1. Jim Oddo 344-141-2 Charlotte Catholic
2. David Gentry 333-168 Murphy
3. Allen Brown 327-93-2 Thomasville
4. Bob Lewis 285-136-6 Clinton
5. Phil Padgett 269-63 Southwest Onslow
6. Burton Cates 260-104 Lee County
7. John Lowery 247-102 Forest Hills
8. Russell Stone 244-144-5 Douglas Byrd
9. Jim Teague 224-62 Reidsville
10. David Diamont 219-124 East Surry
11. Randy Raper 217-85 Hunt
12. Ron Massey 210-92-3 Piedmont
13. Kenny Ford 209-112 Owen
14. Tommy Sloan 208-115 Midway
15T. Randy Lowman 206-117-1 Bandys
15T. Tommy Norwood 206-119-2 Ragsdale
17. Mark Barnes 204-91 Crest
18. Donnie Kiefer 196-127 Central Cabarrus
19. Steve Johnson 186-88 Cummings
20. Hal Capps 184-91 Mooresville
21. Joey Price 181-36 Wallace-Rose Hill
22. John Kirby 172-95 Eastern Alamance
23. Milton Butts 167-115 Hoke County
24. Mike Byus 160-94 East Lincoln
25. Scott Young 158-43 West Rowan




These records do not include coaches who have announced their retirement or who aren't coaching a team, such as Bob Paroli or Nelson Smith.

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Chris Hughes
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I would love to see the ages of some of these guys. Phil Padgett's win percentage is sick. Allen Brown also from Thomasville. I know Padgett is 52 years old. Would love to see the ages of the guys ahead of him.

Joey price also has a crazy win percentage.

The one who's on the fast track is West Rowan's Scott Young. He just turned 40.

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Chris Hughes
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I know you're a "West" guy Chris ... but if we're talking about the fast track then that would seem to go to Joey Price of WRH. Unless he just looks young (looks like he's in his 40's) then HE'S the one on the fast track. Either way, he has a ridiculous winning percentage.

Oh yeah, shout out to Coach Padgett!

Tommy Sloan at Midway has 200 plus. I don't know his actual win-loss, but he got to win 200 last year or the year before, I forget. But like I said, I don't know his precise record.

It would be interesting to add where each of the coaches has been at too. That and along with the total number of state titles. I look at a coach like Donnie Kiefer who winning percentage isn't as high as some of the others but he also has gone to numerous places and turned around dormant programs.

I think what is the most impressive about Scott Young is that before he arrived West has only made the playoffs twice in its history, never won a confernce championship and was about 150 games below .500 all time.

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You were correct about Sloan, I've researched that and corrected it.

I also think its possible that Plymouth's Robert Cody is on the list, I'm trying to determine what year he started as the head coach.

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Chris Hughes
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I'm also trying to track down Diego Hasty because I think he's possibly in the Top-25 as well but I'm not sure because I don't know all of his coaching stops by year.

If any of you can think of any other active coaches I may have missed, and by active I mean at a NCHSAA school, please let me know.

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Chris Hughes
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Maybe Danny Wilkins at Asheville, I know he has like 140 something wins at Asheville but I'm not sure if was a head coach anywhere prior to taking over at Asheville.

I have Wilkins on the list, he's not close to the Top-25 unless he had a head coach tenure prior to taking over at Asheville.

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Chris Hughes
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Chris,
Danny Wilkins was at Erwin before he took over the Asheville job. He didn't win much there.
If you can contact the guy that run gobiggreen.net he would have better info about Coach Wilkins. Also check Bobby Poss, he won 4A titles at three different schools and quite a few games as well.

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I have Bobby Poss' info, but again this is just for active coaches. But thanks for the Erwin tidbit, I can update his record once I have the years he was there.

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Chris Hughes
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Chris, Can you research and find out what Ken Avent Jr's all time win-loss is (including ND, NJ and JK)

Chris, sorry about Bobby Poss, I guess I should read a little better.

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Chris, check Coach Diamont's record. I know he won his 200th game in Aug. of 2007 against Surry Central. I think the wins are closer to 240. Unless you are talking about his record as a head coach at one school. He coached at Mt. Airy in the mid 1990's.

Ken Avent Jr has over 120 wins for sure and is only in his early 40s.

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JK Down Year - 2nd Round

WRH Down Year - 1 AND DONE

JK Bad Year - 2nd Round

WRH Bad Year - 2-8 Record, and AGAIN 1 AND DONE

Last 8 Games - JK 5 WRH 3

JK is WRH's DADDY!

Coach Hasty is without a doubt on this list. I know he is north of 150, and likely around 175 since about 1990. Like you I don't know the years of every stop. Best I can tell you he has been at Kipp the last two years, was at West in '09 and '10, Hertford in '08 and '07, West from 2002-2006 and East prior to that. He was at East in the early '90s, but I think he has been coaching since like 1977 and also has a Weldon post on the resume, so no idea when that happened or when he started at East.