Achieving 500 victories is a truly monumental feat. Below is the updated list, through 2026, 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 |
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| Ron Naclerio |
Cardozo-PSAL |
975 |
| Jack Curran |
Archbishop Molloy-CHSAA |
972 |
| 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 |
| Tom Blackford |
Fayetteville-Manlius, Hamilton-3,
3-Westmoreland |
648 |
| Tim Leary |
St. Francis Prep-CHSAA |
646 |
| Bob Cimmino |
Mount Vernon-1 |
641 |
| Jack Halloran |
Whitney Point-4 |
630 |
| Rod Chando |
Red Hook-9 |
626 |
| Jeff Weiss |
Lawrence Woodmere-NYSAIS |
625 |
| 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 |
| Buddy Wleklinski |
Syracuse CBA-3 |
587 |
| Tom Murray |
Cardinal Hayes-NYC |
582 |
| Floyd Bank |
Long Island City, Edison-PSAL |
579 |
| Larry Byrnes |
Collegiate School-NYSAIS |
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 |
| Fred Agnostakis |
Friends Seminary/Loyola-NYSAIS |
550 |
| 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 |
| Jeff Bieder |
Murry
Bergtraum, South Shore-PSAL |
543 |
| Harry Moskowitz |
James Madison-NYC |
541 |
| Jack Agostino |
Amityville, Bay Shore, Amityville-11 |
540 |
| Al Knapp |
Brookfield,
V-V-S-3 |
539 |
| Wally Bachman |
Valley Stream North-8, Jericho-8 |
536 |
| Dwayne "Tiny" Morton |
Abraham Lincoln, Nazareth-PSAL/CHSAA |
535 |
| John Volpe |
Gorton, Sacred Heart-1 |
528 |
| Jim Zullo |
Shenendehowa-2, Broadalbin-Perth-2 and Indian Lake-7 |
528 |
| Roger Rigby |
Scio-5 |
527 |
| Herm Lamison |
Southampton-11 |
526 |
| Chris
Cardon |
Eastridge,Irondequoit-5 |
523 |
| Dave Powers |
Oswego-3 |
520 |
| Buddy Brasky |
Batavia-5 |
520 |
| John Demas |
William C. Bryant-NYC |
519 |
| Bob McKenney |
Jamesville-DeWitt,
Bishop Grimes, OnTech Charter-3 |
519 |
| George Khoury |
Warrensburg-2 |
518 |
| Jim Burke |
Prattsburgh-5 |
517 |
| Ted Adams |
Hempstead-8 |
517 |
| Charlie Folsom |
Harrisville-10 |
515 |
| Paul Lyons |
Albany-2 |
515 |
| Bob Hettler |
Amherst-6 |
514 |
| Mike Del Val |
Woodlands, Alexander Hamilton, Rye-1 |
514 |
| James Santoro |
Our
Lady of Lourdes-9 |
514 |
| Michael Delaney |
Watertown IHC-3 |
513 |
| Tony Rafaniello |
Monsignor Farrell, New Dorp, Moore-CHSAA |
511 |
| Spencer Mayfield |
Nyack,
White Plains-1 |
510 |
| Ken Parnham |
Bay Shore-11 |
505 |