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

04/02/2024, 1:00pm CDT

By Travis Wilson

Blair-Taylor's Randy Storlie is fifth on the state's boys basketball career coaching wins list

The end of the 2023-24 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 54 coaches in state history, 14 of them were active in 2023-24.

Of course, the state's winningest coach remains former Cuba City head man Jerry Petitgoue, who retired after last season. He finished his career with a total record of 1027-270, including a few years at now-defunct Gratiot High School.

Kimberly's Jon Murphy, who spent many years at Seymour, moves into second place, with a combined record of 668-219 after the Papermakers finished 17-9. That bumps former Racine St. Catherine's coach Bob Letsch (661-250) to third on the boys wins list.

Randy Storlie is the only other active coach in the top five with 646 victories at Taylor High School and now the combined Blair-Taylor.

Oostburg's Kevin Bruggink (535-210), Martin Luther's Paul Wollersheim (501-149), St. Ambrose's Chris Zwettler (489-321), Fall River's Arnie Oelke (488-388), Madison Memorial's Steve Collins (473-145), Spring Valley's Rob Bosshart (473-314), Middleton's Kevin Bavery (460-298), Kaukauna's Michael Schalow (459-242), Mineral Point's Dan Burreson (445-235), Almond-Bancroft's Curt Lamb (436-159), Prairie du Chien's Andy Banasik (434-310), and Green Bay NEW Lutheran's Mark Meerstein (430-375) are also active coaches in the 2023-24 season who make the list. Banasik recently announced he is stepping down at Prairie du Chien.

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(tie)	Tom Desotell	Sheboygan North	39	646	241
4(tie)	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	Tom Diener	Cedarburg/Milw. Hamilton/Vincent/Muskego/St. Mary's Springs/Green Bay West	33	557	238
12	Ron Einerson	Cashton/Plymouth/Neenah	37	556	235
13	Carl Bruggink	Clintonville	41	549	368
14	Fred Kestly	Pulaski	38	543	269
15	Tony Fiore	Eau Claire Regis/Rhinelander/Crivitz	39	541	312
16	David Boland	Seneca	34	539	240
17	Ted Voigt	Lakeland	38	538	273
18	Kevin Bruggink*	Howards Grove / Oostburg	30	535	210
19	Fred Suchy	Bloomer/Shawano/Elkhorn/Sevastopol	37	532	275
20	Ralph Larson	Winneconne/Delavan	47	531	453
21(tie)	Jack Tetzner	Thorp	39	525	274
21(tie)	Jeff Christensen	Racine Lutheran	33	525	266
23	Jim Stevens	New Glarus/Mauston/Madison West	38	523	296
24	Dale Walz	Wisconsin Lutheran/Lakeside Lutheran	35	515	245
25	Ron Schultz	New Auburn/Fall Creek	33	513	190
26	Bob Haffele	Randolph/Gilman	23	512	91
27(tie)	Win Parkinson	Milwaukee Tech	33	511	152
27(tie)	Paul Noack	Marquette	25	511	99
29(tie)	Ole Jorgensen	Neenah	39	509	258
29(tie)	Sam Young	Black River Falls	39	509	238
31	John McGuire	Racine St. Catherine's (25)/Highland (1)/Cudahy (1)	27	504	157
32	Paul Wollersheim*	Dominican/Martin Luther	25	501	149
33	Eli Crogan	Soldiers Grove / Fennimore / Watertown / Wayland	40	494	324
34	Lucky Wurtz	Laconia/Waupun/Kimberly	32	492	278
35	Chris Zwettler*	Edgewood/St. Ambrose/Stockton (IL)	34	489	321
36	Arnie Oelke*	Fall River	38	488	388
37	Clyde Rusk	Milwaukee Washington/West Allis Hale/Nicolet	39	484	270
38	Mike Flanagen	Weyauwega-Fremont	41	481	402
39	James Nedelcoff	Benton / Southwestern	39	476	341
40(tie)	Steve Collins*	Madison Memorial	24	473	145
40(tie)	Rob Bosshart*	Spring Valley	34	473	314
42	Mickey Martin	Albany / Parkview / Little Chute	38	471	382
43	Greg Jensen	Amherst	29	470	188
44	Bob Constalie	Westby / La Farge	30	469	297
45	Edwin Baeten	Oakfield	33	468	231
46	Kevin Bavery*	Middleton / Oregon / Cedarburg	33	460	298
47	Michael Schalow*	Kaukauna	29	459	242
48	Fred Booth	Glenwood City	24	447	128
49	Dan Burreson*	Mineral Point	29	445	235
50	Phil Jones	Milwaukee Bay View / Milwaukee Marshall / Shorewood	N/A	442	333
51	Dennis Uppena	Cassville	29	441	237
52	Curt Lamb*	Almond-Bancroft	25	436	159
53(tie)	Dick Diener	Fond du Lac/Colfax	25	434	140
53(tie)	Andy Banasik*	Prairie du Chien/Columbus Catholic	32	434	310
55	Craig Haase*	Arrowhead	24	433	163
56	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.