1 | Joe Paterno | 548 | Penn State | |
2 | Bobby Bowden | 485 | Florida State, West Virginia | record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA |
3 | Pop Warner | 453 | Carlisle, Cornell, Iowa State, Pitt, Stanford, Temple | |
4 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 434 | Chicago, Pacific, Springfield | |
5 | Bear Bryant | 425 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M | |
6 | Mack Brown* | 421 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane | |
7 | Hayden Fry | 420 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU | record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA |
8 | Lou Holtz | 388 | Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary | |
9 | Nick Saban* | 369 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo | record adjusted to 292-71-1 by NCAA |
10 | Jess Neely | 363 | Clemson, Rice | |
11 | Frank Beamer | 361 | Virginia Tech | |
| LaVell Edwards | 361 | Brigham Young | |
13 | Don Nehlen | 338 | Bowling Green State, West Virginia | |
14 | Dick Tomey | 335 | Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State | |
15 | Bill Snyder | 333 | Kansas State | |
16 | Johnny Majors | 332 | Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee | |
17 | George Welsh | 325 | Navy, Virginia | |
18 | Steve Spurrier | 319 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | |
19 | Kirk Ferentz* | 315 | Iowa | |
20 | Ken Hatfield | 312 | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
21 | Jerry Claiborne | 309 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech | |
22 | Tom Osborne | 307 | Nebraska | |
| Bo Schembechler | 307 | Miami (OH), Michigan | |
| Jim Sweeney | 307 | Fresno State, Washington State | record adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA |
25 | Gary Pinkel | 304 | Missouri, Toledo | |
| Jackie Sherrill | 304 | Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State | record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA |
27 | Bill Mallory | 301 | Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois | record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA |
28 | Frank Howard | 295 | Clemson | |
29 | Bill Dooley | 293 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA |
30 | Rich Brooks | 290 | Kentucky, Oregon | record adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA |
31 | Vince Dooley | 288 | Georgia | |
32 | John Cooper | 282 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa | |
33 | Dana Bible | 281 | LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M | |
34 | Fisher DeBerry | 279 | Air Force | |
35 | Bob Blackman | 277 | Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois | |
| Mike Price | 277 | UTEP, Washington State | |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 277 | Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Miami (FL), Oklahoma | |
38 | Woody Hayes | 276 | Ohio State | |
| Larry Smith | 276 | Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane | |
| Bill Yeoman | 276 | Houston | |
41 | Ray Morrison | 274 | SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt | |
| Frank Solich | 274 | Nebraska, Ohio | |
43 | Dan McGugin | 271 | Vanderbilt | |
44 | Howard Jones | 269 | Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale | |
45 | Ralph Jordan | 265 | Auburn | record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA |
| Mike Leach | 265 | Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State | |
| Pappy Waldorf | 265 | California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State | |
48 | Lou Little | 264 | Columbia, Georgetown | |
49 | John Vaught | 263 | Ole Miss | |
50 | Gary Patterson | 260 | TCU | |
51 | Tommy Tuberville | 258 | Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech | |
52 | Don James | 257 | Kent State, Washington | record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA |
53 | Brian Kelly* | 255 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 165-69-0 by NCAA |
54 | Rocky Long | 253 | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
55 | Darrell Royal | 249 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington | |
56 | David Cutcliffe | 247 | Duke, Ole Miss | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder | 247 | Syracuse | |
58 | Mike Gundy* | 245 | Oklahoma State | |
| Glen Mason | 245 | Kansas, Kent State, Minnesota | |
60 | William Alexander | 244 | Georgia Tech | |
61 | Kyle Whittingham* | 241 | Utah | |
62 | Warren Woodson | 240 | Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State | |
63 | Jim Grobe | 239 | Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest | |
| Bob Stoops | 239 | Oklahoma | |
| Grant Teaff | 239 | Baylor | |
66 | Dan Devine | 238 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA |
67 | Bobby Dodd | 237 | Georgia Tech | |
| Dennis Franchione | 237 | Alabama, New Mexico, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas State | |
| Bruce Snyder | 237 | Arizona State, California, Utah State | record adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA |
70 | Earle Bruce | 235 | Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa | |
| Wallace Butts | 235 | Georgia | |
| Harry Hughes | 235 | Colorado State | |
| Mark Richt | 235 | Georgia, Miami (FL) | |
| E. Lowell Romney | 235 | Utah State | |
75 | Charlie Bachman | 234 | Florida, Kansas State, Michigan State, Northwestern | |
| George O'Leary | 234 | UCF, Georgia Tech | |
| Edward Robinson | 234 | Brown | |
78 | Terry Donahue | 233 | UCLA | record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA |
79 | James Phelan | 232 | Missouri, Purdue, Saint Mary's (CA), Washington | |
80 | Frank Kush | 231 | Arizona State | |
81 | Madison Bell | 230 | SMU, Texas A&M, TCU | |
| Wallace Wade | 230 | Alabama, Duke | |
83 | Dennis Erickson | 229 | Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming | |
84 | Red Blaik | 228 | Army, Dartmouth | |
| Ben Martin | 228 | Air Force, Virginia | |
86 | Randy Edsall | 227 | Connecticut, Maryland | |
87 | Edward Anderson | 225 | Holy Cross, Iowa | |
88 | Rick Stockstill* | 224 | Middle Tennessee State | |
| Robert Zuppke | 224 | Illinois | |
90 | John Heisman | 222 | Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington & Jefferson | |
91 | Aldo Donelli | 220 | Boston University, Columbia, Duquesne | |
| Pat Dye | 220 | Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming | |
93 | Urban Meyer | 219 | Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah | |
| Joe Tiller | 219 | Purdue, Wyoming | |
95 | DeOrmond McLaughry | 218 | Brown, Dartmouth | |
| Les Miles | 218 | Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State | |
97 | Frank Broyles | 217 | Arkansas, Missouri | |
| Paul Johnson | 217 | Georgia Tech, Navy | record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA |
99 | Skip Holtz | 216 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida | |
| Bronco Mendenhall | 216 | Brigham Young, Virginia | |
| Bob Neyland | 216 | Tennessee | |
102 | Rich Rodriguez* | 214 | Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia | |
103 | Watson Brown | 213 | UAB, Cincinnati, Rice, Vanderbilt | |
| John Robinson | 213 | UNLV, USC | |
| Dabo Swinney* | 213 | Clemson | |
106 | Troy Calhoun* | 212 | Air Force | |
107 | Ike Armstrong | 211 | Utah | |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 211 | Northwestern | |
| Mike Riley | 211 | Nebraska, Oregon State | |
110 | Bernie Bierman | 209 | Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Tulane | |
| Len Casanova | 209 | Oregon, Pitt, Santa Clara | |
| Paul Dietzel | 209 | Army, LSU, South Carolina | |
| Chuck Shelton | 209 | Drake, Pacific, Utah State | |
114 | Rip Engle | 208 | Brown, Penn State | |
115 | Clark Shaughnessy | 207 | Chicago, Maryland, Pitt, Stanford, Tulane | |
116 | Mark Dantonio | 206 | Cincinnati, Michigan State | |
| Bobby Ross | 206 | Army, The Citadel, Georgia Tech, Maryland | |
| Jeff Tedford* | 206 | California, Fresno State | |
119 | Phillip Fulmer | 204 | Tennessee | record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA |
| Fielding Yost | 204 | Michigan | |
121 | Jeff Bower | 203 | Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA |
| Charles McClendon | 203 | LSU | record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA |
| Frank Murray | 203 | Marquette, Virginia | |
124 | Dutch Meyer | 201 | TCU | |
125 | Don Faurot | 200 | Iowa Pre-Flight, Missouri | record adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA |
126 | Barry Alvarez | 197 | Wisconsin | record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA |
| Andy Gustafson | 197 | Miami (FL), Virginia Tech | |
| Brady Hoke* | 197 | Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee | |
| Francis Schmidt | 197 | Arkansas, Idaho, Ohio State, TCU | |
130 | June Jones | 196 | Hawaii, SMU | |
131 | Andrew Kerr | 195 | Colgate, Stanford, Washington & Jefferson | |
| Dan McCarney | 195 | Iowa State, North Texas | record adjusted to 79-116-0 by NCAA |
| Tom O'Brien | 195 | Boston College, North Carolina State | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | 195 | Connecticut, Syracuse | record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA |
135 | Dick Crum | 194 | Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina | |
| Ossie Solem | 194 | Drake, Iowa, Syracuse | |
137 | Jim Young | 193 | Arizona, Army, Purdue | |
138 | Bret Bielema* | 192 | Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin | |
| Bill Curry | 192 | Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky | |
| Pat Hill | 192 | Fresno State | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | 192 | Navy | |
142 | Jack Curtice | 191 | California-Santa Barbara, Stanford, UTEP, Utah, West Texas A&M | |
| Murray Warmath | 191 | Minnesota, Mississippi State | |
| Charlie Weatherbie | 191 | Louisiana-Monroe, Navy, Utah State | |
145 | Barry Switzer | 190 | Oklahoma | |
146 | Terry Bowden* | 188 | Akron, Auburn, Louisiana-Monroe | |
| Dave Clawson* | 188 | Bowling Green State, Wake Forest | |
| Ara Parseghian | 188 | Northwestern, Notre Dame | |
| Jim Walden | 188 | Iowa State, Washington State | record adjusted to 70-111-7 by NCAA |
150 | Wayne Hardin | 187 | Navy, Temple | |
| Jim Owens | 187 | Washington | |
152 | Fred Akers | 186 | Purdue, Texas, Wyoming | |
| Danny Ford | 186 | Arkansas, Clemson | record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA |
| Jock Sutherland | 186 | Lafayette, Pitt | |
| Henry Williams | 186 | Army, Minnesota | |
156 | Homer Norton | 185 | Centenary (LA), Texas A&M | |
| Chris Petersen | 185 | Boise State, Washington | |
158 | Mike Donahue | 184 | Auburn, LSU | |
| Bob Higgins | 184 | Penn State, Washington (MO) | |
| Houston Nutt | 184 | Arkansas, Boise State, Ole Miss | |
161 | Duffy Daugherty | 183 | Michigan State | |
162 | Jim Carlen | 182 | South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
| Sonny Lubick | 182 | Colorado State | record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA |
| Jordan Olivar | 182 | Loyola Marymount, Villanova, Yale | |
| John Ralston | 182 | San Jose State, Stanford, Utah State | |
| Greg Schiano* | 182 | Rutgers | |
| Randy Walker | 182 | Miami (OH), Northwestern | record adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA |
168 | Doug Martin | 181 | Kent State, New Mexico State | |
169 | John Mackovic | 180 | Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Wake Forest | |
| Joe Morrison | 180 | Chattanooga, New Mexico, South Carolina | |
| Bob Toledo | 180 | Pacific, Tulane, UCLA | |
172 | Butch Davis | 178 | Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina | record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA |
| Todd Graham | 178 | Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa | |
| Al Groh | 178 | Virginia, Wake Forest | |
| Darryl Rogers | 178 | Arizona State, Fresno State, Michigan State, San Jose State | |
| Bud Wilkinson | 178 | Oklahoma | |
177 | Jimbo Fisher* | 176 | Florida State, Texas A&M | |
178 | Herb Deromedi | 175 | Central Michigan | |
| Vince Gibson | 175 | Kansas State, Louisville, Tulane | record adjusted to 75-98-2 by NCAA |
| Butch Jones* | 175 | Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee | |
| John McKay | 175 | USC | |
| Bobby Petrino | 175 | Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky | |
183 | Frank Kimbrough | 174 | Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, North Carolina Pre-Flight, West Texas A&M | |
184 | Bob Devaney | 173 | Nebraska, Wyoming | |
| Earle Edwards | 173 | North Carolina State | |
| Bo McMillin | 173 | Indiana, Kansas State | |
| Bill Meek | 173 | Houston, Kansas State, SMU, Utah | record adjusted to 77-90-6 by NCAA |
188 | Curley Byrd | 172 | Maryland | |
| R.C. Slocum | 172 | Texas A&M | |
190 | Mike Bellotti | 171 | Oregon | |
| Gus Dorais | 171 | Detroit Mercy, Gonzaga | |
192 | Larry Blakeney | 170 | Troy | |
| Gilmour Dobie | 170 | Boston College, Cornell, Navy, Washington | |
| Dennis Stolz | 170 | Bowling Green State, Michigan State, San Diego State | |
195 | Harry Stuhldreher | 169 | Villanova, Wisconsin | |
| Tommy West | 169 | Clemson, Memphis | |
| George Washington Woodruff | 169 | Carlisle, Illinois, Pennsylvania | |
198 | Gary Barnett | 168 | Colorado, Northwestern | record adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA |
| Doug Dickey | 168 | Florida, Tennessee | |
200 | Ray Eliot | 167 | Illinois | |
| John Pont | 167 | Indiana, Miami (OH), Northwestern, Yale | |
202 | Dave Doeren* | 166 | North Carolina State, Northern Illinois | |
| James Franklin* | 166 | Penn State, Vanderbilt | |
| Arthur Guepe | 166 | Vanderbilt, Virginia | |
| Bill Hess | 166 | Ohio | |
| Carl Snavely | 166 | Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina | |
207 | Harry Mehre | 165 | Georgia, Ole Miss | |
| Tyrone Willingham | 165 | Notre Dame, Stanford, Washington | |
209 | Hugo Bezdek | 164 | Arkansas, Oregon, Penn State | |
| Art Briles | 164 | Baylor, Houston | |
| Lee Corso | 164 | Indiana, Louisville, Northern Illinois | |
| Jim Harbaugh* | 164 | Michigan, Stanford | |
| Dan Mullen | 164 | Florida, Mississippi State | |
| Tommy Prothro | 164 | Oregon State, UCLA | |
215 | Lloyd Carr | 162 | Michigan | |
| Thomas Nugent | 162 | Florida State, Maryland, Virginia Military Institute | |
217 | Sonny Dykes* | 161 | California, Louisiana Tech, SMU, TCU | |
| Dana Holgorsen* | 161 | Houston, West Virginia | |
219 | O.E. Hollingbery | 160 | Washington State | |
| Gene Stallings | 160 | Alabama, Texas A&M | record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | 160 | Northwestern, Richmond, Wisconsin | |
| Bowden Wyatt | 160 | Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming | |
223 | Bob Davie | 159 | New Mexico, Notre Dame | |
224 | Claude Gilbert | 158 | San Diego State, San Jose State | record adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA |
| Jack Meagher | 158 | Auburn, Iowa Pre-Flight, Rice | |
| Kevin Sumlin | 158 | Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M | |
227 | Fritz Crisler | 157 | Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton | |
| Steve Sloan | 157 | Duke, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt | |
| Mike White | 157 | California, Illinois | record adjusted to 82-71-4 by NCAA |
230 | John Smith | 156 | Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Utah State | |
| Chuck Stobart | 156 | Memphis, Toledo, Utah | record adjusted to 70-83-3 by NCAA |
232 | Carmen Cozza | 155 | Yale | |
| Gus Malzahn* | 155 | Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF | |
| Jim Wacker | 155 | Minnesota, TCU | |
235 | Emory Bellard | 154 | Mississippi State, Texas A&M | |
| Walt Harris | 154 | Pacific, Pitt, Stanford | |
237 | Bill McCartney | 153 | Colorado | |
| Bill Murray | 153 | Duke | |
239 | Robert King | 152 | Furman | |
240 | Chris Ault | 151 | Nevada | |
| Matt Campbell* | 151 | Iowa State, Toledo | |
| Ron McBride | 151 | Utah | |
| Willie Taggart | 151 | Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Oregon, South Florida, Western Kentucky | |
244 | Spike Dykes | 150 | Texas Tech | |
| Hal Lahar | 150 | Colgate, Houston | |
| Bennie Owen | 150 | Oklahoma | |
| David Shaw | 150 | Stanford | |
248 | Morley Jennings | 149 | Baylor | |
| Gene Murphy | 149 | Cal State Fullerton | record adjusted to 60-88-1 by NCAA |
250 | Billy Brewer | 148 | Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss | record adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA |
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