Career Leaders and Records for Games

Since 1869

Rank	Coach	G	School w/ most W	Notes
1.	Joe Paterno	548	Penn State	W-L-T adjusted to 298-136-3 by NCAA.
2.	Bobby Bowden	485	Florida State	W-L-T adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA.
3.	Pop Warner	446	Carlisle
4.	Bear Bryant	425	Alabama
	Amos Alonzo Stagg	425	Chicago
6.	Hayden Fry	420	Iowa	W-L-T adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA.
7.	Lou Holtz	388	Notre Dame
8.	Jess Neely	363	Rice
9.	LaVell Edwards	361	Brigham Young
10.	Mack Brown	343	Texas
11.	Don Nehlen	338	West Virginia
12.	Dick Tomey	335	Arizona
13.	Johnny Majors	332	Tennessee
14.	George Welsh	325	Virginia
15.	Frank Beamer	322	Virginia Tech
16.	Ken Hatfield	312	Arkansas
17.	Jerry Claiborne	309	Maryland
18.	Tom Osborne	307	Nebraska
	Bo Schembechler	307	Michigan
	Jim Sweeney	307	Fresno State	W-L-T adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA.
21.	Jackie Sherrill	304	Mississippi State	W-L-T adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA.
22.	Bill Mallory	301	Indiana	W-L-T adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA.
23.	Frank Howard	295	Clemson
24.	Bill Dooley	293	North Carolina	W-L-T adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA.
25.	Rich Brooks	290	Oregon	W-L-T adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA.
26.	Vince Dooley	288	Georgia
27.	Steve Spurrier	287	Florida
28.	John Cooper	282	Ohio State
29.	Dana Bible	281	Texas A&M
30.	Fisher DeBerry	279	Air Force
31.	Bob Blackman	277	Dartmouth
	Howard Schnellenberger	277	Louisville
33.	Woody Hayes	276	Ohio State
	Larry Smith	276	Arizona
	Bill Yeoman	276	Houston
36.	Ray Morrison	274	Southern Methodist
37.	Dan McGugin	271	Vanderbilt
38.	Mike Price	270	Washington State
39.	Howard Jones	269	Southern California
40.	Ralph Jordan	265	Auburn	W-L-T adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA.
	Pappy Waldorf	265	California
42.	Lou Little	264	Columbia
	Gary Pinkel	264	Missouri
44.	John Vaught	263	Mississippi
45.	Don James	257	Washington	W-L-T adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA.
46.	Bill Snyder	256	Kansas State
47.	Darrell Royal	249	Texas
48.	Ben Schwartzwalder	247	Syracuse
49.	Glen Mason	245	Minnesota
50.	William Alexander	244	Georgia Tech
51.	Warren Woodson	240	New Mexico State
52.	Grant Teaff	239	Baylor
53.	Dan Devine	238	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA.
54.	Bobby Dodd	237	Georgia Tech
	Bruce Snyder	237	Arizona State	W-L-T adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA.
56.	Wallace Butts	235	Georgia
	Harry Hughes	235	Colorado State
58.	Edward Robinson	234	Brown
59.	Terry Donahue	233	UCLA	W-L-T adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA.
60.	James Phelan	232	Washington
61.	Frank Kush	231	Arizona State
62.	Wallace Wade	230	Duke
63.	Dennis Erickson	229	Miami (FL)
64.	Red Blaik	228	Army
	Ben Martin	228	Air Force
66.	Edward Anderson	225	Holy Cross
67.	Robert Zuppke	224	Illinois
68.	Earle Bruce	223	Ohio State
69.	John Heisman	222	Georgia Tech
70.	Pat Dye	220	Auburn
71.	Joe Tiller	219	Purdue
72.	DeOrmond McLaughry	218	Brown
73.	Frank Broyles	217	Arkansas
74.	Bob Neyland	216	Tennessee
	George Woodruff	216	Pennsylvania
76.	Nick Saban	215	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 154-55-1 by NCAA.
77.	Jim Grobe	214	Wake Forest
78.	Watson Brown	213	Alabama-Birmingham
	John Robinson	213	Southern California
80.	Ike Armstrong	211	Utah
81.	Bernie Bierman	209	Minnesota
	Len Casanova	209	Oregon
	Paul Dietzel	209	Louisiana State
84.	Rip Engle	208	Penn State
85.	Clark Shaughnessy	207	Tulane
	Tommy Tuberville	207	Auburn
87.	Bobby Ross	206	Maryland
88.	Phillip Fulmer	204	Tennessee	W-L-T adjusted to 152-52 by NCAA.
	Fielding Yost	204	Michigan
90.	Jeff Bower	203	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA.
	Charles McClendon	203	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA.
	Frank Murray	203	Marquette
93.	Aldo Donelli	202	Boston University
	Dennis Franchione	202	New Mexico
95.	Dutch Meyer	201	Texas Christian
96.	Don Faurot	200	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA.
	George O'Leary	200	Central Florida
98.	Andy Gustafson	197	Miami (FL)
	Francis Schmidt	197	Texas Christian
100.	Barry Alvarez	196	Wisconsin	W-L-T adjusted to 118-74-4 by NCAA.
101.	Andrew Kerr	195	Colgate
	Tom O'Brien	195	Boston College
103.	Dick Crum	194	North Carolina
	Ossie Solem	194	Drake
105.	Jim Young	193	Army
106.	Bill Curry	192	Georgia Tech
	Pat Hill	192	Fresno State
108.	Jack Curtice	191	Utah
	Paul Pasqualoni	191	Syracuse
	Murray Warmath	191	Minnesota
	Charlie Weatherbie	191	Louisiana-Monroe
112.	Barry Switzer	190	Oklahoma
113.	Ara Parseghian	188	Notre Dame
	Jim Walden	188	Washington State	W-L-T adjusted to 70-111-7 by NCAA.
115.	Wayne Hardin	187	Temple
	Jim Owens	187	Washington
117.	Fred Akers	186	Texas
	Charlie Bachman	186	Michigan State
	Danny Ford	186	Clemson	W-L-T adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA.
	Bob Stoops	186	Oklahoma
	Jock Sutherland	186	Pittsburgh
	Henry Williams	186	Minnesota
123.	Homer Norton	185	Texas A&M
124.	Mike Donahue	184	Auburn
	Bob Higgins	184	Penn State
	Houston Nutt	184	Arkansas
127.	Duffy Daugherty	183	Michigan State
128.	Jim Carlen	182	South Carolina
	June Jones	182	Hawaii
	Sonny Lubick	182	Colorado State	W-L-T adjusted to 109-73 by NCAA.
	Jordan Olivar	182	Yale
	John Ralston	182	Stanford
	Randy Walker	182	Miami (OH)	W-L-T adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA.
134.	John Mackovic	180	Texas
	Joe Morrison	180	Chattanooga
	Frank Solich	180	Ohio
	Bob Toledo	180	UCLA
138.	Al Groh	178	Virginia
	Darryl Rogers	178	Arizona State
	Bud Wilkinson	178	Oklahoma
141.	Madison Bell	175	Southern Methodist
	Herb Deromedi	175	Central Michigan
	Vince Gibson	175	Kansas State	W-L-T adjusted to 75-98-2 by NCAA.
	John McKay	175	Southern California
145.	Kirk Ferentz	174	Iowa
	Frank Kimbrough	174	West Texas A&M
147.	Bob Devaney	173	Nebraska
	Earle Edwards	173	North Carolina State
	Bo McMillin	173	Indiana
	Bill Meek	173	Utah	W-L-T adjusted to 77-90-6 by NCAA.
151.	Curley Byrd	172	Maryland
	R.C. Slocum	172	Texas A&M
153.	Mike Bellotti	171	Oregon
	Gus Dorais	171	Detroit Mercy
155.	Gilmour Dobie	170	Cornell
	Dennis Stolz	170	Bowling Green State
157.	Harry Stuhldreher	169	Wisconsin
	Tommy West	169	Memphis
159.	Gary Barnett	168	Colorado	W-L-T adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA.
	Doug Dickey	168	Florida
161.	Ray Eliot	167	Illinois
	John Pont	167	Indiana
163.	Arthur Guepe	166	Virginia
	Bill Hess	166	Ohio
	Carl Snavely	166	North Carolina
166.	Dan McCarney	165	Iowa State	W-L-T adjusted to 66-99 by NCAA.
	Harry Mehre	165	Georgia
	Tyrone Willingham	165	Stanford
169.	Hugo Bezdek	164	Penn State
	Lee Corso	164	Indiana
	Tommy Prothro	164	Oregon State
172.	Lloyd Carr	162	Michigan
	Thomas Nugent	162	Maryland
174.	O.E. Hollingbery	160	Washington State
	Rocky Long	160	New Mexico
	Gene Stallings	160	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA.
	Glenn Thistlethwaite	160	Richmond
	Bowden Wyatt	160	Tennessee
179.	Claude Gilbert	158	San Diego State	W-L-T adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA.
	Jack Meagher	158	Auburn
	Mark Richt	158	Georgia
182.	Fritz Crisler	157	Michigan
	Randy Edsall	157	Connecticut
	Steve Sloan	157	Texas Tech
	Mike White	157	Illinois	W-L-T adjusted to 82-71-4 by NCAA.
186.	John Smith	156	Louisville
	Chuck Stobart	156	Memphis	W-L-T adjusted to 70-83-3 by NCAA.
188.	Carmen Cozza	155	Yale
	Les Miles	155	Louisiana State
	Jim Wacker	155	Texas Christian
191.	Emory Bellard	154	Texas A&M
	Walt Harris	154	Pittsburgh
	Chuck Shelton	154	Utah State
194.	Bill McCartney	153	Colorado
	Bill Murray	153	Duke
196.	Robert King	152	Furman
	Gary Patterson	152	Texas Christian
198.	Chris Ault	151	Nevada
	Ron McBride	151	Utah
200.	Spike Dykes	150	Texas Tech
	Hal Lahar	150	Colgate
	Bennie Owen	150	Oklahoma
203.	Morley Jennings	149	Baylor
	Gene Murphy	149	Cal State Fullerton	W-L-T adjusted to 60-88-1 by NCAA.
205.	Billy Brewer	148	Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA.
	Mike Riley	148	Oregon State
207.	Larry Blakeney	146	Troy
	Edwin Merrick	146	Richmond
	Red Sanders	146	UCLA
	Frank Thomas	146	Alabama
211.	Edward Doherty	145	Arizona State
	Gerry Faust	145	Akron
	Abe Martin	145	Texas Christian
	Rick Neuheisel	145	Washington
215.	Dee Andros	144	Oregon State
216.	Art Baker	143	Furman	W-L-T adjusted to 65-73-5 by NCAA.
	Nelson Stokley	143	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Joseph Yukica	143	Boston College
219.	Harvey Harman	142	Rutgers
	Jim Tatum	142	Maryland
221.	Gwinn Henry	141	Missouri
	Paul Johnson	141	Navy	W-L-T adjusted to 85-55 by NCAA.
	Pepper Rodgers	141	Georgia Tech
224.	Rex Enright	140	South Carolina
	Jack Mitchell	140	Kansas	W-L-T adjusted to 73-60-7 by NCAA.
	Lon Stiner	140	Oregon State
227.	Tommy Bowden	139	Clemson
	Mike Leach	139	Texas Tech
	Bill Lynch	139	Ball State
	Urban Meyer	139	Florida
	Odus Mitchell	139	North Texas
	Joe Novak	139	Northern Illinois
	George Perles	139	Michigan State	W-L-T adjusted to 68-67-4 by NCAA.
	Jeff Tedford	139	California
235.	Bobby Collins	138	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA.
	Robert Dobbs	138	Texas-El Paso
	Ted Tollner	138	San Diego State
238.	Gerry DiNardo	137	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 60-76-1 by NCAA.
	Rich Rodriguez	137	West Virginia
240.	Alex Agase	135	Northwestern
	Biff Jones	135	Army
	Greg Schiano	135	Rutgers
	Neil Wheelwright	135	Colgate
244.	David Cutcliffe	134	Mississippi
	George Munger	134	Pennsylvania
	David Rader	134	Tulsa
	D.C. Walker	134	Wake Forest
248.	Jack Mollenkopf	132	Purdue
	Ray Nagel	132	Utah
	Jerry Pettibone	132	Northern Illinois
	Bob Woodruff	132	Florida

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