Achieving 500 victories is a truly monumental feat. Below is the updated list, through 2024, of those few coaches who have reached that plateau. Most of this data was provided by the NY Sportswriters Association. If you know of any deserving coaches we may have missed or corrections to any of their totals, please let us know.
| Coach |
School(s) |
Wins |
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| Jack Curran |
Archbishop Molloy-CHSAA |
972 |
| Ron Naclerio |
Cardozo-PSAL |
939 |
| Ed Petrie |
East Hampton-11 |
754 |
| Mike
Rapone |
Batavia Notre Dame-5 |
728 |
| Chuck Granby |
Jackson, Campus Magnet-PSAL |
722 |
| John Mathis |
Bronx JFK-PSAL |
673 |
| Tim
Leary |
St. Francis Prep-CHSAA |
646 |
| Bob McKenney |
(145 in Vermont), Jamesville-DeWitt and Bishop Grimes-3 |
640 |
| Jack Halloran |
Whitney
Point-4 |
630 |
| Tom Blackford |
Fayetteville-Manlius, Hamilton-3 |
627 |
| Rod Chando |
Red Hook-9 |
626 |
| Jeff Weiss |
Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS |
625 |
| Dudley
Maxim |
Trinity School-NYC |
619 |
| Bob Cimmino |
Mount Vernon-1 |
610 |
| Jeff Anastasia |
Olean-6 |
602 |
| Bob Clark |
Riverdale-NYC |
599 |
| Bill
Merna |
Hammond, Ogdensburg Free Academy-10 |
599 |
| Sam Kalloch |
Poughkeepsie-9 |
588 |
| Tom Murray |
Cardinal Hayes-NYC |
582 |
| Floyd
Bank |
Long Island City, Edison-PSAL |
579 |
| Larry Byrnes |
Collegiate School-AIS |
577 |
| Lou Panzanaro |
Peekskill-1 |
576 |
| Pat
Donnelly |
East Syracuse-Minoa, Bishop Ludden-3 |
571 |
| Buddy Wleklinski |
Syracuse CBA-3 |
568 |
| Mike Adey |
Rome Catholic, New
York Mills-3 |
567 |
| Jim Gatto |
St. John's Prep-NYC |
562 |
| Jerry Kaplan |
James I. O'Neill-9 |
560 |
| Lee Fisher |
Davenport-4 |
553 |
| Bob
Oliva |
Christ The King-CHSAA |
549 |
| George Mardigan |
Watervliet-2 |
546 |
| Ed Nietopski |
Cardinal Mooney, Bishop Kearney-5 |
545 |
| Mel
Palano |
Bishop Timon-St. Jude-MM |
544 |
| Harry Moskowitz |
James Madison-NYC |
541 |
| Al Knapp |
Brookfield, V-V-S-3 |
539 |
| John
Volpe |
Gorton, Sacred Heart-1 |
528 |
| Jim Zullo |
Shenendehowa-2, Broadalbin-Perth-2 and Indian Lake-7 |
528 |
| Roger Rigby |
Scio-5 |
527 |
| Chris
Cardon |
Eastridge,Irondequoit-5 |
523 |
| Dave Powers |
Oswego-3 |
520 |
| John Demas |
William C. Bryant-NYC |
519 |
| George
Khoury |
Warrensburg-2 |
518 |
| Jim Burke |
Prattsburgh-5 |
517 |
| Ted Adams |
Hempstead-8 |
517 |
| Charlie Folsom |
Harrisville-10 |
515 |
| Bob
Hettler |
Amherst-6 |
514 |
| Paul Lyons |
Albany-2 |
514 |
| Mike Del Val |
Woodlands, Alexander Hamilton, Rye-1 |
514 |
| Jack Agostino |
Amityville,
Bay Shore, Amityville-11 |
514 |
| Tony Rafaniello |
Monsignor Farrell, New Dorp, Moore-CHSAA |
511 |
| Walter Bachman |
Valley Stream
North-8, Jericho-8 |
504 |