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History of Pasco County Coaches
**Active coaches in Bold** Updated Through 2024 Season - Week 9
1. John Benedetto: 196-150 (Land O’Lakes 1977-2008)
2. Tom Fisher: 124-85 (Zephyrhills 1989-2009)
3. John Castelamare: 103-130 (Ridgewood 1985-1996, Wesley Chapel 1999-2009)
4. Scott Schmitz: 94-112 (River Ridge 1991-1999, Mitchell 2001-2008, 2011-2013)
5. Andy Schmitz 92-29 (Mitchell 2014 to Active)
5. Tom McHugh 86-50 (Pasco 2007-2018)
7. Wilbur Lofton: 77-86 (Hudson 1976-1978, Gulf 1982-1995)
8. Ryan Benjamin 74-45 (River Ridge 2011-2021)
9. Bill Browning 73-53 (Sunlake 2007-2018)
10. Mark Kantor 76-57 (Hudson 2012-2014, Wiregrass Ranch 2015 to Active)
11. Nick Carroll 73-26 (Zephyrhills 2016 to Active)
12. Mike Smith 61-33 (Zephyrhills Christian 2015 to 2023)
13. Johnny Clements: 59-91-7 (Zephyrhills 1948-1961,1966-1967)
14. Perry Brown: 58-22 (Pasco 1989-1995)
15. Jay Fulmer: 51-77 (Gulf 2005-2009, Ridgewood 2012-2017, Sunlake 2023 to Active)
16. Ricky Thomas: 47-47 (Pasco 1996-2002, Wiregrass 2007-2008)
17. Don Herndon: 44-30 (Pasco 1982-1988)
18. Chris Taylor: 43-54 (Ridgewood 2005-2009, Fivay 2010-2014)
19. Brian Wachtel: 41-53 (Mitchell 2009-2010, Land O’ Lakes 2011-2017, Fivay 2021)
20. Reggie Roberts Sr. 39-23 (Zephyrhills 2010-2015)
21. Tim Hicks 41-40 (Hudson 2017 to Active)
22. Keith Newton: 37-103 (Hudson 1979-1983, Gulf 1996-2004)
23. Mark Nash: 34-31 (Hudson 2004-2009)
24. Anthony Egan 34-34 (Wesley Chapel 2016 to 2022)
25. Ray Hurn: 32-7-2 (Pasco 1947-1950)
26. Mike Johnson 32-47 (Cypress Creek 2017 to Active)
27. Winston Jones: 31-19-4 (Pasco 1940-1942, 1944-1946)
28. Ed Webb: 28-32-2 (Gulf 1956-1961)
29. Barry Gardner: 27-15 (Zephyrhills 1985-1988)
30. Joe Caruso: 25-13-1 (Pasco 1956-1959)
31. Matt Durchik 23-29 (Fivay 2015-2020)
32. Matt Wicks 23-49 (Anclote 2009-2015)
33. David Clark: 22-6-3 (Pasco 1953-1955)
34. Bob Alwood: 22-38-1 (Zephyrhills 1968-1973)
35. Jimmy Sessoms 20-21 (Pasco 1975-1978)
36. Dan Sikes: 20-21 (Land O’Lakes 1975-1976, Zephyrhills 1977-1978)
37. Dale Caparaso 20-21 (Pasco 2003-2006)
38. Jim Riser 18-33 (Gulf 1974-1977, Ridgewood 1984)
39. Jim Michaels 17-53 (Hudson 1984-1990)
40. Ned Madison 16-12-3 (Pasco 1960-1962)
41. Sean Eperjesi 18-20 (Gulf 2021 to Active)
42. Mike Degennaro 15-45 (River Ridge 2000-2005)
43. Dan Goodspeed 16-12 (Land O' Lakes 2022 to Active)
44. John Semago 14-34 (Gulf 1949-1953)
45. Terry Voyles 14-35 (Hudson 1999-2003)
46. Ben Alford 13-17 (Wesley Chapel 2010-2012)
47. Jason Messamore 12-19 (Gulf 2013 to 2014, Anclote 2019)
48. Matt Kingsley 12-17 (Anclote 2016 to 2018)
49. Bob Bowling 12-18 (Pasco 1979-1981)
50. Jason Messamore 12-19 (Gulf 2013 to 2014, Anclote 2019)
51. Rob Mahler 11-9 (Hudson 2015-2016)
52. Alan Knight 11-18-1 (Zephyrhills 1974-1976)
53. Derrick Alexander 11-19 (Bishop McLaughlin 2011-2013)
54. Jim Valentine 11-29 (Gulf 1969-1970, 1972-1973)
55. Jeremy Shobe 11-30 (Wiregrass 2009-2012)
56. Tico Hernandez 11-39 (Wesley Chapel 2013-2015, Bishop McLaughlin 2017 to 2018)
57. Trec Baughn 10-8 Land O' Lakes 2020 to 2021)
58. Will McRaney 10-9-1 (Zephyrhills 1963-1964)
59. Richard Romine 10-19 (Pasco 1966-1968)
60. Marty Williams 10-19 (Bishop McLaughlin 2007-2009)
61. Jerry Young 10-30 (Gulf 1978-1981)
62. Dub Palmer 9-1 (Pasco 1952)
63. Alphonso Freeney 9-2 (Pasco 2022)
64. Fred Smith 9-10-1 (Gulf 1962-1963)
65. Tyrone Hendrix 14-13 (Fivay 2022 to Active)
65. Jeff Swymer 9-11 (Bishop McLaughlin 2015-2016)
65. Chad Walker 9-11 Land O' Lakes (2018-2019)
68. Matt Kitchie 9-13 (Land O' Lakes 2009-2010)
69. Jason Stokes 9-22 (Pasco 2019 to 2021)
70. Bobby Lyle 9-21 (Pasco 1969-1971)
71. Jim Davis 9-21 (Zephyrhills 1982-1984)
72. Gary Hall 9-32 (Hudson 1991-1994)
73 Ernie Pollock 9-31 (Hudson 1995-1998)
74. Tim Stevens 9-41 (River Ridge 2006-2010)
75. Jim Ceccarelli 8-12 (Bishop McLaughlin 2004-2006)
76. Trey Burdick 8-20 (Sunlake 2019 to 2021)
77. Tom Weightman 8-21 (Gulf 1964-1966)
78. Ken Hollar 7-3 (Gulf 2010)
78. Matt Nardo 7-3 (Bishop McLaughlin 2010)
80. Troy Cornwell 7-23 (Ridgewood (2002-2004)
81. Wayne Parzik 7-33 (Ridgewood 1998-2001)
82. Arthur Mickel 6-3-1 (Gulf 1946)
83. Wayne Malone 6-4 (Pasco 1963)
84. Greg Miller 6-5 (River Ridge 2022)
85. Bob Dare 6-14 (Bishop McLaughlin 2022 to 2023)
86. Autry Hayes 5-2-2 (Pasco 1951)
87. Jim Blalock 5-4-1 (Gulf 1947)
88. John McFarland 5-5 (Gulf 1967)
88. Henry Walls 5-5 (Pasco 1972)
89. Don Turner 5-14-1 (Hudson 1974-1975)
90. Tate Marsh 5-15 Pasco 1973-1974)
90. Kent Reed 5-15 (Ridgewood 2010-2011)
91. Mike Lawrence 4-6 (Wiregrass Ranch 2013)
91. Artie Meza 4-6 (Wiregrass Ranch (2014)
93. Fred Reid 10-8 (River Ridge 2023 to Active)
95. Antony Smith 4-16 (Anclote 2020 to 2021)
95. Paul Greer 4-16 (Zephyrhills 1980-1981)
97. Arthur Stevens 3-6-1 (Gulf 1945)
98. Don Hansen 3-7 (Gulf 1948)
99. Jason Grain 3-17 (Gulf 2017 to 2018)
100. John Diehl 2-4 (Fivay 2015)
101. John Woodall 2-6-2 (Pasco 1964)
102. Louis Cappola 2-7 (Zephyrhills 1948)
103. Don Daly 2-8 (Pasco 1965)
103. Don Kessler 2-8 (Gulf 1968)
103. Troy Hochstetler/Greg Mathis 2-8 (Zephyrhills 2009)
103. Craig Moore 2-8 (Bishop McLaughlin 2014)
107. Fred Hicks 2-15 (Pasco 2023 to Active)
108. Greg Climan 2-18 (Anclote 2022 to 2023)
108. Tom Carter 2-18 (Gulf 2011-2012
110. Allen Suber 1-1 (Sunlake 2022 to 2022)
111. Joe Vaughn 1-8 (Bishop McLaughlin 2019)
112. Joe Konstantinos 1-9 (Gulf 1971)
112. John Blackburn 1-9 (Zephyrhills 1979)
112. Lawrence Coleman 1-9 (Wesley Chapel 2023 to Active)
115. Justin Fenton 1-19 (Hudson 2010-2011)
116. Matthew Kitchel 0-5 (Gulf 2016)
117. John Gilmore 0-8 (Sunlake 2022)
118. William Neal 0-9-1 (Zephyrhills 1965)
119. Mike Looney 0-10 (Ridgewood 1997)
119. Bill Worthington 0-10 (Zephyrhills 1962)
119. Gerald Hatch 0-10 (Zephyrhills 1946)
122. Bruno Buonsanto 0-15 (Gulf 2015-2016)
123. Daniel McLeod 0-17 (Gulf 2019 to 2020)
124. Ken Stills 0-18 (Bishop McLaughlin 2020 to 2021)
125 Al Lagano 0-19 (Gulf 1954-1955)
126. Jason Schmachtenberger 0-7 (Anclote 2024 to Active)
127. Steve Ater 3-5 (Bishop McLaughlin 2024 to Active)
128. Bruce Patterson 4-3 (Wesley Chapel 2024 to Active)
129. Mike Smith Jr. 1-5 (ZCA 2024 to Active)
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