List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders explained

This is a list of college baseball coaches by number of career wins. This list includes coaches who have won at least 1,100 games at the NCAA and NAIA levels. Mike Martin, the former head coach of Florida State, tops the list with 2,029 career wins. The highest winning percentage in the group belongs to Don Schaly, former head coach of Marietta, with an .812 career winning percentage. Danny Hall is the active wins leader with 1,378 and is seventeenth in overall wins. The list is complete through the completion of the 2023 season.^{[1] [2] [3]}

College baseball coaches with 1,100 career wins

Key

	Denote manager is active
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Coaches

Updated through end of 2023 season

Rank	Name	Years	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Teams
1		40	2029	736	4		Florida State (1980–2019)
2		48	1975	951	9		San Francisco State (1969), Cal Poly (1970–1972), Cal State Fullerton (1973–1987, 1991–1996), Illinois (1988–1990), Texas (1997–2016)
3		59	1893	952	1		Lewis (1953–1976), St. Francis (Ill.) (1977–1995, 2006-2011), Ripon (1996–2005)
4		36	1768	675	3		Wichita State (1978–2013)
5		34	1705	430	2	.799	Lewis-Clark State (1977–2010)^[4]
6		40	1630	774	5		Cumberland (TN) (1980–2021)^[5]
7		40	1627	878	7		Stanford (1977–2017)
8		34	1601	493	2		Oklahoma City (1989–2022)
9		37	1594	716	4		Georgia Tech (1982–1993), Miami (FL) (1994–2018)
10		38	1508	860	4		Lubbock Christian (1971–1986), Texas Tech (1987–2008)
11		39	1505	775	8		St. Thomas (FL) (1983–1988), Air Force (1989–1994), Notre Dame (1995–2006), LSU (2007–2021)
12		37	1487	547	5		NC Wesleyan (1983–1994, 1996–1998), North Carolina (1999–2020)
13		47	1444	816	8		High Point (1960–1978), Virginia Tech (1979–2006)
14		40	1438	329	13		Marietta (1964–2003)
15		29	1427	373	2		Texas (1968–1996)
16		44	1412	528	7		Eastern Connecticut State (1969–2012)
17		35	1378	643	0		Oklahoma Baptist (1985–2019)
17		36	1378	749	1		Kent State (1988–1993), Georgia Tech (1994–present)
19		35	1373	702	2		Georgia Southern (1972–1975), Mississippi State (1976–1997, 2002–2008), Georgia (2000–2001)
19		41	1373	895	0		Missouri State (1983–present)
21		42	1365	998	3		Minnesota (1982–present)
22		40	1353	895	7		Western New Mexico (1972), Lamar (1973–1986, 1992–2016)
23		45	1347	1058	0		Grand View (1974–2022)
24		44	1342	597	16		USC (1942–1947, 1949–1986)
25		34	1335	674	5		South Carolina Aiken (1990–1995), Coastal Carolina (1996–present)
26		36	1332	770	1		Vermont (1978–1982), Western Carolina (1983–1991), Clemson (1994–2015)
27		39	1331	813	3		Emporia State (1967–1969), Creighton (1970–1971), Cal State Los Angeles (1972–1976), Oral Roberts (1977–1986), Northwestern (1987), Cal State Fullerton (1988–1990), Oklahoma (1991–2005)
28		37	1324	679	3		Southeastern Oklahoma State (1981–2017)
29		34	1314	640	6		Armstrong Atlantic (1980–2013)
30		37	1312	887	3		Stetson (1980–2016)
31		40	1308	825	6		Valdosta State (1968–2007)
32		34	1300	757	8		Fresno State (1967, 1970–2002)
32		39	1300	784	0		William Carey (1985–present)
34		36	1272	706	7		Barry (1988–1991), Saint Leo (FL) (1992–1997), Ashland (1998–present)
35		30	1267	440	9		Miami (FL) (1963–1992)
35		44	1267	595	10		Methodist University (1980–present)
37		44	1266	467	15		Johns Hopkins (1980–present)
38		39	1255	799	10		Wake Forest (1960–1968), Florida State (1969–1974), Georgia Southern 1976–1999
39		30	1249	615	0		Central Missouri State (1994), Northwestern State (1995–1997), Nebraska (1998–2002), Arkansas (2003–present)
40		35	1246	600	0		St. Mary's (TX) (1987–2021)
41		38	1243	460	6		Wooster (1982–2019)
42		39	1242	752	6		MacMurray (1966–1968), Southern Illinois (1970–1990), Illinois (1991–2005)
42		28	1242	689	5		Auburn Montgomery (1987–2014)
44		31	1230	751	18		San Diego State (1972–2002)
45		35	1223	805	0		New Mexico State (1989–1996), NC State (1997–present)
46		32	1210	707	3		Florida (1976–1981), UCF (1983–2008)
47		40	1208	710	1		Dallas (1958–1965), Sul Ross State (1966–1968), Texas–Pan American (1969–1997)
48		47	1204	544	8		Brockport (1973–1974), SUNY New Paltz (1975–1976), SUNY Maritime (1977–1978), Ithaca (1979–2019)
49		34	1196	602	1		Southwestern (1971–2004)
49		42	1196	698	1		Mayville State (1982–2023)
51		39	1189	886	5		Warner (FL) (1982–2023)
52		33	1177	742	7		Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983–1988), Pepperdine (1989–1994), Florida (1995–2001), Arizona (2002–2015)
53		26	1173	528	2		Rice (1992–2018)
53		36	1173	765	2		McNeese State (1987–1994), Louisiana (1995–2019)
55		35	1172	892	12		UC Irvine (1970–1974), UCLA (1975–2004)
56		36	1161	536	10		Clemson (1958–1993)
57		33		1161	650	6		Arkansas (1970–2002)
58		47	1160	482	13		Fordham (1909–1917, 1919–1921, 1923–1943, 1945–1958)^[6]
59		33	1158	525	6		Washington State (1962–1994)
59		33	1158	693	0		Shorter (1989–1991), Kennesaw State (1992–2021)
61		30	1156	720	2		USC (1987–2006), UC Irvine (2008–2018)
62		33	1150	562	2		Penn State–Behrend (1991), Embry–Riddle (FL) (1992–2007), Valdosta State (2008–present)
62		38	1150	810	5		Sonoma State (1986–present)
64		37	1137	450	0		Lipscomb (1960–1996)
65	Rich Hill	36	1136	782	4		Cal Lutheran (1988–1993), San Francisco (1994–1998), San Diego (1999–2021), Hawaii (2022–present)
66		25	1133	489	3		NC State (1988–1996), South Carolina (1997–2012)
67		44	1127	324	6		New Haven (1963–2006)
68		41	1121	643	3		William Penn (1983–present)
69		38	1116	511	4		Southern Maine (1986–present)
70		38	1110	588	5		Anderson (IN) (1972, 1974–2010)
71		34	1107	571	0		Mount Vernon Nazarene (1990–present)
71		27	1107	553	2		Dallas Baptist (1973–1999)

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
• List of Major League Baseball managers with most career wins
• American Baseball Coaches Association
• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baseball Coaching Records. NCAA. July 27, 2023.
2. Web site: NCAA Career Statistics Database. NCAA. February 14, 2015. (The NCAA Career Statistics database allows the viewer to obtain coaching records for all NCAA coaches by inputting the individual's name in the linked window.)
3. Web site: NAIA All-Time Baseball Coaching Victories. NAIA. July 27, 2023.
4. News: Ed Cheff, longtime Lewis-Clark State baseball coach, retiring. The Oregonian. June 30, 2010.
5. Web site: Legendary Cumberland Baseball Coach Woody Hunt Announces Retirement . January 27, 2021 . cumberland.edu . February 15, 2022.
6. News: Jack Coffey. American Baseball Coaches Association. Hall of Fame Inductees. June 12, 2017.