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05-04-2018, 10:46 AM
Off Season Amusements: the GOAT of AT in coaching wins
We’ve all heard announcers on TV, podcast or what have you say Coach K has the “most wins” but we all know that isn’t really all time, all milieus for basketball. He has the most wins for a Division I NCAA basketball coach. But how does he stack up if we bring in other leagues? Afterall to a large extent coaching is coaching, whether the players are male or female, or 15 or 25.
Here to partially answer the question is a list combining high school boys and girls, men’s and women’s college-all NCAA divisions plus NAIA and AIWA plus NBA and ABA coaches. (Unfortunately, AAU, rec league, military, church league, middle school and overseas coaching records are not easily accessible if at all.)
The List
1.Larry Brown 1593 (NBA, ABA and college, FYI)
2.Leta Andrews 1416
3.Don Nelson 1335
4.Robert Hughes 1333
5.Lenny Wilkens 1332
6.Morgan Wootten 1274
7.Joe Lombard 1261
8.Jerry English 1227
9.Jerry Sloan 1221
10. Jim Smiddy 1217
11. Pat Riley 1210
12. Greg Popovich 1197 (still active)
13. Bob Hurley 1185
14. George Karl 1175
15. Phil Jackson 1155
16. Bertha Teague 1152
17.T Ralph Tasker 1122
17.T Harry Stratham (the only other solely NCAA coach in this list)
18. Lamar Rogers 1121
19. Michael Krzyzewski 1110
Notes:
Only one of the coaches ahead of Coach K is still coaching (Popovich) so if Coach K coaches a few more years he could easily climb into the current “Top 10.”
Is there anyone who is a treat to pass Coach K?
Persons of interest:
Dorothy Gaters 1106
Tara VanDerveer 1036
Geno Auriemma 1027 (1027-136 .883, age 64 most likely candidate)
Barbara Stevens 1011
Sylvia Hatchell 1005
C Vivian Stringer 997
Jim Boeheim 926
Jim Foster 903
Muffett McGraw 888
Bob Huggins 845
Roy Williams 842
We’ve all heard announcers on TV, podcast or what have you say Coach K has the “most wins” but we all know that isn’t really all time, all milieus for basketball. He has the most wins for a Division I NCAA basketball coach. But how does he stack up if we bring in other leagues? Afterall to a large extent coaching is coaching, whether the players are male or female, or 15 or 25.
Here to partially answer the question is a list combining high school boys and girls, men’s and women’s college-all NCAA divisions plus NAIA and AIWA plus NBA and ABA coaches. (Unfortunately, AAU, rec league, military, church league, middle school and overseas coaching records are not easily accessible if at all.)
The List
1.Larry Brown 1593 (NBA, ABA and college, FYI)
2.Leta Andrews 1416
3.Don Nelson 1335
4.Robert Hughes 1333
5.Lenny Wilkens 1332
6.Morgan Wootten 1274
7.Joe Lombard 1261
8.Jerry English 1227
9.Jerry Sloan 1221
10. Jim Smiddy 1217
11. Pat Riley 1210
12. Greg Popovich 1197 (still active)
13. Bob Hurley 1185
14. George Karl 1175
15. Phil Jackson 1155
16. Bertha Teague 1152
17.T Ralph Tasker 1122
17.T Harry Stratham (the only other solely NCAA coach in this list)
18. Lamar Rogers 1121
19. Michael Krzyzewski 1110
Notes:
Only one of the coaches ahead of Coach K is still coaching (Popovich) so if Coach K coaches a few more years he could easily climb into the current “Top 10.”
Is there anyone who is a treat to pass Coach K?
Persons of interest:
Dorothy Gaters 1106
Tara VanDerveer 1036
Geno Auriemma 1027 (1027-136 .883, age 64 most likely candidate)
Barbara Stevens 1011
Sylvia Hatchell 1005
C Vivian Stringer 997
Jim Boeheim 926
Jim Foster 903
Muffett McGraw 888
Bob Huggins 845
Roy Williams 842