Coach Leaderboard
College football coaches by win percentage
Winning percentage leaders with a meaningful career sample.
Top coaches
Records exclude zero-game placeholders. Profile pages show source notes and current-season fallback status.
| Rank | Coach | Record | Win percentage | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Camp 1888-1892 • 5 seasons | 68-2 | 97.1% | Yale |
| 2 | Curt Cignetti 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 46-6 | 88.5% | Indiana, James Madison |
| 3 | Knute Rockne 1918-1930 • 13 seasons | 105-12-5 | 88.1% | Notre Dame |
| 4 | Ryan Day 2018-2025 • 8 seasons | 82-12 | 87.2% | Ohio State |
| 5 | Frank Leahy 1939-1953 • 13 seasons | 107-13-9 | 86.4% | Boston College, Notre Dame |
| 6 | Jesse Harper 1913-1917 • 5 seasons | 34-5-1 | 86.3% | Notre Dame |
| 7 | Dan Lanning 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 48-8 | 85.7% | Oregon |
| 8 | Urban Meyer 2001-2018 • 17 seasons | 187-32 | 85.4% | Bowling Green, Florida, Ohio State, Utah |
| 9 | Kirby Smart 2016-2025 • 10 seasons | 117-21 | 84.8% | Georgia |
| 10 | Charles Daly 1913-1922 • 6 seasons | 45-7-3 | 84.5% | Army |
| 11 | Walter Booth 1900-1905 • 6 seasons | 46-8-1 | 84.5% | Nebraska |
| 12 | Barry Switzer 1973-1988 • 16 seasons | 157-29-4 | 83.7% | Oklahoma |
| 13 | Pete Carroll 2001-2009 • 9 seasons | 97-19 | 83.6% | USC |
| 14 | Tom Osborne 1973-1997 • 25 seasons | 255-49-3 | 83.5% | Nebraska |
| 15 | Fielding Yost 1901-1926 • 25 seasons | 165-29-10 | 83.3% | Michigan |
| 16 | Phil King 1896-1905 • 9 seasons | 72-14-1 | 83.3% | Georgetown, Wisconsin |
| 17 | Charley Moran 1909-1923 • 11 seasons | 80-14-5 | 83.3% | Centre College Kentucky, Texas A&M |
| 18 | Doc Kennedy 1904-1910 • 7 seasons | 52-9-4 | 83.1% | Kansas |
| 19 | Bob Neyland 1926-1952 • 21 seasons | 173-31-12 | 82.9% | Tennessee |
| 20 | Jim Tressel 2001-2010 • 10 seasons | 106-22 | 82.8% | Ohio State |
| 21 | Bud Wilkinson 1947-1963 • 17 seasons | 145-29-4 | 82.6% | Oklahoma |
| 22 | Dave Allerdice 1911-1915 • 5 seasons | 33-7 | 82.5% | Texas |
| 23 | Don Coryell 1969-1972 • 4 seasons | 36-8 | 81.8% | San Diego State |
| 24 | Percy Haughton 1899-1924 • 13 seasons | 97-19-7 | 81.7% | Columbia, Cornell, Harvard |
| 25 | Jock Sutherland 1919-1938 • 20 seasons | 144-28-14 | 81.2% | Lafayette, Pittsburgh |
| 26 | Frank Thomas 1931-1946 • 15 seasons | 115-24-7 | 81.2% | Alabama |
| 27 | Walter McCornack 1901-1905 • 5 seasons | 42-8-5 | 80.9% | Dartmouth, Northwestern |
| 28 | Bob Devaney 1957-1972 • 16 seasons | 136-30-7 | 80.6% | Nebraska, Wyoming |
| 29 | Nick Saban 1990-2023 • 28 seasons | 297-71-1 | 80.6% | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo |
| 30 | George Woodruff 1892-1927 • 17 seasons | 172-41-3 | 80.3% | Carlisle, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania |
| 31 | Bob Stoops 1999-2021 • 19 seasons | 191-48 | 79.9% | Oklahoma |
| 32 | Biggie Munn 1946-1953 • 8 seasons | 58-14-2 | 79.7% | Michigan State, Syracuse |
| 33 | Chris Petersen 2006-2019 • 14 seasons | 147-38 | 79.5% | Boise State, Washington |
| 34 | Paul Dashiell 1904-1906 • 3 seasons | 25-5-4 | 79.4% | Navy |
| 35 | Henry Williams 1891-1921 • 23 seasons | 140-34-12 | 78.5% | Army, Minnesota |
| 36 | Marcus Freeman 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 43-12 | 78.2% | Notre Dame |
| 37 | Jon Sumrall 2022-2025 • 4 seasons | 43-12 | 78.2% | Troy, Tulane |
| 38 | Fred Folsom 1902-1915 • 13 seasons | 74-19-5 | 78.1% | Colorado, Dartmouth |
| 39 | Bear Bryant 1945-1982 • 38 seasons | 323-85-17 | 78.0% | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M |
| 40 | Dabo Swinney 2008-2025 • 18 seasons | 187-53 | 77.9% | Clemson |
| 41 | Bo Schembechler 1963-1989 • 27 seasons | 234-65-8 | 77.5% | Miami (OH), Michigan |
| 42 | Bob Pruett 1997-2004 • 8 seasons | 79-23 | 77.5% | Marshall |
| 43 | Roy Kramer 1975-1977 • 3 seasons | 25-7-1 | 77.3% | Central Michigan |
| 44 | Alden Knipe 1899-1902 • 4 seasons | 26-7-2 | 77.1% | Iowa |
| 45 | Andy Smith 1913-1925 • 13 seasons | 86-22-10 | 77.1% | California, Purdue |
| 46 | Kalen DeBoer 2020-2025 • 6 seasons | 57-17 | 77.0% | Alabama, Fresno State, Washington |
| 47 | Elmer Layden 1934-1940 • 7 seasons | 47-13-3 | 77.0% | Notre Dame |
| 48 | Fritz Crisler 1930-1947 • 18 seasons | 116-32-9 | 76.8% | Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton |
| 49 | Wallace Wade 1923-1950 • 24 seasons | 171-49-10 | 76.5% | Alabama, Duke |
| 50 | Allyn McKeen 1939-1948 • 9 seasons | 65-19-3 | 76.4% | Mississippi State |