1) Bob Knight
2) Dean Smith
3) Adolph Rupp
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Here are the top 25 winningest active coaches, along with their win totals through January 21, 2008. # Bob Knight - Texas Tech: 900 # Eddie Sutton - San Francisco: 799 (Sutton scored his 800th win)
# Mike Krzyzewski - Duke: 790 # Lute Olson* - Arizona: 780 # Jim Boeheim - Syracuse: 763 # Jim Calhoun - Connecticut: 762 # Bob Huggins - West Virginia: 604 # Gary Williams - Maryland: 597 # Tom Penders - Houston: 597 # Homer Drew - Valparaiso: 584 # Ben Braun - California: 550 # Cliff Ellis - Coastal Carolina: 543 # Roy Williams - North Carolina: 542 # Bo Ryan - Wisconsin: 541 # Larry Hunter - Western Carolina: 538 # Pat Douglass - UC Irvine: 536 # Rick Byrd - Belmont: 528 # Rick Pitino - Louisville: 507 # Kelvin Sampson - Indiana: 493 # Bobby Cremins - College of Charleston: 485 # John Beilein - Michigan: 481 # Pat Kennedy - Towson: 454 # Dave Bike - Sacred Heart: 454 # Stew Morrill - Utah State: 445 # Rick Barnes - Texas: 433 * Lute Olson is on a leave of absence from the University of Arizona to deal with a personal matter. He's expected to return to the Wildcats next season.
Going into the 2010-2011 season, here's the list for Div. I:
All-Time Division I
Coaches by Wins
Coach Schools Wins
1. Bob Knight Army, Indiana, Texas Tech 890 (Knight retired with 902)
2. Dean Smith North Carolina 879
3. Adolph Rupp Kentucky 876
4. Mike Krzyzewski Army, Duke 868
5. Jim Phelan Mt. St. Mary's 830
6. Eddie Sutton Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, San Francisco 798
7. Lefty Driesell Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State 786
8. Lute Olson Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona 780
9. Lou Henson Hardin-Simmons, Illinois, N. Mexico State 779
10. Henry Iba NW Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma State 764
11. Ed Diddle W. Kentucky 759
12. Jim Boeheim Syracuse 750
Jim Calhoun Northeastern, Connecticut 750
14. Phog Allen Baker, Kansas, Haskell, Central Missouri 746
15. John Chaney Cheyney, Temple 741
16. Jerry Tarkanian Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State 729
17. Norm Stewart N. Iowa, Missouri 728
18. Ray Meyer DePaul 724
19. Don Haskins UTEP 719
20. Denny Crum Louisville 675
BOLD LETTERS MEANS ACTIVE:
Active Division I
Coaches by Wins
Coach School Wins
1. Bob Knight Army, Indiana, Texas Tech 890 (Knight retired with 902)
2. Eddie Sutton Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, San Francisco 798
3. Lute Olson Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona 780
4. Mike Krzyzewski Army, Duke 775
5. Jim Boeheim Syracuse 750
Jim Calhoun Northeastern, Connecticut 750
7. Bob Huggins Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State 590
8. Gary Williams American, Boston College, Ohio State, Maryland 585
9. Tom Penders Tufts, Columbia, Fordham, Rhode Island, Texas, George Washington, Houston 584
10. Homer Drew Valparaiso 571
11. Ben Braun California 539
12. Cliff Ellis Auburn, Coastal Carolina 534
13. Larry Hunter Ohio, Western Carolina 533
14. Pat Douglass Montana State-Billings, Cal-Bakersfield, Cal-Irvine 529
15. Bo Ryan Wisc.-Platteville, Wisc.-Milwaukee, Wisconsin 525
16. Roy Williams Kansas, North Carolina 524
17. Rick Byrd Belmont 516
18. Rick Pitino Boston U., Providence, Kentucky, Louisville 494
19. Kelvin Sampson Montana Tech, Washington state, Oklahoma, Indiana 477
20. John Beilein Nazareth, LeMoyne, Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia 476
Bobby Cremins Georigia Tech, C. of Charleston 476
22. Pat Kennedy Iona, Florida State, DePaul,
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1. Bob Knight..........................Texas Tech............................................890
2. Lute Olson...........................Arizona..................................................780
3. Mike Krzyzewski................Duke......................................................775
4. Jim Boeheim.......................Syracuse................................................750
4. Jim Calhoun........................Connecticut...........................................750
6. Bob Huggins.......................West Virginia........................................590
7. Gary Williams.....................Maryland...............................................585
8. Tom Penders.......................Houston.................................................584
9. Homer Drew........................Valparaiso.............................................571
10. Ben Braun...........................California..............................................539
11. Cliff Ellis.............................Coastal Caro..........................................534
12. Larry Hunter.......................Western Caro........................................533
13. Pat Douglass.......................UC Irvine..............................................529
14. Bo Ryan..............................Wisconsin..............................................525
15. Roy Williams......................North Carolina......................................524
16. Rick Byrd............................Belmont.................................................516
17. Rick Pitino..........................Louisville..............................................494
18. Kelvin Sampson..................Indiana..................................................477
19. John Beilein........................Michigan...............................................476
19. Bobby Cremins...................Col. of Charleston.................................476
21. Pat Kennedy........................Towson..................................................448
22. Dave Bike............................Sacred Heart..........................................445
23. Stew Morrill........................Utah St..................................................431
24. Rick Majerus.......................St. Louis................................................422
25. Don Maestri........................Troy.......................................................421
26. Rick Barnes.........................Texas.....................................................418
27. L. Vann Pettaway................Alabama A&M......................................407
28. Mike Deane.........................Wagner..................................................392
28. Tom Green..........................Fairleigh Dickinson...............................392
30. Dave Odom.........................South Carolina......................................391
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