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Career Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage

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Since 1869

Rank	Coach	Pct	School w/ most W	Notes
1.	Knute Rockne	.8811	Notre Dame
2.	Frank Leahy	.8643	Notre Dame
3.	Barry Switzer	.8368	Oklahoma
4.	Tom Osborne	.8355	Nebraska
5.	Urban Meyer	.8345	Florida
6.	Charley Moran	.8333	Centre
	Fielding Yost	.8333	Michigan
8.	Bob Neyland	.8287	Tennessee
9.	Jim Tressel	.8281	Ohio State	W-L-T adjusted to 94-21 by NCAA.
10.	Bud Wilkinson	.8258	Oklahoma
11.	Percy Haughton	.8171	Harvard
12.	Jock Sutherland	.8118	Pittsburgh
13.	Frank Thomas	.8116	Alabama
14.	Bob Devaney	.8064	Nebraska
15.	George Woodruff	.8032	Pennsylvania
16.	Bob Stoops	.8011	Oklahoma
17.	Henry Williams	.7850	Minnesota
18.	Fred Folsom	.7806	Colorado
19.	Bear Bryant	.7800	Alabama
20.	Bo Schembechler	.7752	Michigan
21.	Andy Smith	.7712	California
22.	Fritz Crisler	.7675	Michigan
23.	Wallace Wade	.7652	Duke
24.	Frank Kush	.7641	Arizona State
25.	Gary Patterson	.7632	Texas Christian
26.	Jimmy Crowley	.7625	Fordham
27.	Dan McGugin	.7620	Vanderbilt
28.	Woody Hayes	.7609	Ohio State
29.	Red Blaik	.7588	Army
30.	Lloyd Carr	.7531	Michigan
31.	Joe Paterno	.7491	Penn State	W-L-T adjusted to 298-136-3 by NCAA.
32.	Darrell Royal	.7490	Texas
33.	John McKay	.7486	Southern California
34.	Mark Richt	.7468	Georgia
35.	John Vaught	.7452	Mississippi
36.	Carmen Cozza	.7452	Yale
37.	Phillip Fulmer	.7427	Tennessee	W-L-T adjusted to 152-52 by NCAA.
38.	Nick Saban	.7419	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 154-55-1 by NCAA.
39.	Dan Devine	.7416	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA.
40.	Bobby Bowden	.7402	Florida State	W-L-T adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA.
41.	Pop Warner	.7332	Carlisle
42.	Howard Jones	.7323	Southern California
43.	Frank Cavanaugh	.7298	Dartmouth
44.	Les Miles	.7290	Louisiana State
45.	Jim Tatum	.7289	Maryland
46.	Steve Spurrier	.7282	Florida
47.	Jumbo Stiehm	.7215	Nebraska
48.	R.C. Slocum	.7209	Texas A&M
49.	Gus Dorais	.7193	Detroit Mercy
50.	Tad Jones	.7188	Yale
51.	J.R. Richards	.7179	Wisconsin
52.	LaVell Edwards	.7161	Brigham Young
53.	Dana Bible	.7153	Texas A&M
54.	Vince Dooley	.7153	Georgia
55.	Charles Caldwell	.7135	Princeton
56.	Bobby Dodd	.7131	Georgia Tech
57.	Bernie Bierman	.7105	Minnesota
58.	Ara Parseghian	.7101	Notre Dame
59.	Red Sanders	.7089	UCLA
60.	Gilmour Dobie	.7088	Cornell
61.	Francis Schmidt	.7081	Texas Christian
62.	Pat Dye	.7068	Auburn
63.	Ike Armstrong	.7038	Utah
64.	Frank Broyles	.7005	Arkansas
65.	Biff Jones	.7000	Army
66.	Jimmy Johnson	.6992	Miami (FL)
67.	John Heisman	.6982	Georgia Tech
68.	Branch Bocock	.6977	Virginia Tech
69.	Billy Murphy	.6966	Memphis
70.	Richard Colman	.6944	Princeton
71.	Myron Witham	.6927	Colorado
72.	John Cooper	.6915	Ohio State
73.	Jesse Hawley	.6902	Dartmouth
74.	John Wilce	.6875	Ohio State
75.	Don James	.6868	Washington	W-L-T adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA.
76.	Ray Graves	.6857	Florida
77.	Mike Donahue	.6848	Auburn
78.	Charles McClendon	.6823	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA.
79.	Amos Alonzo Stagg	.6812	Chicago
80.	Henry Frnka	.6806	Tulsa
81.	Hugo Bezdek	.6799	Penn State
82.	Mike Bellotti	.6784	Oregon
83.	Frank Beamer	.6739	Virginia Tech
84.	Ralph Jordan	.6736	Auburn	W-L-T adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA.
85.	Mack Brown	.6720	Texas
86.	William Fetzer	.6719	North Carolina
	Bernie Moore	.6719	Louisiana State
88.	Carl Snavely	.6717	North Carolina
89.	Jack Mollenkopf	.6704	Purdue
90.	Bill Snyder	.6660	Kansas State
91.	Terry Donahue	.6652	UCLA	W-L-T adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA.
92.	Danny Ford	.6640	Clemson	W-L-T adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA.
93.	Bennie Owen	.6600	Oklahoma
94.	William Juneau	.6573	Texas
95.	Herb Deromedi	.6571	Central Michigan
96.	Dick Sheridan	.6562	North Carolina State
97.	Bobby Collins	.6558	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA.
98.	Rip Engle	.6539	Penn State
99.	Dick Harlow	.6535	Harvard
100.	Sol Metzger	.6520	South Carolina
101.	Lou Holtz	.6508	Notre Dame
102.	Bennie Oosterbaan	.6500	Michigan
	Frank Solich	.6500	Ohio
104.	Tommy Prothro	.6494	Oregon State
105.	George Munger	.6492	Pennsylvania
106.	Butch Davis	.6475	Miami (FL)	W-L-T adjusted to 63-43 by NCAA.
107.	Tommy Bowden	.6475	Clemson
108.	Forest Evashevski	.6471	Iowa
109.	Andrew Kerr	.6462	Colgate
110.	Dennis Erickson	.6441	Miami (FL)
111.	John Yovicsin	.6440	Harvard
112.	Frank Burns	.6434	Rutgers
113.	Homer Norton	.6405	Texas A&M
114.	Bill Murray	.6372	Duke
115.	Doug Dickey	.6369	Florida
116.	Claude Gilbert	.6361	San Diego State	W-L-T adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA.
117.	Warren Woodson	.6354	New Mexico State
118.	Bowden Wyatt	.6344	Tennessee
119.	Darryl Rogers	.6320	Arizona State
120.	Jordan Olivar	.6319	Yale
121.	William Ingram	.6310	Navy
122.	Jim Leavitt	.6302	South Florida
123.	Chris Ault	.6291	Nevada
124.	John Robinson	.6291	Southern California
125.	Pappy Waldorf	.6283	California
126.	Tommy Tuberville	.6280	Auburn
127.	Earle Bruce	.6278	Ohio State
128.	Jim Young	.6269	Army
129.	Mike Leach	.6259	Texas Tech
130.	Ben Schwartzwalder	.6255	Syracuse
131.	O.E. Hollingbery	.6250	Washington State
	George Sanford	.6250	Rutgers
133.	Bill McCartney	.6242	Colorado
134.	Edward Robinson	.6239	Brown
135.	Gary Pinkel	.6231	Missouri
136.	Jeff Cravath	.6230	Southern California
137.	Madison Bell	.6200	Southern Methodist
138.	Joseph Yukica	.6189	Boston College
139.	Walter Steffen	.6186	Carnegie Mellon
140.	Joe Kerbel	.6171	West Texas A&M
141.	James Phelan	.6164	Washington
142.	Charlie Bachman	.6156	Michigan State
143.	Paul Pasqualoni	.6152	Syracuse
144.	Harry Mehre	.6151	Georgia
145.	Wallace Butts	.6149	Georgia
146.	Harris Cope	.6136	Sewanee
147.	Rich Rodriguez	.6131	West Virginia
148.	Harry Kipke	.6131	Michigan
149.	Gene Stallings	.6125	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA.
150.	Slip Madigan	.6121	Saint Mary's (CA)
151.	Robert Zuppke	.6116	Illinois
152.	Paul Johnson	.6099	Navy	W-L-T adjusted to 85-55 by NCAA.
153.	Don Nehlen	.6095	West Virginia
154.	Duffy Daugherty	.6093	Michigan State
155.	Fisher DeBerry	.6075	Air Force
156.	Barry Alvarez	.6071	Wisconsin	W-L-T adjusted to 118-74-4 by NCAA.
157.	Wayne Hardin	.6069	Temple
158.	Bob Blackman	.6047	Dartmouth
159.	Jim Carlen	.6044	South Carolina
160.	Samuel Newton	.6016	Lafayette
161.	John Anderson	.6011	Brown
162.	Ralph Friedgen	.6000	Maryland
	Rick Neuheisel	.6000	Washington
	Dallas Ward	.6000	Colorado
165.	Joseph Restic	.5990	Harvard
166.	Red Drew	.5981	Alabama
167.	D.C. Walker	.5970	Wake Forest
168.	Jackie Sherrill	.5954	Mississippi State	W-L-T adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA.
169.	Bill Yeoman	.5942	Houston
170.	George Sauer	.5941	Baylor
171.	Andy Gustafson	.5939	Miami (FL)
172.	Sonny Lubick	.5934	Colorado State	W-L-T adjusted to 109-73 by NCAA.
173.	Dick Crum	.5928	North Carolina
174.	Dave McClain	.5927	Wisconsin
175.	Jerry Claiborne	.5922	Maryland
176.	Glenn Thistlethwaite	.5906	Richmond
177.	Dan Hawkins	.5902	Boise State
178.	Jeff Tedford	.5899	California
179.	Tom O'Brien	.5897	Boston College
180.	Lon Stiner	.5893	Oregon State
181.	Fred Akers	.5887	Texas
	John Bateman	.5887	Rutgers
183.	Howard Odell	.5882	Yale
184.	June Jones	.5879	Hawaii
185.	George Welsh	.5877	Virginia
186.	Dick MacPherson	.5862	Syracuse
187.	Jeff Bower	.5837	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA.
188.	Pat Hill	.5833	Fresno State
189.	Ron McBride	.5828	Utah
190.	Jim Lookabaugh	.5809	Oklahoma State
191.	Joe Morrison	.5806	Chattanooga
192.	William Alexander	.5799	Georgia Tech
193.	Frank Howard	.5797	Clemson
194.	Tex Oliver	.5792	Arizona
195.	Ott Romney	.5792	Brigham Young
196.	Ray Morrison	.5785	Southern Methodist
197.	Clarence Spears	.5780	Minnesota
198.	Joe Tiller	.5776	Purdue
199.	Morley Jennings	.5772	Baylor
200.	Eddie Crowder	.5763	Colorado
	Jack Hagerty	.5763	Georgetown
202.	Bob Higgins	.5761	Penn State
203.	Bob Woodruff	.5758	Florida
204.	Ted Shipkey	.5753	New Mexico
205.	Kirk Ferentz	.5747	Iowa
206.	Dutch Meyer	.5746	Texas Christian
207.	Johnny Majors	.5723	Tennessee
208.	Frank Murray	.5714	Marquette
209.	Harry Hughes	.5702	Colorado State
210.	Greasy Neale	.5701	Virginia
211.	Don Faurot	.5700	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA.
212.	William Saunders	.5692	Denver
213.	Edward Anderson	.5689	Holy Cross
214.	Al Molde	.5676	Western Michigan
215.	William Spaulding	.5669	UCLA
216.	Harvey Harman	.5669	Rutgers
217.	Bo McMillin	.5665	Indiana
218.	Bill Peterson	.5635	Florida State
219.	Jack Meagher	.5633	Auburn
220.	Bill Mallory	.5615	Indiana	W-L-T adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA.
221.	Frank Moseley	.5600	Virginia Tech
	George O'Leary	.5600	Central Florida
223.	Houston Nutt	.5598	Arkansas
224.	Hayden Fry	.5595	Iowa	W-L-T adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA.
225.	Bill Dooley	.5580	North Carolina	W-L-T adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA.
226.	Jim Sweeney	.5570	Fresno State	W-L-T adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA.
227.	Dick Tomey	.5567	Arizona
228.	Stub Allison	.5556	California
	Art Lewis	.5556	West Virginia
230.	Jack Mitchell	.5536	Kansas	W-L-T adjusted to 73-60-7 by NCAA.
	Paul Schudel	.5536	Ball State
232.	Rey Dempsey	.5531	Southern Illinois
233.	Curley Byrd	.5523	Maryland
234.	Emory Bellard	.5520	Texas A&M
235.	Spike Dykes	.5500	Texas Tech
236.	Dennis Franchione	.5495	New Mexico
237.	Jack Elway	.5491	San Jose State
238.	Grant Teaff	.5481	Baylor
239.	Bump Elliott	.5474	Michigan
240.	Mike Riley	.5473	Oregon State
241.	Hal Lahar	.5467	Colgate
242.	Clark Shaughnessy	.5459	Tulane
243.	Jim Owens	.5454	Washington
244.	Arthur Guepe	.5452	Virginia
245.	Ken Hatfield	.5449	Arkansas
246.	Gary Blackney	.5446	Bowling Green State
247.	John Ralston	.5440	Stanford
248.	Steve Logan	.5433	East Carolina
249.	Bill Doolittle	.5413	Western Michigan
	Mal Stevens	.5413	New York University

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