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60:List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins
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520:Gregg Olson
515:John Olerud
505:Rick Monday
460:Mark Kotsay
420:Dick Howser
410:Burt Hooton
390:Todd Helton
385:Don Heinkel
380:Neal Heaton
370:Alex Gordon
355:Gary Gentry
280:Ron Darling
275:Casey Close
260:Rick Cerone
240:Tom Brennan
235:Tom Borland
220:Pete Barnes
195:Chris Bando
180:Steve Arlin
33:Division II
1011:Categories
996:Dave Yeast
981:Jim Garman
943:Executives
924:Joe Sewell
894:Lou Gehrig
879:Jack Barry
806:Don Schaly
791:Jim Morris
756:Andy Lopez
746:Robert Lee
721:Larry Hays
696:Ron Fraser
540:Ken Ritter
445:Steve Kemp
440:Mike Kelly
415:Bob Horner
405:Wally Hood
395:Al Holland
375:Dick Groat
360:Jim Gideon
350:Ralph Garr
325:Mike Fiore
315:J. D. Drew
285:Rich Dauer
270:Will Clark
265:Dave Chalk
255:Joe Carter
205:Eddie Bane
185:Joe Arnold
175:Bill Almon
165:Jim Abbott
66:References
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691:Bibb Falk
686:Ken Dugan
666:Pat Casey
656:Jim Brock
470:Fred Lynn
245:Lou Brock
200:Sal Bando
190:Doug Ault
40:Sam Bowen
836:Bob Todd
796:Ron Polk
671:Ed Cheff
96:Archived
54:See also
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