Coach Leaderboard
College football coaches by career wins
Career win leaders across countable coach-season records in the CFBTrack coaches dataset.
Top coaches
Records exclude zero-game placeholders. Profile pages show source notes and current-season fallback status.
| Rank | Coach | Record | Career wins | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Paterno 1966-2011 • 46 seasons | 409-136-3 | 409 | Penn State |
| 2 | Bobby Bowden 1970-2009 • 40 seasons | 357-124-4 | 357 | Florida State, West Virginia |
| 3 | Bear Bryant 1945-1982 • 38 seasons | 323-85-17 | 323 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M |
| 4 | Pop Warner 1897-1938 • 42 seasons | 311-103-32 | 311 | Carlisle, Cornell, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Temple |
| 5 | Nick Saban 1990-2023 • 28 seasons | 297-71-1 | 297 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo |
| 6 | Mack Brown 1985-2024 • 35 seasons | 282-150-1 | 282 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane |
| 7 | Amos Alonzo Stagg 1891-1943 • 43 seasons | 282-123-29 | 282 | Chicago, Pacific, Springfield |
| 8 | LaVell Edwards 1972-2000 • 29 seasons | 257-101-3 | 257 | BYU |
| 9 | Tom Osborne 1973-1997 • 25 seasons | 255-49-3 | 255 | Nebraska |
| 10 | Lou Holtz 1969-2004 • 33 seasons | 249-132-7 | 249 | Arkansas, Minnesota, NC State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary |
| 11 | Frank Beamer 1987-2015 • 29 seasons | 238-121-2 | 238 | Virginia Tech |
| 12 | Bo Schembechler 1963-1989 • 27 seasons | 234-65-8 | 234 | Miami (OH), Michigan |
| 13 | Hayden Fry 1962-1998 • 37 seasons | 230-180-10 | 230 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU |
| 14 | Steve Spurrier 1987-2015 • 26 seasons | 228-89-2 | 228 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
| 15 | Bill Snyder 1989-2018 • 27 seasons | 215-117-1 | 215 | Kansas State |
| 16 | Kirk Ferentz 1999-2025 • 27 seasons | 213-128 | 213 | Iowa |
| 17 | Woody Hayes 1951-1978 • 28 seasons | 205-61-10 | 205 | Ohio State |
| 18 | Brian Kelly 2004-2025 • 23 seasons | 202-79 | 202 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, LSU, Notre Dame |
| 19 | Don Nehlen 1968-2000 • 30 seasons | 202-128-8 | 202 | Bowling Green, West Virginia |
| 20 | Vince Dooley 1964-1988 • 25 seasons | 201-77-10 | 201 | Georgia |
| 21 | Dan McGugin 1904-1934 • 30 seasons | 197-55-19 | 197 | Vanderbilt |
| 22 | Howard Jones 1908-1940 • 29 seasons | 194-64-21 | 194 | Duke, Iowa, Ohio State, Syracuse, USC, Yale |
| 23 | John Cooper 1977-2000 • 24 seasons | 192-84-6 | 192 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa |
| 24 | Bob Stoops 1999-2021 • 19 seasons | 191-48 | 191 | Oklahoma |
| 25 | Gary Pinkel 1991-2015 • 25 seasons | 191-110-3 | 191 | Missouri, Toledo |
| 26 | John Vaught 1947-1973 • 25 seasons | 190-61-12 | 190 | Ole Miss |
| 27 | Dana Bible 1915-1946 • 31 seasons | 190-69-22 | 190 | LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M |
| 28 | George Welsh 1973-2000 • 28 seasons | 189-132-4 | 189 | Navy, Virginia |
| 29 | Urban Meyer 2001-2018 • 17 seasons | 187-32 | 187 | Bowling Green, Florida, Ohio State, Utah |
| 30 | Dabo Swinney 2008-2025 • 18 seasons | 187-53 | 187 | Clemson |
| 31 | Jess Neely 1931-1966 • 36 seasons | 187-159-17 | 187 | Clemson, Rice |
| 32 | Johnny Majors 1968-1996 • 29 seasons | 185-137-10 | 185 | Iowa State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee |
| 33 | Darrell Royal 1954-1976 • 23 seasons | 184-60-5 | 184 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington |
| 34 | Dick Tomey 1977-2009 • 29 seasons | 183-145-7 | 183 | Arizona, Hawai'i, San José State |
| 35 | Gary Patterson 2000-2021 • 22 seasons | 181-79 | 181 | TCU |
| 36 | Jackie Sherrill 1976-2003 • 26 seasons | 179-121-4 | 179 | Mississippi State, Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, Washington State |
| 37 | Jerry Claiborne 1961-1989 • 28 seasons | 179-122-8 | 179 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech |
| 38 | Kyle Whittingham 2004-2025 • 22 seasons | 178-88 | 178 | Utah |
| 39 | Frank Kush 1958-1979 • 22 seasons | 176-54-1 | 176 | Arizona State |
| 40 | Don James 1971-1992 • 22 seasons | 175-79-3 | 175 | Kent State, Washington |
| 41 | Ralph Jordan 1951-1975 • 25 seasons | 175-83-7 | 175 | Auburn |
| 42 | Bob Neyland 1926-1952 • 21 seasons | 173-31-12 | 173 | Tennessee |
| 43 | Frank Solich 1998-2020 • 22 seasons | 173-101 | 173 | Nebraska, Ohio |
| 44 | Dan Devine 1955-1980 • 22 seasons | 172-57-9 | 172 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame |
| 45 | George Woodruff 1892-1927 • 17 seasons | 172-41-3 | 172 | Carlisle, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania |
| 46 | Mark Richt 2001-2018 • 18 seasons | 171-64 | 171 | Georgia, Miami |
| 47 | Wallace Wade 1923-1950 • 24 seasons | 171-49-10 | 171 | Alabama, Duke |
| 48 | Mike Gundy 2005-2025 • 21 seasons | 170-99 | 170 | Oklahoma State |
| 49 | Fisher DeBerry 1984-2006 • 23 seasons | 169-109-1 | 169 | Air Force |
| 50 | Jim Sweeney 1968-1996 • 27 seasons | 169-134-4 | 169 | Fresno State, Washington State |