1 | Joe Paterno | 37 | Penn State | |
2 | Bobby Bowden | 33 | Florida State, West Virginia | record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA |
3 | Nick Saban* | 31 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo | record adjusted to 292-71-1 by NCAA |
4 | Bear Bryant | 29 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M | |
5 | Mack Brown* | 26 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane | |
6 | Tom Osborne | 25 | Nebraska | |
7 | Frank Beamer | 23 | Virginia Tech | |
8 | LaVell Edwards | 22 | Brigham Young | |
| Lou Holtz | 22 | Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary | |
10 | Steve Spurrier | 21 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | |
11 | Vince Dooley | 20 | Georgia | |
| Kirk Ferentz* | 20 | Iowa | |
| Dabo Swinney* | 20 | Clemson | |
14 | Bill Snyder | 19 | Kansas State | |
| Bob Stoops | 19 | Oklahoma | |
16 | Mike Gundy* | 18 | Oklahoma State | |
| John Vaught | 18 | Ole Miss | |
18 | Hayden Fry | 17 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU | record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA |
| Mike Leach | 17 | Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State | |
| Gary Patterson | 17 | TCU | |
| Mark Richt | 17 | Georgia, Miami (FL) | |
| Bo Schembechler | 17 | Miami (OH), Michigan | |
| Kyle Whittingham* | 17 | Utah | |
24 | Johnny Majors | 16 | Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee | |
| Darrell Royal | 16 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington | |
| Frank Solich | 16 | Nebraska, Ohio | |
27 | Phillip Fulmer | 15 | Tennessee | record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA |
| Don James | 15 | Kent State, Washington | record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA |
| Brian Kelly* | 15 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 165-69-0 by NCAA |
| Urban Meyer | 15 | Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah | |
| Les Miles | 15 | Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State | |
| George Welsh | 15 | Navy, Virginia | |
33 | John Cooper | 14 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa | |
| Rocky Long | 14 | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
| Bronco Mendenhall | 14 | Brigham Young, Virginia | |
| Jackie Sherrill | 14 | Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State | record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA |
37 | Barry Alvarez | 13 | Wisconsin | record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA |
| Troy Calhoun* | 13 | Air Force | |
| Lloyd Carr | 13 | Michigan | |
| Mark Dantonio | 13 | Cincinnati, Michigan State | |
| Bobby Dodd | 13 | Georgia Tech | |
| Terry Donahue | 13 | UCLA | record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA |
| Paul Johnson | 13 | Georgia Tech, Navy | record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA |
| Charles McClendon | 13 | LSU | record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA |
| Don Nehlen | 13 | Bowling Green State, West Virginia | |
| Chris Petersen | 13 | Boise State, Washington | |
| Barry Switzer | 13 | Oklahoma | |
| Tommy Tuberville | 13 | Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech | |
49 | Mike Bellotti | 12 | Oregon | |
| Earle Bruce | 12 | Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa | |
| Fisher DeBerry | 12 | Air Force | |
| Dennis Erickson | 12 | Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming | |
| James Franklin* | 12 | Penn State, Vanderbilt | |
| Skip Holtz | 12 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida | |
| Ralph Jordan | 12 | Auburn | record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA |
| Rich Rodriguez* | 12 | Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia | |
| Jeff Tedford* | 12 | California, Fresno State | |
58 | Jeff Bower | 11 | Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA |
| Jerry Claiborne | 11 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech | |
| David Cutcliffe | 11 | Duke, Ole Miss | |
| Jim Harbaugh* | 11 | Michigan, Stanford | |
| Woody Hayes | 11 | Ohio State | |
| Pat Hill | 11 | Fresno State | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | 11 | Navy | |
| George O'Leary | 11 | UCF, Georgia Tech | |
| Bobby Petrino | 11 | Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky | |
| Gary Pinkel | 11 | Missouri, Toledo | |
| R.C. Slocum | 11 | Texas A&M | |
| Kirby Smart* | 11 | Georgia | |
| Joe Tiller | 11 | Purdue, Wyoming | |
| Bill Yeoman | 11 | Houston | |
72 | Fred Akers | 10 | Purdue, Texas, Wyoming | |
| Chris Ault | 10 | Nevada | |
| Bret Bielema* | 10 | Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin | |
| Frank Broyles | 10 | Arkansas, Missouri | |
| Dave Clawson* | 10 | Bowling Green State, Wake Forest | |
| Butch Davis | 10 | Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina | record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA |
| Bob Devaney | 10 | Nebraska, Wyoming | |
| Dan Devine | 10 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA |
| Bill Dooley | 10 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA |
| Pat Dye | 10 | Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming | |
| Jimbo Fisher* | 10 | Florida State, Texas A&M | |
| Pat Fitzgerald | 10 | Northwestern | |
| Todd Graham | 10 | Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa | |
| Ken Hatfield | 10 | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
| Dana Holgorsen* | 10 | Houston, West Virginia | |
| June Jones | 10 | Hawaii, SMU | |
| Bill Mallory | 10 | Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois | record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA |
| Gus Malzahn* | 10 | Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF | |
| Dan Mullen | 10 | Florida, Mississippi State | |
| Tom O'Brien | 10 | Boston College, North Carolina State | |
| Mike Riley | 10 | Nebraska, Oregon State | |
| Larry Smith | 10 | Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane | |
| Rick Stockstill* | 10 | Middle Tennessee State | |
| Jim Tressel | 10 | Ohio State | record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA |
96 | Blake Anderson* | 9 | Arkansas State, Utah State | |
| Art Briles | 9 | Baylor, Houston | |
| Matt Campbell* | 9 | Iowa State, Toledo | |
| Pete Carroll | 9 | USC | record adjusted to 83-19-0 by NCAA |
| Paul Chryst | 9 | Pitt, Wisconsin | |
| Doug Dickey | 9 | Florida, Tennessee | |
| Dave Doeren* | 9 | North Carolina State, Northern Illinois | |
| Danny Ford | 9 | Arkansas, Clemson | record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA |
| Hugh Freeze* | 9 | Arkansas State, Auburn, Liberty, Ole Miss | |
| Sonny Lubick | 9 | Colorado State | record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA |
| Glen Mason | 9 | Kansas, Kent State, Minnesota | |
| Bill McCartney | 9 | Colorado | |
| John McKay | 9 | USC | |
| Houston Nutt | 9 | Arkansas, Boise State, Ole Miss | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | 9 | Connecticut, Syracuse | record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA |
| John Robinson | 9 | UNLV, USC | |
| Tommy West | 9 | Clemson, Memphis | |
113 | Tommy Bowden | 8 | Clemson, Tulane | |
| Rich Brooks | 8 | Kentucky, Oregon | record adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA |
| Wallace Butts | 8 | Georgia | |
| Jim Carlen | 8 | South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
| Dick Crum | 8 | Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina | |
| Larry Fedora | 8 | North Carolina, Southern Mississippi | |
| P.J. Fleck* | 8 | Minnesota, Western Michigan | |
| Doc Holliday | 8 | Marshall | |
| Lane Kiffin* | 8 | Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee | |
| Rick Neuheisel | 8 | Colorado, UCLA, Washington | |
| Mike Price | 8 | UTEP, Washington State | |
| Greg Schiano* | 8 | Rutgers | |
| David Shaw | 8 | Stanford | |
| Mark Stoops* | 8 | Kentucky | |
| Charlie Strong | 8 | Florida, Louisville, South Florida, Texas | |
| Grant Teaff | 8 | Baylor | |
| Dick Tomey | 8 | Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State | |
| Bud Wilkinson | 8 | Oklahoma | |
131 | Jeff Brohm* | 7 | Louisville, Purdue, Western Kentucky | |
| Jason Candle* | 7 | Toledo | |
| Rod Carey | 7 | Northern Illinois, Temple | |
| Mario Cristobal* | 7 | Florida International, Miami (FL), Oregon | |
| Spike Dykes | 7 | Texas Tech | |
| Randy Edsall | 7 | Connecticut, Maryland | |
| Luke Fickell* | 7 | Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wisconsin | |
| Ralph Friedgen | 7 | Maryland | |
| Clay Helton* | 7 | Georgia Southern, USC | |
| Brady Hoke* | 7 | Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee | |
| Jimmy Johnson | 7 | Miami (FL), Oklahoma State | |
| Butch Jones* | 7 | Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee | |
| Jerry Kill* | 7 | Minnesota, New Mexico State, Northern Illinois, TCU | |
| Frank Kush | 7 | Arizona State | |
| John Mackovic | 7 | Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Wake Forest | |
| Dutch Meyer | 7 | TCU | |
| Jess Neely | 7 | Clemson, Rice | |
| Bob Neyland | 7 | Tennessee | |
| Bo Pelini | 7 | Nebraska | |
| George Perles | 7 | Michigan State | record adjusted to 68-67-4 by NCAA |
| Bob Pruett | 7 | Marshall | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder | 7 | Syracuse | |
| John Smith | 7 | Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Utah State | |
| Gene Stallings | 7 | Alabama, Texas A&M | record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA |
| Kevin Sumlin | 7 | Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M | |
| Jim Sweeney | 7 | Fresno State, Washington State | record adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA |
| Warren Woodson | 7 | Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State | |
158 | Gary Barnett | 6 | Colorado, Northwestern | record adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA |
| Craig Bohl* | 6 | Wyoming | |
| Neal Brown* | 6 | Troy, West Virginia | |
| Larry Coker | 6 | Miami (FL), UTSA | |
| Chris Creighton* | 6 | Eastern Michigan | |
| Ryan Day* | 6 | Ohio State | |
| Sonny Dykes* | 6 | California, Louisiana Tech, SMU, TCU | |
| Dennis Franchione | 6 | Alabama, New Mexico, Texas A&M, TCU, Texas State | |
| Jim Grobe | 6 | Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest | |
| Walt Harris | 6 | Pacific, Pitt, Stanford | |
| Bryan Harsin | 6 | Arkansas State, Auburn, Boise State | |
| Tom Herman* | 6 | Florida Atlantic, Houston, Texas | |
| Josh Heupel* | 6 | UCF, Tennessee | |
| Frank Howard | 6 | Clemson | |
| Chip Kelly* | 6 | Oregon, UCLA | |
| Dirk Koetter | 6 | Arizona State, Boise State | |
| Ron McBride | 6 | Utah | |
| Dan McCarney | 6 | Iowa State, North Texas | record adjusted to 79-116-0 by NCAA |
| Pat Narduzzi* | 6 | Pitt | |
| Mike Norvell* | 6 | Florida State, Memphis | |
| Lincoln Riley* | 6 | Oklahoma, USC | |
| Bobby Ross | 6 | Army, The Citadel, Georgia Tech, Maryland | |
| Steve Sarkisian* | 6 | USC, Texas, Washington | |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 6 | Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Miami (FL), Oklahoma | |
| Dick Sheridan | 6 | Furman, North Carolina State | |
| Kalani Sitake* | 6 | Brigham Young | |
| Bruce Snyder | 6 | Arizona State, California, Utah State | record adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA |
| Jim Tatum | 6 | Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma | |
| Frank Thomas | 6 | Alabama | |
| Jim Young | 6 | Arizona, Army, Purdue | |
188 | Steve Addazio | 5 | Boston College, Colorado State, Temple | |
| William Alexander | 5 | Georgia Tech | |
| Chuck Amato | 5 | North Carolina State | |
| Bill Battle | 5 | Tennessee | |
| Emory Bellard | 5 | Mississippi State, Texas A&M | |
| Larry Blakeney | 5 | Troy | |
| Terry Bowden* | 5 | Akron, Auburn, Louisiana-Monroe | |
| Billy Brewer | 5 | Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss | record adjusted to 77-67-4 by NCAA |
| Bobby Collins | 5 | SMU, Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA |
| Eddie Crowder | 5 | Colorado | |
| Bill Curry | 5 | Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky | |
| Bob Davie | 5 | New Mexico, Notre Dame | |
| Darrell Dickey | 5 | Memphis, North Texas | |
| Karl Dorrell | 5 | Colorado, UCLA | |
| Shawn Elliott* | 5 | Georgia State, South Carolina | |
| Chuck Fairbanks | 5 | Colorado, Oklahoma | |
| Willie Fritz* | 5 | Georgia Southern, Tulane | |
| Henry Frnka | 5 | Tulane, Tulsa | |
| Justin Fuente | 5 | Memphis, Virginia Tech | |
| Chan Gailey | 5 | Georgia Tech | |
| Ray Graves | 5 | Florida | |
| Al Groh | 5 | Virginia, Wake Forest | |
| Dan Hawkins | 5 | Boise State, Colorado | |
| Tyson Helton* | 5 | Western Kentucky | |
| Mark Hudspeth | 5 | Louisiana | |
| Howard Jones | 5 | Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale | |
| Jim Leavitt | 5 | South Florida, SMU | |
| Lance Leipold* | 5 | Buffalo, Kansas | |
| Seth Littrell | 5 | North Texas | |
| Steve Logan | 5 | East Carolina | |
| Dick MacPherson | 5 | Syracuse | |
| Abe Martin | 5 | TCU | |
| Chuck Martin* | 5 | Miami (OH) | |
| Jim McElwain* | 5 | Central Michigan, Colorado State, Florida | |
| Ruffin McNeill | 5 | East Carolina, Texas Tech | |
| Gary Moeller | 5 | Illinois, Michigan | |
| Jeff Monken* | 5 | Army | |
| Bernie Moore | 5 | LSU | |
| Jim Mora* | 5 | Connecticut, UCLA | |
| Will Muschamp | 5 | Florida, South Carolina | |
| Homer Norton | 5 | Centenary (LA), Texas A&M | |
| Ed Orgeron | 5 | LSU, Ole Miss, USC | |
| Ara Parseghian | 5 | Northwestern, Notre Dame | |
| Charley Pell | 5 | Clemson, Florida | |
| Warren Powers | 5 | Missouri, Washington State | record adjusted to 53-37-3 by NCAA |
| Scott Satterfield* | 5 | Appalachian State, Cincinnati, Louisville | |
| Wallace Wade | 5 | Alabama, Duke | |
| Tyrone Willingham | 5 | Notre Dame, Stanford, Washington | |
236 | Tom Amstutz | 4 | Toledo | |
| Gary Andersen | 4 | Oregon State, Utah State, Wisconsin | |
| David Bailiff | 4 | Rice | |
| John Barnhill | 4 | Arkansas, Tennessee | |
| Dana Bible | 4 | LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M | |
| Jack Bicknell | 4 | Boston College | |
| Len Casanova | 4 | Oregon, Pitt, Santa Clara | |
| Bill Clark | 4 | UAB | |
| Shawn Clark* | 4 | Appalachian State | |
| Jeff Cravath | 4 | Denver, San Francisco, USC | |
| Tim DeRuyter | 4 | Fresno State, Texas A&M | |
| Paul Dietzel | 4 | Army, LSU, South Carolina | |
| Jim Donnan | 4 | Georgia | |
| Rip Engle | 4 | Brown, Penn State | |
| Don Faurot | 4 | Iowa Pre-Flight, Missouri | record adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA |
| Ray Goff | 4 | Georgia | |
| Andy Gustafson | 4 | Miami (FL), Virginia Tech | |
| Pat Jones | 4 | Oklahoma State | |
| Chris Klieman* | 4 | Kansas State | |
| Jim Lambright | 4 | Washington | |
| Mark Mangino | 4 | Kansas | |
| Rick Minter | 4 | Cincinnati | |
| Philip Montgomery | 4 | Tulsa | |
| Billy Napier* | 4 | Florida, Louisiana | |
| Bill Peterson | 4 | Florida State, Rice | |
| Tommy Prothro | 4 | Oregon State, UCLA | |
| John Ralston | 4 | San Jose State, Stanford, Utah State | |
| Matt Rhule* | 4 | Baylor, Nebraska, Temple | |
| Bill Stewart | 4 | West Virginia | |
| Jock Sutherland | 4 | Lafayette, Pitt | |
| Ted Tollner | 4 | San Diego State, USC | |
| Jeff Traylor* | 4 | UTSA | |
| Pop Warner | 4 | Carlisle, Cornell, Iowa State, Pitt, Stanford, Temple | |
| Matt Wells | 4 | Texas Tech, Utah State | |
| Bowden Wyatt | 4 | Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming | |
| Ron Zook | 4 | Florida, Illinois | |
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