# List of college men's lacrosse career coaching wins leaders

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 250wins at the Division I, Division II, Division III, or historically equivalent level are included here.

## Coaches

* * = Active coaches.
* † = National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee
* Statistics current through the 2024 season.
| Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams | National Titles |
| 1$^*$ | Jim Berkman† | 37 | 641 | 67 | 0 | .905 | Potsdam State (1985), Salisbury (1989–present) | 13 |
| 2 | Hank Janczyk | 38 | 473 | 148 | 0 | .762 | Salisbury (1983–1985), Colgate (1986–1987), Gettysburg (1988–2021) | 0 |
| 3$^*$ | John Danowski† | 42 | 472 | 218 | 0 | .684 | C.W. Post (1983–1985), Hofstra (1986–2006), Duke (2007–present) | 3 |
| 4 | Bill Tierney† | 39 | 439 | 152 | 0 | .743 | RIT (1982–1984), Princeton (1988–2009), Denver (2010-2023) | 7 |
| 5$^*$ | Keith Bugbee | 41 | 422 | 230 | 0 | .647 | Springfield (1984–present) | 1 |
| 6$^*$ | Bill Pilat | 37 | 399 | 181 | 0 | .688 | Roanoke (1988-present) | 0 |
| 7 | Steve Beville | 35 | 390 | 171 | 0 | .697 | Colorado College (1989-1998), Vermont (1999–2006), Cortland (2007–2023) | 1 |
| 8 | Mike Pressler | 38 | 382 | 205 | 0 | .653 | VMI (1983), Ohio Wesleyan (1986–1990), Duke (1991–2006), Bryant (2007–2022) | 0 |
| 9 | Dom Starsia† | 34 | 375 | 148 | 0 | .716 | Brown (1983–1992), Virginia (1993–2016) | 5 |
| 10$^*$ | J.B. Clarke | 27 | 373 | 98 | 0 | .792 | Greensboro (1997), Washington (MD) (1999–2010), Limestone (2011–2021), Tampa Spartans (2022-present) | 3 |
| 11$^*$ | Dan Sheehan | 27 | 369 | 67 | 0 | .846 | Le Moyne (1998–present) | 6 |
| 12$^*$ | Steve Koudelka | 28 | 367 | 168 | 0 | .686 | Lynchburg (1997-present) | 0 |
| 13$^*$ | Dave Webster | 34 | 363 | 228 | 0 | .582 | Marymount (1992-1998), Franklin & Marshall (1999-2001), Dickinson (2001-present) | 0 |
| 14 | Jeff Long† | 36 | 362 | 182 | 0 | .665 | Ithaca (1988–2023) | 0 |
| 15 | Rory Whipple | 37 | 359 | 212 | 0 | .615 | Clarkson (1980–1986), Hartwick (1987–1998), Bryant (2000–2006), Florida Southern (2009–2010), Tampa (2012–2021) | 0 |
| 16$^*$ | Kevin Corrigan | 38 | 357 | 173 | 0 | .674 | Randolph–Macon (1985–1986), Notre Dame (1988–present) | 1 |
| 17 | David Urick† | 32 | 345 | 129 | 0 | .728 | Hobart (1980–1989), Georgetown (1990–2012) | 10 |
| 18 | Ray Rostan | 37 | 342 | 197 | 0 | .635 | RIT (1979–1981), Ithaca (1982–1983), Hampden–Sydney (1985–2016) | 0 |
| 19 | Bob Shillinglaw | 42 | 334 | 320 | 0 | .511 | Massachusetts Maritime (1976–1978), Delaware (1979–2017) | 0 |
| 20$^*$ | Gene Peluso | 28 | 330 | 147 | 0 | .692 | Lycoming (1997–2001), RIT (2001-2010), Stevens (2010-present) | 0 |
| 21 | Steve Colfer | 23 | 329 | 86 | 0 | .793 | Cabrini (2001-2023) | 1 |
| 22 | Jack Emmer† | 35 | 326 | 184 | 0 | .639 | Cortland State (1970–1972), Washington & Lee (1973–1983), Army (1984–2005) | 0 |
| T23 | Michael Caravana | 28 | 320 | 97 | 0 | .767 | Denison Big Red (1991–2005), Denison Big Red (2008–2021) | 0 |
| T23$^*$ | John Raba | 28 | 320 | 137 | 0 | .700 | Wesleyan (1997-present) | 1 |
| 25$^*$ | Rob Randall | 29 | 302 | 180 | 0 | .627 | Sacred Heart (1993–1996), SUNY Geneseo (2000), Nazareth (2001-present) | 0 |
| 26 | Dick Garber† | 36 | 300 | 141 | 3 | .679 | UMass (1955–1990) | 0 |
| 27 | Glenn Thiel | 40 | 299 | 216 | 0 | .581 | Virginia (1970–1977), Penn State (1978–2010) | 1 |
| 28$^*$ | Mike Mahoney | 27 | 294 | 123 | 0 | .705 | St. Lawrence (1998–present) | 0 |
| 29 | Mike Daly | 26 | 290 | 134 | 0 | .684 | Tufts (1999–2016), Brown (2017–2024) | 3 |
| 30 | Walter Alessi | 43 | 288 | 287 | 0 | .501 | MIT (1975–2017) | 0 |
| 31 | Roy Simmons Jr.† | 27 | 287 | 96 | 0 | .749 | Syracuse (1971–1998) | 5 |
| 32 | Jim Adams† | 34 | 284 | 123 | 1 | .697 | Army (1958–1969), Penn (1970–1977), Virginia (1978–1992) | 4 |
| 33 | Dick Edell† | 29 | 282 | 123 | 0 | .696 | Baltimore (1973–1976), Army (1977–1983), Maryland (1984–2001) | 0 |
| 34 | Dave Cottle | 27 | 280 | 115 | 0 | .709 | Loyola (1983–2001), Maryland (2002–2010) | 0 |
| 35 | Terry Corcoran | 33 | 279 | 205 | 0 | .576 | Washington (MD) (1983–1994), Penn (1995–1996), Skidmore (1997–2005), Elizabethtown (2006–2013), Wabash (2014–2016) | 0 |
| T36* | Paul Cantabene | 20 | 274 | 97 | 0 | .739 | Stevenson (2005–present) | 1 |
| T36* | Gene McCabe | 23 | 274 | 123 | 0 | .690 | Hamilton (2002–2006), Washington & Lee (2007–Present) | 0 |
| 38* | Jake Coon | 15 | 270 | 28 | 0 | .906 | RIT (2010–present) | 2 |
| 39 | Tony Seaman | 29 | 263 | 166 | 0 | .613 | C.W. Post (1982), Penn (1983–1990), Johns Hopkins (1991–1998), Towson (1999–2011) | 0 |
| 40 | Carl Runk | 30 | 262 | 161 | 0 | .619 | Towson (1968–1998) | 1 |
| 41 | Howdy Myers† | 31 | 261 | 159 | 4 | .620 | Johns Hopkins (1947–1949), Hofstra (1950–1975), Hampden–Sydney (1976–1978) | 3 |
| 42 | John Desko | 22 | 258 | 86 | 0 | .750 | Syracuse (1999–2021) | 5 |
| 43 | Richie Moran† | 28 | 257 | 121 | 0 | .680 | Cornell (1969–1997) | 3 |
| 44* | Greg Cannella | 31 | 255 | 181 | 0 | .585 | UMass (1995–Present) | 0 |
| 45 | Roy Simmons Sr.† | 36 | 253 | 130 | 1 | .660 | Syracuse (1931–1942, 1946–1970) | 0 |
| T46* | Joe Breschi | 27 | 252 | 148 | 0 | .630 | Ohio State (1998-2008), North Carolina (2009-present) | 1 |
| T46 | Renzie Lamb | 34 | 252 | 184 | 0 | .578 | Williams (1989–2003) | 0 |
| 47 | Jack Faber† | 33 | 251 | 56 | 2 | .816 | Maryland (1928–1943, 1946–1963) | 8 |