List of college men's ice hockey coaches with 400 wins

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This is a list of men's college ice hockey coaches with 400 career wins.

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Jerry York, who coached men's ice hockey for 50 years at Clarkson University, Bowling Green State University and Boston College is the all-time leader in wins, losses and ties.

With 897 wins in 40 years at Boston University, Jack Parker is the all-time leader in wins with a single program.

List of coaches with at least 400 wins

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023–24 college men's ice hockey season. [1] [2] [3]
= Coached one team= Active Coaches
RankNameYearsWinsLossesTiesPct.Teams
1 Jerry York 501123682128.614 Clarkson (1972–1979), Bowling Green (1979–1994), Boston College (1994–2022)
2 Ron Mason 3692438083.696 Lake Superior State (1967–1973), Bowling Green (1973–1979), Michigan State (1979–2002)
3 Jack Parker 40897472115.643 Boston University (1973–2013)
4 Red Berenson 3384842692.654 Michigan (1984–2017)
5 Rick Comley 38783615110.556 Lake Superior State (1973–1976), Northern Michigan (1976–2002), Michigan State (2002–2011)
6 Bob Peters 3674431350.695 North Dakota (1964–1966), Bemidji State (1966–1982, 1983–2001)
7 Mike McShane 3774134869.670 St. Lawrence (1980–85), Providence (1985–1994), Norwich (1995–2018)
8 Don Lucia 31736403102.634 Alaska-Fairbanks (1987–1993), Colorado College (1993–1999), Minnesota (1999–2018)
9 Len Ceglarski 3467234136.658 Clarkson (1958–1972), Boston College (1972–1992)
10 Tim Coghlin 3066018060.767 St. Norbert (1993–present)
11 Jeff Sauer 3165553257.549 Colorado College (1971–1982), Wisconsin (1982–2002)
12 Rand Pecknold 30642347105.635 Quinnipiac (1994–present)
13 Bill O'Neill 4162643676.583 Salem State (1981–2023)
14 Bob Emery 3062421565.726 Plattsburgh State (1989–2019)
15 Rick Gotkin 36607524107.534 Mercyhurst (1988–present)
16 Dean Fuller 3960536667.615 Fitchburg State (1984–present)
17 Bill Beaney 3560126059.685 New England College (1978–84), Middlebury (1986–2002, 2003–2015)
18 Dick Umile 28598375114.603 New Hampshire (1990–2018)
19 George Gwozdecky 2759339185.594 Wisconsin–River Falls (1981–1984), Miami (1989–1994), Denver (1994–2013)
20 Jeff Jackson 2558931898.635 Lake Superior State (1990–1996), Notre Dame (2005–present)
21 John Rolli 3257722443.709 Mass. Dartmouth (1984–2016)
22 John MacInnes 2655529539.646 Michigan Tech (1956–1982)
23 Jack Riley 3654234320.610 Army (1950–1986)
23 Terry Meagher 3354225358.669 Bowdoin (1983–2016)
23 Mike Schafer 28542289111.634 Cornell (1995–present)
26 Don Brose 3453936278.590 Concordia (MN) (1958–1962), Minnesota State-Mankato (1970–1983, 1985–2000)
27 Don Roberts 3353229025.643 Gustavus Adolphus (1964–1997)
28 Jack Arena 4052838785.571 Amherst (1983–present)
29 Frank Serratore 31505528108.490 Denver (1990–1994), Air Force (1997–present)
30 Ed Saugestad 3850336421.578 Augsburg (1958–1996)
31 John Kelley 3650124915.665 Boston College (1933–1942, 1947–1972)
32 Bob Daniels 32497605114.456 Ferris State (1992–present)
33 Joe Marsh 2748241875.533 St. Lawrence (1985–2012)
34 Don Vaughan 30472504123.485 Colgate (1992–2003, 2004–2023)
35 Murray Armstrong 2146021531.674 Denver (1956–1977)
36 Wayne Wilson 2546131480.586 RIT (1999–Present)
37 Scott Sandelin 24456388101.536 Minnesota–Duluth (2000–Present)
38 Steve Freeman 2845027166.614 Wisconsin–River Falls (1996–Present)
39 Jeff Meredith 3544239997.523 Fredonia State (1988–present)
40 Bill Kangas 3544131070.580 Williams (1989–2017, 2018–Present)
40 John Dunham 3344130634.586 Trinity (1974–2007)
42 Bill Wilkinson 2643746981.484 Western Michigan (1982–1999), Wayne State (1999–2008)
43 Enrico Blasi 2342738681.523 Miami (1999–2019), St. Thomas (2021–Present)
44 Bob Gaudet 32424482112.472 Brown (1988–1997), Dartmouth (1997–2020)
45 Mike Gilligan 2541935049.542 Salem State (1975–1981), Yale (1983–1984), Vermont (1984–2003)
46 Terry Skrypek 2341519445.669 St. Thomas (1987–2010)
47 Bob Motzko 1941226366.601 St. Cloud State (2005–2018), Minnesota (2018–Present)
48 Mark Taylor 2440917655.682 Hobart (2000–Present)
49 Dean Blais 1840824863.611 North Dakota (1995–2004), Omaha (2010–2017)
49 Craig Dahl 2440840257.503 Bethel (1981–1985), Wisconsin–River Falls (1985–1986), St. Cloud State (1987–2006)

Active coaches nearing 400 wins

Coaches within 30 wins of reaching 400 for their career (as of the end of the 2023–24 season).

NameYearsWinsLossesTiesPct.Teams
Nate Leaman 2139729097.568 Union (2003–2011), Providence (2011–Present)
Ed Gosek 2139213333.732 Oswego State (2003–Present)
Tom Serratore 2338836099.517 Bemidji State (2001–Present)
Guy Gadowsky 2438238465.499 Alaska (1999–2004), Princeton (2004–2011), Penn State (2012–Present)
Gary Heenan 2337218052.659 Utica (2001–Present)

Notes

Shawn Walsh finished his career with 399 wins, however, that total excludes the 27 wins he was forced to vacate as part of a pair of NCAA rulings on player ineligibility. [4]

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