This is a list of college women's volleyball coaches in the United States with a minimum of 750 wins at the collegiate level. Entering 2023, Peggy Martin, who previously coached at Central Missouri and currently coaches at Spring Hill College, is the all-time leader with 1,434 wins. Russ Rose of Penn State achieved the most NCAA Division I wins with 1,330. Dave Shoji of Hawaii, with 1202 Division I wins, leads in win percentage at .[1] [2]
| Active coach entering 2023 | ||
| † | Inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame | |
| Inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame |
Four-year colleges only. Includes DGWS/AIAW (1969–1981) and NCAA (1981–present). Includes NAIA and NCCAA where noted. Years shown are for seasons coached, not dates employed. The earliest seasons extended into January (e.g., the 1971–72 season). Statistics are through the 2022 season.
| Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | Peggy Martin# | 46 | 1434 | 364 | 8 | Central Missouri (1975 - 1978, 1980–2008), Spring Hill (2009–2019, 2021 - present; includes NAIA 142–36 record, 2009–2013)[3] | ||
| 2 | Larry Bock#[4] | 41 | 1348 | 295 | 0 | Juniata (1977 - 2010), Navy (2011 - 2017) | ||
| 3 | Russ Rose | 43 | 1330 | 229 | 0 | .853 | Penn State (1979 - 2021) | |
| 4 | Tracy Rietzke | 38 | 1277 | 285 | 0 | Kansas Wesleyan (1982 - 1987, NAIA), Rockhurst (1988 - 2019; NAIA until 1999) | ||
| 5 | Dave Shoji | 42 | 1202 | 204 | 1 | Hawaii (1975 - 2016) | ||
| 6* | Vickie Grooms Denny[6] | 40[7] | 1215 | 407 | 0 | Maranatha Baptist (1982–1987),[8] Clearwater Christian (1989–2014), Bob Jones (2016–present) (all NCCAA schools) | ||
| 7* | Chris Catanach# | 39 | 1169 | 216 | 0 | Tampa (1984 - present) | ||
| 8 | Shelton Collier# | 41 | 1150 | 301 | 0 | Pittsburgh (1980 - 1988), Georgia Tech (1991 - 2001), Wingate (2002 - 2022) | ||
| 9 | Andy Banachowski†# | 43 | 1106 | 301 | 0 | UCLA (1965 - 1968 (3 seasons, no records kept); 1970 - 2009) | ||
| 10 | Rich Luenemann# | 32 | 1070 | 324 | 0 | .768 | St. Francis (IL) (1981 - 1998; NAIA), Washington (MO) (1999 - 2012) | |
| 11* | Julie Jenkins | 39 | 1049 | 430 | 0 | VCU (1984), Trinity (TX) (1985 - present) | ||
| 12* | Mary Wise | 36 | 1026 | 195 | 0 | Iowa State (1981 - 1984), Florida (1991 - present) | ||
| 13 | Mick Haley | 34 | 957 | 256 | 0 | .788 | Texas (1980 - 1996), USC (2001 - 2017) | |
| 14* | Rick Squiers | 30 | 950 | 164 | 0 | Hastings (1993–1998), Nebraska–Kearney (1999 - present) | ||
| 15 | Karen Chisum | 40 | 919 | 559 | 3 | .622 | Texas State (1980 - 2019) | |
| 16* | Chris Poole | 36 | 895 | 346 | 0 | Arkansas Tech (1986), Arkansas State (1987 - 92), Arkansas (1994 - 2007), Florida State (2008 - present) | ||
| 17 | Mike Hebert | 35 | 892 | 374 | 0 | Pittsburgh (1976 - 1979), New Mexico (1980 - 1982), Illinois (1983 - 1995), Minnesota (1996 - 2010) | ||
| 18 | John Dunning | 32 | 888 | 185 | 0 | Pacific (1985 - 2000), Stanford (2001 - 2016) | ||
| 19 | Elaine Michaelis# | 33 | 886 | 219 | 5 | BYU (1969 - 2001) | ||
| 20 | Kathy Gregory† | 38 | 882 | 412 | 0 | UC Santa Barbara (1975 - 2013) | ||
| 21* | Joe Sagula | 42 | 865 | 507 | 0 | Penn (1981 - 89), North Carolina (1990 - present) | ||
| 22* | Kandis Schram | 37 | 850 | 440 | 0 | Maryville (TN) (1986 - present) | ||
| 22* | John Cook | 31 | 850 | 172 | 0 | Wisconsin (1992–1998), Nebraska (2000 - present) | ||
| 24 | Brian Gimmillaro | 32 | 835 | 221 | 0 | Long Beach State (1985 - 2016) | ||
| 25 | Debby Colberg# | 32 | 828 | 292 | 0 | Sacramento State (1976 - 2007) | ||
| 26* | Jennifer McDowell | 26 | 825 | 182 | 0 | Emory (1996 - present) | ||
| 27 | Joan Sitterly# | 22 | 816 | 234 | 0 | Cortland (1983 - 2004) | ||
| 28 | Marlene Piper | 32 | 815 | 327 | 4 | Portland State (1969–1983), California (1984–1987), UC–Davis (1988–1993), Willamette (1994–2001) | ||
| 29* | Barry Goldberg | 34 | 812 | 311 | 0 | American (1989 - present) | ||
| 29 | Kris Russell | 24 | 812 | 231 | 0 | Wisconsin–Whitewater (1981 - 2004) | ||
| 31 | Tom Hilbert | 34 | 811 | 236 | 0 | Idaho (1989-1996) Colorado State (1997-2022) | ||
| 32 | Marilyn McReavy Nolen | 33 | 809 | 392 | 12 | Sul Ross State (1969 - 1971), New Mexico State (1975), Utah State (1976 - 1981), Kentucky (1982 - 1983), Florida (1984 - 1990), North Florida (1991 - 1993), Saint Louis (1994 - 2003), Sul Ross State (2013) | ||
| 33* | Mark Birtwistle | 32 | 801 | 262 | 0 | Eastern (1990 - present) | ||
| 34* | Debbie Humphreys | 35 | 793 | 362 | 0 | Stephen F. Austin (1988 - present) | ||
| 35 | Lisa Herb | 28 | 790 | 297 | 0 | Dubuque (1979 - 1984), Wisconsin - Eau Claire (1985 - 2006) | ||
| 36 | Bob Bertucci | 39 | 788 | 471 | 0 | Army (1978), Tennessee (1979 - 86), Rutgers–Newark (1987 - 93), Temple (1994 - 2010), Lehigh (2011 - 2017) | ||
| 37 | Jill Hirschinger | 40 | 781 | 569 | 10 | Drake (1979 - 83), Ferris State (1984 - 95), New Hampshire (1996 - 2018) | ||
| 38 | Rosie Wegrich# | 44 | 780 | 592 | 10 | Minnesota (1975–1976), Arizona (1977–1991), Cal Poly–Pomona (1992 - 2018) | ||
| 39* | Carolyn Condit | 43 | 776 | 609 | 0 | Xavier (1980–1983), Miami (Ohio) (1984 - present) | ||
| 40 | Linda Dollar# | 24 | 758 | 266 | 21 | Missouri State (1972 - 1995) | ||
| 40 | Sandy Hoffman# | 32 | 758 | 366 | 0 | Bentley (1982 - 2013) | ||
| 42* | Brenda Gray | 39 | 756 | 551 | 0 | Sam Houston (1984 - present) | ||
| 43 | Matt Peck | 32 | 751 | 340 | 0 | Wayne State (MI) (1984 - 94), North Alabama (1995 - 2003), Middle Tennessee (2004 - 2015) |