List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders explained

This is a list of college women's basketball coaches by number of career wins. The list includes coaches with at least 600 wins at the NCAA,^[1] AIAW and NAIA levels. Geno Auriemma, head coach of the UConn Huskies since 1985, is at the top of the list with 1,217 career wins. The highest winning percentage in the group also belongs to Geno Auriemma, with a career winning percentage. The fastest coach to reach 600 wins is GP Gromacki, current head coach of Division III Amherst College, who reached the mark in his 686th game on February 2, 2024.^[2]

NCAA and NAIA women's basketball coaches with 600 wins

Key

	Active as of the 2024–25 season
	Elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
†	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach
	Elected as a coach to both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

The source for all statistics and schedules for NCAA teams is https://stats.ncaa.org/head_coaches

Sources for NAIA teams are specified in the relevant entries.

Coaches

Statistics updated through the 2024–2025 season.

Rank	Name	Years	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Teams (Seasons)
1	**	40	1,220	162		UConn (1985–)
2	**	45	1,216	271		Idaho (1978–80), Ohio State (1980–85), Stanford (1985–95, 1996–2024)
3	**	38	1,098	208		Tennessee (1974–2012)
4	**	43	1,058	291		Clark (MA) (1977–83), Massachusetts (1983–86), Bentley (1986–2020)
5	**	50	1,055	426		Cheyney (1971–83), Iowa (1983–95), Rutgers (1995–2022)
6	**	44	1,023	405		Francis Marion (1975–86), North Carolina (1986–2019)
7	**	38	936	293		Lehigh (1982–87), Notre Dame (1987–2020)
8		46	915	306		Emmanuel (MA) (1977–)
9	*	40	903	347		Saint Joseph's (1978–91), Vanderbilt (1991–2002), Ohio State (2002–13), Chattanooga (2013–2018)
10	**	38	900	309		Sam Houston (1969–73), UT Arlington (1973–76), Texas (1976–2007)
11		40	884	396		St. Ambrose (1984–90), Drake (1990–2000), Iowa (2000–2024)
12		42	881	378		DeSales (1981–89), Jefferson (1989–)
13		37	866	324		Arkansas Tech (1987–2003), Little Rock (2003–2024)
14		38	865	286		Montana (1978–2016)
15	*	36	862	299		Georgia (1979–2015)
16	**	37	852	348		Stephen F. Austin (1985–93), Arkansas (1993–2003), Texas A&M (2003–2022)
17		39	846	306		Northern State (1977–83, 1985–2018)
18		35	831	257		Maryville (TN) (1987–93), Francis Marion (1995–98), Chattanooga (1998–2013), NC State (2013–)
19		37	821	316		Michigan Tech (1987–98), Michigan (2007–12), Green Bay (1998–2007, 2012–2024)
20		34	815	182		Scranton (1979–94, 1995–2014)
21		35	805	278		Mount Mercy (1989–95), Missouri Western State (1995–2004), Central Missouri (2004–)
22		35	797	349		Columbia (MO) (2001–14), Central Methodist (1987–99, 2015–2024)
23	*	38	786	405		DePaul (1976–78, 1988–)
24		42	783	489		Villanova (1978–2020)
25	*	36	779	232		Washington (MO) (1986–2017), Illinois (2017–2022)
26		36	777	366		Toledo (1988–95), Iowa State (1995–)
27		38	768	414		New Mexico State (1986–89), George Washington (1989–2008), Northwestern (2008–)
28		38	759	255		Messiah (1986–)
29		34	757	171		St. John Fisher (1974–2008)
30		38	753	330		Rollins (1986–)
31		37	751	368		Seattle Pacific (1987–2005), Boise State (2005–)
32		39	749	284		Wittenberg (1985–86), Saint Benedict (1986–)
33		39	744	287		Rio Grande (1983–86), Capital (1986–2022)
34	*	25	742	116		Union (TN) (1999–)
35	*	34	739	324		Virginia (1977–2011)
36	**	38	737	344		Elon (1971–75), NC State (1975–2009)
37	*	42	736	403		Midland (NE) (1970–2012)
38		26	735	185		Freed–Hardeman (1994–2020)
39	Kim Mulkey †	24	723	118		Baylor (2000–2021), LSU (2021–)
40		31	721	148		DePauw (1993–)
41		39	719	330		Babson (1984–2023)
42	Brian Morehouse	28	711	98		Hope (1996–)
43	**	34	708	308		Stephen F. Austin (1968–80), LSU (1982–2004)
44		38	707	408		Lamar (1978–80), FIU (1977–78, 1980–2015)
45		33	706	244		Sterling (KS) (1981–2014)
46		36	701	421		Long Beach State (1979–91), Arizona (1991–2008), Seattle (2009–2016)
47-T		37	698	410		Richmond (1985–91), Saint Joseph's (1991–2001), LIU Brooklyn (2002–08), Monmouth (2008–11), Fordham (2011–2022), FDU (2023–)
47-T	John Wethington	35	698	409		Lindsey Wilson (1989–)[3]
49		34	695	302		Augustana (SD) (1989–2023)
50-T		42	693	312		St. Norbert (1977–2019)
50-T		31	693	265		Saint Joseph's (1976–78), Colorado (1978–80), Penn State (1980–2007)
52	Carmen Dolfo	33	691	262		Western Washington (1990–2003, 2004–)
53		42	689	328		Elizabethtown (1970–2012)
54	Cheri Harrer	34	688	246		Baldwin Wallace (1990–)
55	**	35	681	362		Saint Joseph's (1974–76), Rutgers (1976–95), Illinois (1995–2007), Lafayette (2015–17)
56	Jamie Sale	26	680	208		Briar Cliff (1998–2001), Morningside (2001–)[4]
57	Brian Niemuth	37	679	298		Simpson (1987–)
58	Russ Davis	28	677	185		Vanguard (1996–2024)
59		32	676	350		Rio Grande (1992–)[5]
60		32	675	255		Midway (1978–81), Northern Kentucky (1983–2012)
61	Karl Smesko	26	672	139		Walsh (1997–98), Purdue Fort Wayne (1999–2001), FGCU (2002–24)
62	*	29	671	198		North Dakota State (1979–2008)
63		36	667	375		Cornell (IA) (1985–88), Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1988–2000), Drake (2000–2003), Wisconsin (2003–2011), Saint Louis (2012–2022)
64	Fred Richter	34	665	254		De Sales (1990–)
65		40	663	353		Messiah (1977–86), Johns Hopkins (1986–2017)
66		27	660	137		Southern Maine (1987–2008, 2009–15)
67	Steve Brooks	24	659	176		Indiana Wesleyan (1999–2016), Saint Francis (2017–21), Marian (IN) (2021–2024)
68		33	654	371		Greensboro College (1987–90), Tulane (1994–2024)
69		31	652	258		Fort Valley State (1984–2013, 2015–2017)
70		28	650	223		Holy Family (1995–2009), Penn (2009–2020, 2021–)
71		30	649	197		Salem State (1981–2011)
72	Mary Beth Spirk	37	648	345		Moravian (1987–)
73		38	647	376		Randolph–Macon (1982–2020)
74-T	Michael McDevitt	32	646	224		Southern Maine (2008–09), St. Joseph (ME) (1987–2003, 2009–)
74-T		28	646	255		Maine (1992–2000), Michigan State (2000–2007), Duke (2007–2020)
76		37	645	377		Franklin & Marshall (1983–90), Millersville (1990–2020)
77		32	644	370		Missouri Western (1992–95), Arkansas St. (1995–99), TCU (1999–2014), Kansas St. (2014–)
78		37	640	484		Oklahoma Christian (1985–)
79		25	639	191		Ball State (1999–2001), Minnesota (2001–02), Maryland (2002–)
80		24	637	161		Shawnee State (1989–2013)
81		31	636	273		Bluefield St. (1988–1997), Tampa (2002–)
82	Bob Schneider *	28	634	201		Texas Woman's (1978–81), West Texas A&M (1981–2006)
83	Lori Culler	35	633	430		Huntington (1986–2022)
84		30	632	284		North Georgia (1994–)
85		39	630	434		Harvard (1982–2020, 2021–2022)
86-T	Gene Roebuck	25	628	145		North Dakota (1987–2012)
86-T	David Smith	34	628	333		St. Joseph's (IN) (1976–78, 1984–90), Shippensburg (1990–98), Bellarmine (1998–2012), West Virginia State (2012–2016)
88		44	626	662		CSUF (1979–1985), Washington (1985–1996), Florida St. (1996–97), USC (1997–2004), Yale (2005–2015), Air Force (2015–2024)
89-T	Bill Gibbons Jr.	34	613	410		Holy Cross (1985–2019)
89-T		44	613	586		Paine (1980–1991), Albany St. (GA) (1991–2024)
91	Dawn Staley	23	612	186		Temple (2000–2008), South Carolina (2008–)
92	Susan Dunagan	33	611	271		Roanoke (1981–2014)
93-T		27	608	234		Virginia Wesleyan (1977–78), Arizona (1985–87), Old Dominion (1987–2011)
93-T		36	608	460		Chattanooga (1976–87), Kentucky (1987–95), Mississippi State (1995–2012)
93-T	Wendee Saintsing	35	608	368		Barton (1989–2024)
96-T	*	27	607	213		Army (1977–79), Auburn (1979–2004)
96-T		32	607	249		Saint Peter's (NJ) (1972–2004)
98	J. Randall Ognibene	33	606	264		Mount Saint Mary (1980–2013)
99	Kelly Graves	27	605	273		Sint Mary's (CA) (1997–2000), Gonzaga (2000–14), Oregon (2014–)
100	Lynne Agee	33	602	334		Roanoke (1978–81), UNC Greensboro (1981–2011)
101	G. P. Gromacki	23	601	88		St. Lawrence (1998–2004), Hamilton (2006–07), Amherst (2007–)
102	Royce Chadwick	35	600	449		Oklahoma Panhandle (1984–86), Sam Houston (1986–89), SFA (1994–2001), Marshall (2001–12), Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2012–)

See also

• WBCA National Coach of the Year
• Naismith College Coach of the Year
• AP Coach of the Year
• USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year
• List of college men's basketball career coaching wins leaders

Notes and References

1. Web site: Head coaches . NCAA Statistics . 15 September 2020.
2. Web site: Coach G.P. Gromacki Records 600th Career Victory, Mammoths Celebrate Seniors with 58-48 Win . 2 February 2024 .
3. Web site: Lindsey Wilson Athletics.
4. Web site: Morningside University.
5. Web site: University of Rio Grande.