His first stop at Northwestern State also makes him one in a long line of great coaches who have passed through Natchitoches, La. Van Horn is in rarified air as a coach who is arguably the greatest skipper in the history of two storied college baseball programs, Nebraska and Arkansas. Prior to turning NC State into one of the most consistent programs in the country, he spent eight seasons as the head coach at New Mexico State, collecting 225 wins. In 24 years at NC State, Avent has led the Wolfpack to 18 regional appearances, four super regional appearances and a trip to Omaha in 2013. Elliott Avent, North Carolina State-1,113 wins In 2014, he led KSU to the postseason at the Division I level for the first time, with his team going all the way to a super regional.ħ. In 29 seasons, he has guided the Owls from NAIA to Division II to Division I, winning at every level. Mike Sansing, Kennesaw State-1,131 winsĪlthough not as famous as the coaches above him on the list, Sansing has amassed a lot of victories in his time at Kennesaw State. Along the way, Gilmore has has led the Chanticleers to 16 postseason appearances.Ħ. In his 25 years at Coastal Carolina, Gilmore has transformed the program from an also-ran that had only been to the postseason once in its history to a national title-winning outfit that earned the right to be called a power program, even if it wasn’t in a power conference. Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina-1,227 wins His Yellow Jackets teams have made three CWS appearances, including in his first season, 1994, when they came up one win short of a national title.ĥ. His teams have made the postseason 10 times, including going all the way to the CWS in 2003.Īfter six seasons and 208 wins at Kent State, Hall succeeded Jim Morris at Georgia Tech and doesn’t show any sign of slowing down after adding more than 1,000 wins over 27 seasons to his ledger in Atlanta. Over 38 seasons, 32 with assistant coach Paul Evans by his side, he has led the Bears from an independent to the conference that is now known as the Summit League to the Missouri Valley Conference, winning a bunch of games along the way. Like Anderson, Guttin has spent every year of his head coaching career in one place.
In all, his Minnesota teams have collected seven Big Ten regular-season titles, nine Big Ten Tournament championships and 18 postseason appearances.ģ. Not only has he led the Golden Gophers for the last 39 years after taking the job at 26 years old, but the team has remained a consistent Big Ten contender over the entirety of his tenure.
First, he won 152 games in six seasons at Air Force, and then never won fewer than 38 games in any of his 12 seasons at Notre Dame, a tenure highlighted by an Omaha trip in 2002.Īnderson is synonymous with Minnesota baseball, and rightfully so.
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Paul Mainieri, Louisiana State-1,467 winsĪt this point, Mainieri is most known for his accomplishments at LSU, including five College World Series appearances and a national title in 2009, but he also racked up tons of victories before making it to Baton Rouge. Per NCAA rules, to be included on this list, a coach must have spent at least five years at a Division I school and all victories achieved at a four-year school are included.ġ. There’s a new generation of coaches leading college baseball. There are now just 10 active coaches with more than 1,000 wins and few are even on the precipice of the milestone. Now, Louisiana State coach Paul Mainieri has become the sport’s winningest active coach with 1,467 wins.Īfter so much turnover, it is a good time to take a look at the sport’s top 25 active winningest coaches. That group includes the two winningest coaches in college baseball history-Martin and Garrido-and half of the top 10.įollowing Fox’s retirement this month, college baseball’s active wins leader changed again, for the third time in five years, as the mantel was passed from Garrido to Martin to Fox. With their departures, college baseball’s coaching ranks have truly undergone a changing of the guard. Since 2015, Pat Casey, Pete Dunn, Mike Fox, Augie Garrido, Mike Gillespie, Jim Gilligan, Wayne Graham, Jack Leggett, Andy Lopez, Mark Marquess, Mike Martin, Jim Morris and Tony Robichaux have all left the game, having won more than 1,000 games apiece and 16 national titles.
The last few years have seen a major turnover in the coaching ranks.
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