Coaching Career
Phelan coached his entire career at Mount Saint Mary's University. He led the Mountaineers to the 1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. When he retired in 2003, after coaching for 49 years, he had amassed 830 wins (overall record of 830-524) in over 1,300 games in all divisions. In those 49 years, 19 of his teams amassed 20 or more wins in a season. Prior to the announcement of his induction in April 2008, Phelan was often noted for having the most victories of any coach not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
He got his 800th win in the Northeast Conference Championship Game on March 1, 1999. He became just the 4th coach in NCAA history to get 800 career wins; currently he sits seventh on the all-time list behind Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, and Jim Calhoun. On January 19, 1998, he became just the 2nd coach in NCAA history to coach in 1,200 career games. The only other coach to do so prior was Clarence Gaines; since that time Bob Knight also reached 1,200 career games coached. Phelan holds the record in games coached with 1,354 across all NCAA divisions; he is second to Phog Allen in total career seasons coached with 49, though all 49 of Phelan's seasons came at Mount Saint Mary's University while Allen coached at four other institution besides Kansas, where he gained fame..
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