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Ohio State Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to Ohio State.
- Indexed coaches
- 25
- Coach seasons
- 235
- Wins leader
- Woody Hayes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Hayes Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1951-1978 · 28 seasons | 205-61-10 | 76.1% | 15 | 36.3 |
| Howard Jones Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1908-1940 · 29 seasons | 194-64-21 | 73.3% | 3 | 35.3 |
| John Cooper Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1977-2000 · 24 seasons | 192-84-6 | 69.2% | 4 | 28.2 |
| Urban Meyer Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 2001-2018 · 17 seasons | 187-32 | 85.4% | 9 | 33.9 |
| Earle Bruce Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1973-1992 · 19 seasons | 139-82-2 | 62.8% | 3 | 24.9 |
| Francis Schmidt Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1922-1942 · 21 seasons | 135-53-9 | 70.8% | 0 | 25.1 |
| Jim Tressel Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 2001-2010 · 10 seasons | 106-22 | 82.8% | 8 | 27.2 |
| Ryan Day Peak Dominator, Consistent Winner | 2018-2025 · 8 seasons | 82-12 | 87.2% | 6 | 32.8 |
| Luke Fickell Longevity Coach, Defense-First | 2011-2025 · 11 seasons | 80-46 | 63.5% | 2 | 16.9 |
| John Wilce Volatile Builder, Longevity Coach | 1913-1928 · 16 seasons | 78-33-9 | 68.8% | 0 | 33.6 |
| Sam Willaman Program Stabilizer, Longevity Coach | 1922-1933 · 9 seasons | 40-25-8 | 60.3% | 5 | 15.8 |
| Wesley Fesler Peak Dominator | 1946-1953 · 8 seasons | 34-28-8 | 52.0% | 3 | 20.8 |
| Paul Brown Peak Dominator | 1941-1945 · 5 seasons | 33-14-3 | 69.0% | 2 | 26.0 |
| AE Herrnstein Balanced | 1906-1909 · 4 seasons | 28-10-1 | 75.0% | 4 | - |
| John Eckstrom Balanced | 1899-1901 · 3 seasons | 22-4-3 | 81.0% | 3 | - |
| Jack Ryder Balanced | 1892-1895 · 4 seasons | 19-17-2 | 52.6% | 4 | - |
| Paul Bixler Balanced | 1946-1951 · 6 seasons | 18-30-4 | 38.5% | 1 | 17.1 |
| Carroll Widdoes Peak Dominator | 1944-1945 · 2 seasons | 16-2 | 88.9% | 1 | 29.8 |
| Perry Hale Balanced | 1902-1903 · 2 seasons | 14-5-2 | 71.4% | 2 | - |
| ER Sweetland Balanced | 1904-1905 · 2 seasons | 14-7-2 | 65.2% | 2 | -10.0 |
| John Richards Balanced | 1912-1912 · 1 seasons | 6-3 | 66.7% | 1 | - |
| Harry Vaughn Balanced | 1911-1911 · 1 seasons | 5-3-2 | 60.0% | 1 | - |
| Charles Hickey Balanced | 1896-1896 · 1 seasons | 5-5-1 | 50.0% | 1 | - |
| David Edwards Balanced | 1897-1898 · 2 seasons | 4-12-1 | 26.5% | 2 | - |
| Alexander Lilley Balanced | 1890-1891 · 2 seasons | 3-5 | 37.5% | 2 | - |