This is a list of college women's soccer career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 300 career wins. Anson Dorrance of North Carolina is the all-time leader in both wins and winning percentage with a record of 934–88–53 (.893).
College women's soccer coaches with 300 wins
Key
* | Active coach in 2023 |
† | Inducted into United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame |
‡ | Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame |
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 2023 season.
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
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1 | Anson Dorrance†‡ | 45 | 934 | 88 | 53 | .893 | North Carolina (1979–2023) |
2* | Aliceann Wilber† | 43 | 640 | 148 | 65 | .788 | William Smith (1980–present) |
3 | Len Tsantiris | 37 | 570 | 201 | 59 | .722 | UConn (1981–2017) |
4 | Joe Russo | 31 | 557 | 67 | 45 | .866 | TCNJ (1990–2021) |
5* | Jerry Smith | 37 | 548 | 179 | 71 | .731 | Santa Clara (1987–present) |
6 | Pete Felske | 33 | 525 | 128 | 39 | .787 | Wheaton (IL) (1988–2020) |
7* | Gabe Mejail | 45 | 524 | 277 | 72 | .641 | Wheaton (MA) (1979–1982), Merrimack (1984–present) |
8 | Becky Burleigh | 31 | 513 | 160 | 46 | .745 | Berry (1989–1993), Florida (1995–2020) |
9* | G Guerrieri | 33 | 510 | 176 | 51 | .727 | Hardin–Simmons (1988–1989), Texas A&M (1993–present) |
10 | Brian McManus | 31 | 501 | 90 | 54 | .819 | UC San Diego (1987–2017) |
11* | Todd Olsen | 30 | 493 | 121 | 59 | .776 | Lynchburg (1994–present) |
12 | Mark Krikorian | 28 | 479 | 117 | 40 | .785 | Franklin Pierce (1990–1995), Hartford (1996–2000), Florida State (2005–2021) |
13* | Scott Frey | 23 | 478 | 31 | 33 | .912 | Messiah (2000–present) |
14* | Steve Swanson | 34 | 475 | 171 | 73 | .711 | Dartmouth (1990–1995), Stanford (1996–1999), Virginia (2000–present) |
15* | Randy Waldrum | 30 | 462 | 152 | 37 | .738 | Tulsa (1989–1994), Baylor (1996–1998), Notre Dame (1999–2013), Pittsburgh (2018–present) |
16* | Nick Cowell | 35 | 456 | 159 | 56 | .721 | Wooster (1989–1990), Trinity (TX) (1991–1998), Baylor (1999–2002), Sewanee (2003–2005), St. Edward's (2006–present) |
17* | Jennifer Rockwood | 29 | 454 | 128 | 57 | .755 | BYU (1995–present) |
18* | Jim Blankenship | 33 | 448 | 151 | 46 | .730 | Lynn (1986–1997), Miami (FL) (1998–2001), Florida Gulf Coast (2007–present) |
19* | Mike Cook | 31 | 444 | 158 | 59 | .716 | Southern Nazarene (1993–1997), Central Oklahoma (1998–present) |
20* | Paul Ratcliffe | 26 | 429 | 100 | 46 | .786 | Saint Mary's (1998–2002), Stanford (2003–present) |
21 | Chris Petrucelli | 32 | 428 | 184 | 54 | .683 | Notre Dame (1990–1998), Texas (1999–2011), SMU (2012–2021) |
21* | Laurie Darling Gutheil | 28 | 428 | 109 | 44 | .775 | Saint Rose (1996–2023) |
23 | Terry Gurnett | 34 | 422 | 135 | 66 | .730 | Rochester (NY) (1977–2010) |
24 | Nancy Feldman | 34 | 418 | 188 | 63 | .672 | Lake Forest (1988–1989), Plymouth State (1990–1994), Boston University (1995–2021) |
24* | Marcus Wood | 24 | 418 | 47 | 37 | .870 | Hardin–Simmons (2000–2021), Dallas Baptist (2022–present) |
26 | David Lombardo | 35 | 415 | 257 | 43 | .610 | Keene State (1981–1987), James Madison (1990–2017) |
27 | John Daly | 31 | 413 | 176 | 57 | .683 | William & Mary (1987–2018) |
27* | Pepe Fernandez | 33 | 413 | 166 | 47 | .697 | Maryville (TN) (1991–present) |
29* | Amy Reifert | 32 | 411 | 152 | 66 | .706 | Chicago (1991–present) |
30 | Leo Weil | 28 | 410 | 121 | 43 | .752 | Johns Hopkins (1992–2019) |
31 | Jeff Hooker | 31 | 404 | 167 | 57 | .689 | Denver (1992–2022) |
32* | Nikki Izzo-Brown | 29 | 403 | 145 | 72 | .708 | West Virginia Wesleyan (1994), West Virginia (1996–present) |
33* | Betty Ann Kempf-Townsley | 37 | 397 | 258 | 63 | .597 | La Salle (1986–1993), Seton Hall (1994–2006), West Chester (2007–present) |
34 | Denise Lyons | 29 | 396 | 184 | 38 | .672 | Keene State (1992–2020) |
35* | John Hedlund | 29 | 393 | 152 | 45 | .704 | North Texas (1995–present) |
36* | Mindy Quigg | 29 | 387 | 128 | 63 | .724 | Ithaca (1994–present) |
37* | Carin Jennings-Gabarra | 32 | 385 | 189 | 64 | .654 | Westmont (1987), Navy (1993–present) |
38* | Phil Benne | 35 | 380 | 232 | 59 | .610 | Roanoke (1989–present) |
38* | Robbie Church | 30 | 380 | 196 | 77 | .641 | Charlotte (1994–1998), Vanderbilt (1999–2000), Duke (2001–present) |
40 | Denise Dallamora | 40 | 378 | 284 | 72 | .564 | Brandeis (1980–2019) |
41 | Mike Joy | 31 | 376 | 194 | 50 | .647 | Midway (1992–1996), Tusculum (1997–2022) |
42* | Mike Cannon | 31 | 374 | 153 | 75 | .684 | Truman (1993–present) |
43 | Amanda Cromwell | 25 | 372 | 128 | 47 | .723 | UMBC (1996–1997), UCF (1999–2012), UCLA (2013–2021) |
44* | J.B. Belzer | 28 | 371 | 159 | 44 | .685 | Regis (CO) (1996–2019), UCCS (2020–present) |
45* | Sue Patberg | 30 | 370 | 161 | 69 | .674 | Minnesota (1993–1999), Georgia (2000–2004), Emory (2005–present) |
46 | Luis Reis | 22 | 369 | 82 | 33 | .796 | Wheaton (MA) (1997–2016), Transylvania (2017–2018) |
47* | Luigi Scire | 25 | 368 | 114 | 20 | .753 | Webster (1999–present) |
48 | Sheila Miech | 25 | 365 | 117 | 31 | .742 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1987–2011) |
48* | John Walker | 30 | 365 | 192 | 61 | .640 | Nebraska (1994–present) |
50* | Joe Bartlinski | 22 | 363 | 65 | 27 | .827 | West Florida (2001–present) |
51 | Peter Albright | 37 | 359 | 281 | 58 | .556 | Johnson State (1981–1995), Richmond (1996–2017) |
51* | Jim Tursi | 32 | 359 | 209 | 68 | .618 | Portland (1986–1988), Willamette (1993–2007), Lewis & Clark (2010–present) |
51* | Melissa Lamie | 31 | 359 | 218 | 42 | .614 | Grove City (1993–present) |
54* | Gail Mann | 31 | 358 | 161 | 75 | .666 | Nazareth (1993–present) |
55* | Jim Conlon | 23 | 355 | 101 | 37 | .758 | Wartburg (2000–2007), Washington University (2008–2020), Grand Valley State (2021), Washington University (2022–present) |
56* | David Brown | 32 | 354 | 189 | 64 | .636 | Wooster (1991–present) |
57* | Bob Sheehan | 27 | 353 | 139 | 43 | .700 | Northern Kentucky (1997–present) |
58* | Jay Entlich | 22 | 352 | 91 | 31 | .775 | Tampa (2000–2001), Columbus State (2004–present) |
59 | Neil Cunningham | 27 | 350 | 98 | 40 | .758 | SCAD (1995–2000), Washington & Lee (2001–2021) |
59 | Gail Murphy | 29 | 350 | 166 | 49 | .663 | Southwestern (TX) (1993–1996), Denison (1997–2022) |
61* | Patrick Baker | 33 | 349 | 243 | 61 | .581 | North Carolina Wesleyan (1989–1993), Penn (1994–1998), Florida State (1999–2004), Georgia (2005–2009), Rollins (2010), Florida Atlantic (2013–present) |
61* | Tony da Luz | 32 | 349 | 238 | 62 | .586 | San Diego (1992–1996), Wake Forest (1997–present) |
63 | Kanute Drugan | 26 | 348 | 149 | 28 | .690 | Aurora (1997–2011), Washington College (2012–2013), UT Dallas (2014–2022) |
64* | Shelley Smith | 27 | 347 | 171 | 62 | .652 | Rhode Island (1997–2000), South Carolina (2001–present) |
65* | Julie Woodward | 27 | 345 | 157 | 57 | .668 | Seattle (1997–present) |
66* | Karen Hoppa | 31 | 344 | 232 | 65 | .587 | UCF (1993–1998), Auburn (1999–present) |
67* | Tim Strange | 25 | 343 | 109 | 51 | .733 | McKendree (1999–present) |
68* | Jeffrey Bowers | 24 | 341 | 109 | 53 | .731 | Virginia Wesleyan (2000–present) |
69* | Troy Fabiano | 26 | 339 | 103 | 50 | .740 | Wisconsin–Parkside (1998–2014), Milwaukee (2015–2021), Kentucky (2022–present) |
70* | Brandon Koons | 25 | 338 | 102 | 42 | .745 | Otterbein (1999–present) |
71* | Brian Lee | 30 | 335 | 223 | 65 | .590 | Furman (1994–2004), LSU (2005–2018), Rice (2019–present) |
72* | Phil Pincince | 41 | 333 | 272 | 60 | .546 | Brown (1977–2015), Rhode Island College (2022–present) |
73 | Tim Alexander | 26 | 331 | 160 | 29 | .664 | Edgewood (1993–2018) |
74 | Jeff Bailey | 21 | 330 | 79 | 28 | .787 | Franklin Pierce (1996–2016) |
75 | Steve Spirk | 30 | 329 | 197 | 45 | .616 | Wilmington (OH) (1992–2021) |
76 | John Leaney | 24 | 327 | 106 | 36 | .736 | UC San Diego (1984–1986), Macalester (1989–2009) |
77 | Markus Roeders | 24 | 325 | 148 | 51 | .669 | Marquette (1996–2019) |
78 | Patrick Farmer | 28 | 322 | 174 | 58 | .634 | Ithaca (1987–1993), Penn State (1994–2000), Tennessee Tech (2003), Syracuse (2004–2007), Cornell (2012–2016), Transylvania (2018–2021) |
78* | Kathy Brawn | 31 | 322 | 211 | 63 | .593 | Colgate (1991–2019), Mount Holyoke (2020), Smith (2022–present) |
80* | Chris Cissell | 25 | 319 | 145 | 43 | .672 | William Jewell (1999–2010), Kansas City (2011–2019), Grand Canyon (2020–present) |
80* | Dave DiIanni | 21 | 319 | 92 | 40 | .752 | Grand Valley State (2003–2013), Iowa (2014–present) |
82* | Ben Sohrabi | 30 | 316 | 213 | 48 | .589 | Lambuth (1994–1995), Radford (1996–present) |
83* | Alex Crozier | 31 | 315 | 223 | 67 | .576 | Cal Poly (1997–present) |
84* | Erica Dambach | 21 | 314 | 120 | 32 | .708 | Dartmouth (2000–2002), Harvard (2006), Penn State (2007–present) |
85 | Mike Tucker | 22 | 313 | 125 | 33 | .700 | Dayton (1995–2016) |
86* | Paula Wilkins | 23 | 312 | 119 | 67 | .694 | Penn State (2001–2006), Wisconsin (2007–present) |
87* | Travis Connell | 21 | 311 | 85 | 41 | .759 | Western Washington (2003–present) |
87 | Bill Hempen | 32 | 311 | 273 | 64 | .529 | Duke (1988–2000), Colorado (2001–2011), Colorado State (2013–2020) |
87 | Jim Rudy | 28 | 311 | 160 | 28 | .651 | UCF (1981–1987), UMass (1988–2008) |
87 | Brian Speck | 25 | 311 | 111 | 35 | .719 | Union (NY) (1995–2020) |
91 | Ray Leone | 31 | 309 | 212 | 64 | .583 | Berry (1986–1988), Creighton (1989–1993), Clemson (1999–2000), Arizona State (2001–2006), Harvard (2007–2015), Maryland (2016–2021) |
92* | Jonathan Meade | 24 | 308 | 147 | 32 | .665 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (2000–2008), Ohio Dominican (2009–2015), Cedarville (2016–present) |
92 | Ali Omar | 22 | 308 | 109 | 29 | .723 | Winona State (1995–2016) |
94* | Michael Moynihan | 27 | 307 | 173 | 70 | .622 | Milwaukee (1997–2011), Northwestern (2012–present) |
95* | Steve Holeman | 29 | 305 | 219 | 56 | .574 | Auburn (1993), Ole Miss (1995–2009), Georgia (2010–2014), Lamar (2016–2021), Texas State (2022–present) |
96* | Magnus Nilerud | 24 | 304 | 149 | 32 | .660 | Bridgeport (1999–2021), Fordham (2022–present) |
96* | Lori Walker-Hock | 29 | 304 | 225 | 60 | .567 | Kansas (1995–1996), Ohio State (1997–present) |
98 | Randy Hanson | 20 | 303 | 73 | 35 | .780 | Puget Sound (1995–2004, 2006–2015) |
98* | Krissy Turner | 29 | 303 | 181 | 55 | .613 | Lafayette (1995–1997), Monmouth (1998–2021), Penn (2022–present) |
100 | Lesle Gallimore | 30 | 300 | 243 | 58 | .547 | San Diego State (1990–1993), Washington (1994–2019) |
See also
References
- "NCAA Soccer: Women's Soccer Coaching Records Entering 2022" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
- "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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