The Lakehead Thunderwolves men's hockey team's present coach Don McKee and former coach Pete Belliveau both stand high in the list of CIS men's hockey career coaching regular season and playoff wins leaders.
McKee, who also coached at Waterloo, stands third among active coaches and seventh all time in career wins with 261. Belliveau, who now coaches at Dalhousie and coached at Moncton and Windsor, is fourth among active coaches and ninth all time with 255.
Two coaches whose teams have just played Lakehead, Dave Adolph of Saskatchewan and Graham Wise of Ryerson, are No. 1 and No. 2 among active CIS coaches with 318 and 307 wins respectively.
CIS MEN'S ICE HOCKEY - ACTIVE COACHING WIN LEADERS
(As of January 21, 2009)
WINS COACH (SCHOOLS)
318 Dave Adolph (Lethbridge, Saskatchewan)
307 Graham Wise (York, Ryerson)
261 Don McKee (Waterloo, Lakehead)
255 Pete Belliveau (Moncton, Lakehead, Windsor, Dalhousie)
226 Jacques Laporte (Trois-Rivieres)
224 Martin Raymond (McGill)
220 Clarke Singer (Western Ontario)
198 Marlin Muylaert (Guelph, UOIT)
192 Trevor Steinburg (Saint Mary's)
190 Mickey Goulet (Ottawa)
180 Gardiner MacDougall (New Brunswick)
179 Darren Lowe (Toronto)
128 Murray Nystrom (Brock)
119 Scott Atkinson (Calgary)
103 Darren Burns (Acadia)
97 Kevin Figsby (Concordia)
95 Kelly Nobes (Royal Military College, Wilfrid Laurier)
93 Eric Thurston (Alberta)
92 Mike Eagles (St. Thomas)
89 David Leger (Ottawa)
72 Brian Bourque (Waterloo)
64 Milan Dragicevic (UBC)
CIS MEN'S ICE HOCKEY CAREER COACHING WIN LEADERS (1962-63 to 2008-09)
As of January 21, 2009
WINS COACH (SCHOOLS) - Active coaches in bold
395 Clare Drake (Alberta)
355 Wayne Gowing (Wilfrid Laurier)
318 Dave Adolph (Lethbridge, Saskatchewan)
307 Graham Wise (York, Ryerson)
275 George Kingston (Calgary)
268 Rob Daum (Alberta)
261 Don McKee (Waterloo, Lakehead)
260 Tom Watt (Toronto)
255 Pete Belliveau (Moncton, Lakehead, Windsor, Dalhousie)
227 Barry Martinelli (Western Ontario)
226 Tom Coolen (Acadia, New Brunswick)
Jacques Laporte (Trois-Rivieres)
225 Paul Arsenault (Concordia)
Darrell Young (Dalhousie)
224 Martin Raymond (McGill)
220 Clarke Singer (Western Ontario)
201 Rick Cranker (Windsor)
198 Marlin Muylaert (Guelph, UOIT)
197 Mike Sirant (Manitoba)
192 Trevor Steinburg (Saint Mary's)
190 Mickey Goulet (Ottawa)
180 Gardiner MacDougall (New Brunswick)
179 Darren Lowe (Toronto)
177 Danny Flynn (St. Francis Xavier)
169 Dave Chambers (Saskatchewan, York)
153 Bill Moores (Alberta)
Brent McEwen (Saskatchewan)
145 Wayne Fleming (Manitoba)
142 Reg Higgs (Regina, Western Ontario)
140 Al MacAdam (St. Thomas)
139 Bill Liskowich (Regina)
Paul Titanic (Toronto)
133 Tim Bothwell (Calgary)
128 Murray Nystrom (Brock)
126 Willie Desjardins (Calgary)
124 Yves Beaucage (Concordia)
119 Scott Atkinson (Calgary)
Courtesy: Steve Knowles: Canada West Hockey and Edmonton Oilers and University of Alberta Hockey Statistician