The Graduates: Boeheim is Head of Class Among Coaches at Alma Maters

June 24th, 2012 - 18:39

No active major-college coach, or retired one for that matter, is anywhere close to Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (890) regarding most victories with their alma mater. After Charlie Coles (266) retired at Miami (OH), North Carolina's Roy Williams (257) passed Central Connecticut State's Howie Dickenman (249) to become a distant runner-up to Boeheim among active mentors in this category.

The runner-up among retired bench bosses in this distinctive department is Missouri's Norm Stewart (634), who was passed by Boeheim early in the 2002-03 campaign. Boeheim is atop the following list of coaches with at least as many Division I triumphs for their alma mater as Lew Andreas (355), who is one of Boeheim's predecessors at Syracuse:

Coach Alma Mater Coaching Career Summary at Alma Mater
Jim Boeheim Syracuse '66 890 victories since 1976-77
Norm Stewart Missouri '56 634 from 1967-68 through 1998-99
Slats Gill Oregon State '24 599 from 1928-29 through 1963-64
Guy Lewis Houston '47 592 from 1956-57 through 1985-86
Phog Allen Kansas '06 588 from 1919-20 through 1955-56
Lou Carnesecca St. John's '46 526 from 1965-66 through 1969-70 & 1973-74 through 1991-92
Gary Williams Maryland '67 461 from 1989-90 through 2010-11
Gale Catlett West Virginia '63 439 from 1978-79 through 2001-02
Don Donoher Dayton '54 437 from 1964-65 through 1988-89
Howard Cann New York University '20 409 from 1923-24 through 1957-58
Mike Vining Northeast Louisiana '67 401 from 1981-82 through 2004-05
Vadal Peterson Utah '20 386 from 1927-28 through 1952-53
Bob Nichols Toledo '53 377 from 1965-66 through 1986-87
Harry Litwack Temple '30 373 from 1952-53 through 1972-73
Stan Watts Brigham Young '38 371 from 1949-50 through 1971-72
Doc Carlson Pittsburgh '17 366 from 1922-23 through 1952-53
Branch McCracken Indiana '30 364 from 1938-39 through 1964-65
Eddie Sutton Oklahoma State '58 364 from 1990-91 through 2005-06
George Blaney Holy Cross '61 357 from 1972-73 through 1993-94
Lew Andreas Syracuse '21 355 from 1924-25 through 1949-50
Jim Snyder Ohio University '41 355 from 1949-50 through 1973-74

NOTE: Dave Bike (Sacred Heart '69) has 145 major-college wins since the Pioneers moved up to the DI level in 1999-2000 (519 overall).