Achieving 500 victories is a truly monumental feat. Below is the updated list, through 2024, 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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| Jack Curran |
Archbishop Molloy-CHSAA |
972 |
| Ron Naclerio |
Cardozo-PSAL |
961 |
| 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 |
| Tim Leary |
St. Francis Prep-CHSAA |
646 |
| Tom Blackford |
Fayetteville-Manlius, Hamilton-3 |
643 |
| Jack Halloran |
Whitney Point-4 |
630 |
| Rod Chando |
Red Hook-9 |
626 |
| Jeff Weiss |
Lawrence-Woodmere-AIS |
625 |
| Bob
Cimmino |
Mount Vernon-1 |
623 |
| 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 |
| Tom Murray |
Cardinal Hayes-NYC |
582 |
| Floyd Bank |
Long Island City, Edison-PSAL |
579 |
| Buddy Wleklinski |
Syracuse CBA-3 |
578 |
| Larry Byrnes |
Collegiate School-AIS |
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 |
| 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 |
| Harry Moskowitz |
James Madison-NYC |
541 |
| Al Knapp |
Brookfield, V-V-S-3 |
539 |
| Jack Agostino |
Amityville,
Bay Shore, Amityville-11 |
530 |
| John Volpe |
Gorton, Sacred Heart-1 |
528 |
| Jim Zullo |
Shenendehowa-2, Broadalbin-Perth-2 and Indian Lake-7 |
528 |
| Roger
Rigby |
Scio-5 |
527 |
| Chris Cardon |
Eastridge,Irondequoit-5 |
523 |
| Dave Powers |
Oswego-3 |
520 |
| John Demas |
William C. Bryant-NYC |
519 |
| George Khoury |
Warrensburg-2 |
518 |
| Walter Bachman |
Valley Stream North-8, Jericho-8 |
518 |
| Jim Burke |
Prattsburgh-5 |
517 |
| Ted Adams |
Hempstead-8 |
517 |
| Charlie Folsom |
Harrisville-10 |
515 |
| Paul Lyons |
Albany-2 |
515 |
| Bob McKenney |
Jamesville-DeWitt and Bishop Grimes-3 |
514 |
| Bob Hettler |
Amherst-6 |
514 |
| Mike Del Val |
Woodlands, Alexander Hamilton, Rye-1 |
514 |
| Tony Rafaniello |
Monsignor Farrell, New Dorp, Moore-CHSAA |
511 |
| Herm Lamison |
Southampton-11 |
510 |
| Ken
Parnham |
BayShore-11 |
505 |