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The Winningest Active Coaches in College Hoops

Coach K is Tops

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Mike Krzyzewski

Duke's "Coach K"

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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will be playing for a milestone when the Orange tip off the 2009-10 campaign. With his first win this season, he'll reach the 800-victory plateau. Among active coaches, only Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and Boeheim's Big East rival Jim Calhoun of Connecticut have more.

Winningest Active Coaches

Last updated: November 6, 2009.
  1. Mike Krzyzewski - Duke: 833
  2. Jim Calhoun - Connecticut: 805
  3. Jim Boeheim - Syracuse: 799
  4. Bob Huggins - West Virginia: 639
  5. Tom Penders - Houston: 631
  6. Gary Williams - Maryland: 625
  7. Homer Drew - Valparaiso: 602
  8. Roy Williams - North Carolina: 594
  9. Bo Ryan - Wisconsin: 575
  10. Mike Montgomery - California: 569
  11. Ben Braun - Rice: 562
  12. Rick Byrd - Belmont: 560
  13. Pat Douglas - UC Irvine: 559
  14. Larry Hunter - Western Carolina: 559
  15. Cliff Ellis - Coastal Carolina: 558
  16. Rick Pitino - Louisville: 552
  17. Bobby Cremins - College of Charleston: 519
  18. John Beilein - Michigan: 507
  19. Stew Morrill - Utah State: 485
  20. Dave Bike - Sacred Heart: 480
  21. Pat Kennedy - Towson: 473
  22. Rick Barnes - Texas: 472
  23. Rick Majerus - St. Louis: 455
  24. Don Maestri - Troy: 452
  25. L. Vann Pettaway - Alabama A&M: 429
Note: Official NCAA Division I records count victories from any four-year college in the United States, so long as the coach has spent five years at the Division I level. Bo Ryan's record, for example, includes 353 victories from his run as coach of Division III UW-Plateville.

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