This is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's lacrosse head coaches by number of career wins. Head coaches with a combined career record of at least 250 wins at the Division I, Division II, Division III, or historically equivalent level are included here.
Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams | National Titles | |
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Jim Berkman† | 37 | 641 | 67 | 0 | Potsdam State (1985), Salisbury (1989–present) | 13 | |||
Hank Janczyk | 38 | 473 | 148 | 0 | Salisbury (1983–1985), Colgate (1986–1987), Gettysburg (1988–2021) | 0 | |||
John Danowski† | 42 | 472 | 218 | 0 | C.W. Post (1983 - 1985), Hofstra (1986 - 2006), Duke (2007 - present) | 3 | |||
Bill Tierney† | 39 | 439 | 152 | 0 | RIT (1982–1984), Princeton (1988–2009), Denver (2010-2023) | 7 | |||
Keith Bugbee | 41 | 422 | 230 | 0 | Springfield (1984–present) | 1 | |||
Bill Pilat | 37 | 399 | 181 | 0 | Roanoke (1988-present) | 0 | |||
Steve Beville | 35 | 390 | 171 | 0 | Colorado College (1989-1998), Vermont (1999–2006), Cortland (2007–2023) | 1 | |||
Mike Pressler | 38 | 382 | 205 | 0 | VMI (1983), Ohio Wesleyan (1986 - 1990), Duke (1991 - 2006), Bryant (2007 - 2022) | 0 | |||
Dom Starsia† | 34 | 375 | 148 | 0 | Brown (1983–1992), Virginia (1993–2016) | 5 | |||
J.B. Clarke | 27 | 373 | 98 | 0 | Greensboro (1997), Washington (MD) (1999–2010), Limestone (2011–2021), Tampa Spartans (2022-present) | 3 | |||
Dan Sheehan | 27 | 369 | 67 | 0 | Le Moyne (1998–present) | 6 | |||
12* | Steve Koudelka | 28 | 367 | 168 | 0 | Lynchburg (1997-present) | 0 | ||
Dave Webster | 34 | 363 | 228 | 0 | Marymount (1992-1998), Franklin & Marshall (1999-2001), Dickinson (2001-present) | 0 | |||
Jeff Long† | 36 | 362 | 182 | 0 | Ithaca (1988–2023) | 0 | |||
15 | Rory Whipple | 37 | 359 | 212 | 0 | Clarkson (1980–1986), Hartwick (1987–1998), Bryant (2000–2006), Florida Southern (2009–2010), Tampa (2012–2021) | 0 | ||
Kevin Corrigan | 38 | 357 | 173 | 0 | Randolph–Macon (1985–1986), Notre Dame (1988–present) | 1 | |||
David Urick† | 32 | 345 | 129 | 0 | Hobart (1980 - 1989), Georgetown (1990–2012) | 10 | |||
Ray Rostan | 37 | 342 | 197 | 0 | RIT (1979–1981), Ithaca (1982–1983), Hampden–Sydney (1985–2016) | 0 | |||
Bob Shillinglaw | 42 | 334 | 320 | 0 | Massachusetts Maritime (1976–1978), Delaware (1979–2017) | 0 | |||
20* | Gene Peluso | 28 | 330 | 147 | 0 | Lycoming (1997–2001), RIT (2001-2010), Stevens (2010-present) | 0 | ||
Steve Colfer | 23 | 329 | 86 | 0 | Cabrini (2001-2023) | 1 | |||
Jack Emmer† | 35 | 326 | 184 | 0 | Cortland State (1970–1972), Washington & Lee (1973–1983), Army (1984–2005) | 0 | |||
Michael Caravana | 28 | 320 | 97 | 0 | Denison Big Red (1991–2005), Denison Big Red (2008–2021) | 0 | |||
John Raba | 28 | 320 | 137 | 0 | Wesleyan (1997-present) | 1 | |||
25* | Rob Randall | 29 | 302 | 180 | 0 | Sacred Heart (1993–1996), SUNY Geneseo (2000), Nazareth (2001-present) | 0 | ||
Dick Garber† | 36 | 300 | 141 | 3 | UMass (1955–1990) | 0 | |||
Glenn Thiel | 40 | 299 | 216 | 0 | Virginia (1970–1977), Penn State (1978–2010) | 1 | |||
28* | Mike Mahoney | 27 | 294 | 123 | 0 | St. Lawrence (1998–present) | 0 | ||
29 | Mike Daly | 26 | 290 | 134 | 0 | Tufts (1999–2016), Brown (2017–2024) | 3 | ||
30 | Walter Alessi | 43 | 288 | 287 | 0 | MIT (1975–2017) | 0 | ||
Roy Simmons Jr.† | 27 | 287 | 96 | 0 | Syracuse (1971–1998) | 5 | |||
32 | Jim Adams† | 34 | 284 | 123 | 1 | Army (1958–1969), Penn (1970–1977), Virginia (1978–1992) | 4 | ||
33 | Dick Edell† | 29 | 282 | 123 | 0 | Baltimore (1973 - 1976), Army (1977 - 1983), Maryland (1984 - 2001)[3] | 0 | ||
34 | Dave Cottle | 27 | 280 | 115 | 0 | Loyola (1983–2001), Maryland (2002–2010) | 0 | ||
35 | Terry Corcoran | 33 | 279 | 205 | 0 | Washington (MD) (1983–1994), Penn (1995–1996), Skidmore (1997–2005), Elizabethtown (2006–2013), Wabash (2014–2016) | 0 | ||
Paul Cantabene | 20 | 274 | 97 | 0 | Stevenson (2005–present) | 1 | |||
Gene McCabe | 23 | 274 | 123 | 0 | Hamilton (2002–2006), Washington & Lee (2007–Present) | 0 | |||
Jake Coon | 15 | 270 | 28 | 0 | RIT (2010–present) | 2 | |||
39 | Tony Seaman | 29 | 263 | 166 | 0 | C.W. Post (1982), Penn (1983 - 1990), Johns Hopkins (1991 - 1998), Towson (1999 - 2011) | 0 | ||
40 | Carl Runk | 30 | 262 | 161 | 0 | Towson (1968–1998) | 1 | ||
41 | Howdy Myers† | 31 | 261 | 159 | 4 | Johns Hopkins (1947–1949), Hofstra (1950–1975), Hampden–Sydney (1976–1978) | 3 | ||
John Desko | 22 | 258 | 86 | 0 | Syracuse (1999–2021) | 5 | |||
43 | Richie Moran† | 28 | 257 | 121 | 0 | Cornell (1969 - 1997) | 3 | ||
Greg Cannella | 31 | 255 | 181 | 0 | UMass (1995–Present) | 0 | |||
45 | Roy Simmons Sr.† | 36 | 253 | 130 | 1 | Syracuse (1931–1942, 1946–1970) | 0 | ||
T46* | Joe Breschi | 27 | 252 | 148 | 0 | Ohio State (1998-2008), North Carolina (2009-present) | 1 | ||
T46 | Renzie Lamb | 34 | 252 | 184 | 0 | Williams (1989 - 2003) | 0 | ||
47 | Jack Faber† | 33 | 251 | 56 | 2 | Maryland (1928 - 1943, 1946 - 1963) | 8 |