Winningest MLS Coaches

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  1. numerista

    numerista New Member

    Mar 21, 2004
    Winningest MLS Coaches All-Time
    (through 7/18/06, shootouts count as ties, minimum 25 games)​


    Arena 49-25-22 0.625
    Nowak 40-21-20 0.617
    Kinnear 35-17-27 0.614
    Yallop 44-27-21 0.592

    Zambrano 75-51-17 0.584
    Schmid 82-59-41 0.563
    Bradley 115-85-58 0.558
    Nicol 54-45-34 0.534

    Andrulis 49-43-33 0.524
    Hudson 46-42-20 0.519

    ...
    other active coaches
    Clarke 35-32-19 0.517
    Sarachan 43-40-26 0.514
    Gansler 86-85-51 0.502
    Clavijo 42-50-22 0.465
    Ellinger 9-31-9 0.276


    EDIT to add: I haven't checked the frequency of draws, but it does seem different for different coaches.
     
  2. numerista

    numerista New Member

    Mar 21, 2004
    The Eight Winningest Coaches by Year

    1996 (1 of 8 in MLS)
    Bruce Arena, DC - Champion

    1997 (2 of 8 in MLS)
    Bruce Arena, DC - Champion & Supporters' Shield
    Octavio Zambrano, LA

    1998 (3 of 8 in MLS)
    Bob Bradley, Chi - Champion
    Bruce Arena, DC - Runner-Up
    Octavio Zambrano, LA - Supporters' Shield

    1999 (2 of 8 in MLS)
    Sigi Schmid, LA - Runner-Up (took over early-season)
    Bob Bradley, Chi
    (Nicol was briefly an interim in NE; Zambrano fired early in LA.)

    2000 (3 of 8 in MLS)
    Bob Bradley, Chi - Runner-Up
    Sigi Schmid, LA
    Octavio Zambrano, NY

    2001 (4 of 8 in MLS)
    Frank Yallop, SJ - Champion
    Sigi Schmid, LA - Runner-Up
    Bob Bradley, Chi
    Octavio Zambrano, NY

    2002 (5 of 8 in MLS)
    Sigi Schmid, LA - Champion & Supporters' Shield
    Steve Nicol, NE - Runner-Up (took over mid-season)
    Bob Bradley, Chi
    Frank Yallop, SJ
    Octavio Zambrano, NY

    2003 (4 of 8 in MLS)
    Frank Yallop - Champion
    Bob Bradley, NY
    Steve Nicol, NE
    Sigi Schmid, LA

    2004 (5 of 8 in MLS)
    Peter Nowak, DC - Champion
    Bob Bradley, NY
    Dominic Kinnear, SJ
    Steve Nicol, NE
    Sigi Schmid, LA (fired mid-season)

    2005 (4 of 8 in MLS)
    Steve Nicol, NE - Runner-Up
    Dominic Kinnear, SJ - Supporters' Shield
    Bob Bradley, NY (fired late-season)
    Peter Nowak, DC

    2006 (7 of 8 in MLS)
    Bruce Arena, NY (took over mid-season)
    Bob Bradley, Chv
    Dominic Kinnear, Hou
    Peter Nowak, DC
    Steve Nicol, NE
    Sigi Schmid, Clb
    Frank Yallop, LA (took over mid-season)
     

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