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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 3803388, member: 199"] I think it will be very difficult for any coach to match Tara, Geno, or Pat in terms of D1 wins. Because the NCAA counts all coaching wins as part of a D1 coaches record it is possible that a very successful D2 or D3 coach who has a few years in D1 might. My reasoning ... in today's coaching environment (higher profile and much higher pay scale at the upper end of WCBB) the chance to start coaching a P5 team at age 22 is minimal. Pat was promoted from graduate assistant to HC at age 22. Tara became a HC at 25 in AIAW and 27 at Ohio State in 1980, Muffet started at Lehigh at 27 and at 32 at ND, and Geno started at 31 at Uconn. Barb Stevens started at 23 in D2 spent three years at D1 level and then returned to D2 - only 34 of her 1058 wins are D1 level. Current 'hot' coaches - Jeff started as HC at 36, Kim at 38, Rueck start at D3 at 27, Graves at 34 at St. Marys CA. Kim at about 15 years and Wes Moore at about 12 years (30 win average) are the two most likely D1 coaches and would both be about 75 yrs old when they reach Pat's number. CViv will be that same age when/if she does the same. Mark Campbell (D2 Union (TN) only to date) is the fasted HC to 600 wins and I believe he is only in his mid forties - if he continues to win at his current rate he could easily surpass Pat by his early 60s. Most HCs at D1 need some years as an assistant before they are hired. D2 and D3 are more likely to hire recent graduates, but it happens less frequently than when no one was paying any attention to WCBB coaching hires and they were paid subsistence wages. [/QUOTE]

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