I find this interesting. I hadn’t considered the possibility. Beilein needs 44 wins to pass Johnny Orr’s 209 wins.
Beilein has 166 wins; 79 being conference wins.
He should and will pass Steve Fisher’s 184 this season.
All-Time Michigan Basketball Coaches’ Record, 1909, 1918-2015
Coach Years Overall Big Ten BT CT Reg. NCAA
G.D. Corneal 1909 1-4
Elmer D. Mitchell 1918-1919 22-20 5-15
E. J. Mather 1920-1928 108-53 64-43 3
George Veenker 1929-1931 35-12 24-10 1
Franklin Cappon 1932-1938 78-57 44-40
Bennie Oosterbaan 1939-1946 81-72 40-59
Osborne Cowles 1947-1948 28-14 16-8 1
Ernie McCoy 1949-1952 40-47 18-34
Bill Perigo 1953-1960 78-100 38-78
Dave Strack 1961-1968 113-89 58-54 3 2
Johnny Orr 1969-1980 209-113 120-72 2 1
Bill Frieder 1981-1989 191-87 98-64 2
Steve Fisher 1989-1997# 184-82* 88-56* 3* 1
Brian Ellerbe 1998-2001* 62-60* 26-38* 1*
Tommy Amaker 2001-2007 109-83 43-53
John Beilein 2008-2015 166-110 79-65 1 1
#Fisher was named interim coach just before the beginning of the 1989 NCAA tournament.
BT = Big Ten regular season championship
CT = Big Ten conference tournament championship (first held in 1998)
Reg. = NCAA regional championship
NCAA = NCAA championship