| Active |
Coach |
Games |
W/L/T |
Pct. | Years Coaching |
Teams |
|
Joe Paterno |
139 | 409-136-3 |
0.0% | 1966-2011 |
Penn State |
|
Bobby Bowden |
133 | 346-123-4 |
0.0% | 1959-2009 |
Samford, West Virginia, Florida State |
|
Paul W. Bear Bryant |
102 | 323-85-17 |
0.0% | 1945-1982 |
Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama |
|
Nick Saban |
72 | 292-71-1 |
0.0% | 1990-2023 |
Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, Alabama |
| ## |
Mack Brown |
150 | 285-149-1 |
0.0% | 1983-2024 |
Appalachian State, Tulane, North Carolina, Texas |
|
Lavell Edwards |
104 | 257-101-3 |
0.0% | 1972-2000 |
Brigham Young |
|
Tom Osborne |
52 | 255-49-3 |
0.0% | 1973-1995 |
Nebraska |
|
Jerry Moore |
137 | 242-135-2 |
0.0% | 1979-2012 |
North Texas, Texas Tech, Appalachian State |
|
Frank Beamer |
148 | 238-121-2 |
0.0% | 1981-2015 |
Murray State, Virginia Tech |
|
Lou Holtz |
139 | 236-112-7 |
0.0% | 1969-2004 |
William & Mary, NC State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina |
|
Chris Ault |
109 | 234-108-1 |
0.0% | 1976-2012 |
Nevada |
|
Glenn Bo Schembechler |
73 | 234-65-8 |
0.0% | 1963-1989 |
Miami Ohio, Michigan |
|
Hayden Fry |
188 | 232-178-10 |
0.0% | 1962-1998 |
SMU, North Texas State, Iowa |
|
Steve Spurrier |
91 | 228-89-2 |
0.0% | 1987-2015 |
Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
|
Wayne Woody Hayes |
82 | 219-66-10 |
0.0% | 1946-1978 |
Denison, Miami Ohio, Ohio State |
|
Bill Snyder |
118 | 215-117-1 |
0.0% | 1989-2018 |
Kansas State |
|
Don Nehlen |
136 | 202-128-8 |
0.0% | 1968-2000 |
Bowling Green, West Virginia |
|
Vince Dooley |
87 | 201-77-10 |
0.0% | 1964-1988 |
Georgia |
|
Dan McGugin |
74 | 197-55-19 |
0.0% | 1904-1934 |
Vanderbilt |
| ## |
Kirk Ferentz |
141 | 197-120-0 |
0.0% | 1999-2024 |
Maine, Iowa |
|
Fisher DeBerry |
110 | 196-109-1 |
0.0% | 1984-2006 |
Air Force |
|
John Cooper |
90 | 192-84-6 |
0.0% | 1977-2000 |
Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa |
|
Bob Stoops |
48 | 191-48-0 |
0.0% | 1999-2021 |
Oklahoma |
|
Gary Pinkel |
113 | 191-110-3 |
0.0% | 1991-2015 |
Missouri, Toledo |
|
Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost |
45 | 190-34-11 |
0.0% | 1898-1926 |
Michigan |
|
John H. Vaught |
73 | 190-61-12 |
0.0% | 1947-1973 |
Mississippi |
|
Paul Johnson |
100 | 190-100-0 |
0.0% | 1997-2019 |
Georgia Tech, Navy, Georgia Southern |
|
George Welsh |
136 | 189-132-4 |
0.0% | 1973-2000 |
Navy, Virginia |
|
Jess C. Neely |
195 | 187-159-17 |
0.0% | 1924-1966 |
Southwestern, Clemson, Rice |
|
Urban Meyer |
32 | 187-32-0 |
0.0% | 2001-2018 |
Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah |
|
Dana X. Bible |
91 | 186-65-21 |
0.0% | 1915-1946 |
LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M |
|
Johnny Majors |
147 | 185-137-10 |
0.0% | 1968-1996 |
Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee |
|
Darrell Royal |
65 | 184-60-5 |
0.0% | 1954-1976 |
Mississippi State, Texas, Washington |
|
Dick Tomey |
152 | 183-145-7 |
0.0% | 1977-2009 |
Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State |
|
Dick Tomey |
152 | 183-145-7 |
0.0% | 1977-2009 |
San Jose State, Arizona, Hawaii |
|
Gary Patterson |
79 | 181-79-0 |
0.0% | 2000-2021 |
TCU |
|
Jackie Sherrill |
125 | 179-121-4 |
0.0% | 1976-2003 |
Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State |
|
Jerry Claiborne |
130 | 179-122-8 |
0.0% | 1961-1989 |
Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech |
|
Frank Kush |
55 | 176-54-1 |
0.0% | 1958-1979 |
Arizona State |
|
Don James |
82 | 175-79-3 |
0.0% | 1971-1992 |
Kent State, Washington |
|
Ralph Shug Jordan |
90 | 175-83-7 |
0.0% | 1951-1975 |
Auburn |
|
Frank Solich |
101 | 173-101-0 |
0.0% | 1998-2020 |
Nebraska, Ohio |
|
Howard H. Jones |
81 | 173-61-15 |
0.0% | 1908-1940 |
Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale |
|
Robert R. Bob Neyland |
43 | 173-31-12 |
0.0% | 1926-1952 |
Tennessee |
|
Dan Devine |
66 | 172-57-9 |
0.0% | 1955-1980 |
Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame |
|
Ara R. Parseghian |
64 | 171-58-6 |
0.0% | 1951-1974 |
Notre Dame, Northwestern, Miami Ohio |
| ## |
Dabo Swinney |
44 | 171-44-0 |
0.0% | 2008-2024 |
Clemson |
|
Mark Richt |
64 | 171-64-0 |
0.0% | 2001-2018 |
Georgia, Miami |
|
Wallace W. Wade |
59 | 171-49-10 |
0.0% | 1923-1950 |
Alabama, Duke |
|
Jim Sweeney |
157 | 170-133-4 |
0.0% | 1963-1996 |
Montana State, Washington State, Fresno State |
|
Glenn Scobey Pop Warner |
138 | 169-51-21 |
0.0% | 1895-1938 |
Georgia, Cornell, Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple |
|
Ken Hatfield |
144 | 168-140-4 |
0.0% | 1979-2005 |
Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice |
| ## |
Mike Gundy |
79 | 168-79-0 |
0.0% | 2005-2024 |
Oklahoma State |
|
Bill Mallory |
134 | 167-130-4 |
0.0% | 1969-1996 |
Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois |
|
Bobby Dodd |
72 | 165-64-8 |
0.0% | 1945-1966 |
Georgia Tech |
| ## |
Brian Kelly |
107 | 165-70-0 |
0.0% | 1991-2024 |
Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, LSU |
|
Frank Howard |
130 | 165-118-12 |
0.0% | 1940-1969 |
Clemson |
| ## |
Kyle Whittingham |
79 | 164-79-0 |
0.0% | 2004-2024 |
Utah |
|
Bill Dooley |
132 | 161-127-5 |
0.0% | 1967-1992 |
North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest |
|
Bill Yeoman |
116 | 160-108-8 |
0.0% | 1962-1986 |
Houston |
|
Tommy Tuberville |
99 | 159-99-0 |
0.0% | 1995-2016 |
Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech |
|
Howard Schnellenberger |
154 | 158-151-3 |
0.0% | 1979-2011 |
Miami, Louisville, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic |
|
Mike Leach |
107 | 158-107-0 |
0.0% | 2000-2022 |
Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State |
|
Barry Switzer |
33 | 157-29-4 |
0.0% | 1973-1988 |
Oklahoma |
|
Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf |
108 | 157-89-19 |
0.0% | 1929-1956 |
California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State |
|
Floyd B. Ben Schwartzwalder |
94 | 153-91-3 |
0.0% | 1949-1973 |
Syracuse |
|
Pat Dye |
67 | 153-62-5 |
0.0% | 1974-1992 |
Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming |
|
John W. Heisman |
70 | 152-56-14 |
0.0% | 1893-1927 |
Akron, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Rice |
|
Phillip Fulmer |
53 | 151-52-1 |
0.0% | 1992-2008 |
Tennessee |
|
Skip Holtz |
121 | 151-121-0 |
0.0% | 1994-2021 |
Louisiana Tech, South Florida, East Carolina, Connecticut |
|
Terry Donahue |
82 | 151-74-8 |
0.0% | 1976-1995 |
UCLA |
|
Francis A. Schmidt |
57 | 150-46-11 |
0.0% | 1919-1940 |
Ohio State, TCU, Arkansas, Tulsa |
|
Ray Morrison |
163 | 144-104-33 |
0.0% | 1915-1952 |
Austin, Temple, Vanderbilt, SMU |
|
Dennis Franchione |
137 | 133-116-0 |
0.0% | 1981-2015 |
Southwestern, Pittsburg St., Southwest Texas St., New Mexico, TCU, Alabama, Texas St. |
|
Grant Teaff |
111 | 128-59-4 |
0.0% | 1972-1992 |
Baylor, McMurry, Angelo State |
|
Earl H. Red Blaik |
62 | 121-33-10 |
0.0% | 1934-1958 |
Army, Dartmouth |
|
Willie Fritz |
116 | 111-69-0 |
0.0% | 1997-2024 |
Central Missouri, Sam Houston State, Georgia Southern, Tulane, Houston |
|
Jim Tressel |
81 | 94-22-0 |
0.0% | 1986-2010 |
Youngstown State, Ohio State |
| ## |
Terry Bowden |
142 | 92-95-1 |
0.0% | 1983-2024 |
Louisiana Monroe, Akron, North Alabama, Auburn, Samford, Salem |
|
Robert L. Bob Blackman |
113 | 29-36-1 |
0.0% | 1953-1981 |
Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois |
