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Updated list of state's all-time winningest Boys Basketball Coaches

03/26/2020, 8:30am CDT
By Travis Wilson

Blair-Taylor's Randy Storlie moved into the top ten on the all-time boys basketball wins list in Wisconsin

The abrupt end of the 2019-20 boys basketball season is in the rearview mirror, which means it is time to update the boys basketball coaching wins list record book.

Of the top 39 coaches in state history, eight of them were active in 2019-20. 

Of course, the state's winningest coach continues on, as Cuba City head man Jerry Petitgoue extended his career record to 962-256, including a few years at now-defunct Gratiot High School. The sudden end of the season also brought an end to the Cubans' perfect record to that point, as the team was a favorite to take home the fourth gold ball for Petitgoue.

Seymour's Jon Murphy moves into fourth place, joining elite company with more than 600 career victories, moving his record to 615-193 after the Thunder finished 23-2. He's now 31 wins behind Sheboygan North's Tom Desotell for third place, and 46 victories behind second-place Bob Letsch of Racine St. Catherine's.

Jim Gosz moved up a couple spots in the top ten as Dominican finished 20-4, moving his career record to 596-133. Most of that came during his time at Milwaukee King.

Randy Storlie is now ninth in state history with 583 victories at Taylor High School and now the combined Blair-Taylor. Like Cuba City and Coach Petitgoue, Storlie's Wildcats were still alive at the time the tournament was canceled.

Racine Lutheran's Jeff Christensen (512 wins, tie for 23rd), Seneca's David Boland (507 wins, 29th), Westby's Bob Constalie (469 wins, 37th), Oostburg's Kevin Bruggink (464-182, 39th) are also active coaches in 2019-20 who make the list. Constalie, who also coached at La Farge, has indicated he will not return next season.
 

Records only include varsity wins at Wisconsin high schools as a boys' basketball coach. 

*denotes active coach 

Boys Basketball Coaching Wins Records

# Coach School Years Wins Losses
1 Jerry Petitgoue Cuba City/Gratiot 55 1027 270
2 Jon Murphy* Seymour/Kimberly 35 668 219
3 Bob Letsch Racine St. Catherine's 37 661 250
4 Tom Desotell Sheboygan North 39 646 241
5 Randy Storlie* Blair-Taylor / Taylor 41 646 308
6 Frank Schade Oshkosh North/Plymouth 42 610 317
7 Tim Anderson Auburndale 40 607 280
8 Jim Gosz Milwaukee King/Dominican 31 606 145
9 Bill Uelmen Regis/Cadott/Mondovi 35 590 307
10 Harold Mulhern Osseo-Fairchild/McDonell/Durand 39 568 329
11 Chris Zwettler* Edgewood/St. Ambrose/Stockton (IL) 41 562 425
12 Tom Diener Cedarburg/Milw. Hamilton/Vincent/Muskego/St. Mary's Springs/Green Bay West 33 557 238
13 Ron Einerson Cashton/Plymouth/Neenah 37 556 235
14 Carl Bruggink Clintonville 41 549 368
15 Fred Kestly Pulaski 38 543 269
16 Tony Fiore Eau Claire Regis/Rhinelander/Crivitz 39 541 312
17 David Boland Seneca 34 539 240
18 Ted Voigt Lakeland 38 538 273
19 Kevin Bruggink* Howards Grove / Oostburg 30 535 210
20 Fred Suchy Bloomer/Shawano/Elkhorn/Sevastopol 37 532 275
21 Ralph Larson Winneconne/Delavan 47 531 453
22(tie) Jack Tetzner Thorp 39 525 274
22(tie) Jeff Christensen Racine Lutheran 33 525 266
24 Jim Stevens New Glarus/Mauston/Madison West 38 523 296
25 Dale Walz Wisconsin Lutheran/Lakeside Lutheran 35 515 245
26 Ron Schultz New Auburn/Fall Creek 33 513 190
27 Bob Haffele Randolph/Gilman 23 512 91
28(tie) Win Parkinson Milwaukee Tech 33 511 152
28(tie) Paul Noack Marquette 25 511 99
30(tie) Ole Jorgensen Neenah 39 509 258
30(tie) Sam Young Black River Falls 39 509 238
32 John McGuire Racine St. Catherine's (25)/Highland (1)/Cudahy (1) 27 504 157
33 Paul Wollersheim* Dominican/Martin Luther 25 501 149
34 Eli Crogan Soldiers Grove / Fennimore / Watertown / Wayland 40 494 324
35 Lucky Wurtz Laconia/Waupun/Kimberly 32 492 278
36 Clyde Rusk Milwaukee Washington/West Allis Hale/Nicolet 39 484 270
37 Mike Flanagen Weyauwega-Fremont 41 481 402
38 James Nedelcoff Benton / Southwestern 39 476 341
39 Mickey Martin Albany / Parkview / Little Chute 38 471 382
40 Greg Jensen Amherst 29 470 188
41 Bob Constalie Westby / La Farge 30 469 297
42 Michael Schalow* Kaukauna 29 459 242
43 Fred Booth Glenwood City 24 447 128
44 Dan Burreson* Mineral Point 29 445 235
45 Phil Jones Milwaukee Bay View / Milwaukee Marshall / Shorewood N/A 442 333
46 Dennis Uppena Cassville 29 441 237
47 Curt Lamb* Almond-Bancroft 25 436 159
48 Dick Diener Fond du Lac/Colfax 25 434 140
49 Mark Meerstein* Green Bay NEW Lutheran 33 430 375

About the Author

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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