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List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders

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This is a list of college baseball coaches by number of career wins. This list includes coaches who have won at least 1,100 games at the NCAA and NAIA levels. Mike Martin, the former head coach of Florida State, tops the list with 2,029 career wins. The highest winning percentage in the group belongs to Don Schaly, former head coach of Marietta, with an .812 career winning percentage. Danny Hall is the active wins leader with 1,378 and is seventeenth in overall wins. The list is complete through the completion of the 2023 season.{{cite web|title=Baseball Coaching Records|publisher=NCAA|url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/Coach.pdf|accessdate=July 27, 2023}}{{cite web|title=NCAA Career Statistics Database|publisher=NCAA|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|accessdate=February 14, 2015}} (The NCAA Career Statistics database allows the viewer to obtain coaching records for all NCAA coaches by inputting the individual's name in the linked window.){{cite web|title=NAIA All-Time Baseball Coaching Victories|publisher=NAIA|url=https://www.naia.org/sports/bsb/Records/NAIA_All-Time_Baseball_Coaching_Victories.pdf|accessdate=July 27, 2023}}

College baseball coaches with 1,100 career wins

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:Updated through end of 2023 season

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Name

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" | Years

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" | Wins

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" | Losses

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" | Ties

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="2%" | Pct.

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|1

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb|{{sortname|Mike|Martin|dab=baseball coach}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|40

2,0297364{{Winning percentage|2029|736|4}}Florida State (1980–2019)
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|2

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb|{{sortname|Augie|Garrido}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|48

1,9759519{{Winning percentage|1975|951|9}}San Francisco State (1969), Cal Poly (1970–1972), Cal State Fullerton (1973–1987, 1991–1996), Illinois (1988–1990), Texas (1997–2016)
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|3

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gordie|Gillespie}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|59

1,8939521{{Winning percentage|1893|952|1}}Lewis (1953–1976), St. Francis (Ill.) (1977–1995, 2006-2011), Ripon (1996–2005)
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|4

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gene|Stephenson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|36

1,7686753{{Winning percentage|1768|675|3}}Wichita State (1978–2013)
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|5

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ed|Cheff}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|34

1,7054302.799Lewis-Clark State (1977–2010){{cite news|title=Ed Cheff, longtime Lewis-Clark State baseball coach, retiring|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=June 30, 2010|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/06/ed_cheff_longtime_lewis-clark.html}}
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|6

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Woody|Hunt|dab=baseball}}

|40

1,6307745{{Winning percentage|1630|774|5}}Cumberland (TN) (1980–2021){{cite web |url=https://www.cumberland.edu/legendary-cumberland-baseball-coach-woody-hunt-announces-retirement/ |title=Legendary Cumberland Baseball Coach Woody Hunt Announces Retirement |date=January 27, 2021 |website=cumberland.edu |access-date=February 15, 2022}}
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|7

!scope="row"style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mark|Marquess}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|40

1,6278787{{Winning percentage|1627|878|7}}Stanford (1977–2017)
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|8

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Denney|Crabaugh}}

|34

1,6014932{{Winning percentage|1601|493|2}}Oklahoma City (1989–2022)
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|9

!scope="row"style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Morris|dab=baseball coach}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|37

1,5947164{{Winning percentage|1594|716|4}}Georgia Tech (1982–1993), Miami (FL) (1994–2018)
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|10

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Larry|Hays}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|38

1,5088604{{Winning percentage|1508|860|4}}Lubbock Christian (1971–1986), Texas Tech (1987–2008)
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|11

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Paul|Mainieri}}

|39

1,5057758{{Winning percentage|1505|775|8}}St. Thomas (FL) (1983–1988), Air Force (1989–1994), Notre Dame (1995–2006), LSU (2007–2021)
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|12

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Fox|dab=baseball}}

|37

1,4875475{{Winning percentage|1487|547|5}}NC Wesleyan (1983–1994, 1996–1998), North Carolina (1999–2020)
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|13

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chuck|Hartman}}

|47

1,4448168{{Winning percentage|1444|816|8}}High Point (1960–1978), Virginia Tech (1979–2006)
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|14

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Don|Schaly}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|40

1,43832913{{Winning percentage|1438|329|13}}Marietta (1964–2003)
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|15

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Cliff|Gustafson}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|29

1,4273732{{Winning percentage|1427|373|2}}Texas (1968–1996)
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|16

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bill|Holowaty}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|44

1,4125287{{Winning percentage|1412|528|7}}Eastern Connecticut State (1969–2012)
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|17

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bobby|Cox|Bobby Cox (baseball)}}

|35

1,3786430{{Winning percentage|1378|643|0}}Oklahoma Baptist (1985–2019)
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|17

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Danny|Hall|dab=baseball}}*

|36

1,3787491{{Winning percentage|1378|749|1}}Kent State (1988–1993), Georgia Tech (1994–present)
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|19

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ron|Polk}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|35

1,3737022{{Winning percentage|1373|702|2}}Georgia Southern (1972–1975), Mississippi State (1976–1997, 2002–2008), Georgia (2000–2001)
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|19

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Keith|Guttin}}*

|41

1,3738950{{Winning percentage|1373|895|0}}Missouri State (1983–present)
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|21

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|John|Anderson|dab=baseball coach}}*

|42

1,3659983{{Winning percentage|1365|998|3}}Minnesota (1982–present)
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|22

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Gilligan}}

|40

1,3538957{{Winning percentage|1353|895|7}}Western New Mexico (1972), Lamar (1973–1986, 1992–2016)
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|23

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Lou|Yacinich}}

|45

1,34710580{{Winning percentage|1347|1058|0}}Grand View (1974–2022)
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|24

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Rod|Dedeaux}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|44

1,34259716{{Winning percentage|1342|597|16}}USC (1942–1947, 1949–1986)
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|25

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gary|Gilmore|dab=baseball}}*

|34

1,3356745{{Winning percentage|1335|674|5}}South Carolina Aiken (1990–1995), Coastal Carolina (1996–present)
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|26

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jack|Leggett}}*

|36

1,3327701{{Winning percentage|1332|770|1}}Vermont (1978–1982), Western Carolina (1983–1991), Clemson (1994–2015)
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|27

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Larry|Cochell}}

|39

1,3318133{{Winning percentage|1331|813|3}}Emporia State (1967–1969), Creighton (1970–1971), Cal State Los Angeles (1972–1976), Oral Roberts (1977–1986), Northwestern (1987), Cal State Fullerton (1988–1990), Oklahoma (1991–2005)
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|28

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Metheny|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|37

1,3246793{{Winning percentage|1308|650|2}}Southeastern Oklahoma State (1981–2017)
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|29

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Joe|Roberts|dab=baseball}}

|34

1,3146406{{Winning percentage|1314|640|6}}Armstrong Atlantic (1980–2013)
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|30

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Pete|Dunn}}

|37

1,3128873{{Winning percentage|1312|887|3}}Stetson (1980–2016)
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|31

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tommy|Thomas|dab=baseball coach}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|40

1,3088256{{Winning percentage|1308|825|6}}Valdosta State (1968–2007)
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|32

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bob|Bennett|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|34

1,3007578{{Winning percentage|1300|757|8}}Fresno State (1967, 1970–2002)
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|32

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bobby|Halford}}*

|39

1,3007840{{Winning percentage|1300|784|0}}William Carey (1985–present)
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|34

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|John|Schaly}}*

|36

1,2727067{{Winning percentage|1272|706|7}}Barry (1988–1991), Saint Leo (FL) (1992–1997), Ashland (1998–present)
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|35

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ron|Fraser}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|30

1,2674409{{Winning percentage|1267|440|9}}Miami (FL) (1963–1992)
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|35

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tom|Austin|Tom Austin (baseball)}}*

|44

1,26759510{{Winning percentage|1267|595|10}}Methodist University (1980–present)
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|37

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bob|Babb}}*

|44

1,26646715{{Winning percentage|1266|467|15}}Johns Hopkins (1980–present)
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|38

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jack|Stallings}}

|39

1,25579910{{Winning percentage|1255|799|10}}Wake Forest (1960–1968), Florida State (1969–1974), Georgia Southern 1976–1999
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|39

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Dave|Van Horn}}*

|30

1,2496150{{Winning percentage|1208|606|0}}Central Missouri State (1994), Northwestern State (1995–1997), Nebraska (1998–2002), Arkansas (2003–present)
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|40

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Charlie|Migl}}

|35

1,2466000{{Winning percentage|1246|600|0}}St. Mary's (TX) (1987–2021)
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|41

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tim|Pettorini}}

|38

1,2434606{{Winning percentage|1243|460|6}}Wooster (1982–2019)
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|42

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Itch|Jones}}

|39

1,2427526{{Winning percentage|1242|752|6}}MacMurray (1966–1968), Southern Illinois (1970–1990), Illinois (1991–2005)
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|42

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Q. V.|Lowe}}

|28

1,2426895{{Winning percentage|1242|689|5}}Auburn Montgomery (1987–2014)
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|44

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Dietz|Jim Dietz (baseball)}}

|31

1,23075118{{Winning percentage|1230|751|18}}San Diego State (1972–2002)
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|45

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Elliott|Avent}}*

|35

1,2238050{{Winning percentage|1223|805}}New Mexico State (1989–1996), NC State (1997–present)
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|46

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jay|Bergman|Jay Bergman (baseball)}}

|32

1,2107073{{Winning percentage|1210|707|3}}Florida (1976–1981), UCF (1983–2008)
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|47

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Al|Ogletree}}

|40

1,2087101{{Winning percentage|1208|710|1}}Dallas (1958–1965), Sul Ross State (1966–1968), Texas–Pan American (1969–1997)
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|48

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|George|Valesente}}

|47

1,2045448{{Winning percentage|1204|544|8}}Brockport (1973–1974), SUNY New Paltz (1975–1976), SUNY Maritime (1977–1978), Ithaca (1979–2019)
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|49

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Mallon|dab=baseball}}

|34

1,1966021{{Winning percentage|1196|602|1}}Southwestern (1971–2004)
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|49

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Scott|Berry|dab=baseball}}

|42

1,1966981{{Winning percentage|1196|698|1}}Mayville State (1982–2023)
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|51

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jeff|Sikes}}

|39

1,1898865{{Winning percentage|1189|886|5}}Warner (FL) (1982–2023)
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|52

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Andy|Lopez}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|33

1,1777427{{Winning percentage|1177|742|7}}Cal State Dominguez Hills (1983–1988), Pepperdine (1989–1994), Florida (1995–2001), Arizona (2002–2015)
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|53

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Wayne|Graham}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|26

1,1735282{{Winning percentage|1173|528|2}}Rice (1992–2018)
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|53

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tony|Robichaux}}

|36

1,1737652{{Winning percentage|1173|765|2}}McNeese State (1987–1994), Louisiana (1995–2019)
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|55

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gary|Adams|dab=baseball}}

|35

1,17289212{{Winning percentage|1172|892|12}}UC Irvine (1970–1974), UCLA (1975–2004)
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|56

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Bill|Wilhelm}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|36

1,16153610{{Winning percentage|1161|536|10}}Clemson (1958–1993)
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|57

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Norm|DeBriyn}}

|33

|1,1616506{{Winning percentage|1161|650|6}}Arkansas (1970–2002)
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|58

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jack|Coffey|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|47

1,16048213{{Winning percentage|1160|482|13}}Fordham (1909–1917, 1919–1921, 1923–1943, 1945–1958){{cite news|title=Jack Coffey|publisher=American Baseball Coaches Association|work=Hall of Fame Inductees|accessdate=June 12, 2017|url=http://www.abcahalloffame.org/inductees/1966_coffey_jack?view=bio}}
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|59

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chuck|Brayton}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|33

1,1585256{{Winning percentage|1158|525|6}}Washington State (1962–1994)
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|59

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Sansing}}

|33

1,1586930{{Winning percentage|1158|693}}Shorter (1989–1991), Kennesaw State (1992–2021)
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|61

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Gillespie|dab=baseball}}

|30

1,1567202{{Winning percentage|1124|696|2}}USC (1987–2006), UC Irvine (2008–2018)
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|62

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Greg|Guilliams}}*

|33

1,1505622{{Winning percentage|1150|562|2}}Penn State–Behrend (1991), Embry–Riddle (FL) (1992–2007), Valdosta State (2008–present)
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|62

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|John|Goelz}}*

|38

1,1508105{{Winning percentage|1150|810|5}}Sonoma State (1986–present)
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|64

!scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ken|Dugan}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|37

1,1374500{{Winning percentage|1137|450}}Lipscomb (1960–1996)
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|65

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Rich Hill*

|36

1,1367824{{Winning percentage|1136|782|4}}Cal Lutheran (1988–1993), San Francisco (1994–1998), San Diego (1999–2021), Hawaii (2022–present)
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|66

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ray|Tanner}}

|25

1,1334893{{Winning percentage|1133|489|3}}NC State (1988–1996), South Carolina (1997–2012)
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|67

!scope="row"style="background:#ffb; text-align:center"|{{sortname|Frank|Vieira}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}

|44

1,1273246{{Winning percentage|1127|324|6}}New Haven (1963–2006)
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|68

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Mike|Laird|dab=baseball}}*

|41

1,1216433{{Winning percentage|1121|643|3}}William Penn (1983–present)
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|69

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ed|Flaherty}}*

|38

1,1165114{{Winning percentage|1116|511|4}}Southern Maine (1986–present)
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|70

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Don|Brandon}}

|38

1,1105885{{Winning percentage|1110|588|5}}Anderson (IN) (1972, 1974–2010)
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|71

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Keith|Veale}}*

|34

1,1075710{{Winning percentage|1107|571}}Mount Vernon Nazarene (1990–present)
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|71

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jim|Harp}}

|27

1,1075532{{Winning percentage|1107|571}}Dallas Baptist (1973–1999)

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