Career Leaders and Records for Wins

Note: this only includes games played by schools while they were considered major schools and will exclude notable coaches such as Eddie Robinson (408 wins) and John Gagliardi (489 wins).

Leaders

* indicates active coach
Since 1869

Leaders Table
Rk	Coach	W	School	Notes
1	Joe Paterno	409	Penn State
2	Bobby Bowden	357	Florida State, West Virginia	record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA
3	Bear Bryant	323	Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M
4	Pop Warner	314	Carlisle, Cornell, Iowa State, Pitt, Stanford, Temple
5	Nick Saban*	297	Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo	record adjusted to 292-71-1 by NCAA
6	Amos Alonzo Stagg	282	Chicago, Pacific, Springfield
7	Mack Brown*	276	North Carolina, Texas, Tulane
8	LaVell Edwards	257	Brigham Young
9	Tom Osborne	255	Nebraska
10	Lou Holtz	249	Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary
11	Frank Beamer	238	Virginia Tech
12	Bo Schembechler	234	Miami (OH), Michigan
13	Hayden Fry	230	Iowa, North Texas, SMU	record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA
14	Steve Spurrier	228	Duke, Florida, South Carolina
15	Bill Snyder	215	Kansas State
16	Woody Hayes	205	Ohio State
17	Don Nehlen	202	Bowling Green State, West Virginia
18	Vince Dooley	201	Georgia
19	Dan McGugin	197	Vanderbilt
20	Kirk Ferentz*	196	Iowa
21	John Cooper	192	Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa
22	Gary Pinkel	191	Missouri, Toledo
	Bob Stoops	191	Oklahoma
24	Dana Bible	190	LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M
	John Vaught	190	Ole Miss
26	George Welsh	189	Navy, Virginia
27	Howard Jones	188	Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale
28	Urban Meyer	187	Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah
	Jess Neely	187	Clemson, Rice
30	Brian Kelly*	186	Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame	record adjusted to 165-69-0 by NCAA
31	Johnny Majors	185	Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee
32	Darrell Royal	184	Mississippi State, Texas, Washington
33	Dick Tomey	183	Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State
34	Gary Patterson	181	TCU
35	Jerry Claiborne	179	Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech
	Jackie Sherrill	179	Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State	record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA
37	Frank Kush	176	Arizona State
38	Don James	175	Kent State, Washington	record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA
	Ralph Jordan	175	Auburn	record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA
40	Bob Neyland	173	Tennessee
	Frank Solich	173	Nebraska, Ohio
42	Dan Devine	172	Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame	record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA
43	Mark Richt	171	Georgia, Miami (FL)
	Wallace Wade	171	Alabama, Duke
45	Dabo Swinney*	170	Clemson
46	Fisher DeBerry	169	Air Force
	Jim Sweeney	169	Fresno State, Washington State	record adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA
48	Ken Hatfield	168	Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice
49	Bill Mallory	167	Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois	record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA
50	Red Blaik	166	Army, Dartmouth
	Mike Gundy*	166	Oklahoma State
52	Bobby Dodd	165	Georgia Tech
	Frank Howard	165	Clemson
	Fielding Yost	165	Michigan
55	Bob Blackman	164	Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois
56	Kyle Whittingham*	162	Utah
57	Bill Dooley	161	North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest	record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA
58	Bill Yeoman	160	Houston
59	Tommy Tuberville	159	Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech
60	Mike Leach	158	Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State
61	Barry Switzer	157	Oklahoma
	Pappy Waldorf	157	California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State
63	Pat Dye	153	Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming
	Ben Schwartzwalder	153	Syracuse
65	Terry Donahue	151	UCLA	record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA
	Phillip Fulmer	151	Tennessee	record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA
67	Frank Broyles	149	Arkansas, Missouri
	Earle Bruce	149	Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa
69	John Heisman	148	Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington & Jefferson
70	Dennis Erickson	147	Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming
	Chris Petersen	147	Boise State, Washington
	Warren Woodson	147	Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State
73	Rocky Long	146	New Mexico, San Diego State
74	Les Miles	145	Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State
	Bud Wilkinson	145	Oklahoma
76	Bernie Bierman	144	Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Tulane
	Jock Sutherland	144	Lafayette, Pitt
78	Larry Smith	143	Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane
79	Ray Morrison	142	SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt
	George Washington Woodruff	142	Carlisle, Illinois, Pennsylvania
81	Ike Armstrong	141	Utah
	Howard Schnellenberger	141	Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Miami (FL), Oklahoma
83	Wallace Butts	140	Georgia
	Edward Robinson	140	Brown
	Henry Williams	140	Army, Minnesota
86	Madison Bell	136	SMU, Texas A&M, TCU
	Bob Devaney	136	Nebraska, Wyoming
	James Phelan	136	Missouri, Purdue, Saint Mary's (CA), Washington
89	Charles McClendon	135	LSU	record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA
	Bronco Mendenhall	135	Brigham Young, Virginia
	Francis Schmidt	135	Arkansas, Idaho, Ohio State, TCU
92	William Alexander	134	Georgia Tech
93	George O'Leary	133	UCF, Georgia Tech
94	Charlie Bachman	132	Florida, Kansas State, Michigan State, Northwestern
	Mark Dantonio	132	Cincinnati, Michigan State
	Rip Engle	132	Brown, Penn State
	John Robinson	132	UNLV, USC
98	Lou Little	131	Columbia, Georgetown
	Ara Parseghian	131	Northwestern, Notre Dame
	Mike Price	131	UTEP, Washington State
	Robert Zuppke	131	Illinois
102	Rich Brooks	130	Kentucky, Oregon	record adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA
	Troy Calhoun*	130	Air Force
104	Jimbo Fisher*	128	Florida State, Texas A&M
	Paul Johnson	128	Georgia Tech, Navy	record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA
	E. Lowell Romney	128	Utah State
	Grant Teaff	128	Baylor
108	Dennis Franchione	127	Alabama, New Mexico, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas State
	John McKay	127	USC
	Rich Rodriguez*	127	Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia
	Jeff Tedford*	127	California, Fresno State
112	Joe Tiller	126	Purdue, Wyoming
113	Edward Anderson	125	Holy Cross, Iowa
	Harry Hughes	125	Colorado State
115	Bruce Snyder	124	Arizona State, California, Utah State	record adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA
116	Glen Mason	123	Kansas, Kent State, Minnesota
	R.C. Slocum	123	Texas A&M
118	Lloyd Carr	122	Michigan
	Mike Donahue	122	Auburn, LSU
120	David Cutcliffe	121	Duke, Ole Miss
	Danny Ford	121	Arkansas, Clemson	record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA
122	Andrew Kerr	120	Colgate, Stanford, Washington & Jefferson
	Jim Young	120	Arizona, Army, Purdue
124	Gus Dorais	119	Detroit Mercy, Gonzaga
	Bobby Petrino	119	Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky
126	Barry Alvarez	118	Wisconsin	record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA
	Jeff Bower	118	Southern Mississippi	record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA
	Jim Harbaugh*	118	Michigan, Stanford
	Skip Holtz	118	East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida
130	Jim Grobe	117	Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest
	Paul Pasqualoni	117	Connecticut, Syracuse	record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA
132	Mike Bellotti	116	Oregon
	Fritz Crisler	116	Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton
134	Bret Bielema*	115	Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin
	Gilmour Dobie	115	Boston College, Cornell, Navy, Washington
	Andy Gustafson	115	Miami (FL), Virginia Tech
	Tom O'Brien	115	Boston College, North Carolina State
	Frank Thomas	115	Alabama
139	Carmen Cozza	114	Yale
140	Dick Crum	113	Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina
	Rick Stockstill*	113	Middle Tennessee State
142	James Franklin*	112	Penn State, Vanderbilt
	Pat Hill	112	Fresno State
	June Jones	112	Hawaii, SMU
	Mike Riley	112	Nebraska, Oregon State
146	Wayne Hardin	111	Navy, Temple
	Frank Murray	111	Marquette, Virginia
	Homer Norton	111	Centenary (LA), Texas A&M
	Jordan Olivar	111	Loyola Marymount, Villanova, Yale
150	Herb Deromedi	110	Central Michigan
	Pat Fitzgerald	110	Northwestern
152	Duffy Daugherty	109	Michigan State
	Paul Dietzel	109	Army, LSU, South Carolina
	Don Faurot	109	Iowa Pre-Flight, Missouri	record adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA
	DeOrmond McLaughry	109	Brown, Dartmouth
	Dutch Meyer	109	TCU
	Ken Niumatalolo	109	Navy
	Darryl Rogers	109	Arizona State, Fresno State, Michigan State, San Jose State
159	Fred Akers	108	Purdue, Texas, Wyoming
	Sonny Lubick	108	Colorado State	record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA
	Clark Shaughnessy	108	Chicago, Maryland, Pitt, Stanford, Tulane
162	Jim Carlen	107	South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia
	Frank Leahy	107	Boston College, Notre Dame
164	Todd Graham	106	Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa
	Carl Snavely	106	Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina
	Jim Tressel	106	Ohio State	record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA
167	Hugo Bezdek	105	Arkansas, Oregon, Penn State
	Aldo Donelli	105	Boston University, Columbia, Duquesne
	Brady Hoke*	105	Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee
	Knute Rockne	105	Notre Dame
171	Len Casanova	104	Oregon, Pitt, Santa Clara
	Doug Dickey	104	Florida, Tennessee
	Dave Doeren*	104	North Carolina State, Northern Illinois
	Tommy Prothro	104	Oregon State, UCLA
175	Butch Davis	103	Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina	record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA
	Dan Mullen	103	Florida, Mississippi State
	Houston Nutt	103	Arkansas, Boise State, Ole Miss
	Bobby Ross	103	Army, The Citadel, Georgia Tech, Maryland
179	Ben Martin	102	Air Force, Virginia
	Red Sanders	102	UCLA, Vanderbilt
181	Gus Malzahn*	101	Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF
	Joe Morrison	101	Chattanooga, New Mexico, South Carolina
183	Jim Tatum	100	Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma
184	Art Briles	99	Baylor, Houston
	Claude Gilbert	99	San Diego State, San Jose State	record adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA
	Bob Higgins	99	Penn State, Washington (MO)
	Jim Owens	99	Washington
	Ossie Solem	99	Drake, Iowa, Syracuse
	Bowden Wyatt	99	Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming
190	Randy Edsall	98	Connecticut, Maryland
	Harry Mehre	98	Georgia, Ole Miss
192	Pete Carroll	97	USC	record adjusted to 83-19-0 by NCAA
	Jack Curtice	97	California-Santa Barbara, Stanford, UTEP, Utah, West Texas A&M
	Percy Haughton	97	Columbia, Cornell, Harvard
	John Ralston	97	San Jose State, Stanford, Utah State
	Gene Stallings	97	Alabama, Texas A&M	record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA
	Murray Warmath	97	Minnesota, Mississippi State
198	Lane Kiffin*	96	Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee
	David Shaw	96	Stanford
200	Chris Ault	95	Nevada
	Dave Clawson*	95	Bowling Green State, Wake Forest
	Butch Jones*	95	Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee
	John Mackovic	95	Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Wake Forest
	Kevin Sumlin	95	Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M
	Randy Walker	95	Miami (OH), Northwestern	record adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA
206	Kirby Smart*	94	Georgia
207	O.E. Hollingbery	93	Washington State
	Bill McCartney	93	Colorado
	Bill Murray	93	Duke
	Bennie Owen	93	Oklahoma
211	Terry Bowden*	92	Akron, Auburn, Louisiana-Monroe
	Dana Holgorsen*	92	Houston, West Virginia
	Bo McMillin	92	Indiana, Kansas State
214	Dennis Stolz	91	Bowling Green State, Michigan State, San Diego State
215	Tommy Bowden	90	Clemson, Tulane
216	Bobby Collins	89	SMU, Southern Mississippi	record adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA
	Sonny Dykes*	89	California, Louisiana Tech, SMU, TCU
	Hugh Freeze*	89	Arkansas State, Auburn, Liberty, Ole Miss
	Clarence Spears	89	Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia, Wisconsin
220	Curley Byrd	88	Maryland
	Matt Campbell*	88	Iowa State, Toledo
	Ron McBride	88	Utah
	Glenn Thistlethwaite	88	Northwestern, Richmond, Wisconsin
	Joseph Yukica	88	Boston College, Dartmouth
225	Biff Jones	87	Army, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma
	Frank Kimbrough	87	Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, North Carolina Pre-Flight, West Texas A&M
	Rick Neuheisel	87	Colorado, UCLA, Washington
	Greg Schiano*	87	Rutgers
229	Larry Blakeney	86	Troy
	Frank Cavanaugh	86	Boston College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Holy Cross
	Paul Chryst	86	Pitt, Wisconsin
	Jimmy Crowley	86	Fordham, Michigan State, North Carolina Pre-Flight
	Arthur Guepe	86	Vanderbilt, Virginia
	Andy Smith	86	California, Purdue
235	Emory Bellard	85	Mississippi State, Texas A&M
	Al Groh	85	Virginia, Wake Forest
	Bryan Harsin	85	Arkansas State, Auburn, Boise State
	Doc Holliday	85	Marshall
239	Gary Barnett	84	Colorado, Northwestern	record adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA
	Jack Meagher	84	Auburn, Iowa Pre-Flight, Rice
	Jack Mollenkopf	84	Purdue
	Thomas Nugent	84	Florida State, Maryland, Virginia Military Institute
243	Bill Curry	83	Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky
	Ray Eliot	83	Illinois
	Morley Jennings	83	Baylor
	Bernie Moore	83	LSU
	John Smith	83	Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Utah State
248	Larry Coker	82	Miami (FL), UTSA
	Spike Dykes	82	Texas Tech
	George Munger	82	Pennsylvania
	Dick Sheridan	82	Furman, North Carolina State

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