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 |
|
|
|
Jack Curran |
Archbishop Molloy-CHSAA |
972 |
Ron Naclerio |
Cardozo-PSAL |
961 |
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 |
Tom Blackford |
Fayetteville-Manlius, Hamilton-3 |
643 |
Jack Halloran |
Whitney Point-4 |
630 |
Rod
Chando |
Red Hook-9 |
626 |
Jeff Weiss |
Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS |
625 |
Bob Cimmino |
Mount Vernon-1 |
623 |
Dudley Maxim |
Trinity
School-NYC |
619 |
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 |
Buddy Wleklinski |
Syracuse CBA-3 |
578 |
Larry Byrnes |
Collegiate School-AIS |
577 |
Lou Panzanaro |
Peekskill-1 |
576 |
Pat
Donnelly |
East Syracuse-Minoa, Bishop Ludden-3 |
571 |
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 |
Jack Agostino |
Amityville, Bay Shore, Amityville-11 |
530 |
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 |
Walter Bachman |
Valley Stream North-8, Jericho-8 |
518 |
Jim Burke |
Prattsburgh-5 |
517 |
Ted
Adams |
Hempstead-8 |
517 |
Charlie Folsom |
Harrisville-10 |
515 |
Paul Lyons |
Albany-2 |
515 |
Bob McKenney |
Jamesville-DeWitt
and Bishop Grimes-3 |
514 |
Bob Hettler |
Amherst-6 |
514 |
Mike Del Val |
Woodlands, Alexander Hamilton, Rye-1 |
514 |
Tony Rafaniello |
Monsignor
Farrell, New Dorp, Moore-CHSAA |
511 |
Marc Werner has put together a LIST OF COACHES in Section 3 with the highest winning percentages.
(minimum of two years)