This is a list of college field hockey career coaching wins leaders It is limited to coaches with at least 300 wins. Karen Shelton is the all-time leader with 714 wins. Jan Hutchinson of Bloomsburg is the all-time leader in winning percentage with a record of 591—75—20 for an .876 winning percentage.
Key
* | Indicates active coaches |
300 wins with a Division I program (or historic equivalent). The list includes coaches with 300 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 300 wins at a Division I school (or historic equivalents) are designated with the referenced peach shading. |
Coaches
- Unless otherwise noted, statistics are correct through the end of the 2019 season.
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1* | Karen Shelton | 41 | 714 | 168 | 9 | .805 | North Carolina 1981–2022 |
2* | Nancy Stevens | 41 | 700 | 189 | 24 | .780 | Franklin & Marshall 1979-80, Northwestern 1981-1989, Connecticut 1990–present |
3* | Sharon Pfluger | 36 | 624 | 114 | 9 | .841 | Kean 1983, Montclair St. 1984, TCNJ 1985–present |
4* | Pat Rudy | 42 | 613 | 231 | 21 | .721 | Franklin & Marshall 1978, SUNY Cortland 1981-95, Lock Haven 1996–present |
5* | Enza Steele | 41 | 604 | 232 | 11 | .720 | Lynchburg, 1979–present |
6 | Jan Hutchinson | 32 | 591 | 75 | 20 | .876 | Bloomsburg 1978-2009 |
7* | Missy Meharg | 32 | 583 | 141 | 9 | .802 | Maryland 1988–present |
8 | Beth Anders | 30 | 560 | 136 | 7 | .802 | Old Dominion 1980-84, 1987-2002, 2004-2013 |
9* | Charlene Morett | 36 | 537 | 222 | 17 | .703 | Boston College 1984-86, Penn State 1987-present |
10 | Jan Trapp | 39 | 536 | 179 | 28 | .740 | Messiah 1973-2011 |
11* | Dawn Chamberlin | 33 | 522 | 121 | 8 | .808 | Salisbury 1987–present |
12* | Sally Starr | 41 | 487 | 315 | 21 | .604 | Bucknell 1979-80, Boston U. 1981-present |
13 | Bertie Landes | 37 | 486 | 133 | 17 | .778 | Phila. Biblical 1980-98, Shippensburg 1999-2016 |
14* | Sally Scatton | 33 | 471 | 182 | 4 | .720 | William Smith 1988–present |
15* | Amy Watson | 30 | 444 | 199 | 11 | .687 | Keene St. 1986-89, 1994–present |
16* | Sandy Miller | 36 | 443 | 277 | 11 | .614 | East Stroudsburg 1984–present |
17 | Brenda Meese | 36 | 426 | 261 | 10 | .618 | Oneonta St. 1979-88, Wooster 1989-92, 1994-2007, 2009-2016 |
18* | Michele Madison | 31 | 412 | 245 | 8 | .626 | Temple 1989-92, Michigan St, 1993-2005, Virginia 2006–present |
19 | Cheryl Murtagh | 32 | 407 | 258 | 13 | .610 | Bentley 1982-83, Northeastern 1988-2017 |
20* | Jennifer Averill | 31 | 403 | 229 | 6 | .636 | Bucknell 1989-91, Wake Forest 1992-present |
20* | Katharine DeLorenzo | 28 | 403 | 125 | 2 | .762 | Oberlin 1992-1994, Skidmore 1995-2000, Middlebury 2001–present |
22 | Dottie Zenaty | 34 | 379 | 232 | 50 | .611 | Springfield 1970-2003 |
23* | Nicky Pearson | 24 | 352 | 77 | 0 | .821 | Bowdoin 1996–present |
24 | Yvonne Kauffman | 33 | 346 | 175 | 36 | .654 | Elizabethtown 1967-83, 1985-2000 |
25 | Carol Miller | 31 | 344 | 249 | 18 | .578 | Millersville 1985-92, Delaware 1993-2010, Lebanon Valley 2011-2015 |
25 | Betty Wesner | 33 | 344 | 257 | 15 | .571 | Kutztown 1980-2013 |
27* | Ange Bradley | 23 | 343 | 123 | 2 | .735 | Goucher 1991-1994, Richmond 2001-2006, Syracuse 2007–present |
28 | Beth Hallenbeck | 28 | 342 | 170 | 3 | .667 | Rensselaer 1991-2000, Skidmore, 2001-2018 |
29 | Sharon Taylor | 28 | 340 | 121 | 35 | .721 | Susquehanna 1966-69, 1971, Lock Haven 1973-1995 |
30 | Anna Meyer | 30 | 328 | 232 | 3 | .585 | Hartwick 1988-2018 |
31 | Beth Bozman | 24 | 318 | 133 | 6 | .702 | Hofstra 1987, Princeton 1988-2002, Duke 2003-2010 |
32 | Kathleen Parker | 29 | 316 | 214 | 14 | .594 | Syracuse 1978-2006 |
33 | Anne Wilkinson | 30 | 315 | 261 | 9 | .546 | American 1987-1995, Ohio St. 1996-2016 |
34 | Cheryl Silva | 29 | 313 | 200 | 1 | .610 | MIT 1991-2019 |
35 | Ann Petracco | 33 | 311 | 306 | 40 | .504 | Rutgers 1977-2002, FDU-Florham 2003-2009 |
36 | Peel Hawthorne | 30 | 306 | 251 | 6 | .549 | Connecticut College 1983-86, William & Mary 1987-2013 |
37 | Linda Wage | 31 | 303 | 239 | 24 | .557 | Clark 1985-2015 |
38* | Marcia Pankratz | 20 | 302 | 134 | 0 | .693 | Michigan 1996-2004, 2009–present |
References
- "Field Hockey Coaching Records Entering 2020" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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