Can you name the coaches/managers with the most regular season wins in each of these major North American sports? by Hejman

Can you name the coaches/managers with the most regular season wins in each of these major North American sports?

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Updated August, 2010 for all categories except Major League Baseball, which will be updated at the end of the 2010 baseball season.
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National Football League
328
318
250
226
213
200
193
190
186
172

Major League Baseball
3,731
2,763
2,642
2,504
2,326
2,194
2,158
2,125
2,040
2,008

National Basketball Association
1,335
1,332
1,210
1,190
1,089
1,098
986
944
938
935

National Hockey League
1,244
782
692
684
672
620
588
582
556
542

College Football (FBS)
401
377
323
319
314
257
255
249
238
234

Men's College Basketball (Div I)
902
900
879
876
856
855
830
804
786
780

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Major Sports 'Winningest' Coaches Quiz

by Hejman

Created Mar 9, 2010 in Sports
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	Hejman:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 00:44 GMT	4 points
	For what it's worth, I realize that "winningest" isn't actually a word, but it conveyed the correct meaning better than anything that the OED has deemed official.

	Hejman:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 00:54 GMT	1 point
	Also, my apologies to MLS fans. The exclusion of the league from this quiz isn't meant as a slight to North American soccer (after all, I live near Columbus- home of the 2008 champion Columbus Crew!). Alas, though, the league's relatively short lifespan doesn't make for much disparity in coaching marks or fame for certain coaches. In fact, it's quite difficult to even find coaching records for the MLS. Even the MLS website doesn't have a coaching wins category on its 'history' page.

	hibernia:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 15:18 GMT	1 point
	Very cool quiz. I should've done a lot better, but the ol' brain ain't what it used to be.

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	johnjohnjohnjohn:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 20:30 GMT	3 points
	nice quiz. i believe Bobby Bowden officially has 377 wins.

	Hejman:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 22:55 GMT	1 point
	You're absolutely right johnx4. The source I used (the 2010 SI Sports Almanac) was printed before the NCAA stripped Bowden of some victories. The web seems to be filled with various win totals for him, ranging from 373 to 379 but 377 seems to be the more frequent one cited. I'll make the change.

	wittrunner:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 02:35 GMT	2 points
	you should clarify that you are only using coaches from men's college basketball

	Hejman:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 02:42 GMT	1 point
	Excellent point wittrunner, I'll do that straight away.

	sedriskell:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 16:04 GMT	2 points
	I think it would be reasonable to accept Alonzo Stagg as an answer.

	Hejman:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 16:58 GMT	1 point
	It would, sedriskell- I'd add that. Thanks for the suggestion. I would note also that last names alone are acceptable for all of them.

	scottr:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 19:46 GMT	1 point
	think you need a little more time; coaches dont come right to your brain and have to think about it

	jmac347:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 07:46 GMT	-1 points
	shouldnt john wooden be on there???

	Hejman:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 11:58 GMT	2 points
	John Wooden has only 664 career wins.

	Hejman:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 02:15 GMT	1 point
	Hmmm... this turned out to be a much harder quiz than I had originally anticipated it would be.

	kjack66:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 16:18 GMT	1 point
	It's Lute Olson, with two o's, not Olsen.

	Hejman:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 17:00 GMT	1 point
	Wow, this quiz has been active for four months and you're the first person to catch that. Thanks!

	rk559:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 17:33 GMT	1 point
	Krzyzewski would probably be at 90% if anyone could spell his name.

	Hejman:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 17:52 GMT	1 point
	Not sure if anyone has noticed it, but 'Coach K' is accepted.

	PWT3:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 22:12 GMT	-3 points
	The NFL has two major records where undeserving bums hung around, stole records everyone knew they were unworthy of from true worthies, then immediately retired. This is Shula passing Halas, and Emmitt Smith passing Payton.

	Hejman:	Jul 1st, 2010 at 22:27 GMT	1 point
	Just noticed that Ben made this an editor's choice today. Thanks, Ben!

	HinesWard86:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 02:03 GMT	1 point
	Great game, perhaps a little more time though? A minute for each sport is tough with the storied history of each.

	Gullek:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 12:18 GMT	0 points
	You should really specify Mens D-I College Basketball, I tried Summitt and Auriemma about 3 times before realizing they weren't gonna be on there (turns out Auriemma wouldn't be on there anyway).

	Holey123:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 13:01 GMT	5 points
	Thank you fo accepting Coach K

	Hejman:	Jul 2nd, 2010 at 18:27 GMT	1 point
	@Gullek- great point. I'll add "men's" to make that clear. Also curious to hear if others think the time needs to be longer.

	EasyTarget:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 02:25 GMT	1 point
	I think another minute would be helpful.

	hrflyer2000:	Jul 3rd, 2010 at 15:25 GMT	1 point
	This list was huge. More time would have helped. I think I wasted a minute on Coach "K" from Duke - nice to know "Coach K" is accepted.

	rld34:	Jul 14th, 2010 at 00:23 GMT	1 point
	Definitely more time would of helped, but a good quiz. Also, Don Nelson is now the all-time leader in wins for the NBA. You might want to fix that.

	missjordan:	Aug 14th, 2010 at 01:58 GMT	1 point
	I give props to those who were able to correctly spell Marty Schottenheimer's name.

	Hejman:	Aug 14th, 2010 at 03:10 GMT	1 point
	I updated all of the lists today except for the MLB one since we're in the middle of the baseball season and those numbers are changing daily. I'll update the baseball list in October when the regular season comes to a close.