Blair-Taylor’s Randy Storlie is third on the state’s all-time wins list for boys basketball coaches and is the winningest active coach in Wisconsin
The boys basketball season is less than two months away, and it’s time to take a look at an updated list of the state’s all-time winningest coaches.
Of the top 68 coaches in state history, 12 of them are active in the 2025-26 season.
Of course, the state's winningest coach remains former Cuba City head man Jerry Petitgoue, who retired after the 2022-23 season. He finished his career with a total record of 1027-270, including a few years at now-defunct Gratiot High School. Petitgoue passed away in June.
Jon Murphy, who spent many years at Seymour and later at Kimberly, is in second place, with a combined record of 668-219.
Randy Storlie moves into the third position with 665 victories at Taylor High School and now the combined Blair-Taylor.
Oostburg's Kevin Bruggink (555-217), Fall River's Arnie Oelke (503-399), Spring Valley's Rob Bosshart (494-320), Madison Memorial's Steve Collins (492-152), Middleton's Kevin Bavery (475-309), Arrowhead's Craig Haase (448-174), Washburn's Duane Gasperini (446-206), Green Bay NEW Lutheran's Mark Meerstein (430-375), Columbus Catholic's Joe Konieczny (419-144), and Brookfield East's Joe Rux (412-176) are also active coaches in the 2025-26 season who make the list.
Amongst coaches on the list, the highest winning percentage belongs to former Randolph coach Bob Haffele, who won 84.9% of his games with the Rockets and Gilman, going 512-91 overall. Just behind is former Marquette coach Paul Noack at 83.8%.
Records only include varsity wins at Wisconsin high schools as a boys' basketball coach.
*denotes active coach
# | Coach | School | Years | Wins | Losses | Total | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Petitgoue | Cuba City/Gratiot | 55 | 1027 | 270 | 1297 | 0.792 |
2 | Jon Murphy | Seymour/Kimberly | 35 | 668 | 219 | 887 | 0.753 |
3 | Randy Storlie* | Blair-Taylor / Taylor | 42 | 665 | 315 | 980 | 0.679 |
4 | Bob Letsch | Racine St. Catherine's | 37 | 661 | 250 | 911 | 0.726 |
5 | Tom Desotell | Sheboygan North | 39 | 646 | 241 | 887 | 0.728 |
6 | Frank Schade | Oshkosh North/Plymouth | 42 | 610 | 317 | 927 | 0.658 |
7 | Tim Anderson | Auburndale | 40 | 607 | 280 | 887 | 0.684 |
8 | Jim Gosz | Milwaukee King/Dominican | 31 | 606 | 145 | 751 | 0.807 |
9 | Bill Uelmen | Regis/Cadott/Mondovi | 35 | 590 | 307 | 897 | 0.658 |
10 | Harold Mulhern | Osseo-Fairchild/McDonell/Durand | 39 | 568 | 329 | 897 | 0.633 |
11 | Tom Diener | Cedarburg/Milw. Hamilton/Vincent/Muskego/Springs/GB West | 33 | 557 | 238 | 795 | 0.701 |
12 | Ron Einerson | Cashton/Plymouth/Neenah | 37 | 556 | 235 | 791 | 0.703 |
13 | Kevin Bruggink* | Howards Grove / Oostburg | 31 | 555 | 217 | 772 | 0.719 |
14 | Carl Bruggink | Clintonville | 41 | 549 | 368 | 917 | 0.599 |
15 | Fred Kestly | Pulaski | 38 | 543 | 269 | 812 | 0.669 |
16 | Tony Fiore | Eau Claire Regis/Rhinelander/Crivitz | 39 | 541 | 312 | 853 | 0.634 |
17 | David Boland | Seneca | 34 | 539 | 240 | 779 | 0.692 |
18 | Ted Voigt | Lakeland | 38 | 538 | 273 | 811 | 0.663 |
19 | Fred Suchy | Bloomer/Shawano/Elkhorn/Sevastopol | 37 | 532 | 275 | 807 | 0.659 |
20 | Ralph Larson | Winneconne/Delavan | 47 | 531 | 453 | 984 | 0.540 |
21(tie) | Jeff Christensen | Racine Lutheran | 33 | 525 | 266 | 791 | 0.664 |
21(tie) | Jack Tetzner | Thorp | 39 | 525 | 274 | 799 | 0.657 |
23 | Jim Stevens | New Glarus/Mauston/Madison West | 38 | 523 | 296 | 819 | 0.639 |
24 | Paul Wollersheim | Dominican/Martin Luther | 26 | 517 | 158 | 675 | 0.766 |
25 | Dale Walz | Wisconsin Lutheran/Lakeside Lutheran | 35 | 515 | 245 | 760 | 0.678 |
26 | Ron Schultz | New Auburn/Fall Creek | 33 | 513 | 190 | 703 | 0.730 |
27 | Bob Haffele | Randolph/Gilman | 23 | 512 | 91 | 603 | 0.849 |
28(tie) | Paul Noack | Marquette | 25 | 511 | 99 | 610 | 0.838 |
28(tie) | Win Parkinson | Milwaukee Tech | 33 | 511 | 152 | 663 | 0.771 |
31 | Sam Young | Black River Falls | 39 | 509 | 238 | 747 | 0.681 |
30 | Ole Jorgensen | Neenah | 39 | 509 | 258 | 767 | 0.664 |
32 | John McGuire | Racine St. Catherine's/Highland/Cudahy | 27 | 504 | 157 | 661 | 0.762 |
33 | Arnie Oelke* | Fall River | 39 | 503 | 399 | 902 | 0.558 |
34(tie) | Rob Bosshart* | Spring Valley | 35 | 494 | 320 | 814 | 0.607 |
34(tie) | Eli Crogan | Soldiers Grove / Fennimore / Watertown / Wayland | 40 | 494 | 324 | 818 | 0.604 |
36(tie) | Steve Collins* | Madison Memorial | 25 | 492 | 152 | 644 | 0.764 |
36(tie) | Lucky Wurtz | Laconia/Waupun/Kimberly | 32 | 492 | 278 | 770 | 0.639 |
36(tie) | Chris Zwettler* | Edgewood/St. Ambrose/Stockton (IL) | 35 | 492 | 343 | 835 | 0.589 |
39 | Clyde Rusk | Milwaukee Washington/West Allis Hale/Nicolet | 39 | 484 | 270 | 754 | 0.642 |
40 | Michael Schalow | Kaukauna | 30 | 482 | 246 | 728 | 0.662 |
41 | Mike Flanagen | Weyauwega-Fremont | 41 | 481 | 402 | 883 | 0.545 |
42 | Pat Hammond | Edgar/Bay Port/Antigo/Eau Claire Memorial | 44 | 477 | 310 | 787 | 0.606 |
43 | James Nedelcoff | Benton / Southwestern | 39 | 476 | 341 | 817 | 0.583 |
44 | Kevin Bavery* | Middleton / Oregon / Cedarburg | 34 | 475 | 309 | 784 | 0.606 |
45 | Dan Burreson | Mineral Point | 30 | 472 | 237 | 709 | 0.666 |
46 | Mickey Martin | Albany / Parkview / Little Chute | 38 | 471 | 382 | 853 | 0.552 |
47 | Greg Jensen | Amherst | 29 | 470 | 188 | 658 | 0.714 |
48 | Bob Constalie | Westby / La Farge | 30 | 469 | 297 | 766 | 0.612 |
49 | Edwin Baeten | Oakfield | 33 | 468 | 231 | 699 | 0.670 |
50 | Mark Wagner | Pittsville/G-E-T/West Salem | 24 | 452 | 135 | 587 | 0.770 |
51 | Craig Haase* | Arrowhead | 25 | 448 | 174 | 622 | 0.720 |
52 | Fred Booth | Glenwood City | 24 | 447 | 128 | 575 | 0.777 |
53(tie) | Andy Cerroni | Sussex Hamilton/Arrowhead | 37 | 446 | 361 | 807 | 0.553 |
53(tie) | Duane Gasperini* | Washburn | 28 | 446 | 206 | 652 | 0.684 |
55(tie) | John Nicholas | Antigo/Cuba City/Eau Claire Memorial | 26 | 442 | 177 | 619 | 0.714 |
55(tie) | Phil Jones | Milw. Bay View / Milw. Marshall / Shorewood | N/A | 442 | 333 | 775 | 0.570 |
57 | Dennis Uppena | Cassville | 29 | 441 | 237 | 678 | 0.650 |
58 | Bill Gipp | Spooner | 31 | 440 | 236 | 676 | 0.651 |
59 | Mark Meerstein* | Green Bay NEW Lutheran | 34 | 437 | 394 | 831 | 0.526 |
60 | Curt Lamb | Almond-Bancroft | 25 | 436 | 159 | 595 | 0.733 |
61(tie) | Dick Diener | Fond du Lac/Colfax | 25 | 434 | 140 | 574 | 0.756 |
61(tie) | Andy Banasik | Prairie du Chien/Columbus Catholic | 32 | 434 | 310 | 744 | 0.583 |
63 | Joe Konieczny* | Columbus Catholic/Stratford | 21 | 419 | 144 | 563 | 0.744 |
64 | Joe Rux* | Brookfield East/Roncalli | 23 | 412 | 176 | 588 | 0.701 |
65(tie) | John Miron | Freedom/Ashwaubenon/Kimberly | 28 | 407 | 248 | 655 | 0.621 |
65(tie) | Blaine Senn | Winter/Birchwood | 36 | 407 | 397 | 804 | 0.506 |
67 | David Ruhsam | Osceola | 28 | 404 | 179 | 583 | 0.693 |
68 | Steve Showalter | Menomonee Falls/Dominican/Germantown | 21 | 402 | 133 | 535 | 0.751 |
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