Career Leaders and Records for Losses

Since 1869

Rank	Coach	L	School w/ most W	Notes
1.	Hayden Fry	180	Iowa	W-L-T adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA.
2.	Jess Neely	159	Rice
3.	Rich Brooks	156	Oregon	W-L-T adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA.
4.	Dick Tomey	145	Arizona
5.	Ken Hatfield	140	Arkansas
6.	Mike Price	139	Washington State
7.	Watson Brown	137	Alabama-Birmingham
	Johnny Majors	137	Tennessee
9.	Joe Paterno	136	Penn State	W-L-T adjusted to 298-136-3 by NCAA.
10.	Jim Sweeney	134	Fresno State	W-L-T adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA.
11.	Howard Schnellenberger	133	Louisville
12.	Lou Holtz	132	Notre Dame
	George Welsh	132	Virginia
14.	Bill Mallory	130	Indiana	W-L-T adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA.
15.	Don Nehlen	128	West Virginia
16.	Bill Dooley	127	North Carolina	W-L-T adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA.
17.	Larry Smith	126	Arizona
18.	Bobby Bowden	124	Florida State	W-L-T adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA.
19.	Jerry Claiborne	122	Maryland
20.	Lou Little	121	Columbia
	Glen Mason	121	Minnesota
	Jackie Sherrill	121	Mississippi State	W-L-T adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA.
	Amos Alonzo Stagg	121	Chicago
24.	Frank Howard	118	Clemson
25.	Ben Martin	116	Air Force
26.	Charlie Weatherbie	115	Louisiana-Monroe
27.	Mack Brown	112	Texas
	Jim Walden	112	Washington State	W-L-T adjusted to 70-111-7 by NCAA.
29.	Fisher DeBerry	109	Air Force
30.	Bill Yeoman	108	Houston
31.	Jim Grobe	107	Wake Forest
	Bruce Snyder	107	Arizona State	W-L-T adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA.
33.	Bob Blackman	106	Dartmouth
34.	Bill Curry	105	Georgia Tech
	Grant Teaff	105	Baylor
36.	Frank Beamer	104	Virginia Tech
	Aldo Donelli	104	Boston University
38.	Pop Warner	103	Carlisle
39.	DeOrmond McLaughry	102	Brown
	Bob Toledo	102	UCLA
41.	LaVell Edwards	101	Brigham Young
	John Pont	101	Indiana
	Bobby Ross	101	Maryland
44.	Vince Gibson	100	Kansas State	W-L-T adjusted to 75-98-2 by NCAA.
	Dan McCarney	100	Iowa State	W-L-T adjusted to 66-99 by NCAA.
46.	Ray Morrison	99	Southern Methodist
47.	Gary Pinkel	98	Missouri
48.	Jim Wacker	97	Texas Christian
49.	William Alexander	95	Georgia Tech
	Paul Dietzel	95	Louisiana State
	Chuck Shelton	95	Utah State
52.	Edward Anderson	94	Holy Cross
	Len Casanova	94	Oregon
54.	Al Groh	93	Virginia
55.	Harry Hughes	92	Colorado State
	Joe Tiller	92	Purdue
57.	Dennis Franchione	91	New Mexico
	Ben Schwartzwalder	91	Syracuse
59.	Gene Murphy	89	Cal State Fullerton	W-L-T adjusted to 60-88-1 by NCAA.
	Clark Shaughnessy	89	Tulane
	Pappy Waldorf	89	California
	Tommy West	89	Memphis
63.	Earle Edwards	88	North Carolina State
	Robert King	88	Furman
	Bill Meek	88	Utah	W-L-T adjusted to 77-90-6 by NCAA.
	George O'Leary	88	Central Florida
	Tyrone Willingham	88	Stanford
68.	Jack Curtice	87	Utah
	Edwin Merrick	87	Richmond
70.	Wallace Butts	86	Georgia
	Steve Sloan	86	Texas Tech
72.	Bear Bryant	85	Alabama
	Lee Corso	85	Indiana
	Walt Harris	85	Pittsburgh
	Bill Snyder	85	Kansas State
76.	Jeff Bower	84	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA.
	John Cooper	84	Ohio State
	Jerry Pettibone	84	Northern Illinois
	Chuck Stobart	84	Memphis	W-L-T adjusted to 70-83-3 by NCAA.
	Murray Warmath	84	Minnesota
81.	Alex Agase	83	Northwestern
	Gary Barnett	83	Colorado	W-L-T adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA.
	Bill Hess	83	Ohio
	Ralph Jordan	83	Auburn	W-L-T adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA.
	Bill Lynch	83	Ball State
	David Rader	83	Tulsa
	Ossie Solem	83	Drake
88.	Earle Bruce	82	Ohio State
	John Mackovic	82	Texas
	Frank Murray	82	Marquette
	Jim Owens	82	Washington
	James Phelan	82	Washington
	Edward Robinson	82	Brown
	Randy Walker	82	Miami (OH)	W-L-T adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA.
	Warren Woodson	82	New Mexico State
96.	Jim Colletto	81	Purdue	W-L-T adjusted to 38-80-4 by NCAA.
	Randy Edsall	81	Connecticut
	Dennis Erickson	81	Miami (FL)
	Don Faurot	81	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA.
	Houston Nutt	81	Arkansas
	John Ralston	81	Stanford
	Robert Zuppke	81	Illinois
103.	Dee Andros	80	Oregon State
	Pat Hill	80	Fresno State
	Frank Kimbrough	80	West Texas A&M
	Tom O'Brien	80	Boston College
	Nelson Stokley	80	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Harry Stuhldreher	80	Wisconsin
109.	Don James	79	Washington	W-L-T adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA.
	Dutch Meyer	79	Texas Christian
111.	Edward Doherty	78	Arizona State
	Andy Gustafson	78	Miami (FL)
	Rocky Long	78	New Mexico
	Doug Weaver	78	Kansas State
115.	Dick Crum	77	North Carolina
	Gerry DiNardo	77	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 60-76-1 by NCAA.
	Vince Dooley	77	Georgia
	John Robinson	77	Southern California
	Steve Spurrier	77	Florida
	Dennis Stolz	77	Bowling Green State
	Tommy Tuberville	77	Auburn
122.	Joe Novak	76	Northern Illinois
123.	Fred Akers	75	Texas
	Barry Alvarez	75	Wisconsin	W-L-T adjusted to 118-74-4 by NCAA.
	Gerry Faust	75	Akron
	June Jones	75	Hawaii
	Thomas Nugent	75	Maryland
128.	Art Baker	74	Furman	W-L-T adjusted to 65-73-5 by NCAA.
	Terry Donahue	74	UCLA	W-L-T adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA.
	Kirk Ferentz	74	Iowa
	Sonny Lubick	74	Colorado State	W-L-T adjusted to 109-73 by NCAA.
132.	Charlie Bailey	73	Texas-El Paso
	Ray Eliot	73	Illinois
	Paul Pasqualoni	73	Syracuse
	John Smith	73	Louisville
136.	Dave Currey	72	Long Beach State
	Pete Elliott	72	Illinois
	Joe Morrison	72	Chattanooga
	Skip Stahley	72	Idaho
	Neil Wheelwright	72	Colgate
	Mike White	72	Illinois	W-L-T adjusted to 82-71-4 by NCAA.
142.	Arthur Guepe	71	Virginia
	Wayne Hardin	71	Temple
	Bob Higgins	71	Penn State
	Ray Nagel	71	Utah
	Homer Smith	71	Davidson
	Bobby Wallace	71	Temple
	Woody Widenhofer	71	Vanderbilt
	Jim Young	71	Army
150.	Curley Byrd	70	Maryland
	Fred Goldsmith	70	Rice
	Tom Harp	70	Duke
	Bob Thalman	70	Virginia Military Institute
154.	Emory Bellard	69	Texas A&M
	Jerry Berndt	69	Temple
	Dana Bible	69	Texas A&M
	Larry Blakeney	69	Troy
	Billy Brewer	69	Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA.
	Jim Carlen	69	South Carolina
	David Cutcliffe	69	Mississippi
	Duffy Daugherty	69	Michigan State
	F. Dry	69	Tulsa
	Rex Enright	69	South Carolina
	Bo McMillin	69	Indiana
	Buddy Teevens	69	Stanford	W-L-T adjusted to 21-68 by NCAA.
166.	Rip Engle	68	Penn State
	Mike Sheppard	68	Long Beach State	W-L-T adjusted to 26-67 by NCAA.
	Ted Tollner	68	San Diego State
169.	Spike Dykes	67	Texas Tech
	Gwinn Henry	67	Missouri
	Mike Riley	67	Oregon State
	Greg Schiano	67	Rutgers
173.	Bobby Johnson	66	Vanderbilt
	Chuck Mills	66	Utah State
175.	Rickey Bustle	65	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Fran Curci	65	Kentucky	W-L-T adjusted to 56-64-2 by NCAA.
	Pepper Rodgers	65	Georgia Tech
	Bo Schembechler	65	Michigan
	Ron Zook	65	Illinois
180.	Darrell Dickey	64	North Texas
	Bobby Dodd	64	Georgia Tech
	Abe Martin	64	Texas Christian
	Jack Meagher	64	Auburn
	Hal Mumme	64	Kentucky
	Elliot Uzelac	64	Western Michigan
186.	Jim Caldwell	63	Wake Forest
	Robert Dobbs	63	Texas-El Paso
	Dennis Green	63	Stanford
	Howard Jones	63	Southern California
	Andrew Kerr	63	Colgate
	Hal Lahar	63	Colgate
	Ron McBride	63	Utah
	Rick Minter	63	Cincinnati
	Odus Mitchell	63	North Texas
	Jordan Olivar	63	Yale
	Steve Roberts	63	Arkansas State	W-L-T adjusted to 35-63 by NCAA.
	Frank Solich	63	Ohio
198.	Charlie Bachman	62	Michigan State
	Todd Berry	62	Louisiana-Monroe
	Frank Broyles	62	Arkansas
	Frank Dobson	62	Richmond
	Pat Dye	62	Auburn
	George Perles	62	Michigan State	W-L-T adjusted to 68-67-4 by NCAA.
	Darryl Rogers	62	Arizona State
	Bill Yung	62	West Texas A&M
206.	Madison Bell	61	Southern Methodist
	Woody Hayes	61	Ohio State
	Charles McClendon	61	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA.
	Lee Owens	61	Akron
	Gene Stallings	61	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA.
	Fred Thomsen	61	Arkansas
	Robert Titchenal	61	San Jose State
	Ron Turner	61	Illinois
	John Vaught	61	Mississippi
	Bob Weber	61	Louisville
216.	George Blackburn	60	Virginia
	Danny Ford	60	Clemson	W-L-T adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA.
	Harvey Harman	60	Rutgers
	John Heisman	60	Georgia Tech
	Morley Jennings	60	Baylor
	Pat Jones	60	Oklahoma State
	Frank Lauterbur	60	Toledo
	Marv Levy	60	William & Mary
	John McKenna	60	Virginia Military Institute
	Harry Mehre	60	Georgia
	Darrell Royal	60	Texas
227.	Art Briles	59	Houston
	Jack Mitchell	59	Kansas	W-L-T adjusted to 73-60-7 by NCAA.
	Homer Norton	59	Texas A&M
	Red Parker	59	Citadel
	Glenn Thistlethwaite	59	Richmond
232.	Doug Dickey	58	Florida
	George James	58	Cornell
	Steve Logan	58	East Carolina
	Rick Neuheisel	58	Washington
236.	Dan Devine	57	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA.
	Vee Green	57	Drake
	Jim Harkema	57	Eastern Michigan
	Brady Hoke	57	Ball State
	Alva Kelley	57	Brown
	Bunny Oakes	57	Colorado
	Tony Samuel	57	New Mexico State
	Chris Scelfo	57	Tulane
	Jeff Tedford	57	California
245.	Chris Ault	56	Nevada
	Bernie Bierman	56	Minnesota
	Heck Clark	56	Sewanee
	Claude Gilbert	56	San Diego State	W-L-T adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA.
	Tommy Hudspeth	56	Brigham Young
	Cal Stoll	56	Minnesota
	Bowden Wyatt	56	Tennessee

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