The Most NCAA Basketball Wins by a Women’s Coach

Pat Summitt holds the record for the most NCAA Basketball wins by a women’s coach. She coached the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team for 38 years, winning 1,098 games.

Pat Summitt

Pat Head Summitt (born June 14, 1952) is a former American college basketball coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Summitt has amassed more wins as a Head Coach in NCAA Division I women’s basketball than any other person, winning 1,098 games in her 38-year career.

Tara VanDerveer

Tara VanDerveer is an American basketball coach who has been the head women’s basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. She won her first NCAA championship in 1990, and has led the Stanford Cardinal to two more championships, in 1992 and 2020. With 1,067 career wins, she is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s Basketball History

C. Vivian Stringer

C. Vivian Stringer is a retired college basketball head coach She is currently the Head Coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights women’s Basketball team She has also been the Head coach of the Cheyney Wolves, Iowa Hawkeyes and Ohio State Buckeyes women’s basketball teams In her 47 seasons as a head coach she has won 1,026 games, making her the fifth-winningest NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach in history and the winningest African-American women’s basketball coach in NCAA history.

Geno Auriemma

Geno Auriemma is the head coach of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team He has led the team to 11 NCAA Division I championships, which is the most by any women’s coach in NCAA history. He has also been named National Coach of the Year eight times.

Jody Conradt

In her 38 years as head coach of the University of Texas women’s Basketball team Jody Conradt won 900 games, more than any other NCAA women’s Basketball Coach She also led her team to the Women’s Final Four eight times and won the National Championship in 1986.

Sylvia Hatchell

SylviaHatchell is an American college basketball coach who has amassed the most NCAA Division I wins by a head coach of either gender. She currently serves as the head coach of the University of North Carolina women’s basketball team In her 35 seasons as a Head Coach she has compiled a 1,023–325 record, for a winning percentage of .759. She has guided her teams to 27 NCAA Tournaments, including 21 Sweet Sixteens and nine Elite Eights. Her teams have also won 13 regular season conference championships and 11 conference tournament championships. In 2006, she was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Kim Mulkey

Kim Mulkey is an American College Basketball coach and former player. She is the head women’s basketball coach at Baylor University a position she has held since 2000. She has led the Baylor Lady Bears to three NCAA Division I Women’s basketball championships in 2005, 2012, and 2019. In 2011, she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Muffet McGraw

Muffet McGraw is an American College Basketball coach. She is the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s basketball team She has won two National Championships with the Irish, in 2001 and 2018. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.

Dawn Staley

Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1966) is an American college basketball Hall of Fame player and coach. She is the head coach of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team Staley’s career achievements include three Olympic gold medals as a player, being inducted to both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach, becoming a two-time NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball National Champion as a coach, being named the 2017Naismith College Coach of the Year, and becoming one of only six women to have won an NCAA championship as both a player and a head coach

Sherri Coale

Sherri Coale is an American college basketball coach. The head coach of the University of Oklahoma women’s basketball team she has led the Sooners to five Final Fours and 17 NCAA tournament appearances in her 21 seasons. Her teams have won 12 Big 12 Conference regular season titles and 9 Big 12 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament championships. In 2000, she was named National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, USA Today and ESPN, becoming the first person to receive all three honors in the same season.

Sherri Coale has amassed a 728–324 (.693) record in her 29 years as a collegiate Head Coach As of March 27, 2019, this is the 24th-most wins by any NCAA Division I women’s Basketball Coach regardless of tenure.