Yearly Coaching Men's Leaders and Records for Losses

Losses

  • Includes record as coach of major (D-I or equivalent) programs
Losses Table
Season Coach L School
2024-25 Scott Spinelli 10 Chicago State
2023-24 Mike Davis 31 Detroit Mercy
2022-23 Mark Fox 29 California
2021-22 Wayne Tinkle 28 Oregon State
2020-21 Lindsey Hunter 22 Mississippi Valley State
  John Pelphrey 22 Tennessee Tech
  Steve Prohm 22 Iowa State
2019-20 Kenneth Blakeney 29 Howard
  Brett Nelson 29 Holy Cross
2018-19 Lance Irvin 29 Chicago State
2017-18 Tracy Dildy 29 Chicago State
2016-17 Jay Joyner 29 North Carolina A&T
2015-16 Tracy Dildy 28 Chicago State
2014-15 Dave Wojcik 28 San Jose State
2013-14 Nick Robinson 27 Southern Utah
2012-13 Pat Knight 28 Lamar
  Joseph Price 28 Grambling
2011-12 Pat Skerry 31 Towson
2010-11 Adam Walsh 29 Centenary (LA)
2009-10 Chuck Martin 29 Marist
  Larry Smith 29 Alcorn State
2008-09 Brian Katz 27 Sacramento State
  Zac Roman 27 Southeast Missouri State
2007-08 Meredith Smith 28 Maryland-Eastern Shore
2006-07 Jeff Ruland 28 Iona
2005-06 Horace Broadnax 28 Savannah State
2004-05 Ed Daniels 28 Savannah State
2003-04 Scott Hicks 27 Loyola (MD)
2002-03 Bob Hill 26 Fordham
  Curtis Hunter 26 North Carolina A&T
2001-02 Harold Blevins 26 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
  Bo Ellis 26 Chicago State
2000-01 Dave Bollwinkel 27 Saint Mary's (CA)
1999-00 Larry Wright 30 Grambling
1998-99 Kirk Saulny 25 Howard
1997-98 Horace Broadnax 26 Bethune-Cookman
1996-97 Kurt Kanaskie 26 Drake
  Sal Mentesana 26 Lehigh
1995-96 Craig Hodges 25 Chicago State
1994-95 Steve Beason 26 Cal Poly
1993-94 Ron Ganulin 26 St. Francis (NY)
  Don Newman 26 Sacramento State
1992-93 Jim O'Brien 26 Dayton
  Elwood Plummer 26 Prairie View
1991-92 Elwood Plummer 28 Prairie View
1990-91 Tim Capstraw 26 Wagner
  Gary Zarecky 26 U.S. International
1989-90 Jimmy Gales 25 North Texas
  Mike Martin 25 Stephen F. Austin
1988-89 John Kuester 27 George Washington
1987-88 Marshall Emery 25 Delaware State
  Gerry Friel 25 New Hampshire
  Riley Wallace 25 Hawaii
1986-87 Smokey Gaines 25 San Diego State
1985-86 Tom Sullivan 26 Manhattan
1984-85 Freddie Goss 27 U.S. International
1983-84 Tom O'Neill 27 Pacific
1982-83 Marty Fletcher 25 Virginia Military Institute
  Freddie Goss 25 U.S. International
  Jim Hatfield 25 Hardin-Simmons
1981-82 Charlie Schmaus 25 Virginia Military Institute
1980-81 Tony McAndrews 24 Colorado State
  Ray Wilson 24 Massachusetts
1979-80 Pop Gaines 24 Mississippi Valley State
  Ray Wilson 24 Massachusetts
1978-79 David Reese 25 Charleston Southern
1977-78 Larry Little 26 Hawaii
1976-77 Marshall Emery 25 Delaware State
1975-76 Robert Polk 24 Rice
  Ken Trickey 24 Iowa State
1974-75 Dan Jones 24 Maryland-Eastern Shore
1973-74 Jack Waters 25 Georgia State
1972-73 Dick Campbell 23 Xavier
1971-72 Jackson Spencer 24 Nevada
1970-71 Mike Schuler 25 Virginia Military Institute
1969-70 Mike Cimino 22 Saint Mary's (CA)
  Gary Hulst 22 Montana State
  Ned Wulk 22 Arizona State
1968-69 Stan Albeck 24 Denver
1967-68 Orvis Sigler 23 Centenary (LA)
1966-67 Press Maravich 23 Louisiana State
1965-66 Duck Dowell 24 Pepperdine
1964-65 George Carlisle 22 Rice
  Ralph Pedersen 22 Tulane
1963-64 Doggie Julian 23 Dartmouth
1962-63 Van Sweet 22 Pacific
1961-62 Charles Johnson 23 North Texas
1960-61 Billy McCann 23 Virginia
1959-60 John Frankie 20 Rice
  Bill Perigo 20 Michigan
1958-59 Fred Enke 22 Arizona
  Everett Shelton 22 Wyoming
1957-58 Bill Stockton 21 New Mexico
1956-57 Jack Null 22 Virginia Military Institute
1955-56 Duck Dowell 23 Pepperdine
1954-55 Donald White 22 Rutgers
1953-54 Red Laird 24 Virginia Tech
1952-53 Jack Friel 27 Washington State
1951-52 Bob Dewey 23 Case Western Reserve
  Herb Gregg 23 Northern Arizona
1950-51 Doggie Julian 23 Dartmouth
1949-50 Bebe Lee 23 Colorado State
1948-49 E.D. Taylor 21 Colorado State
  Joseph Whitesides 21 Utah State
1947-48 William Barclay 20 Harvard
  James Freeman 20 Scranton
  Hub McQuillan 20 TCU
1946-47 Guy Wicks 24 Idaho
1945-46 Fritz Knorr 20 Kansas State
1944-45 Jiggs Dahlberg 22 Montana
1943-44 Kyle Anderson 19 Chicago
  Jack Friel 19 Washington State
1942-43 Kyle Anderson 21 Chicago
1941-42 Nelson Norgren 20 Chicago
1940-41 Burton Shipley 21 Maryland
1939-40 Roy Johnson 22 New Mexico
1938-39 Roy Johnson 21 New Mexico
1937-38 Ed Davidson 21 Saint Louis
  Ted Petoskey 21 South Carolina
1936-37 Thomas Dowler 18 William & Mary
1935-36 Ray Dauber 17 Tulane
  Dave McMillan 17 Minnesota
1934-35 Adolph Lewandowski 18 Montana
  Nelson Norgren 18 Chicago
1933-34 Schubert Dyche 22 Montana State
1932-33 William Reinhart 19 Oregon
1931-32 Charlie Black 17 Nebraska
  Bill Boelter 17 Drake
1930-31 Lon Jourdet 17 Pennsylvania
  Rock Norman 17 South Carolina
1929-30 Richard Fox 18 Idaho
1928-29 Phog Allen 15 Kansas
  George Bohler 15 Auburn
  Ray Dauber 15 Mississippi State
  Albert Wittmer 15 Princeton
1927-28 Karl Schlademan 17 Washington State
1926-27 Brady Cowell 20 Florida
1925-26 Josh Cody 18 Vanderbilt
1924-25 Joseph Fogarty 16 Yale
1923-24 Frank Bridges 23 Baylor
1922-23 Frank Bridges 16 Baylor
1921-22 George Bohler 24 Oregon
1920-21 Mathew Brown 17 Washington (MO)
  R.B. Rutherford 17 Oregon State
  Albert Sharpe 17 Yale
1919-20 W.A. Zahn 20 Dartmouth
1918-19 Mark Banks 18 Drake
1917-18 Fred Walker 26 Dartmouth
1916-17 Pat Page 15 Chicago
1915-16 Ralph Glaze 15 Southern California
1914-15 Alcott Neary 15 Fordham
1913-14 Homer Hubbard 14 Iowa State
1912-13 Homer Hubbard 13 Iowa State
  Clement Risacher 13 Fordham
  Floyd Thomas 13 Iowa
  H.E. Zehner 13 Bucknell
1911-12 John Donahue 22 Saint Joseph's
1910-11 J. Fred Bohler 16 Washington State
1909-10 Edward Hanrahan 15 Manhattan
1908-09 R.G. Clapp 15 Nebraska
1907-08 Mike Ahearn 12 Kansas State
  George Grebenstein 12 Harvard
  Chris Mahoney 12 Fordham
1906-07 William Kelleher 10 Princeton
  John Koehler 10 Denver
  Frank Pinckney 10 Illinois
1905-06 Frederick Cooper 10 Princeton
1904-05 Zora Clevenger 12 Indiana
1903-04 Henry Ahrens 11 Brown
  John Kimmell 11 Indiana State
1902-03 Paul DeWolf 10 Brown
1901-02 Charles Ray 15 Brown
1900-01 Daniel Hains 10 Wabash
1899-00 John Rogers 8 Temple
1898-99 Charles Williams 6 Temple
1897-98 Henry Anderson 9 Yale
1896-97 Charles Williams 11 Temple
1895-96 Charles Williams 7 Temple
1894-95 Charles Williams 3 Temple

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