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Minnesota Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Minnesota.
- Indexed coaches
- 26
- Coach seasons
- 265
- Wins leader
- Lou Holtz
Coach record table
Sorted by career wins among coaches with at least one indexed game and one indexed season.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Top-10 Finishes | Peak SRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Holtz Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1969-2004 · 33 seasons | 249-132-7 | 65.1% | 8 | 27.5 |
| Bernie Bierman Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1925-1950 · 24 seasons | 144-56-9 | 71.0% | 6 | 27.8 |
| Henry Williams Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1891-1921 · 23 seasons | 140-34-12 | 78.5% | 0 | 42.5 |
| Glen Mason Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1986-2006 · 21 seasons | 123-121-1 | 50.4% | 1 | 14.9 |
| Fritz Crisler Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1930-1947 · 18 seasons | 116-32-9 | 76.8% | 8 | 31.6 |
| Murray Warmath Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1952-1971 · 20 seasons | 97-84-10 | 53.4% | 3 | 22.9 |
| PJ Fleck Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 2013-2025 · 13 seasons | 96-66 | 59.3% | 1 | 15.2 |
| Clarence Spears Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1921-1944 · 17 seasons | 89-48-11 | 64.3% | 0 | 20.8 |
| Jerry Kill Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 2008-2023 · 11 seasons | 71-58 | 55.0% | 0 | 8.0 |
| William Spaulding Longevity Coach | 1922-1938 · 14 seasons | 67-50-10 | 56.7% | 0 | 16.5 |
| Jim Wacker Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1983-1996 · 14 seasons | 56-97-2 | 36.8% | 0 | 5.6 |
| Cal Stoll Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1969-1978 · 10 seasons | 54-56 | 49.1% | 0 | 9.9 |
| Wesley Fesler Peak Dominator | 1946-1953 · 8 seasons | 34-28-8 | 52.0% | 3 | 20.8 |
| John Gutekunst Balanced | 1986-1991 · 6 seasons | 28-37-2 | 43.3% | 0 | 0.6 |
| George Hauser Longevity Coach | 1926-1944 · 5 seasons | 24-15-6 | 60.0% | 0 | 15.0 |
| Jeff Horton Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1993-2010 · 7 seasons | 22-51 | 30.1% | 0 | -3.4 |
| Joe Salem Offense-First | 1979-1983 · 5 seasons | 19-35-1 | 35.4% | 0 | 7.4 |
| Tim Brewster Longevity Coach | 2007-2024 · 5 seasons | 17-30 | 36.2% | 0 | 0.4 |
| Pudge Heffelfinger Balanced | 1894-1895 · 2 seasons | 12-12 | 50.0% | 0 | - |
| Alexander Jerrems Balanced | 1896-1897 · 2 seasons | 12-6 | 66.7% | 0 | -24.5 |
| Tracy Claeys Defense-First | 2015-2016 · 2 seasons | 11-8 | 57.9% | 0 | 9.0 |
| Wallie Winter Balanced | 1893-1893 · 1 seasons | 6-0 | 100.0% | 0 | - |
| John Harrison Balanced | 1899-1899 · 1 seasons | 6-3-2 | 63.6% | 0 | -5.4 |
| William Leary Balanced | 1899-1899 · 1 seasons | 6-3-2 | 63.6% | 0 | -5.4 |
| Jack Minds Balanced | 1898-1898 · 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | 0 | -6.1 |
| Tom Cochrane Balanced | 1894-1894 · 1 seasons | 3-1 | 75.0% | 0 | - |