Coaching Records All-Divisions Coaching Records ............. 2 Football Bowl Subdivision Coaching Records .................................... 5 Football Championship Subdivision Coaching Records .......... 15 Division II Coaching Records .................. 21 Division III Coaching Records ................. 29 Coaching Honors ......................................... 38 2 2011 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORDS - ALL-DIVISIONS COACHING RECORDS All-Divisions Coaching Records Coach (Alma Mater) Winningest Coaches All-Time (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† 35. Ad Rutschman (Linfield 1954) .................................. 24 183 48 3 .788 (Linfield 1968-91) BY PERCENTAGE 36. Pete Schmidt (Alma 1970) ......................................... 14 104 27 4 .785 This list includes all coaches with at least 10 seasons at four-year colleges (regardless (Albion 1983-96) of division or association). Bowl and playoff games included. 37. Henry Williams (Yale 1891) ........................................ 23 140 34 12 .785 Coach (Alma Mater) (Army 1891, Minnesota 1900-21) 38. Jim Sochor (San Fran. St. 1960)................................ 19 156 41 5 .785 (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† (UC Davis 1970-88) 1. *Larry Kehres (Mount Union 1971) ........................ 25 303 23 3 .926 39. Bill Edwards (Wittenberg 1931) ............................... 25 176 46 8 .783 (Mount Union 1986-10) (Case Tech 1934-40, Vanderbilt 1949-52, 2. Knute Rockne (Notre Dame 1914) ......................... 13 105 12 5 .881 Wittenberg 1955-68) (Notre Dame 1918-30) 40. *John Gagliardi (Colorado Col. 1949).................... 62 478 129 11 .782 3. Frank Leahy (Notre Dame 1931) ............................. 13 107 13 9 .864 (Carroll [MT] 1949-52, Saint John’s [MN] 1953-10) (Boston College 1939-40, Notre Dame 1941-43, 46-53) 41. Gil Dobie (Minnesota 1902) ...................................... 33 180 45 15 .781 4. Bob Reade (Cornell College 1954) ......................... 16 146 23 1 .862 (North Dakota St. 1906-07, (Augustana [IL] 1979-94) Washington 1908-16, Navy 1917-19, 5. Doyt Perry (Bowling Green 1932) ........................... 10 77 11 5 .855 Cornell 1920-35, Boston College 1936-38) (Bowling Green 1955-64) 42. Fred Folsom (Dartmouth 1895) ............................... 19 107 28 6 .780 (Colorado 1895-99, 01-02, Dartmouth 1903-06, 6. Dick Farley (Boston U. 1968) ..................................... 17 114 19 3 .849 Colorado 1908-15) (Williams 1987-03) 43. Bear Bryant (Alabama 1936) ..................................... 38 323 85 17 .780 7. George Woodruff (Yale 1889) ................................... 12 142 25 2 .846 (Maryland 1945, Kentucky 1946-53, (Penn 1892-01, Illinois 1903, Carlisle 1905) Texas A&M 1954-57, Alabama 1958-82) 8. Jake Gaither (Knoxville 1927) ................................... 25 204 36 4 .844 44. *Jim Purtill (Miami [OH] 1978) ................................. 13 107 30 1 .779 (Florida A&M 1945-69) (Salem Int’l 1982, St. Norbert 1999-10) 9. Dave Maurer (Denison 1954) .................................... 15 129 23 3 .842 45. *Gary Patterson (Kansas St. 1983) .......................... 11 98 28 0 .778 (Wittenberg 1969-83) (TCU 2000-10) 10. Paul Hoerneman (Heidelberg 1938) ..................... 14 102 18 4 .839 (Heidelberg 1946-59) 46. Bo Schembechler (Miami [OH] 1951) ................... 27 234 65 8 .775 (Miami [OH] 1963-68, Michigan 1969-89) 11. Barry Switzer (Arkansas 1960) .................................. 16 157 29 4 .837 47. *Chris Creighton (Kenyon 1991) ............................. 14 116 34 0 .773 (Oklahoma 1973-88) (Ottawa 1997-00, Wabash 2001-07, 12. Tom Osborne (Hastings 1959) ................................. 25 255 49 3 .836 Drake 2008-10) (Nebraska 1973-97) 48. *Mike Drass (Mansfield 1988) ................................... 18 154 45 1 .773 13. Don Coryell (Washington 1950) .............................. 15 127 24 3 .834 (Wesley 1993-10) (Whittier 1957-59, San Diego St. 1961-72) 49. Roger Harring (Wis.-La Crosse 1958) ..................... 31 261 75 7 .771 14. Fielding Yost (West Virginia 1895) .......................... 30 198 35 12 .833 (Wis.-La Crosse 1969-99) (Ohio Wesleyan 1897, Nebraska 1898, 50. *Mike Swider (Wheaton [IL] 1977) ......................... 15 124 37 0 .770 Kansas 1899, San Jose St. 1900, (Wheaton [IL] 1996-10) Stanford 1900, Michigan 1901-23, 25-26) 15. Percy Haughton (Harvard 1899) ............................. 13 96 17 6 .832 *Active coach. †Ties computed as half won and half lost. (Cornell 1899-00, Harvard 1908-16, Columbia 1923-24) BY VICTORIES 16. Bob Neyland (Army 1916) .......................................... 21 173 31 12 .829 This list includes all coaches with at least 10 seasons at four-year colleges (regardless (Tennessee 1926-34, 36-40, 46-52) of division or association). Bowl and playoff games included. 17. Bud Wilkinson (Minnesota 1937) ............................ 17 145 29 4 .826 Coach (Alma Mater) (Oklahoma 1947-63) (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† 18. Jay Locey (Oregon St. 1978) ...................................... 10 84 18 0 .824 1. *John Gagliardi (Colorado Col. 1949).................... 62 478 129 11 .782 (Linfield 1996-05) (Carroll [MT] 1949-52, Saint John’s [MN] 1953-10) 19. Chuck Klausing (Slippery Rock 1948) ................... 16 123 26 2 .821 2. Eddie Robinson (Leland 1941) ................................. 55 408 165 15 .707 (Indiana [PA] 1964-69, (Grambling 1941-42, 45-97) Carnegie Mellon 1976-85) 3. *Joe Paterno (Brown 1950) ........................................ 45 401 135 3 .747 20. Mike Kelly (Manchester 1970) .................................. 27 246 54 1 .819 (Penn St. 1966-10) (Dayton 1981-07) 4. Bobby Bowden (Samford 1953) .............................. 44 377 129 4 .743 21. Urban Meyer (Cincinnati 1986) ................................ 10 104 23 0 .819 (Samford 1959-62, West Virginia 1970-75, (Bowling Green 2001-02, Utah 2003-04, Florida St. 1976-09) Florida 2005-10) 5. Bear Bryant (Alabama 1936) ..................................... 38 323 85 17 .780 22. Henry A. Kean (Fisk 1920)........................................... 23 165 33 9 .819 (Maryland 1945, Kentucky 1946-53, (Kentucky St. 1931-42, Tennessee St. 1944-54) Texas A&M 1954-57, Alabama 1958-82) 23. *Joe Fincham (Ohio 1988) ......................................... 15 136 31 0 .814 6. Pop Warner (Cornell 1895) ......................................... 44 319 106 32 .733 (Wittenberg 1996-10) (Georgia 1895-96, Cornell 1897-98, 24. Jock Sutherland (Pittsburgh 1918)......................... 20 144 28 14 .812 Carlisle 1899-03, Cornell 1904-06, (Lafayette 1919-23, Pittsburgh 1924-38) Carlisle 1907-14, Pittsburgh 1915-23, 25. Ron Schipper (Hope 1952) ........................................ 36 287 67 3 .808 Stanford 1924-32, Temple 1933-38) (Central [IA] 1961-96) 7. Roy Kidd (Eastern Ky. 1954) ....................................... 39 314 124 8 .713 26. *Rick Willis (Cornell College 1988) .......................... 12 105 25 0 .808 (Eastern Ky. 1964-02) (Wartburg 1997-05, 08-10) Amos Alonzo Stagg (Yale 1890) .............................. 57 314 199 35 .605 27. Bob Devaney (Alma 1939) ......................................... 16 136 30 7 .806 (Springfield 1890-91, Chicago 1892-32, (Wyoming 1957-61, Nebraska 1962-72) Pacific 1933-46) 28. *Bob Stoops (Iowa 1983) ............................................ 12 129 31 0 .806 9. Frosty Westering (Neb.-Omaha 1952) .................. 40 305 96 7 .756 (Oklahoma 1999-10) (Parsons 1962-63, Lea 1966-71, 29. Chuck Broyles (Pittsburg St. 1970) ......................... 20 198 47 2 .806 Pacific Lutheran 1972-03) (Pittsburg St. 1990-09) 10. *Larry Kehres (Mount Union 1971) ........................ 25 303 23 3 .926 30. Sid Gillman (Ohio St. 1934) ........................................ 10 81 19 2 .804 (Mount Union 1986-10) (Miami [OH] 1944-47, Cincinnati 1949-54) 11. Tubby Raymond (Michigan 1950) .......................... 36 300 119 3 .714 31. *Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman 1968) .................... 31 294 74 2 .797 (Delaware 1966-01) (Carson-Newman 1980-10) 12. *Ken Sparks (Carson-Newman 1968) .................... 31 294 74 2 .797 32. Frank Thomas (Notre Dame 1923) ......................... 19 141 33 9 .795 (Carson-Newman 1980-10) (Chattanooga 1925-28, 13. Ron Schipper (Hope 1952) ........................................ 36 287 67 3 .808 Alabama 1931-42, 44-46) (Central [IA] 1961-96) 33. Harold Burry (Westminster 1935) ........................... 20 127 31 5 .794 14. Roger Harring (Wis.-La Crosse 1958) ..................... 31 261 75 7 .771 (Westminster [PA] 1952-71) (Wis.-La Crosse 1969-99) 34. *Pete Fredenburg (Texas St. 1970) ......................... 13 121 32 0 .791 15. Frank Girardi (West Chester 1961).......................... 36 257 97 5 .723 (Mary Hardin-Baylor 1998-10) (Lycoming 1972-07) 2011 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORDS - ALL-DIVISIONS COACHING RECORDS 3 Coach (Alma Mater) Coach (Alma Mater) (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† LaVell Edwards (Utah St. 1952) ................................ 29 257 101 3 .716 50. Jim Butterfield (Maine 1953) .................................... 27 206 71 1 .743 (BYU 1972-00) (Ithaca 1967-93) 17. Tom Osborne (Hastings 1959) ................................. 25 255 49 3 .836 *Active coach. †Ties computed as half won and half lost. #Tennessee State's participation in (Nebraska 1973-97) 1981 and 1982 FCS championships (1-2 record) vacated by action of the NCAA Committee on Jim Malosky (Minnesota 1951) ................................ 40 255 125 13 .665 Infractions.