This is a list of men's college ice hockey career coaching wins leaders. It is limited to coaches with at least 400 wins.
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 2025–26 college men's ice hockey season. = Coached one team= Active Coaches Rank Name Years Wins Losses Ties Teams1 Jerry York 50 1123 682 128 Clarkson (1972–1979), Bowling Green (1979–1994), Boston College (1994–2022)2 Ron Mason 36 924 380 83 Lake Superior State (1967–1973), Bowling Green (1973–1979), Michigan State (1979–2002)3 Jack Parker 40 897 472 115 Boston University (1973–2013)4 Red Berenson 33 848 426 92 Michigan (1984–2017)5 Rick Comley 38 783 615 110 Lake Superior State (1973–1976), Northern Michigan (1976–2002), Michigan State (2002–2011)6 Bob Peters 36 744 313 50 North Dakota (1964–1966), Bemidji State (1966–1982, 1983–2001)7 Mike McShane 37 741 348 69 St. Lawrence (1980–85), Providence (1985–1994), Norwich (1995–2018)8 Don Lucia 31 736 403 102 Alaska-Fairbanks (1987–1993), Colorado College (1993–1999), Minnesota (1999–2018)9 Tim Coghlin 32 706 193 63 St. Norbert (1993–present)10 Rand Pecknold 32 693 369 110 Quinnipiac (1994–present)11 Len Ceglarski 34 672 341 36 Clarkson (1958–1972), Boston College (1972–1992)12 Jeff Sauer 31 655 532 57 Colorado College (1971–1982), Wisconsin (1982–2002)13 Dean Fuller 41 637 388 68 Fitchburg State (1984–present)14 Bill O'Neill 41 626 436 76 Salem State (1981–2023)15 Bob Emery 30 624 215 65 Plattsburgh State (1989–2019)16 Rick Gotkin 38 617 580 114 Mercyhurst (1988–present)17 Bill Beaney 35 601 260 59 New England College (1978–84), Middlebury (1986–2002, 2003–2015)17 Jeff Jackson 26 601 343 99 Lake Superior State (1990–1996), Notre Dame (2005–2025)19 Dick Umile 28 598 375 114 New Hampshire (1990–2018)20 George Gwozdecky 27 593 391 85 Wisconsin–River Falls (1981–1984), Miami (1989–1994), Denver (1994–2013)21 John Rolli 32 577 224 43 Mass. Dartmouth (1984–2016)22 Mike Schafer 29 561 300 117 Cornell (1995–2025)23 John MacInnes 26 555 295 39 Michigan Tech (1956–1982)24 Jack Riley 36 542 343 20 Army (1950–1986)24 Terry Meagher 33 542 253 58 Bowdoin (1983–2016)26 Frank Serratore 33 539 564 115 Denver (1990–1994), Air Force (1997–present)27 Don Brose 34 539 362 78 Concordia (MN) (1958–1962), Minnesota State-Mankato (1970–1983, 1985–2000)27 Jack Arena 41 539 399 87 Amherst (1983–2025)29 Don Roberts 33 532 290 25 Gustavus Adolphus (1964–1997)30 Bob Daniels 33 510 625 117 Ferris State (1992–2025)31 Ed Saugestad 38 503 364 21 Augsburg (1958–1996)32 Scott Sandelin 26 493 423 105 Minnesota–Duluth (2000–Present)33 Steve Freeman 30 481 295 68 Wisconsin–River Falls (1996–Present)34 John Kelley 36 501 249 15 Boston College (1933–1942, 1947–1972)35 Joe Marsh 27 482 418 75 St. Lawrence (1985–2012)36 Don Vaughan 30 472 504 123 Colgate (1992–2003, 2004–2023)37 Wayne Wilson 26 471 337 82 RIT (1999–2025)38 Enrico Blasi 25 467 412 91 Miami (1999–2019), St. Thomas (2021–Present)39 Mark Taylor 25 465 178 56 Hobart (2000–Present)40 Bill Kangas 35 464 340 77 Williams (1989–2017, 2018–Present)41 Murray Armstrong 21 460 215 31 Denver (1956–1977)42 Bob Motzko 21 448 296 73 St. Cloud State (2005–2018), Minnesota (2018–Present)43 John Dunham 33 441 306 34 Trinity (1974–2007)44 Nate Leaman 23 441 312 104 Union (2003–2011), Providence (2011–Present)45 Bill Wilkinson 26 437 469 81 Western Michigan (1982–1999), Wayne State (1999–2008)46 Ed Gosek 22 427 149 38 Oswego State (2003–Present)46 Jeff Meredith 36 427 434 97 Fredonia State (1988–present)48 Guy Gadowsky 26 425 412 71 Alaska (1999–2004), Princeton (2004–2011), Penn State (2012–Present) 49 Bob Gaudet 32 424 482 112 Brown (1988–1997), Dartmouth (1997–2020)50 Mike Gilligan 25 419 350 49 Salem State (1975–1981), Yale (1983–1984), Vermont (1984–2003)51 Terry Skrypek 23 415 194 45 St. Thomas (1987–2010)52 Tom Serratore 25 416 397 108 Bemidji State (2001–Present)52 Gary Heenan 25 416 193 55 Utica (2001–Present)54 Charlie Holt 24 412 313 22 Colby (1962–1968), New Hampshire (1968–1986)55 Dean Blais 18 408 248 63 North Dakota (1995–2004), Omaha (2010–2017)56 Craig Dahl 24 408 402 57 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 2025–26 season). Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams Blaise MacDonald 29 384 381 103 Niagara (1996–2001), UMass Lowell (2001–2011), Colby (2012–present)
Historical winning percentage Prior to 1970, college teams routinely played fewer than 30 games per season, sometimes far fewer. This made reaching 400 career wins nearly impossible for many coaches, particularly in the early years of the sport. The following list includes several coaches whose career winning percentage was among the best in the college hockey history (minimum 10 seasons), all of whom had all of or a large portion of their tenure prior to 1970. Coaches appearing on the list above are not included. Name Years Wins Losses Ties Pct. Teams Alfred Winsor 15 114 38 2 Harvard (1903–1917, 1923–1924) Ned Harkness 24 384 131 11 Rensselaer (1949–1963), Cornell (1963–1970), Union (1975–1977) William Harrison 10 127 47 6 Clarkson (1948–1958) Larry Armstrong 12 125 54 10 Minnesota (1935–1947) Vic Heyliger 23 353 158 21 Illinois (1939–1943), Michigan (1944–1957), Air Force (1968–1974) Jack Kelley 18 306 147 12 Colby (1955–1962, 1976–1977), Boston University (1962–1972) Cheddy Thompson 10 149 72 5 Colorado College (1945–1955) Cooney Weiland 21 315 173 17 Harvard (1950–1971) Albert Prettyman 26 141 80 7 Hamilton (1918–1943), Colgate (1943–1944) Clarence Wanamaker 11 97 57 4 Dartmouth (1915–1918, 1919–1920), Yale (1921–1928) Jack Roos 17 134 79 7 Clarkson (1929–1944, 1946–1948) Harry Cleverly 17 212 142 10 Boston University (1945–1962) George Menard 15 204 137 14 St. Lawrence (1955–1967, 1968–1971) Eddie Jeremiah 26 308 239 11 Dartmouth (1937–1942, 1945–1963, 1964–1967)
Notes Shawn Walsh finished his career with 399 wins, however, that total excludes the 27 wins that were vacated as part of a pair of NCAA rulings on player ineligibility.
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