A list of any head coach who compiled 100 wins and was a head coach in Bergen or Passaic County for any period of time. Included will be those who won games as head coaches in other counties, as long as that coach has 100 career wins. This is not 100% complete and any coach who has won 100 will be added as time goes on. In addition, I am also adding coaches from other areas with a Bergen or Passaic County connection.
Further, I will list coaches with close to 100 wins, partially to see how close active coaches are from the 100 mark.
* Active coach.
Vic Paternostro (Pope John) – 373 (Queen of Peace ’62 via Lyndhurst)
Tony Karcich (St. Joe’s, Bergen Catholic) – 338 (correction, mistakenly had 348)
Greg Toal (Don Bosco, Hackensack, River Dell, Saddle Brook) – 305
Chuck Johnson (Ridgewood, Bogota) – 294 *
Nick DelCalzo (Hasbrouck Heights) – 271
Chris Olsen (Wayne Hills, Eastside, Bergenfield, St. Cecilia’s) – 268
Ed Sadloch (Cedar Grove, Bayley-Ellard, Parsippany) – 264 (Bosco ’66 via Garfield)
Ed Stinson (Hoboken, Park Ridge, Pascack Hills, Queen of Peace, St. Anthony) – 244
Ed Caporale (Mahwah, Pascack Valley) – 221
Bob Valli (Cresskill) – 212
Al Rotella (Verona; Hawthorne; Bloomfield; LaFollette, Tn.; Erwin, Tn.) – 211
Mike Sheridan (St. Mary) – 202
Fred Stengel (Bergen Catholic) – 191
Mike Miello (Ramapo, Hackensack) – 189
Pat Tirico (Lodi) – 186
Drew Gibbs (Ramapo) – 180
Craig Neilsen (Pascack Valley, Tenafly, Elmwood Park, Park Ridge) – 175
Lou Racioppe (Verona, Long Branch, Pascack Hills, Rahway, Immaculate Conception) – 175
Benjie Wimberley (Paterson Catholic, Hackensack) – 171
Fred Keil (Wayne Valley, DePaul, Manchester, West Essex) – 169
Al Saner (Point Pleasant Boro, Hawthorne) – 169
Pete LaBarbiera (Hasbrouck Heights, Nutley, Paramus) – 167
Joe Lennon (DePaul, Immaculate Conception, Bayley-Ellard) – 167
Dave Albano (New Milford, Parsippany Hills) – 175*
John Iurato (Passaic Tech) – 162
Tony Gonzalez (Ridgefield Park) – 161
Charlie Benson (Pompton Lakes – 1933-1963) – 159
Al Deaett (Glen Rock) – 156
John Brunelli (Cliffside Park) – 154
Brian Dunn (Old Tappan) – 154*
DJ Nimphius (River Dell) – 150*
Rod Milazzo (Becton) – 148
Ralph Borgess, Sr. (Queen of Peace, Kearny, Harrison) – 146
Dan Sabella (Don Bosco, Paramus Catholic, Paramus, Bogota, Ridgefield Park) – 144*
Hank Boggio (Indian Hills) – 142
Tom Della Torre (Hackensack) – 139
Ralph Cavalucci (St. Cecilia’s, Pascack Valley) – 136
Tom Falato (Emerson, Pascack Hills, Ridge, Immaculata) – 135
Steve Gerdy (Passaic Valley, Paul VI, Paramus Catholic, Saddle Brook) – 132
Mike Colombo (Manchester, Delaware Valley, Summit, Immaculata) – 129*
Gary Mioli (Park Ridge) – 127
Garry Luciani (Pompton Lakes, Elmwood Park, Mount Olive) – 126
Joe Grecco (Clifton – 1945-1963) – 124
Eddie Tryon (Rutherford – 1928-1945) – 122
Jeff Remo (Mahwah) – 121
Dennis Heck (Teaneck, Clifton) – 120
Chet Parlavecchio (Passaic Valley, Clifton, Bloomfield, Irvington, Elizabeth) – 120
Buzz Firkser (Tenafly) – 115
Dave Drozjock (West Essex) – 115 (Wayne Valley grad)
John Passero (Hawthorne) 115*
Vito Campanile (Bergen Catholic, Seton Hall Prep, Westwood, Bergen Tech) – 115*
Pete Natale (Ridgefield Park, Fair Lawn) – 114
Art Argauer (Garfield, Kearny) – 113
Scott Mahoney (Pompton Lakes) – 112*
Ray McCrann (Passaic, Summit, Wayne Hills) – 111
Ed Fisco (Dumont) – 109
Bill VanderCloster (Clifton) – 109
John McKenna (DePaul) – 109
Jack Jones (St. Mary’s, DePaul, Clifton, Paul VI) – 107
Chris Kubik (Madison – Clifton grad) – 106*
Ken Sinofsky (Wayne Valley, East Rutherford) – 102
Bucky Kempton (Cliffside Park, Delone Catholic of Pa.) – 102
Andy Kmetz (Hasbrouck Heights, 1939-1955) – 100
*Active Coach
Honorable Mention:
Jim Vuono (Lyndhurst, Teaneck) – 99
Steve Simonetti (Northern Highlands) – 97
Billy Wilde (New Milford) – 96
Roger Kotlarz (Wayne Valley, Dover, Becton) – 94 *
Incomplete:
George Pfanner (Don Bosco, St. Michael’s of Union City) –
Dave Jones (Leonia) –
Willard Quirk (Dumont) –
John Federici (Lakeland,Passaic, Nutley) – 100 in T-Day 1972