Most Wins College Basketball Coach Division 1

Starting as a guard at the US Military Academy, Mike Krzyzewski, most commonly known as Coach K, went on to become one of the most famous and successful personalities in college basketball history.

His illustrious coaching career of around 47 years, which included stints at both the Army and Duke University, achieved unparalleled success and earned him an indelible mark in the Hall of Fame of Great Coaches.

At Duke University, he built a dynasty that changed the world of college basketball.

Under his insightful guidance, the Blue Devils rose to extraordinary heights, winning 5 national championships and reaching the Final Four 13 times, the highest for a Division I men's basketball coach.

He is the coach with most NCAA basketball wins. He amassed an astonishing 1,202 victories as he has all time coaching wins NCAA basketball.

However, his coaching skills extended beyond the college level. He also guided the U.S. Men's National Basketball Team to their third consecutive gold medal at the Olympics.

He also won two championships at the FIBA ​​World Championship, securing his bequeathal as one of the most successful international coaches of all time.

He is the head coach in Division I with the most wins ever.

Jim Boeheim is a former American college basketball coach and currently special assistant to the athletic director at Syracuse University.

He worked as the head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's team in the Atlantic Coast Conference From the year 1976 to 2023.

He led the Orange to Ten Big East Conference regular season championships, 5 Big East Tournament championships, and thirty-four NCAA championship appearances which included 5 Final Four appearances and 3 National Title Game appearances.

In these games, in 1987 the Orangemen suffered defeat against Indiana, in 1996 against Kentucky, and in 2003 against Kansas with All-American Carmelo Anthony.

He also worked as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Basketball Team at the Summer Olympics and for the FIBA ​​World Cup.

In September 2005, he was introduced to the Hall of Fame of Basketball.

Boeheim considered retiring in 2018 but because of some reasons he had to delay his retirement, but announced his retirement in 2023.

Bob Huggins, nicknamed “Huggy Bear,” was a prominent figure in the world of college basketball and a witness to firm passion and dedication.

He went on to become the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was introduced to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Bob Huggins has 935 career wins.

He is one of the few coaches with over 900 career victories, ranking him among the NCAA winningest basketball coaches.

His teams have consistently made deep runs in the NCAA Tournament. He has managed to lead his team in a total of 24 NCAA tournaments, including 23 in the past 26 seasons, which is outstanding.

However, his legacy goes far beyond his victories and defeats.

James Calhoun was a college basketball coach before he retired. He is most commonly known for leading the University of Connecticut men's basketball team.

His teams competed in 4 Final Fours, captured the 1988 N.I.T. championship, won 3 NCAA national titles, and won 7 Big East tournament titles.

The then 68-year-old became the oldest coach to win a Division I men's basketball championship with his team's 2011 NCAA championship.

By the time February 2019 rolled around, he had won 873 games during his NCAA Division I career, good for 11th place all-time. He had won his 800th game in 2009. He led the University of Saint Joseph men's basketball team from 2018 to 2021.

He is regarded as one of the best coaches of all time and is one of just 6 coaches in NCAA Division 1 history to win 3 or more championships. He was introduced to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.

He has a huge collection of individual awards, such as:

• John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award in 2005
• AP Coach of the Year in 1990
• UPI Coach of the Year in 1990
• CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year in 1990
• Sporting News Coach of the Year in 1990
• 4 times Big East Coach of the Year in the years 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1998
• America East Coach of the Year in 1986
• Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award in 2019

Roy Allen Williams was a head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels for around 18 seasons and for 15 seasons he looked after Kansas Jayhawks.

In 1978, he began his college coaching career at North Carolina as an assistant coach under Dean Smith.

After 10 years as an assistant under Smith, in 1988, Williams became head coach at Kansas, taking them to fourteen straight NCAA tournaments.

Including 4 Final Fours appearances, appearing twice in the national championship game, collecting a winning percentage of .805, and winning nine conference titles.

Williams left Kansas to return to his alma mater North Carolina in 2003, coming in place of Matt Doherty as head coach of the Tar Heels.

During an 18-year span at North Carolina, he won 3 national championships, managed to reach a total of 5 Final Fours, topped the ACC regular season standings 9 times, won 3 championships in ACC tournaments, an AP National Coach of the Year Award, and also won 2 ACC Coach of the Year awards.

After Phog Allen and Bill Self, Roy Williams is the third all-time for most wins at Kansas, and just behind his mentor legendary Dean Smith in all-time for most wins at North Carolina.

In 2006 he was introduced into the College Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2007 he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bob Knight, commonly known as "the General" was a men's college basketball coach. He has achieved immense success as a coach.

He managed to look after Indiana Hoosiers from the year 1971 to 2000, Texas Tech Red Raiders from 2001 to 2008 and Army Black Knights from 1965 to 1971.

In 1991, Bob Knight was introduced to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

His achievements as a player include being a NCAA champion in 1960. But as a head coach, he achieved a lot more success.

• He won NCAA Division I champion, three times in 1976, 1981, and 1987
• Final Four, five times in 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, and 1992
• Big Ten regular season 11 times in 1973–1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 1993
• NIT in 1979
• Henry Iba Award, two times in 1975, and 1989
• Naismith College Coach of the Year in 1987
• AP Coach of the Year, three times in 1975, 1976, and 1989
• Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award in 2002
• Big Ten Coach of the Year, five times in 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, and 1989
• Naismith Award for Men's Outstanding Contribution to Basketball in 2007

Dean Edwards Smith, a coaching legend was a coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for around 36 years.

He worked as a coach from 1961 to 1997 and by the time he announced his retirement from coaching, he had 879 wins, which was the record win at the time in NCAA Division 1.

He is one of the NCAA basketball coaches most wins, with 77.6%, and he had the 9th highest winning percentage of men's college basketball coach.

In his spell as the head coach, he managed to win 2 national championships with North Carolina, making 11 final fours appearances.

He played under legendary coach Phog Allen in his playing time at the University of Kansas. There he went on to win the national championship in 1952.

Adolph Frederick Rupp was a former basketball player as well as a basketball coach, who is considered one of the best head coaches in the college division.

He is currently ranked in eighth position in the most wins in NCAA Division 1 by men's college coach with a staggering 876 wins in his 41 years as the coach at the Kentucky Univerity.

He is ranked second with a .822 winning percentage in college men's coaches in all-time just behind Mark Few. In 1969 he was introduced to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

He as a player won Helms National two times in 1922, and 1923.

Jim Phelan is one of the legendary figures in the college basketball world. He was a college basketball coach and most popularly known for his unimaginable 49-year illustrative coaching career at Mount Saint Mary's University.

He studies at La Salle University, where he also played for a season in the NBA with the Philadelphia Warriors. He was most commonly known for always wearing a Bow Tie on the dugouts.

After his short time with the Warriors, he then went on to become a basketball coach. In 1954 he started his coaching career with Mt. Saint Mary's University.

He spent his coaching career at the same club, being a passionate and loyal worker for the team.

Jim Phelan is one of the NCAA basketball coaches with most wins.

Cliff Ellis is the only active coach on the list. He is the current head coach of Coastal Carolina University and is one of the winningest NCAA basketball coaches in history of all time.

He started his coaching career at Ruckel JHS as an assistant in 1968. He then went on to work as a coach for various teams including Niceville, Vanguard, Cumberland, South Alabama, Clemson, and Auburn.

It remains to be seen if he can be the most NCAA basketball wins coach or not.

He has won many championships as a head coach, such as:

• Three Sun Belt regular seasons in a row from 1979 to1981
• ACC regular season in 1990
• SEC regular season in 1999
• Big South regular season three times in 2010, 2011, and 2014
• 2 Big South tournaments in 2014, and 2015