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Oklahoma High School Girls Basketball Winningest Coaches

Updated: May 6, 2022


Here some career numbers for some of Oklahoma's Winningest High School Girls Coaches

Here's the complete Oklahoma High School Girls All-Time Winningest Coaches list


STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 25 : Rick Wilson

25 : Rocky Clarke 22 : Bertha Teague 18 : Cherie Myers

ALL-TIME CAREER WINS (GIRLS BASKETBALL) 1157 : Bertha Teague 937 : Joe Gilbert

935 : Rocky Clarke ** (end of 2021-22 season)

918 : Rick Wilson ** (end of 2021-22 season) 862 : Cherie Myers

821 : Nadine Carpenter

805: Wayne Merryman

** Active


BERTHA TEAGUE Coached 42 years (all at Byng 1927-1969) 1157-115 Career W/L (state record) 22 State Tournament appearances 8 State Championships : Byng (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1969) 6 Runners-Up : Byng (1939, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1956, 1957) 7 consecutive state finals 1936-1942)


JOE GILBERT Coached for 66 years (all at Barnsdall) 937 Career Wins in Girls Basketball (active) 7 State Tournament Appearances in Girls Basketball (1985, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1965, 1962, 1959) 3951 Career Wins in All Sports Coached (as of 2/22/2020) Fast Pitch : 1147 Girls Basketball : 937

Baseball : 801 (1980 Class A State Champions) Boys Basketball : 649 Slow Pitch : 412 (2013 Class 2A State Champions) Football : 5

ROCKY CLARKE Has coached for 45 years (Claremore, Byng, Dale, Velma-Alma, Washington) 935 Career Wins (thru 2021-22 season) 25 State Tournament appearances (state record) 4 State Championships : Byng (1987), Washington (2003, 2004, 2007) 5 Runners-Up : Claremore (1980), Velma-Alma (1998), Washington (2001, 2006, 2016)

RICK WILSON Has coached for 44 years (Apache, Carl Albert, Davenport, Duke, Elgin, Elk City, Hydro-Eakly, Sand Springs, Seiling, Sterling, Weatherford) 918 Career Wins (thru 2021-22 season) 25 State Tournament appearances (state record) 7 State Championships : Elk City-3A (1985), Seiling-2A (1993, 1994), Carl Albert-5A (2000), Hydro-Ealky-A (2001, 2002), Weatherford-4A (2007) 4 Runners-Up Has taken 10 different teams to the State Tournament (state record)

CHERIE MYERS Coached for 38 years (Dover, Drummond, Pioneer, Kingfisher, Okarche) 862-207 Career W/L 18 State Tournament appearances 5 State Championships : Kingfisher (1989, 2000), Okarche (2010, 2013, 2014) 5 Runners-Up : Okarche (2002, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2017)


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