KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Head men’s basketball coach Dan Miles of Oregon Tech tops the active NAIA wins list entering the 2011-12 season, the national office announced Thursday. Miles, who is in his 41st season at the helm for the Owls, owns 937 career victories, a total that ranks second-highest among men’s coaches all-time at either the NAIA or NCAA levels. Only Harry Statham of McKendree (Ill.) has earned more coaching triumphs (1,043) at four-year collegiate institutions.

Miles, who sports a .713 winning percentage in more than 1,300 career games, ranks ahead of notable NCAA coaches such as Bob Knight (902) of Indiana, Mike Krzyzewski (900) of Duke (N.C.), Dean Smith (879) of North Carolina and Adolph Rupp (876) of Kentucky on the all-time wins list. Krzyzewski is the only active coach in that group.

Biola (Calif.) head coach Dave Holmquist leads all NAIA Division I men’s basketball coaches with 816 wins and is second behind Miles for the most among all active NAIA coaches. Holmquist has compiled a record of 816-300 for a .731 winning percentage in 34 seasons. Rounding out the top five of the men’s basketball wins list are Mid-America Christian’s (Okla.) Willie Holley (736), Taylor’s (Ind.) Paul Patterson (693) and Auburn Montgomery’s (Ala.) Larry Chapman (685).

Four other active coaches have at least 600 career wins: Dan Hays (662) of Oklahoma Christian, Ralph Hodge (652) of Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Mike Lightfoot (643) of Bethel (Ind.) and Jim Kessler (631) of Grace (Ind.).

MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES' ACTIVE WINS LIST
NO.	NAME	SCHOOL (DIVISION)	SEASONS	RECORD*	WINNING %
1	Dan Miles	Oregon Tech (II)	40	937-378	0.713
2	Dave Holmquist	Biola (Calif.) (I)	34	816-300	0.731
3	Willie Holley	Mid-America Christian (Okla.) (I)	37	736-475	0.608
4	Paul Patterson	Taylor (Ind.) (II)	32	693-352	0.663
5	Larry Chapman	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (I)	37	685-441	0.608
6	Dan Hays	Oklahoma Christian (I)	33	662-387	0.631
7	Ralph Hodge	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (I)	32	652-395	0.623
8	Mike Lightfoot	Bethel (Ind.) (II)	24	643-231	0.736
9	Jim Kessler	Grace (Ind.) (II)	34	631-493	0.561
10	Rocky Lamar	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (I)	25	588-300	0.662
11	Bob Burchard	Columbia (Mo.) (I)	23	570-218	0.723
12	John Grimes	Marian (Ind.) (II)	35	546-397	0.579
13	Steve Ridder	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (II)	22	538-198	0.731
14	Steve Jenkins	Evangel (Mo.) (I)	29	537-387	0.581
15	Ray Shovlain	St. Ambrose (Iowa) (II)	28	532-378	0.591
16	Pat Sullivan	St. Francis (Ill.) (I)	35	527-515	0.506
17	Steve Knight	William Carey (Miss.) (I)	29	524-406	0.563
18	Jeff Sherman	Central Methodist (Mo.) (I)	26	476-377	0.558
19	Al Bruehl	Robert Morris (Ill.) (I)	19	472-194	0.709
20	John Copeland	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (I)	31	470-428	0.523
21	Bob Bolen	Mountain State (W.Va.) (I)	17	461-116	0.799
22	Kim Elders	Cornerstone (Mich.) (II)	18	459-182	0.716
23	Sam Harris	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (I)	28	454-448	0.503
24	Clair Oleen	Bethany (Kan.) (II)	30	454-409	0.526
25	Jim Thorson	Mount Marty (S.D.) (II)	29	446-440	0.503

*Records are against four-year collegiate institutions; through 2010-11 season; active NAIA members