Active |
Coach |
Games |
W/L/T |
Pct. | Years Coaching |
Teams |
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|
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Chris Ault |
343 | 234-108-1 |
68.4% | 1976-2012 |
Nevada |
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Frank Beamer |
428 | 280-144-4 |
66.0% | 1981-2015 |
Murray State, Virginia Tech |
|
Dana X. Bible |
281 | 190-69-22 |
73.4% | 1915-1946 |
LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M |
|
Robert L. Bob Blackman |
277 | 164-106-7 |
60.7% | 1953-1981 |
Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois |
|
Earl H. Red Blaik |
228 | 166-48-14 |
77.6% | 1934-1958 |
Army, Dartmouth |
|
Bobby Bowden |
510 | 377-129-4 |
74.5% | 1959-2009 |
Samford, West Virginia, Florida State |
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Terry Bowden |
327 | 185-140-2 |
56.9% | 1983-2024 |
Louisiana Monroe, Akron, North Alabama, Auburn, Samford, Salem |
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Mack Brown |
434 | 284-149-1 |
65.6% | 1983-2024 |
Appalachian State, Tulane, North Carolina, Texas |
|
Paul W. Bear Bryant |
425 | 323-85-17 |
79.2% | 1945-1982 |
Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama |
|
Jerry Claiborne |
309 | 179-122-8 |
59.5% | 1961-1989 |
Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech |
|
John Cooper |
282 | 192-84-6 |
69.6% | 1977-2000 |
Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa |
|
Fisher DeBerry |
306 | 196-109-1 |
64.3% | 1984-2006 |
Air Force |
|
Dan Devine |
238 | 172-57-9 |
75.1% | 1955-1980 |
Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame |
|
Bobby Dodd |
237 | 165-64-8 |
72.1% | 1945-1966 |
Georgia Tech |
|
Terry Donahue |
233 | 151-74-8 |
67.1% | 1976-1995 |
UCLA |
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Bill Dooley |
293 | 161-127-5 |
55.9% | 1967-1992 |
North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest |
|
Vince Dooley |
288 | 201-77-10 |
72.3% | 1964-1988 |
Georgia |
|
Pat Dye |
220 | 153-62-5 |
71.2% | 1974-1992 |
Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming |
|
Lavell Edwards |
361 | 257-101-3 |
71.8% | 1972-2000 |
Brigham Young |
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Kirk Ferentz |
350 | 209-141-0 |
59.7% | 1999-2024 |
Maine, Iowa |
|
Dennis Franchione |
350 | 213-135-2 |
61.2% | 1981-2015 |
Southwestern, Pittsburg St., Southwest Texas St., New Mexico, TCU, Alabama, Texas St. |
|
Willie Fritz |
324 | 208-116-0 |
64.2% | 1997-2024 |
Central Missouri, Sam Houston State, Georgia Southern, Tulane, Houston |
|
Hayden Fry |
420 | 232-178-10 |
56.6% | 1962-1998 |
SMU, North Texas State, Iowa |
|
Phillip Fulmer |
204 | 151-52-1 |
74.4% | 1992-2008 |
Tennessee |
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Mike Gundy |
247 | 168-79-0 |
68.0% | 2005-2024 |
Oklahoma State |
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Ken Hatfield |
312 | 168-140-4 |
54.5% | 1979-2005 |
Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice |
|
Wayne Woody Hayes |
320 | 238-72-10 |
76.8% | 1946-1978 |
Denison, Miami Ohio, Ohio State |
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John W. Heisman |
222 | 152-56-14 |
73.1% | 1893-1927 |
Akron, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Rice |
|
Skip Holtz |
272 | 151-121-0 |
55.5% | 1994-2021 |
Louisiana Tech, South Florida, East Carolina, Connecticut |
|
Lou Holtz |
388 | 249-132-7 |
65.4% | 1969-2004 |
William & Mary, NC State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina |
|
Frank Howard |
295 | 165-118-12 |
58.3% | 1940-1969 |
Clemson |
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Don James |
257 | 175-79-3 |
68.9% | 1971-1992 |
Kent State, Washington |
|
Paul Johnson |
290 | 190-100-0 |
65.5% | 1997-2019 |
Georgia Tech, Navy, Georgia Southern |
|
Howard H. Jones |
269 | 188-63-18 |
74.9% | 1908-1940 |
Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale |
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Ralph Shug Jordan |
265 | 175-83-7 |
67.8% | 1951-1975 |
Auburn |
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Brian Kelly |
390 | 283-105-2 |
72.9% | 1991-2024 |
Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, LSU |
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Frank Kush |
231 | 176-54-1 |
76.5% | 1958-1979 |
Arizona State |
|
Mike Leach |
265 | 158-107-0 |
59.6% | 2000-2022 |
Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State |
|
Johnny Majors |
332 | 185-137-10 |
57.5% | 1968-1996 |
Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee |
|
Bill Mallory |
301 | 167-130-4 |
56.2% | 1969-1996 |
Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois |
|
Dan McGugin |
271 | 197-55-19 |
78.2% | 1904-1934 |
Vanderbilt |
|
Urban Meyer |
219 | 187-32-0 |
85.4% | 2001-2018 |
Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah |
|
Jerry Moore |
379 | 242-135-2 |
64.2% | 1979-2012 |
North Texas, Texas Tech, Appalachian State |
|
Ray Morrison |
318 | 155-130-33 |
54.4% | 1915-1952 |
Austin, Temple, Vanderbilt, SMU |
|
Jess C. Neely |
402 | 207-176-19 |
54.0% | 1924-1966 |
Southwestern, Clemson, Rice |
|
Don Nehlen |
338 | 202-128-8 |
61.2% | 1968-2000 |
Bowling Green, West Virginia |
|
Robert R. Bob Neyland |
216 | 173-31-12 |
84.8% | 1926-1952 |
Tennessee |
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Tom Osborne |
307 | 255-49-3 |
83.9% | 1973-1995 |
Nebraska |
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Ara R. Parseghian |
235 | 171-58-6 |
74.7% | 1951-1974 |
Notre Dame, Northwestern, Miami Ohio |
|
Joe Paterno |
548 | 409-136-3 |
75.0% | 1966-2011 |
Penn State |
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Gary Patterson |
260 | 181-79-0 |
69.6% | 2000-2021 |
TCU |
|
Gary Pinkel |
304 | 191-110-3 |
63.5% | 1991-2015 |
Missouri, Toledo |
|
Mark Richt |
235 | 171-64-0 |
72.8% | 2001-2018 |
Georgia, Miami |
|
Darrell Royal |
249 | 184-60-5 |
75.4% | 1954-1976 |
Mississippi State, Texas, Washington |
|
Nick Saban |
364 | 292-71-1 |
80.4% | 1990-2023 |
Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, Alabama |
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Glenn Bo Schembechler |
307 | 234-65-8 |
78.3% | 1963-1989 |
Miami Ohio, Michigan |
|
Francis A. Schmidt |
207 | 150-46-11 |
76.5% | 1919-1940 |
Ohio State, TCU, Arkansas, Tulsa |
|
Howard Schnellenberger |
312 | 158-151-3 |
51.1% | 1979-2011 |
Miami, Louisville, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic |
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Floyd B. Ben Schwartzwalder |
247 | 153-91-3 |
62.7% | 1949-1973 |
Syracuse |
|
Jackie Sherrill |
304 | 179-121-4 |
59.7% | 1976-2003 |
Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State |
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Bill Snyder |
333 | 215-117-1 |
64.8% | 1989-2018 |
Kansas State |
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Frank Solich |
274 | 173-101-0 |
63.1% | 1998-2020 |
Nebraska, Ohio |
|
Steve Spurrier |
319 | 228-89-2 |
71.9% | 1987-2015 |
Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
|
Bob Stoops |
239 | 191-48-0 |
79.9% | 1999-2021 |
Oklahoma |
|
Jim Sweeney |
358 | 201-153-4 |
56.8% | 1963-1996 |
Montana State, Washington State, Fresno State |
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Dabo Swinney |
215 | 171-44-0 |
79.5% | 2008-2024 |
Clemson |
|
Barry Switzer |
190 | 157-29-4 |
84.4% | 1973-1988 |
Oklahoma |
|
Grant Teaff |
281 | 170-105-6 |
61.8% | 1972-1992 |
Baylor, McMurry, Angelo State |
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Dick Tomey |
335 | 183-145-7 |
55.8% | 1977-2009 |
Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State |
|
Dick Tomey |
335 | 183-145-7 |
55.8% | 1977-2009 |
San Jose State, Arizona, Hawaii |
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Jim Tressel |
310 | 229-79-2 |
74.4% | 1986-2010 |
Youngstown State, Ohio State |
|
Tommy Tuberville |
258 | 159-99-0 |
61.6% | 1995-2016 |
Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech |
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John H. Vaught |
263 | 190-61-12 |
75.7% | 1947-1973 |
Mississippi |
|
Wallace W. Wade |
230 | 171-49-10 |
77.7% | 1923-1950 |
Alabama, Duke |
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Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf |
265 | 157-89-19 |
63.8% | 1929-1956 |
California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State |
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Glenn Scobey Pop Warner |
457 | 319-106-32 |
75.1% | 1895-1938 |
Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple |
|
George Welsh |
325 | 189-132-4 |
58.9% | 1973-2000 |
Navy, Virginia |
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Kyle Whittingham |
243 | 164-79-0 |
67.5% | 2004-2024 |
Utah |
|
Bill Yeoman |
276 | 160-108-8 |
59.7% | 1962-1986 |
Houston |
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Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost |
235 | 190-34-11 |
84.8% | 1898-1926 |
Michigan |