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Career Leaders and Records for Bowl Win-Loss Percentage

Leaders and Records: Career

Coaching leaders are based on records at major schools from 1869 through 2011.

Minimum 10 games
Rank Coach W-L% School(s)
1.Tom O'Brien .8000 Boston College, North Carolina State
2.Pat Dye .7500 East Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn
3.Barry Alvarez .7273 Wisconsin
4.Bob Devaney .7000 Wyoming, Nebraska
 Dan Devine .7000 Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame
 Tommy Tuberville .7000 Mississippi, Auburn, Texas Tech
7.Bobby Dodd .6923 Georgia Tech
8.Bobby Bowden .6818 West Virginia, Florida State
9.Don James .6667 Kent State, Washington
10.Joe Paterno .6622 Penn State
11.Terry Donahue .6539 UCLA
12.Gary Patterson .6364 Texas Christian
 Mark Richt .6364 Georgia
14.Mack Brown .6316 Tulane, North Carolina, Texas
15.Barry Switzer .6154 Oklahoma
16.Kirk Ferentz .6000 Iowa
 Les Miles .6000 Oklahoma State, Louisiana State
 Jim Tressel .6000 Ohio State
19.Lou Holtz .5909 William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, South Carolina
 Bill Yeoman .5909 Houston
21.Jackie Sherrill .5714 Washington State, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, Mississippi State
22.Johnny Majors .5625 Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee
23.John Vaught .5556 Mississippi
24.Bear Bryant .5517 North Carolina Pre-Flight, Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Alabama
25.Jeff Bower .5454 Southern Mississippi
 Earle Bruce .5454 Iowa State, Ohio State, Colorado State
27.Charles McClendon .5385 Louisiana State
 Nick Saban .5385 Toledo, Michigan State, Louisiana State, Alabama
 Bob Stoops .5385 Oklahoma
30.Phillip Fulmer .5333 Tennessee
31.Darrell Royal .5312 Mississippi State, Washington, Texas
32.Mike Bellotti .5000 Oregon
 Fisher DeBerry .5000 Air Force
34.Tom Osborne .4800 Nebraska
35.Lloyd Carr .4615 Michigan
 Bill Snyder .4615 Kansas State
37.Woody Hayes .4546 Ohio State
38.Vince Dooley .4500 Georgia
39.Steve Spurrier .4444 Duke, Florida, South Carolina
40.Hayden Fry .4412 Southern Methodist, North Texas, Iowa
41.Frank Beamer .4210 Virginia Tech
42.Dennis Erickson .4167 Wyoming, Washington State, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Idaho, Arizona State
 Ralph Jordan .4167 Auburn
44.Frank Broyles .4000 Missouri, Arkansas
 Ken Hatfield .4000 Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice
 Bill Mallory .4000 Miami (OH), Colorado, Northern Illinois, Indiana
47.Pat Hill .3636 Fresno State
 Joe Tiller .3636 Wyoming, Purdue
49.John Cooper .3571 Tulsa, Arizona State, Ohio State
50.Larry Smith .3500 Tulane, Arizona, Southern California, Missouri
51.LaVell Edwards .3409 Brigham Young
52.George Welsh .3333 Navy, Virginia
53.Don Nehlen .3077 Bowling Green State, West Virginia
54.Bill Dooley .3000 North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
55.Bo Schembechler .2941 Miami (OH), Michigan
56.Jerry Claiborne .2727 Virginia Tech, Maryland, Kentucky
 R.C. Slocum .2727 Texas A&M
58.Fred Akers .2000 Wyoming, Texas, Purdue