The boys' basketball coaching records have been updated following the 2025-26 season.
Of the top 71 coaches in state history, 17 of them were 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 of 2025.
After moving from fourth to third during the 2024-25 season, longtime Blair-Taylor (and previously Taylor High School) head coach Randy Storlie has moved into second on the state’s all-time list. He has a career record of 679-327, becoming the second boys basketball coach to go over 1000 career games.
Jon Murphy, who spent many years at Seymour and later at Kimberly, is in third place, with a combined record of 668-219.
Kevin Bruggink of Oostburg and previously Howards Grove has moved into the top ten, posting a 579-221 career mark.
Madison Memorial's Steve Collins (519-155), Fall River's Arnie Oelke (516-412), St. Ambrose’s Chris Zwettler (512-350), Spring Valley's Rob Bosshart (501-338), Middleton's Kevin Bavery (497-314), Arrowhead's Craig Haase (467-181), Washburn's Duane Gasperini (464-213), Green Bay NEW Lutheran's Mark Meerstein (450-407), Columbus Catholic's Joe Konieczny (440-150), Brookfield East's Joe Rux (434-182), Fall Creek’s Rick Storlie (409-246), Mellen’s Don Moreland (405-300), and Lakeside Lutheran’s Todd Jahns (404-224) are also active coaches from 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%.
The Boys All-Time Coaching Records list courtesy of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association can be found below.
Records only include varsity wins at Wisconsin high schools as a boys' basketball head coach.
*denotes active coach for 2025-26 season
Boys All-Time Coaching Records
# | Coach | Active | School | Years | Wins | Losses | Total games | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Petitgoue | Cuba City/Gratiot | 55 | 1027 | 270 | 1297 | 0.792 | |
2 | Randy Storlie | * | Blair-Taylor / Taylor | 43 | 679 | 327 | 1006 | 0.675 |
3 | Jon Murphy | Seymour/Kimberly | 35 | 668 | 219 | 887 | 0.753 | |
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 | Kevin Bruggink | * | Howards Grove / Oostburg | 32 | 579 | 221 | 800 | 0.724 |
11 | Harold Mulhern | Osseo-Fairchild/McDonell/Durand | 39 | 568 | 329 | 897 | 0.633 | |
12 | Tom Diener | Cedarburg/Milw. Hamilton/Vincent/Muskego/St. Mary's Springs/Green Bay West | 33 | 557 | 238 | 795 | 0.701 | |
13 | Ron Einerson | Cashton/Plymouth/Neenah | 37 | 556 | 235 | 791 | 0.703 | |
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 | Steve Collins | * | Madison Memorial | 26 | 519 | 155 | 674 | 0.770 |
25 | Paul Wollersheim | Dominican/Martin Luther | 26 | 517 | 158 | 675 | 0.766 | |
26 | Arnie Oelke | * | Fall River | 40 | 516 | 412 | 928 | 0.556 |
27 | Dale Walz | Wisconsin Lutheran/Lakeside Lutheran | 35 | 515 | 245 | 760 | 0.678 | |
28 | Ron Schultz | New Auburn/Fall Creek | 33 | 513 | 190 | 703 | 0.730 | |
29(tie) | Chris Zwettler | * | Edgewood/St. Ambrose/Stockton (IL) | 36 | 512 | 350 | 862 | 0.594 |
29(tie) | Bob Haffele | Randolph/Gilman | 23 | 512 | 91 | 603 | 0.849 | |
31(tie) | Paul Noack | Marquette | 25 | 511 | 99 | 610 | 0.838 | |
31(tie) | Win Parkinson | Milwaukee Tech | 33 | 511 | 152 | 663 | 0.771 | |
33(tie) | Sam Young | Black River Falls | 39 | 509 | 238 | 747 | 0.681 | |
33(tie) | Ole Jorgensen | Neenah | 39 | 509 | 258 | 767 | 0.664 | |
35 | John McGuire | Racine St. Catherine's (25)/Highland (1)/Cudahy (1) | 27 | 504 | 157 | 661 | 0.762 | |
36 | Rob Bosshart | * | Spring Valley | 36 | 501 | 338 | 839 | 0.597 |
37 | Kevin Bavery | * | Middleton / Oregon / Cedarburg | 35 | 497 | 314 | 811 | 0.613 |
38 | Eli Crogan | Soldiers Grove / Fennimore / Watertown / Wayland | 40 | 494 | 324 | 818 | 0.604 | |
39 | Lucky Wurtz | Laconia/Waupun/Kimberly | 32 | 492 | 278 | 770 | 0.639 | |
40 | Clyde Rusk | Milwaukee Washington/West Allis Hale/Nicolet | 39 | 484 | 270 | 754 | 0.642 | |
41 | Michael Schalow | Kaukauna | 30 | 482 | 246 | 728 | 0.662 | |
42 | Mike Flanagen | Weyauwega-Fremont | 41 | 481 | 402 | 883 | 0.545 | |
43 | Pat Hammond | Edgar/Bay Port/Antigo/Eau Claire North | 44 | 477 | 310 | 787 | 0.606 | |
44 | James Nedelcoff | Benton / Southwestern | 39 | 476 | 341 | 817 | 0.583 | |
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 | Craig Haase | * | Arrowhead | 26 | 467 | 181 | 648 | 0.721 |
51 | Duane Gasperini | * | Washburn | 29 | 464 | 213 | 677 | 0.685 |
52 | Mark Wagner | Pittsville/G-E-T/West Salem | 24 | 452 | 135 | 587 | 0.770 | |
53 | Mark Meerstein | * | Green Bay NEW Lutheran | 35 | 450 | 407 | 857 | 0.525 |
54 | Fred Booth | Glenwood City | 24 | 447 | 128 | 575 | 0.777 | |
55 | Andy Cerroni | Sussex Hamilton/Arrowhead | 37 | 446 | 361 | 807 | 0.553 | |
56 | John Nicholas | Antigo/Cuba City/Eau Claire Memorial | 26 | 442 | 177 | 619 | 0.714 | |
57 | Phil Jones | Milwaukee Bay View / Milwaukee Marshall / Shorewood | N/A | 442 | 333 | 775 | 0.570 | |
58 | Dennis Uppena | Cassville | 29 | 441 | 237 | 678 | 0.650 | |
59(tie) | Joe Konieczny | * | Columbus Catholic/Stratford | 22 | 440 | 150 | 590 | 0.746 |
59(tie) | Bill Gipp | Spooner | 31 | 440 | 236 | 676 | 0.651 | |
61 | Curt Lamb | Almond-Bancroft | 25 | 436 | 159 | 595 | 0.733 | |
62(tie) | Joe Rux | * | Brookfield East/Roncalli | 24 | 434 | 182 | 616 | 0.705 |
62(tie) | Dick Diener | Fond du Lac/Colfax | 25 | 434 | 140 | 574 | 0.756 | |
62(tie) | Andy Banasik | Prairie du Chien/Columbus Catholic | 32 | 434 | 310 | 744 | 0.583 | |
65 | Rick Storlie | * | Fall Creek | 27 | 409 | 246 | 655 | 0.624 |
66(tie) | John Miron | Freedom/Ashwaubenon/Kimberly | 28 | 407 | 248 | 655 | 0.621 | |
66(tie) | Blaine Senn | Winter/Birchwood | 36 | 407 | 397 | 804 | 0.506 | |
68 | Don Moreland | * | Mellen | 30 | 405 | 300 | 705 | 0.574 |
69(tie) | Todd Jahns | * | Lakeside Lutheran / Kettle Moraine Lutheran | 26 | 404 | 224 | 628 | 0.643 |
69(tie) | David Ruhsam | Osceola | 28 | 404 | 179 | 583 | 0.693 | |
71 | Steve Showalter | Menomonee Falls/Dominican/Germantown | 21 | 402 | 133 | 535 | 0.751 |
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