Career Leaders and Records for Win-Loss Percentage

Leaders

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Since 1869
Minimum 10 years.

Leaders Table
Rk	Coach	Pct	W	L	T	School	Notes
1	Knute Rockne	.881	105	12	5	Notre Dame
2	Frank Leahy	.864	107	13	9	Boston College, Notre Dame
3	Urban Meyer	.854	187	32	0	Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah
4	George Washington Woodruff	.846	142	25	2	Carlisle, Illinois, Pennsylvania
5	Barry Switzer	.837	157	29	4	Oklahoma
6	Tom Osborne	.836	255	49	3	Nebraska
7	Charley Moran	.833	80	14	5	Centre, Texas A&M
	Fielding Yost	.833	165	29	10	Michigan
9	Bob Neyland	.829	173	31	12	Tennessee
10	Jim Tressel	.828	106	22	0	Ohio State	record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA
11	Bud Wilkinson	.826	145	29	4	Oklahoma
12	Percy Haughton	.817	97	19	7	Columbia, Cornell, Harvard
13	Jock Sutherland	.812	144	28	14	Lafayette, Pitt
14	Frank Thomas	.812	115	24	7	Alabama
15	Nick Saban*	.808	297	70	1	Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo	record adjusted to 292-70-1 by NCAA
16	Bob Devaney	.806	136	30	7	Nebraska, Wyoming
17	Bob Stoops	.799	191	48	0	Oklahoma
18	Dabo Swinney*	.797	169	43	0	Clemson
19	Chris Petersen	.795	147	38	0	Boise State, Washington
20	Henry Williams	.785	140	34	12	Army, Minnesota
21	Fred Folsom	.781	74	19	5	Colorado, Dartmouth
22	Bear Bryant	.780	323	85	17	Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M
23	Bo Schembechler	.775	234	65	8	Miami (OH), Michigan
24	Andy Smith	.771	86	22	10	California, Purdue
25	Fritz Crisler	.768	116	32	9	Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton
26	Wallace Wade	.765	171	49	10	Alabama, Duke
27	Frank Kush	.764	176	54	1	Arizona State
28	Jimmy Crowley	.763	86	23	11	Fordham, Michigan State, North Carolina Pre-Flight
29	Dan McGugin	.762	197	55	19	Vanderbilt
30	Woody Hayes	.761	205	61	10	Ohio State
31	Red Blaik	.759	166	48	14	Army, Dartmouth
32	Lloyd Carr	.753	122	40	0	Michigan
33	Joe Paterno	.749	409	136	3	Penn State
34	Darrell Royal	.749	184	60	5	Mississippi State, Texas, Washington
35	John McKay	.749	127	40	8	USC
36	John Vaught	.745	190	61	12	Ole Miss
37	Carmen Cozza	.745	114	38	3	Yale
38	Phillip Fulmer	.743	151	52	1	Tennessee	record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA
39	Dan Devine	.742	172	57	9	Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame	record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA
40	Bobby Bowden	.740	357	124	4	Florida State, West Virginia	record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA
41	Pop Warner	.733	311	103	32	Carlisle, Cornell, Pitt, Stanford, Temple
42	Howard Jones	.732	188	63	18	Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale
43	Frank Cavanaugh	.730	86	29	9	Boston College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Holy Cross
44	Jim Tatum	.729	100	35	7	Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma
45	Brian Kelly*	.728	185	69	0	Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame	record adjusted to 164-69-0 by NCAA
46	Mark Richt	.728	171	64	0	Georgia, Miami (FL)
47	Jimbo Fisher*	.727	128	48	0	Florida State, Texas A&M
48	Jumbo Stiehm	.722	55	20	4	Indiana, Nebraska
49	R.C. Slocum	.721	123	47	2	Texas A&M
50	Gus Dorais	.719	119	44	8	Detroit Mercy, Gonzaga
51	Tad Jones	.719	66	24	6	Syracuse, Yale
52	J.R. Richards	.718	52	18	8	Colorado College, Wisconsin
53	Steve Spurrier	.718	228	89	2	Duke, Florida, South Carolina
54	LaVell Edwards	.716	257	101	3	Brigham Young
55	Jim Harbaugh*	.716	116	46	0	Michigan, Stanford
56	Dana Bible	.715	190	69	22	LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M
57	Vince Dooley	.715	201	77	10	Georgia
58	Charles Caldwell Jr.	.714	68	27	1	Princeton
59	Bobby Dodd	.713	165	64	8	Georgia Tech
60	Bernie Bierman	.711	144	56	9	Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Tulane
61	Ara Parseghian	.710	131	52	5	Northwestern, Notre Dame
62	Red Sanders	.709	102	41	3	UCLA, Vanderbilt
63	Gilmour Dobie	.709	115	44	11	Boston College, Cornell, Navy, Washington
64	Francis Schmidt	.708	135	53	9	Arkansas, Idaho, Ohio State, TCU
65	Pat Dye	.707	153	62	5	Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming
66	Ike Armstrong	.704	141	55	15	Utah
67	Bryan Harsin	.702	85	36	0	Arkansas State, Auburn, Boise State
68	Frank Broyles	.700	149	62	6	Arkansas, Missouri
69	Biff Jones	.700	87	33	15	Army, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma
70	Jimmy Johnson	.699	81	34	3	Miami (FL), Oklahoma State
71	John Heisman	.698	148	60	14	Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington & Jefferson
72	Branch Bocock	.698	58	24	4	Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Tech
73	Billy Murphy	.697	81	35	1	Memphis
74	Gary Patterson	.696	181	79	0	TCU
75	Richard Colman	.694	75	33	0	Princeton
76	Myron Witham	.693	63	26	7	Colorado
77	John Cooper	.691	192	84	6	Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa
78	Jesse Hawley	.690	63	28	1	Dartmouth, Iowa
79	John Wilce	.688	78	33	9	Ohio State
80	Don James	.687	175	79	3	Kent State, Washington	record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA
81	Ray Graves	.686	70	31	4	Florida
82	Mike Donahue	.685	122	54	8	Auburn, LSU
83	Amos Alonzo Stagg	.683	282	123	29	Chicago, Pacific, Springfield
84	Charles McClendon	.682	135	61	7	LSU	record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA
85	Henry Frnka	.681	71	32	5	Tulane, Tulsa
86	Bobby Petrino	.680	119	56	0	Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky
87	Hugo Bezdek	.680	105	46	13	Arkansas, Oregon, Penn State
88	James Franklin*	.679	112	53	0	Penn State, Vanderbilt
89	Mike Bellotti	.678	116	55	0	Oregon
90	Mike Gundy*	.676	165	79	0	Oklahoma State
91	Kyle Whittingham*	.675	162	78	0	Utah
92	Ralph Jordan	.674	175	83	7	Auburn	record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA
93	William Fetzer	.672	61	28	7	Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State
	Bernie Moore	.672	83	39	6	LSU
95	Carl Snavely	.672	106	49	11	Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina
96	Jack Mollenkopf	.670	84	39	9	Purdue
97	Larry Coker	.667	82	41	0	Miami (FL), UTSA
98	Terry Donahue	.665	151	74	8	UCLA	record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA
99	Les Miles	.665	145	73	0	Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State
100	Danny Ford	.664	121	60	5	Arkansas, Clemson	record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA
101	Frank Beamer	.662	238	121	2	Virginia Tech
102	Chip Kelly*	.661	80	41	0	Oregon, UCLA
103	Bennie Owen	.660	93	45	12	Oklahoma
104	Lane Kiffin*	.660	95	49	0	Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee
105	Buck Shaw	.659	56	27	8	Air Force, California, North Carolina State, Santa Clara
106	Mack Brown*	.658	276	143	1	North Carolina, Texas, Tulane
107	William Juneau	.657	56	28	5	Colorado College, Kentucky, Texas, Wisconsin
108	Herb Deromedi	.657	110	55	10	Central Michigan
109	Paul Chryst	.656	86	45	0	Pitt, Wisconsin
110	Dick Sheridan	.656	82	42	4	Furman, North Carolina State
111	Gus Malzahn*	.656	101	53	0	Arkansas State, Auburn, UCF
112	Bobby Collins	.656	89	46	3	SMU, Southern Mississippi	record adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA
113	Rip Engle	.654	132	68	8	Brown, Penn State
114	Dick Harlow	.654	71	36	7	Colgate, Harvard, Penn State
115	Sol Metzger	.652	64	33	5	Baylor, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington & Jefferson, West Virginia
116	Lou Holtz	.651	249	132	7	Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary
117	Bennie Oosterbaan	.650	63	33	4	Michigan
118	Tommy Prothro	.649	104	55	5	Oregon State, UCLA
119	George Munger	.649	82	42	10	Pennsylvania
120	Maurice Smith	.648	73	38	7	Gonzaga, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Villanova
121	Tommy Bowden	.647	90	49	0	Clemson, Tulane
122	Bill Snyder	.647	215	117	1	Kansas State
123	Forest Evashevski	.647	63	33	6	Iowa, Washington State
124	Andrew Kerr	.646	120	63	12	Colgate, Stanford, Washington & Jefferson
125	Hugh Freeze*	.645	89	49	0	Arkansas State, Auburn, Liberty, Ole Miss
126	Dennis Erickson	.644	147	81	1	Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming
127	John Yovicsin	.644	78	42	5	Harvard
128	Frank Burns	.643	78	43	1	Rutgers
129	Mark Dantonio	.641	132	74	0	Cincinnati, Michigan State
130	Homer Norton	.641	111	59	15	Centenary (LA), Texas A&M
131	David Shaw	.640	96	54	0	Stanford
132	Clarence Spears	.639	89	48	11	Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, West Virginia, Wisconsin
133	Earle Bruce	.638	149	84	2	Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Tampa
134	Bill Murray	.637	93	51	9	Duke
135	Doug Dickey	.637	104	58	6	Florida, Tennessee
136	Claude Gilbert	.636	99	56	3	San Diego State, San Jose State	record adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA
137	Warren Woodson	.635	147	82	11	Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State
138	Bowden Wyatt	.634	99	56	5	Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming
139	Gary Pinkel	.633	191	110	3	Missouri, Toledo
140	Darryl Rogers	.632	109	62	7	Arizona State, Fresno State, Michigan State, San Jose State
141	Jordan Olivar	.632	111	63	8	Loyola Marymount, Villanova, Yale
142	Frank Solich	.631	173	101	0	Nebraska, Ohio
143	William Ingram	.631	75	42	9	California, Indiana, Navy, William & Mary
144	Dave Doeren*	.630	104	61	0	North Carolina State, Northern Illinois
145	Jim Leavitt	.630	75	44	0	South Florida, SMU
146	Chris Ault	.629	95	56	0	Nevada
147	John Robinson	.629	132	77	4	UNLV, USC
148	Pappy Waldorf	.628	157	89	19	California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State
149	Dan Mullen	.628	103	61	0	Florida, Mississippi State
150	Jim Young	.627	120	71	2	Arizona, Army, Purdue
151	Madison Bell	.626	136	78	16	SMU, Texas A&M, TCU
152	Ben Schwartzwalder	.626	153	91	3	Syracuse
153	O.E. Hollingbery	.625	93	53	14	Washington State
	Bronco Mendenhall	.625	135	81	0	Brigham Young, Virginia
	George Sanford	.625	67	39	6	Columbia, Rutgers
156	Kirk Ferentz*	.624	196	118	0	Iowa
157	Bill McCartney	.624	93	55	5	Colorado
158	Edward Robinson	.624	140	82	12	Brown
159	Jeff Cravath	.623	74	43	9	Denver, San Francisco, USC
160	Joseph Yukica	.619	88	54	1	Boston College, Dartmouth
161	Walter Steffen	.619	56	33	8	Carnegie Mellon
162	Jeff Brohm*	.618	76	47	0	Louisville, Purdue, Western Kentucky
163	Joe Kerbel	.617	68	42	1	West Texas A&M
164	James Phelan	.616	136	82	14	Missouri, Purdue, Saint Mary's (CA), Washington
165	Tommy Tuberville	.616	159	99	0	Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech
166	Harry Mehre	.615	98	60	7	Georgia, Ole Miss
167	Wallace Butts	.615	140	86	9	Georgia
168	Jeff Tedford*	.615	126	79	0	California, Fresno State
169	Harris Cope	.614	48	28	12	Samford, Sewanee
170	Harry Kipke	.613	49	30	5	Michigan, Michigan State
171	Gene Stallings	.613	97	61	2	Alabama, Texas A&M	record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA
172	Slip Madigan	.612	61	37	9	Iowa, Saint Mary's (CA)
173	Robert Zuppke	.612	131	81	12	Illinois
174	Doc Holliday	.612	85	54	0	Marshall
175	Troy Calhoun*	.611	129	82	0	Air Force
176	Charlie Bachman	.611	132	80	22	Florida, Kansas State, Michigan State, Northwestern
177	Clay Helton*	.611	58	37	0	Georgia Southern, USC
178	Don Nehlen	.609	202	128	8	Bowling Green State, West Virginia
179	Duffy Daugherty	.609	109	69	5	Michigan State
180	Barry Alvarez	.609	118	75	4	Wisconsin	record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA
181	Fisher DeBerry	.608	169	109	1	Air Force
182	Wayne Hardin	.607	111	71	5	Navy, Temple
183	Scott Satterfield*	.605	75	49	0	Appalachian State, Cincinnati, Louisville
184	Bob Blackman	.605	164	106	7	Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois
185	Jim Carlen	.604	107	69	6	South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia
186	Art Briles	.604	99	65	0	Baylor, Houston
187	Paul Pasqualoni	.603	117	77	1	Connecticut, Syracuse	record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA
188	Samuel Newton	.602	76	50	2	Lafayette, Lehigh, Penn State
189	Kevin Sumlin	.601	95	63	0	Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M
190	Ralph Friedgen	.600	75	50	0	Maryland
	Rick Neuheisel	.600	87	58	0	Colorado, UCLA, Washington
	Dallas Ward	.600	63	41	6	Colorado
193	Joseph Restic	.599	59	39	3	Harvard
194	Bret Bielema*	.599	115	77	0	Arkansas, Illinois, Wisconsin
195	Red Drew	.598	60	39	8	Alabama, Birmingham-Southern, Ole Miss
196	D.C. Walker	.597	77	51	6	Wake Forest
197	Steve Sarkisian*	.597	71	48	0	USC, Texas, Washington
198	Mike Leach	.596	158	107	0	Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Washington State
199	Todd Graham	.596	106	72	0	Arizona State, Hawaii, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa
200	Jackie Sherrill	.595	179	121	4	Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State	record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA
201	Bill Yeoman	.594	160	108	8	Houston
202	George Sauer	.594	56	37	8	Baylor, Kansas, Navy
203	Andy Gustafson	.594	115	78	4	Miami (FL), Virginia Tech
204	Sonny Lubick	.593	108	74	0	Colorado State	record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA
205	Dick Crum	.593	113	77	4	Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina
206	Dave McClain	.593	72	49	3	Ball State, Wisconsin
207	Jerry Claiborne	.592	179	122	8	Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech
208	Rich Rodriguez*	.592	126	87	0	Arizona, Jacksonville State, Michigan, West Virginia
209	Glenn Thistlethwaite	.591	88	59	13	Northwestern, Richmond, Wisconsin
210	Dan Hawkins	.590	72	50	0	Boise State, Colorado
211	Paul Johnson	.590	128	89	0	Georgia Tech, Navy	record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA
212	Tom O'Brien	.590	115	80	0	Boston College, North Carolina State
213	Lon Stiner	.589	74	49	17	Oregon State
214	Fred Akers	.589	108	75	3	Purdue, Texas, Wyoming
	John Bateman	.589	73	51	0	Rutgers
216	Howard Odell	.588	58	40	4	Washington, Yale
217	Ed Orgeron	.588	67	47	0	LSU, Ole Miss, USC
218	George Welsh	.588	189	132	4	Navy, Virginia
219	Matt Campbell*	.587	88	62	0	Iowa State, Toledo
220	Dick MacPherson	.586	66	46	4	Syracuse
221	P.J. Fleck*	.585	79	56	0	Minnesota, Western Michigan
222	Jeff Bower	.584	118	84	1	Southern Mississippi	record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA
223	Pat Hill	.583	112	80	0	Fresno State
224	Ron McBride	.583	88	63	0	Utah
225	Blake Anderson*	.583	74	53	0	Arkansas State, Utah State
	Charlie Strong	.583	74	53	0	Florida, Louisville, South Florida, Texas
227	Jim Lookabaugh	.581	58	41	6	Oklahoma State
228	Joe Morrison	.581	101	72	7	Chattanooga, New Mexico, South Carolina
229	William Alexander	.580	134	95	15	Georgia Tech
230	Frank Howard	.580	165	118	12	Clemson
231	Tex Oliver	.579	55	39	7	Arizona, Oregon
232	Ott Romney	.579	66	47	7	Brigham Young, Montana State
233	E. Lowell Romney	.579	128	91	16	Utah State
234	Butch Davis	.579	103	75	0	Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina	record adjusted to 87-75-0 by NCAA
235	Ray Morrison	.578	142	99	33	SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt
236	Joe Tiller	.578	126	92	1	Purdue, Wyoming
237	Morley Jennings	.577	83	60	6	Baylor
238	Rocky Long	.577	146	107	0	New Mexico, San Diego State
239	Eddie Crowder	.576	67	49	2	Colorado
	Jack Hagerty	.576	63	45	10	Georgetown
241	Bob Higgins	.576	99	71	14	Penn State, Washington (MO)
242	Bob Woodruff	.576	72	52	8	Baylor, Florida
243	Ted Shipkey	.575	52	38	3	Arizona State, Montana, New Mexico
244	Dutch Meyer	.575	109	79	13	TCU
245	Johnny Majors	.572	185	137	10	Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee
246	Willie Fritz*	.571	72	54	0	Georgia Southern, Tulane
	Dana Holgorsen*	.571	92	69	0	Houston, West Virginia
	June Jones	.571	112	84	0	Hawaii, SMU
	Frank Murray	.571	111	82	10	Marquette, Virginia
250	Harry Hughes	.570	125	92	18	Colorado State

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