Career Leaders and Records for Wins

Since 1869

Rank	Coach	W	School w/ most W	Notes
1.	Joe Paterno	409	Penn State	W-L-T adjusted to 298-136-3 by NCAA.
2.	Bobby Bowden	357	Florida State	W-L-T adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA.
3.	Bear Bryant	323	Alabama
4.	Pop Warner	311	Carlisle
5.	Amos Alonzo Stagg	275	Chicago
6.	LaVell Edwards	257	Brigham Young
7.	Tom Osborne	255	Nebraska
8.	Lou Holtz	249	Notre Dame
9.	Bo Schembechler	234	Michigan
10.	Mack Brown	230	Texas
	Hayden Fry	230	Iowa	W-L-T adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA.
12.	Frank Beamer	216	Virginia Tech
13.	Steve Spurrier	208	Florida
14.	Woody Hayes	205	Ohio State
15.	Don Nehlen	202	West Virginia
16.	Vince Dooley	201	Georgia
17.	Dan McGugin	197	Vanderbilt
18.	John Cooper	192	Ohio State
19.	Dana Bible	190	Texas A&M
	John Vaught	190	Mississippi
21.	George Welsh	189	Virginia
22.	Howard Jones	188	Southern California
23.	Jess Neely	187	Rice
24.	Johnny Majors	185	Tennessee
25.	Darrell Royal	184	Texas
26.	Dick Tomey	183	Arizona
27.	Jerry Claiborne	179	Maryland
	Jackie Sherrill	179	Mississippi State	W-L-T adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA.
29.	Frank Kush	176	Arizona State
30.	Don James	175	Washington	W-L-T adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA.
	Ralph Jordan	175	Auburn	W-L-T adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA.
32.	Bob Neyland	173	Tennessee
33.	Dan Devine	172	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA.
	George Woodruff	172	Pennsylvania
35.	Wallace Wade	171	Duke
36.	Bill Snyder	170	Kansas State
37.	Fisher DeBerry	169	Air Force
	Jim Sweeney	169	Fresno State	W-L-T adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA.
39.	Ken Hatfield	168	Arkansas
40.	Bill Mallory	167	Indiana	W-L-T adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA.
41.	Red Blaik	166	Army
42.	Bobby Dodd	165	Georgia Tech
	Frank Howard	165	Clemson
	Fielding Yost	165	Michigan
45.	Bob Blackman	164	Dartmouth
46.	Gary Pinkel	163	Missouri
47.	Bill Dooley	161	North Carolina	W-L-T adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA.
48.	Bill Yeoman	160	Houston
49.	Nick Saban	159	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 154-55-1 by NCAA.
50.	Barry Switzer	157	Oklahoma
	Pappy Waldorf	157	California
52.	Pat Dye	153	Auburn
	Ben Schwartzwalder	153	Syracuse
54.	Terry Donahue	151	UCLA	W-L-T adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA.
	Phillip Fulmer	151	Tennessee	W-L-T adjusted to 152-52 by NCAA.
56.	Frank Broyles	149	Arkansas
	Bob Stoops	149	Oklahoma
58.	John Heisman	148	Georgia Tech
59.	Dennis Erickson	147	Miami (FL)
	Warren Woodson	147	New Mexico State
61.	Bud Wilkinson	145	Oklahoma
62.	Bernie Bierman	144	Minnesota
	Jock Sutherland	144	Pittsburgh
64.	Larry Smith	143	Arizona
65.	Ray Morrison	142	Southern Methodist
66.	Ike Armstrong	141	Utah
	Howard Schnellenberger	141	Louisville
68.	Wallace Butts	140	Georgia
	Edward Robinson	140	Brown
	Henry Williams	140	Minnesota
71.	Earle Bruce	139	Ohio State
72.	Bob Devaney	136	Nebraska
	James Phelan	136	Washington
74.	Charles McClendon	135	Louisiana State	W-L-T adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA.
	Francis Schmidt	135	Texas Christian
76.	William Alexander	134	Georgia Tech
77.	Rip Engle	132	Penn State
	John Robinson	132	Southern California
79.	Lou Little	131	Columbia
	Ara Parseghian	131	Notre Dame
	Mike Price	131	Washington State
	Robert Zuppke	131	Illinois
83.	Rich Brooks	130	Oregon	W-L-T adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA.
	Tommy Tuberville	130	Auburn
85.	Grant Teaff	128	Baylor
86.	John McKay	127	Southern California
87.	Joe Tiller	126	Purdue
88.	Edward Anderson	125	Holy Cross
	Harry Hughes	125	Colorado State
90.	Bruce Snyder	124	Arizona State	W-L-T adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA.
91.	Glen Mason	123	Minnesota
	R.C. Slocum	123	Texas A&M
93.	Lloyd Carr	122	Michigan
	Mike Donahue	122	Auburn
95.	Danny Ford	121	Clemson	W-L-T adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA.
96.	Andrew Kerr	120	Colgate
	Jim Young	120	Army
98.	Gus Dorais	119	Detroit Mercy
99.	Jeff Bower	118	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA.
	Mark Richt	118	Georgia
101.	Barry Alvarez	117	Wisconsin	W-L-T adjusted to 118-74-4 by NCAA.
	Paul Pasqualoni	117	Syracuse
	Frank Solich	117	Ohio
104.	Mike Bellotti	116	Oregon
	Fritz Crisler	116	Michigan
	Urban Meyer	116	Florida
	Gary Patterson	116	Texas Christian
108.	Gilmour Dobie	115	Cornell
	Andy Gustafson	115	Miami (FL)
	Tom O'Brien	115	Boston College
	Frank Thomas	115	Alabama
112.	Carmen Cozza	114	Yale
113.	Dick Crum	113	North Carolina
	Les Miles	113	Louisiana State
115.	Pat Hill	112	Fresno State
	George O'Leary	112	Central Florida
117.	Dennis Franchione	111	New Mexico
	Wayne Hardin	111	Temple
	Frank Murray	111	Marquette
	Homer Norton	111	Texas A&M
	Jordan Olivar	111	Yale
122.	Herb Deromedi	110	Central Michigan
123.	Duffy Daugherty	109	Michigan State
	Paul Dietzel	109	Louisiana State
	Don Faurot	109	Missouri	W-L-T adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA.
	DeOrmond McLaughry	109	Brown
	Dutch Meyer	109	Texas Christian
	Darryl Rogers	109	Arizona State
129.	Fred Akers	108	Texas
	Sonny Lubick	108	Colorado State	W-L-T adjusted to 109-73 by NCAA.
	Clark Shaughnessy	108	Tulane
132.	Jim Carlen	107	South Carolina
	June Jones	107	Hawaii
	Frank Leahy	107	Notre Dame
135.	Jim Grobe	106	Wake Forest
	Carl Snavely	106	North Carolina
	Jim Tressel	106	Ohio State	W-L-T adjusted to 94-21 by NCAA.
138.	Charlie Bachman	105	Michigan State
	Hugo Bezdek	105	Penn State
	Knute Rockne	105	Notre Dame
141.	Len Casanova	104	Oregon
	Doug Dickey	104	Florida
	Tommy Prothro	104	Oregon State
144.	Madison Bell	103	Southern Methodist
	Houston Nutt	103	Arkansas
	Bobby Ross	103	Maryland
147.	Ben Martin	102	Air Force
	Red Sanders	102	UCLA
149.	Joe Morrison	101	Chattanooga
150.	Kirk Ferentz	100	Iowa
	Jim Tatum	100	Maryland
152.	Claude Gilbert	99	San Diego State	W-L-T adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA.
	Bob Higgins	99	Penn State
	Jim Owens	99	Washington
	Ossie Solem	99	Drake
	Bowden Wyatt	99	Tennessee
157.	Harry Mehre	98	Georgia
158.	Pete Carroll	97	Southern California	W-L-T adjusted to 83-19 by NCAA.
	Jack Curtice	97	Utah
	Percy Haughton	97	Harvard
	John Ralston	97	Stanford
	Gene Stallings	97	Alabama	W-L-T adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA.
	Murray Warmath	97	Minnesota
164.	Chris Ault	95	Nevada
	John Mackovic	95	Texas
	Randy Walker	95	Miami (OH)	W-L-T adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA.
167.	O.E. Hollingbery	93	Washington State
	Bill McCartney	93	Colorado
	Bill Murray	93	Duke
	Bennie Owen	93	Oklahoma
171.	Bo McMillin	92	Indiana
172.	Aldo Donelli	91	Boston University
	Dennis Stolz	91	Bowling Green State
174.	Tommy Bowden	90	Clemson
175.	Bobby Collins	89	Southern Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA.
176.	Curley Byrd	88	Maryland
	Ron McBride	88	Utah
	Glenn Thistlethwaite	88	Richmond
	Joseph Yukica	88	Boston College
180.	Biff Jones	87	Army
	Frank Kimbrough	87	West Texas A&M
	Mike Leach	87	Texas Tech
	Rick Neuheisel	87	Washington
184.	Frank Cavanaugh	86	Dartmouth
	Jimmy Crowley	86	Fordham
	Arthur Guepe	86	Virginia
	Paul Johnson	86	Navy	W-L-T adjusted to 85-55 by NCAA.
	Andy Smith	86	California
189.	Emory Bellard	85	Texas A&M
	Al Groh	85	Virginia
191.	Gary Barnett	84	Colorado	W-L-T adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA.
	Jack Meagher	84	Auburn
	Jack Mollenkopf	84	Purdue
	Thomas Nugent	84	Maryland
	Chris Petersen	84	Boise State
	Rich Rodriguez	84	West Virginia
197.	Bill Curry	83	Georgia Tech
	Ray Eliot	83	Illinois
	Morley Jennings	83	Baylor
	Bernie Moore	83	Louisiana State
	John Smith	83	Louisville
202.	Spike Dykes	82	Texas Tech
	Rocky Long	82	New Mexico
	George Munger	82	Pennsylvania
	Dick Sheridan	82	North Carolina State
	Jeff Tedford	82	California
207.	Jimmy Johnson	81	Miami (FL)
	Brian Kelly	81	Cincinnati
	Billy Murphy	81	Memphis
	Mike Riley	81	Oregon State
	Mike White	81	Illinois	W-L-T adjusted to 82-71-4 by NCAA.
212.	Bill Hess	80	Ohio
	Charley Moran	80	Centre
	Tommy West	80	Memphis
215.	Butch Davis	79	Miami (FL)	W-L-T adjusted to 63-43 by NCAA.
	Harvey Harman	79	Rutgers
	Bob Pruett	79	Marshall
218.	Frank Burns	78	Rutgers
	Bill Meek	78	Utah	W-L-T adjusted to 77-90-6 by NCAA.
	Harry Stuhldreher	78	Wisconsin
	Bob Toledo	78	UCLA
	John Wilce	78	Ohio State
	John Yovicsin	78	Harvard
224.	Larry Blakeney	77	Troy
	Earle Edwards	77	North Carolina State
	Hal Lahar	77	Colgate
	D.C. Walker	77	Wake Forest
228.	Randy Edsall	76	Connecticut
	Samuel Newton	76	Lafayette
	Charlie Weatherbie	76	Louisiana-Monroe
	Tyrone Willingham	76	Stanford
232.	Billy Brewer	75	Mississippi	W-L-T adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA.
	Watson Brown	75	Alabama-Birmingham
	Richard Colman	75	Princeton
	Ralph Friedgen	75	Maryland
	William Ingram	75	Navy
	Jim Leavitt	75	South Florida
	Bobby Petrino	75	Louisville
239.	Jeff Cravath	74	Southern California
	Fred Folsom	74	Colorado
	Abe Martin	74	Texas Christian
	Bronco Mendenhall	74	Brigham Young
	Jack Mitchell	74	Kansas	W-L-T adjusted to 73-60-7 by NCAA.
	Lon Stiner	74	Oregon State
245.	John Bateman	73	Rutgers
	Lee Corso	73	Indiana
	Vince Gibson	73	Kansas State	W-L-T adjusted to 75-98-2 by NCAA.
	George Perles	73	Michigan State	W-L-T adjusted to 68-67-4 by NCAA.
	Pepper Rodgers	73	Georgia Tech
250.	Dan Hawkins	72	Boise State
	Phil King	72	Wisconsin
	Dave McClain	72	Wisconsin
	Bob Woodruff	72	Florida

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