List of college men's ice hockey coaches with 400 wins

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This is a list of men's college ice hockey coaches with 400 career wins.

Jerry York, who coached men's ice hockey for 50 years at Clarkson University, Bowling Green State University and Boston College is the all-time leader in wins, losses and ties.

With 897 wins in 40 years at Boston University, Jack Parker is the all-time leader in wins with a single program.

List of coaches with at least 400 wins

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022–23 college men's ice hockey season.[1][2][3]
= Coached one team = Active Coaches
Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
1 Jerry York 50 1123 682 128 .614 Clarkson (1972–1979), Bowling Green (1979–1994), Boston College (1994–2022)
2 Ron Mason 36 924 380 83 .696 Lake Superior State (1967–1973), Bowling Green (1973–1979), Michigan State (1979–2002)
3 Jack Parker 40 897 472 115 .643 Boston University (1973–2013)
4 Red Berenson 33 848 426 92 .654 Michigan (1984–2017)
5 Rick Comley 38 783 615 110 .556 Lake Superior State (1973–1976), Northern Michigan (1976–2002), Michigan State (2002–2011)
6 Bob Peters 36 744 313 50 .695 North Dakota (1964–1966), Bemidji State (1966–1982, 1983–2001)
7 Mike McShane 37 741 348 69 .670 St. Lawrence (1980–85), Providence (1985–1994), Norwich (1995–2018)
8 Don Lucia 31 736 403 102 .634 Alaska-Fairbanks (1987–1993), Colorado College (1993–1999), Minnesota (1999–2018)
9 Len Ceglarski 34 672 341 36 .658 Clarkson (1958–1972), Boston College (1972–1992)
10 Jeff Sauer 31 655 532 57 .549 Colorado College (1971–1982), Wisconsin (1982–2002)
11 Tim Coghlin 29 637 173 60 .767 St. Norbert (1993–present)
12 Bill O'Neill 41 626 436 76 .583 Salem State (1981–present)
13 Bob Emery 30 624 215 65 .726
Plattsburgh State
(1989–2019)
14 Rand Pecknold 29 615 337 103 .632 Quinnipiac (1994–present)
15 Bill Beaney 35 601 260 59 .685 New England College (1978–84), Middlebury (1986–2002, 2003–2015)
16 Rick Gotkin 35 598 502 103 .540 Mercyhurst (1988–present)
17 Dick Umile 28 598 375 114 .603 New Hampshire (1990–2018)
18 George Gwozdecky 27 593 391 85 .594 Wisconsin–River Falls (1981–1984), Miami (1989–1994), Denver (1994–2013)
19 Dean Fuller 38 590 356 65 .616
Fitchburg State
(1984–present)
20 John Rolli 32 577 224 43 .709 Mass. Dartmouth (1984–2016)
21 Jeff Jackson 24 574 299 96 .642 Lake Superior State (1990–1996), Notre Dame (2005–present)
22 John MacInnes 26 555 295 39 .646 Michigan Tech (1956–1982)
23 Jack Riley 36 542 343 20 .610 Army (1950–1986)
23 Terry Meagher 33 542 253 58 .669 Bowdoin (1983–2016)
25 Don Brose 34 539 362 78 .590
Concordia (MN) (1958–1962), Minnesota State-Mankato
(1970–1983, 1985–2000)
26 Don Roberts 33 532 290 25 .643
Gustavus Adolphus
(1964–1997)
27 Mike Schafer 27 520 282 105 .631 Cornell (1995–present)
28 Jack Arena 39 514 377 84 .570
Amherst
(1983–present)
29 Ed Saugestad 38 503 364 21 .578
Augsburg
(1958–1996)
30 John Kelley 36 501 249 15 .665 Boston College (1933–1942, 1947–1972)
31 Frank Serratore 30 487 509 107 .490 Denver (1990–1994), Air Force (1997–present)
31 Bob Daniels 31 487 581 112 .460 Ferris State (1992–present)
33 Joe Marsh 27 482 418 75 .533 St. Lawrence (1985–2012)
34 Don Vaughan 30 472 504 123 .485 Colgate (1992–2003, 2004–2023)
35 Murray Armstrong 21 460 215 31 .674 Denver (1956–1977)
36 Scott Sandelin 23 444 368 96 .542
Minnesota–Duluth
(2000–Present)
37 John Dunham 33 441 306 34 .586 Trinity (1974–2007)
38 Bill Wilkinson 26 437 469 81 .484 Western Michigan (1982–1999), Wayne State (1999–2008)
39 Jeff Meredith 34 436 381 96 .530
Fredonia State
(1988–present)
40 Wayne Wilson 24 434 303 78 .580 RIT (1999–Present)
40 Steve Freeman 27 434 261 63 .614 Wisconsin–River Falls (1996–Present)
42 Bill Kangas 34 432 296 69 .585 Williams (1989–2017, 2018–Present)
43 Bob Gaudet 32 424 482 112 .472 Brown (1988–1997), Dartmouth (1997–2020)
44 Mike Gilligan 25 419 350 49 .542 Salem State (1975–1981), Yale (1983–1984), Vermont (1984–2003)
45 Terry Skrypek 23 415 194 45 .669 St. Thomas (1987–2010)
46 Enrico Blasi 22 412 366 79 .527 Miami (1999–2019), St. Thomas (2021–Present)
47 Dean Blais 18 408 248 63 .611 North Dakota (1995–2004), Omaha (2010–2017)
48 Craig Dahl 24 408 402 57 .503
Bethel (1981–1985), Wisconsin–River Falls (1985–1986), St. Cloud State
(1987–2006)

Active coaches nearing 400 wins

Coaches within 30 wins of reaching 400 for their career (as of the end of the 2022–23 season).

Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams
Bob Motzko 18 389 252 61 .598 St. Cloud State (2005–2018), Minnesota (2018–Present)
Nate Leaman 20 379 277 93 .568
Union (2003–2011), Providence
(2011–Present)
Mark Taylor 23 378 174 54 .668 Hobart (2000–Present)
Ed Gosek 20 376 124 32 .737
Oswego State
(2003–Present)

Notes

Shawn Walsh finished his career with 399 wins, however, that total excludes the 27 wins he was forced to vacate as part of a pair of NCAA rulings on player ineligibility.[4]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Career Statistics Database". NCAA. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "All-Time Coaching Records". USCHO. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  3. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Maine Suspends Coach Who Won Hockey Crown". Chicago Tribune. 1995-12-22. Retrieved 2016-07-22.