
10 | Stephen Negoesco† | 39 | 540 | 172 | 66 | .737 | San Francisco 1962–2000 |
11 | Mike Coven | 45 | 533 | 274 | 59 | .650 | Brandeis 1973–2016, Wheaton (MA) 2017 |
12* | Paul McGinlay | 31 | 531 | 87 | 37 | .839 | Trinity (TX) 1991–present |
13 | Mark Berson | 44 | 522 | 266 | 76 | .648 | The Citadel 1977, South Carolina 1978–2020 |
14 | Jack Mackenzie† | 43 | 516 | 258 | 76 | .652 | Quincy 1969–2011 |
15 | Schellas Hyndman† | 37 | 511 | 171 | 58 | .730 | Eastern Illinois 1977–1983, SMU 1984–2007, Grand Canyon 2015–2020 |
16 | Bud Lewis | 43 | 506 | 279 | 58 | .635 | Wilmington (OH) 1975–2017 |
17 | Michael Parker | 34 | 494 | 192 | 33 | .710 | Lock Haven 1976–1983, UNC Greensboro 1984–2009 |
18 | Bob Warming | 44 | 485 | 270 | 89 | .627 | Transylvania 1976, Berry 1977–81, Charlotte 1982–88, Creighton 1990–94, Old Dominion 1996, Saint Louis 1997–2000, Creighton 2001–2009, Penn State 2010–2017, Omaha 2018–2021 |
19 | Tom Martin | 38 | 478 | 199 | 68 | .687 | Trine 1977, West Virginia Wesleyan 1978–85, James Madison 1986–2014 |
20 | Chris Waterbury | 36 | 477 | 169 | 66 | .716 | New England College 1982, Lyndon State 1983–84, Plattsburgh State 1985–87, 1989–2017 |
21* | Joe Clarke | 39 | 469 | 201 | 82 | .678 | Saint Louis 1983–96, Washington (MO) 1997–present |
22 | Tony Ochrimenko | 38 | 468 | 248 | 56 | .642 | Kean 1976–2013 |
23* | John Rootes | 33 | 462 | 143 | 42 | .747 | Southern New Hampshire 1988–1997, Clayton State 1998–2003, SCAD 2004–2007, Lynn 2008–2019, 2021-present |
24* | Carl Hutter | 39 | 459 | 264 | 71 | .623 | Harris–Stowe 1983-1987, Missouri Valley 1988-1993, Lindenwood 1994-present |
25 | Ray Reid | 33 | 458 | 155 | 79 | .719 | Southern Connecticut 1989–1996, Connecticut 1997–2021 |
26 | John Rennie | 36 | 454 | 207 | 48 | .674 | Massachusetts Dartmouth 1972, Columbia 1973–78, Duke 1979–2007 |
27 | Ralph Lundy | 44 | 453 | 348 | 66 | .561 | Erskine 1976–1986, College of Charleston 1987–2019 |
28* | Frank Kohlenstein | 35 | 447 | 203 | 61 | .672 | USC Upstate 1980–1988, Charlotte 1989–1994, Colorado Mines 1998–2016, Central Arkansas 2021-present |
29 | Bob Gray | 40 | 445 | 268 | 60 | .614 | Charleston Southern 1977, Alderson Broaddus 1978–91, Mobile 1992–94, Marshall 1995–2016 |
30* | Bob Reasso | 36 | 441 | 220 | 80 | .649 | Nasson 1979–1980, Rutgers 1981–2009, Pfeiffer 2013–2016, Colby-Sawyer 2021-present |
31* | Sasho Cirovski | 31 | 440 | 172 | 65 | .698 | Hartford 1991–1992, Maryland 1993–present |
32 | Michael Russo | 36 | 438 | 116 | 60 | .762 | Williams 1979–2014 |
32* | David Masur | 35 | 438 | 189 | 99 | .671 | Montclair State 1987–1990, St. John's 1991–present |
34 | Roy Gordon† | 41 | 432 | 253 | 53 | .621 | Maine–Farmington 1970–1976, Mary Washington 1977–2010 |
35 | Rob Russo | 39 | 431 | 243 | 58 | .628 | Miami (OH) 1981, Gannon 1982–1990, USC Upstate 1991–1994, Oneonta State 1995–1998, Denison 1999–2019 |
36 | Doug Mello | 36 | 430 | 251 | 46 | .623 | Aquinas 1978–1982, Siena Heights 1983–1988, Southwest (NM) 1989, Luther 1990–2007, Hendrix 2008–2013 |
37 | Rick Kilps | 34 | 429 | 174 | 50 | .695 | Aurora 1977–1983, Wisconsin–Parkside 1984–2010 |
38* | Jon Andersen | 35 | 428 | 194 | 77 | .667 | Babson 1986–present |
39* | Erick Baumann | 27 | 427 | 106 | 40 | .780 | Dominican (IL) 1995–present |
40 | Jerry Sheska | 29 | 424 | 156 | 32 | .719 | East Stroudsburg 1982–2010 |
41 | Sonny Travis | 32 | 423 | 150 | 51 | .719 | Centre 1986–88, Virginia Wesleyan 1989–2006, Emory 2007–2016, Coe 2019 |
42 | Joe Morrone | 38 | 417 | 196 | 63 | .663 | Middlebury 1958–1967, Connecticut 1969–1996 |
42 | Helmut Werner | 43 | 417 | 242 | 66 | .621 | Randolph–Macon 1962–2004 |
44 | Gerry DiBartolo | 34 | 412 | 180 | 60 | .678 | Salisbury 1982–2015 |
45* | Tony Martone | 40 | 412 | 290 | 58 | .583 | Merrimack 1982–present |
46 | Fred Schmalz | 33 | 403 | 196 | 56 | .658 | Wyoming 1969–70, Davis & Elkins 1972–78, Evansville 1979–2002 |
47* | Ralph Perez | 33 | 403 | 199 | 62 | .654 | Whittier 1974-1976, Cal State Fullerton 1977, Cal State Los Angeles 1978-1980, Santa Clara 1981-1985, Old Dominion 1990-1994, Redlands 2006-2019, 2921-present |
48* | Pepe Fernandez | 33 | 402 | 172 | 38 | .688 | Maryville (TN) 1989-present |
48 | Gavin Donaldson | 36 | 402 | 243 | 63 | .612 | Northland 1984-1988, West Virginia Wesleyan 1991-2021 |
50 | Al Albert† | 33 | 401 | 187 | 64 | .664 | William & Mary 1971–2003 |
See also
References
- "Men's Soccer Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- Mello also ranks among the all-time wins leaders in college women's soccer.
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