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Nebraska Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Nebraska.
- Indexed coaches
- 27
- Coach seasons
- 249
- Wins leader
- Tom Osborne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Osborne Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 1973-1997 · 25 seasons | 255-49-3 | 83.5% | 18 | 34.6 |
| Dana Bible Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1915-1946 · 31 seasons | 190-69-22 | 71.5% | 3 | 28.8 |
| Frank Solich Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1998-2020 · 22 seasons | 173-101 | 63.1% | 3 | 25.2 |
| Bob Devaney Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1957-1972 · 16 seasons | 136-30-7 | 80.6% | 7 | 37.9 |
| Mike Riley Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1997-2017 · 17 seasons | 112-99 | 53.1% | 0 | 14.9 |
| Biff Jones Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1926-1941 · 14 seasons | 87-33-15 | 70.0% | 1 | 20.2 |
| Bo Pelini Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 2003-2014 · 8 seasons | 67-27 | 71.3% | 0 | 16.7 |
| Matt Rhule Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 2013-2025 · 10 seasons | 66-62 | 51.6% | 0 | 14.7 |
| Pete Elliott Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1956-1974 · 13 seasons | 56-72-1 | 43.8% | 1 | 18.9 |
| Jumbo Stiehm Longevity Coach | 1911-1921 · 11 seasons | 55-20-4 | 72.2% | 0 | 24.4 |
| Walter Booth Balanced | 1900-1905 · 6 seasons | 46-8-1 | 84.5% | 0 | 21.5 |
| Fred Dawson Longevity Coach | 1921-1933 · 11 seasons | 45-40-7 | 52.7% | 0 | 31.0 |
| Edward Stewart Volatile Builder | 1916-1926 · 8 seasons | 41-23-5 | 63.0% | 0 | 21.2 |
| Scott Frost Peak Dominator | 2016-2025 · 8 seasons | 40-45 | 47.1% | 1 | 20.7 |
| William Glassford Program Stabilizer | 1949-1955 · 7 seasons | 30-35-4 | 46.4% | 0 | 6.9 |
| Ernest Bearg Balanced | 1925-1935 · 5 seasons | 27-13-3 | 66.3% | 0 | 17.4 |
| Bill Callahan Consistent Winner | 2004-2007 · 4 seasons | 27-22 | 55.1% | 0 | 11.2 |
| King Cole Balanced | 1907-1910 · 4 seasons | 25-8-3 | 73.6% | 0 | 9.8 |
| Henry Schulte Volatile Builder | 1914-1920 · 6 seasons | 24-20-5 | 54.1% | 0 | 14.9 |
| Potsy Clark Longevity Coach | 1921-1948 · 7 seasons | 22-30-6 | 43.1% | 0 | 12.9 |
| William Kline Volatile Builder | 1918-1922 · 4 seasons | 20-11-3 | 63.2% | 0 | 5.4 |
| William Jennings Balanced | 1957-1961 · 5 seasons | 15-34-1 | 31.0% | 0 | 3.0 |
| Amos Foster Balanced | 1906-1906 · 1 seasons | 6-4 | 60.0% | 0 | -9.1 |
| Bernie Masterson Balanced | 1946-1947 · 2 seasons | 5-13 | 27.8% | 0 | -0.1 |
| Adolph Lewandowski Balanced | 1943-1944 · 2 seasons | 4-12 | 25.0% | 0 | -11.1 |
| Mickey Joseph Defense-First | 2022-2022 · 1 seasons | 3-6 | 33.3% | 0 | -1.8 |
| Glenn Presnell Balanced | 1942-1942 · 1 seasons | 3-7 | 30.0% | 0 | -8.7 |