Coaches By School
Notre Dame Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Notre Dame.
- Indexed coaches
- 23
- Coach seasons
- 222
- 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 |
| Brian Kelly Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 2004-2025 · 23 seasons | 202-79 | 71.9% | 4 | 22.0 |
| Dan Devine Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1955-1980 · 22 seasons | 172-57-9 | 74.2% | 7 | 31.3 |
| Ara Parseghian Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1956-1974 · 19 seasons | 131-52-5 | 71.0% | 9 | 32.2 |
| Frank Leahy Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1939-1953 · 13 seasons | 107-13-9 | 86.4% | 10 | 38.3 |
| Knute Rockne Peak Dominator, Program Stabilizer | 1918-1930 · 13 seasons | 105-12-5 | 88.1% | 0 | 29.3 |
| Tyrone Willingham Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1995-2008 · 14 seasons | 76-88-1 | 46.4% | 0 | 11.7 |
| Bob Davie Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1997-2019 · 13 seasons | 70-89 | 44.0% | 0 | 12.3 |
| Gerry Faust Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 1981-1994 · 13 seasons | 66-75-4 | 46.9% | 0 | 13.6 |
| Elmer Layden Consistent Winner, Program Stabilizer | 1934-1940 · 7 seasons | 47-13-3 | 77.0% | 3 | 19.9 |
| Marcus Freeman Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 2021-2025 · 5 seasons | 43-12 | 78.2% | 2 | 24.1 |
| Joe Kuharich Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1948-1962 · 8 seasons | 42-37 | 53.2% | 0 | 21.0 |
| Charlie Weis Peak Dominator, Defense-First | 2005-2014 · 8 seasons | 41-49 | 45.6% | 1 | 20.8 |
| Jesse Harper Peak Dominator | 1913-1917 · 5 seasons | 34-5-1 | 86.3% | 0 | 32.5 |
| Terry Brennan Peak Dominator | 1954-1958 · 5 seasons | 32-18 | 64.0% | 3 | 21.7 |
| Hunk Anderson Balanced | 1931-1936 · 6 seasons | 27-26-3 | 50.9% | 0 | 23.8 |
| Ed McKeever Peak Dominator | 1944-1947 · 3 seasons | 20-8-1 | 70.7% | 1 | 24.2 |
| Patrick ODea Balanced | 1900-1902 · 3 seasons | 19-7-2 | 71.4% | 0 | -2.7 |
| Hugh Devore Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1945-1963 · 5 seasons | 13-26-3 | 34.5% | 1 | 23.5 |
| James Faragher Balanced | 1902-1902 · 1 seasons | 6-2-1 | 72.2% | 0 | 1.4 |
| James McWeeney Balanced | 1899-1899 · 1 seasons | 6-3-1 | 65.0% | 0 | 1.5 |
| Henry McGlew Balanced | 1905-1905 · 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | 0 | 14.3 |
| Louis Salmon Balanced | 1904-1904 · 1 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% | 0 | -18.8 |