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This is a list of college men's basketball coaches by number of career wins. Active coaches are listed with their 2007-08 record (as of 1/27/08).
| Rank |
Coach |
Years |
Colleges |
Wins |
| 1 |
Bob Knight |
1965-2008 |
Army, Indiana, Texas Tech |
902 |
| 2 |
Don Meyer |
1972-present |
Hamline, Lipscomb, Northern State |
889 |
| 3 |
Dean Smith |
1961-1997 |
North Carolina |
879 |
| 4 |
Adolph Rupp |
1930-1972 |
Kentucky |
876 |
| 5 |
Herb Magee |
1967-present |
Philadelphia |
854 |
| 6 |
Jim Phelan |
1954-2003 |
Mount St. Mary's |
830 |
| 7 |
Clarence Gaines |
1946-1993 |
Winston-Salem State |
828 |
| 8 |
Jerry Johnson |
1958-2005 |
LeMoyne-Owen |
823 |
| 9 |
Eddie Sutton |
1969-present |
Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, University of San Francisco |
803 |
| 10 |
Mike Krzyzewski |
1975-present |
Army, Duke |
801 |
| 11 |
Lefty Driesell |
1960-2003 |
Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State |
786 |
| 12 |
Lou Henson |
1962-2004 |
Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois |
779 |
| 12 |
Lute Olson |
1973-present |
Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona |
779 |
| 14 |
Jerry Tarkanian |
1968-2002 |
Long Beach State, UNLV, Fresno State |
778 |
| 15 |
Phog Allen |
1906-1956 |
Kansas, Baker, Haskell, Central Missouri State |
771 |
| 16 |
Henry Iba |
1930-1970 |
NW Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma State |
764 |
| 16 |
Jim Calhoun |
1972-present |
Northeastern, UConn |
772 |
| 16 |
Jim Boeheim |
1976-present |
Syracuse |
769 |
| 19 |
Edgar Diddle |
1922-1964 |
Western Kentucky |
759 |
| 20 |
John Chaney |
1972-2005 |
Cheyney, Temple |
741 |
| 21 |
Norm Stewart |
1961-1999 |
Northern Iowa, Missouri |
731 |
| 22 |
Ray Meyer |
1942-1984 |
DePaul |
724 |
| 22 |
Glenn Robinson |
1971-present |
Franklin & Marshall |
724 |
| 24 |
Don Haskins |
1961-1999 |
UTEP |
719 |
| 25 |
Dick Sauers |
1955-1997 |
Albany |
702 |
| 26 |
Denny Crum |
1971-2001 |
Louisville |
675 |
| 27 |
Dennis Bridges |
1965-2001 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
667 |
| 27 |
John Wooden |
1946-1975 |
Indiana State, UCLA |
667 |
| 29 |
Ralph Miller |
1951-1989 |
Wichita State, Iowa, Oregon State |
657 |
| 30 |
Gene Bartow |
1961-1996 |
Central Missouri State, Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA, UAB |
647 |
