Source: sports-reference.com
| Rank | Coach | Wins | School | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Paterno | 409 | Penn State | |
| 2 | Bobby Bowden | 357 | Florida State, West Virginia | record adjusted to 346-123-4 by NCAA |
| 3 | Bear Bryant | 323 | Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Texas A&M | |
| 4 | Pop Warner | 311 | Carlisle, Cornell, Pitt, Stanford, Temple | |
| 5 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 282 | Chicago, Pacific, Springfield | |
| 6 | LaVell Edwards | 257 | Brigham Young | |
| 7 | Tom Osborne | 255 | Nebraska | |
| 8 | Lou Holtz | 249 | Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, William & Mary | |
| 9 | Nick Saban* | 247 | Alabama, LSU, Michigan State, Toledo | record adjusted to 242-65-1 by NCAA |
| 10 | Mack Brown* | 245 | North Carolina, Texas, Tulane | |
| 11 | Frank Beamer | 238 | Virginia Tech | |
| 12 | Bo Schembechler | 234 | Miami (OH), Michigan | |
| 13 | Hayden Fry | 230 | Iowa, North Texas, SMU | record adjusted to 233-177-10 by NCAA |
| 14 | Steve Spurrier | 228 | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | |
| 15 | Bill Snyder | 215 | Kansas State | |
| 16 | Woody Hayes | 205 | Ohio State | |
| 17 | Don Nehlen | 202 | Bowling Green State, West Virginia | |
| 18 | Vince Dooley | 201 | Georgia | |
| 19 | Dan McGugin | 197 | Vanderbilt | |
| 20 | John Cooper | 192 | Arizona State, Ohio State, Tulsa | |
| 21 | Gary Pinkel | 191 | Missouri, Toledo | |
| 22 | Dana Bible | 190 | LSU, Mississippi College, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M | |
| Bob Stoops | 190 | Oklahoma | ||
| John Vaught | 190 | Ole Miss | ||
| 25 | George Welsh | 189 | Navy, Virginia | |
| 26 | Howard Jones | 188 | Duke, Iowa, USC, Syracuse, Yale | |
| 27 | Urban Meyer | 187 | Bowling Green State, Florida, Ohio State, Utah | |
| Jess Neely | 187 | Clemson, Rice | ||
| 29 | Johnny Majors | 185 | Iowa State, Pitt, Tennessee | |
| 30 | Darrell Royal | 184 | Mississippi State, Texas, Washington | |
| 31 | Dick Tomey | 183 | Arizona, Hawaii, San Jose State | |
| 32 | Jerry Claiborne | 179 | Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia Tech | |
| Jackie Sherrill | 179 | Mississippi State, Pitt, Texas A&M, Washington State | record adjusted to 180-120-4 by NCAA | |
| 34 | Frank Kush | 176 | Arizona State | |
| 35 | Don James | 175 | Kent State, Washington | record adjusted to 178-76-3 by NCAA |
| Ralph Jordan | 175 | Auburn | record adjusted to 176-83-6 by NCAA | |
| 37 | Bob Neyland | 173 | Tennessee | |
| 38 | Dan Devine | 172 | Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 173-56-9 by NCAA |
| Gary Patterson* | 172 | Texas Christian | ||
| George Woodruff | 172 | Carlisle, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania | ||
| 41 | Mark Richt | 171 | Georgia, Miami (FL) | |
| Wallace Wade | 171 | Alabama, Duke | ||
| 43 | Frank Solich* | 170 | Nebraska, Ohio | |
| 44 | Fisher DeBerry | 169 | Air Force | |
| Jim Sweeney | 169 | Fresno State, Washington State | record adjusted to 170-133-4 by NCAA | |
| 46 | Ken Hatfield | 168 | Air Force, Arkansas, Clemson, Rice | |
| 47 | Bill Mallory | 167 | Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois | record adjusted to 168-129-4 by NCAA |
| 48 | Red Blaik | 166 | Army, Dartmouth | |
| 49 | Bobby Dodd | 165 | Georgia Tech | |
| Frank Howard | 165 | Clemson | ||
| Fielding Yost | 165 | Michigan | ||
| 52 | Bob Blackman | 164 | Cornell, Dartmouth, Denver, Illinois | |
| 53 | Kirk Ferentz* | 162 | Iowa | |
| 54 | Bill Dooley | 161 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest | record adjusted to 162-126-5 by NCAA |
| 55 | Bill Yeoman | 160 | Houston | |
| 56 | Tommy Tuberville | 159 | Auburn, Cincinnati, Ole Miss, Texas Tech | |
| 57 | Barry Switzer | 157 | Oklahoma | |
| Pappy Waldorf | 157 | California, Kansas State, Northwestern, Oklahoma State | ||
| 59 | Pat Dye | 153 | Auburn, East Carolina, Wyoming | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder | 153 | Syracuse | ||
| 61 | Terry Donahue | 151 | UCLA | record adjusted to 144-81-8 by NCAA |
| Phillip Fulmer | 151 | Tennessee | record adjusted to 152-52-0 by NCAA | |
| 63 | Frank Broyles | 149 | Arkansas, Missouri | |
| 64 | John Heisman | 148 | Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington & Jefferson | |
| 65 | Dennis Erickson | 147 | Arizona State, Idaho, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Washington State, Wyoming | |
| Chris Petersen* | 147 | Boise State, Washington | ||
| Warren Woodson | 147 | Arizona, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State | ||
| 68 | Rocky Long* | 146 | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
| 69 | Brian Kelly* | 145 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame | record adjusted to 124-59-0 by NCAA |
| Les Miles* | 145 | Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma State | ||
| Bud Wilkinson | 145 | Oklahoma | ||
| 72 | Bernie Bierman | 144 | Iowa Pre-Flight, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Tulane | |
| Jock Sutherland | 144 | Lafayette, Pitt | ||
| 74 | Larry Smith | 143 | Arizona, Missouri, USC, Tulane | |
| 75 | Ray Morrison | 142 | SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt | |
| 76 | Ike Armstrong | 141 | Utah | |
| Howard Schnellenberger | 141 | Florida Atlantic, Louisville, Miami (FL), Oklahoma | ||
| 78 | Wallace Butts | 140 | Georgia | |
| Edward Robinson | 140 | Brown | ||
| Henry Williams | 140 | Army, Minnesota | ||
| 81 | Earle Bruce | 139 | Colorado State, Iowa State, Ohio State | |
| Mike Leach* | 139 | Texas Tech, Washington State | ||
| 83 | Madison Bell | 136 | SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Christian | |
| Bob Devaney | 136 | Nebraska, Wyoming | ||
| James Phelan | 136 | Missouri, Purdue, Saint Mary's (CA), Washington | ||
| 86 | Charles McClendon | 135 | LSU | record adjusted to 137-59-7 by NCAA |
| Francis Schmidt | 135 | Arkansas, Idaho, Ohio State, Texas Christian | ||
| 88 | William Alexander | 134 | Georgia Tech | |
| 89 | George O'Leary | 133 | UCF, Georgia Tech | |
| 90 | Charlie Bachman | 132 | Florida, Kansas State, Michigan State, Northwestern | |
| Mark Dantonio* | 132 | Cincinnati, Michigan State | ||
| Rip Engle | 132 | Brown, Penn State | ||
| John Robinson | 132 | UNLV, USC | ||
| 94 | Lou Little | 131 | Columbia, Georgetown | |
| Ara Parseghian | 131 | Northwestern, Notre Dame | ||
| Mike Price | 131 | UTEP, Washington State | ||
| Kyle Whittingham* | 131 | Utah | ||
| Robert Zuppke | 131 | Illinois | ||
| 99 | Rich Brooks | 130 | Kentucky, Oregon | record adjusted to 131-155-4 by NCAA |
| Dabo Swinney* | 130 | Clemson | ||
| 101 | Mike Gundy* | 129 | Oklahoma State | |
| 102 | Paul Johnson | 128 | Georgia Tech, Navy | record adjusted to 127-89-0 by NCAA |
| Grant Teaff | 128 | Baylor | ||
| 104 | Dennis Franchione | 127 | Alabama, New Mexico, Texas A&M, Texas Christian, Texas State | |
| John McKay | 127 | USC | ||
| 106 | Joe Tiller | 126 | Purdue, Wyoming | |
| 107 | Edward Anderson | 125 | Holy Cross, Iowa | |
| Harry Hughes | 125 | Colorado State | ||
| 109 | Bronco Mendenhall* | 124 | Brigham Young, Virginia | |
| Bruce Snyder | 124 | Arizona State, California, Utah State | record adjusted to 125-106-6 by NCAA | |
| 111 | Glen Mason | 123 | Kansas, Kent State, Minnesota | |
| R.C. Slocum | 123 | Texas A&M | ||
| 113 | Lloyd Carr | 122 | Michigan | |
| Mike Donahue | 122 | Auburn, LSU | ||
| 115 | Danny Ford | 121 | Arkansas, Clemson | record adjusted to 122-59-5 by NCAA |
| 116 | Andrew Kerr | 120 | Colgate, Stanford, Washington & Jefferson | |
| Jim Young | 120 | Arizona, Army, Purdue | ||
| 118 | Gus Dorais | 119 | Detroit Mercy, Gonzaga | |
| Bobby Petrino | 119 | Arkansas, Louisville, Western Kentucky | ||
| 120 | Barry Alvarez | 118 | Wisconsin | record adjusted to 119-74-4 by NCAA |
| Jeff Bower | 118 | Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 119-83-1 by NCAA | |
| Rich Rodriguez | 118 | Arizona, Michigan, West Virginia | ||
| 123 | Jim Grobe | 117 | Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | 117 | Connecticut, Syracuse | record adjusted to 111-77-1 by NCAA | |
| 125 | Mike Bellotti | 116 | Oregon | |
| Fritz Crisler | 116 | Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton | ||
| David Cutcliffe* | 116 | Duke, Ole Miss | ||
| 128 | Gilmour Dobie | 115 | Boston College, Cornell, Navy, Washington | |
| Andy Gustafson | 115 | Miami (FL), Virginia Tech | ||
| Tom O'Brien | 115 | Boston College, North Carolina State | ||
| Frank Thomas | 115 | Alabama | ||
| 132 | Carmen Cozza | 114 | Yale | |
| 133 | Dick Crum | 113 | Kent State, Miami (OH), North Carolina | |
| 134 | Pat Hill | 112 | Fresno State | |
| June Jones | 112 | Hawaii, SMU | ||
| Mike Riley | 112 | Nebraska, Oregon State | ||
| 137 | Wayne Hardin | 111 | Navy, Temple | |
| Frank Murray | 111 | Marquette, Virginia | ||
| Homer Norton | 111 | Centenary (LA), Texas A&M | ||
| Jordan Olivar | 111 | Loyola Marymount, Villanova, Yale | ||
| 141 | Herb Deromedi | 110 | Central Michigan | |
| Skip Holtz* | 110 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech, South Florida | ||
| 143 | Duffy Daugherty | 109 | Michigan State | |
| Paul Dietzel | 109 | Army, LSU, South Carolina | ||
| Don Faurot | 109 | Iowa Pre-Flight, Missouri | record adjusted to 110-80-10 by NCAA | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry | 109 | Brown, Dartmouth | ||
| Dutch Meyer | 109 | Texas Christian | ||
| Darryl Rogers | 109 | Arizona State, Fresno State, Michigan State, San Jose State | ||
| 149 | Fred Akers | 108 | Purdue, Texas, Wyoming | |
| Sonny Lubick | 108 | Colorado State | record adjusted to 109-73-0 by NCAA | |
| Clark Shaughnessy | 108 | Chicago, Maryland, Pitt, Stanford, Tulane | ||
| Jeff Tedford* | 108 | California, Fresno State | ||
| 153 | Jim Carlen | 107 | South Carolina, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
| Frank Leahy | 107 | Boston College, Notre Dame | ||
| 155 | Carl Snavely | 106 | Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina | |
| Jim Tressel | 106 | Ohio State | record adjusted to 94-21-0 by NCAA | |
| 157 | Hugo Bezdek | 105 | Arkansas, Oregon, Penn State | |
| Knute Rockne | 105 | Notre Dame | ||
| 159 | Len Casanova | 104 | Oregon, Pitt, Santa Clara | |
| Doug Dickey | 104 | Florida, Tennessee | ||
| Tommy Prothro | 104 | Oregon State, UCLA | ||
| 162 | Houston Nutt | 103 | Arkansas, Boise State, Ole Miss | |
| Bobby Ross | 103 | Army, Citadel, Georgia Tech, Maryland | ||
| 164 | Butch Davis* | 102 | Florida International, Miami (FL), North Carolina | record adjusted to 86-59-0 by NCAA |
| Ben Martin | 102 | Air Force, Virginia | ||
| Red Sanders | 102 | UCLA, Vanderbilt | ||
| 167 | Joe Morrison | 101 | Chattanooga, New Mexico, South Carolina | |
| 168 | Jimbo Fisher* | 100 | Florida State, Texas A&M | |
| Jim Tatum | 100 | Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma | ||
| 170 | Art Briles | 99 | Baylor, Houston | |
| Pat Fitzgerald* | 99 | Northwestern | ||
| Claude Gilbert | 99 | San Diego State, San Jose State | record adjusted to 100-55-3 by NCAA | |
| Bob Higgins | 99 | Penn State, Washington (MO) | ||
| Jim Owens | 99 | Washington | ||
| Ossie Solem | 99 | Drake, Iowa, Syracuse | ||
| Bowden Wyatt | 99 | Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming | ||
| 177 | Troy Calhoun* | 98 | Air Force | |
| Randy Edsall* | 98 | Connecticut, Maryland | ||
| Harry Mehre | 98 | Georgia, Ole Miss | ||
| 180 | Bret Bielema | 97 | Arkansas, Wisconsin | |
| Pete Carroll | 97 | USC | record adjusted to 83-19-0 by NCAA | |
| Jack Curtice | 97 | California-Santa Barbara, Stanford, UTEP, Utah, West Texas A&M | ||
| Percy Haughton | 97 | Columbia, Cornell, Harvard | ||
| Ken Niumatalolo* | 97 | Navy | ||
| John Ralston | 97 | San Jose State, Stanford, Utah State | ||
| Gene Stallings | 97 | Alabama, Texas A&M | record adjusted to 89-70-1 by NCAA | |
| Murray Warmath | 97 | Minnesota, Mississippi State | ||
| 188 | Chris Ault | 95 | Nevada | |
| Todd Graham | 95 | Arizona State, Pitt, Rice, Tulsa | ||
| John Mackovic | 95 | Arizona, Illinois, Texas, Wake Forest | ||
| Kevin Sumlin* | 95 | Arizona, Houston, Texas A&M | ||
| Randy Walker | 95 | Miami (OH), Northwestern | record adjusted to 96-81-5 by NCAA | |
| 193 | O.E. Hollingbery | 93 | Washington State | |
| Bill McCartney | 93 | Colorado | ||
| Bill Murray | 93 | Duke | ||
| Bennie Owen | 93 | Oklahoma | ||
| 197 | Bo McMillin | 92 | Indiana, Kansas State | |
| 198 | Aldo Donelli | 91 | Boston University, Columbia, Duquesne | |
| Rick Stockstill* | 91 | Middle Tennessee State | ||
| Dennis Stolz | 91 | Bowling Green State, Michigan State, San Diego State | ||
| 201 | Tommy Bowden | 90 | Clemson, Tulane | |
| 202 | Bobby Collins | 89 | SMU, Southern Mississippi | record adjusted to 90-45-3 by NCAA |
| Dan Mullen* | 89 | Florida, Mississippi State | ||
| 204 | Curley Byrd | 88 | Maryland | |
| Ron McBride | 88 | Utah | ||
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | 88 | Northwestern, Richmond, Wisconsin | ||
| Joseph Yukica | 88 | Boston College, Dartmouth | ||
| 208 | Biff Jones | 87 | Army, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma | |
| Frank Kimbrough | 87 | Baylor, Hardin-Simmons, North Carolina Pre-Flight, West Texas A&M | ||
| Rick Neuheisel | 87 | Colorado, UCLA, Washington | ||
| 211 | Larry Blakeney | 86 | Troy | |
| Frank Cavanaugh | 86 | Boston College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Holy Cross | ||
| Jimmy Crowley | 86 | Fordham, Michigan State, North Carolina Pre-Flight | ||
| Arthur Guepe | 86 | Vanderbilt, Virginia | ||
| David Shaw* | 86 | Stanford | ||
| Andy Smith | 86 | California, Purdue | ||
| 217 | Emory Bellard | 85 | Mississippi State, Texas A&M | |
| Al Groh | 85 | Virginia, Wake Forest | ||
| 219 | Gary Barnett | 84 | Colorado, Northwestern | record adjusted to 85-82-1 by NCAA |
| Butch Jones | 84 | Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee | ||
| Jack Meagher | 84 | Auburn, Iowa Pre-Flight, Rice | ||
| Jack Mollenkopf | 84 | Purdue | ||
| Thomas Nugent | 84 | Florida State, Maryland, Virginia Military Institute | ||
| 224 | Bill Curry | 83 | Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky | |
| Ray Eliot | 83 | Illinois | ||
| Morley Jennings | 83 | Baylor | ||
| Bernie Moore | 83 | LSU | ||
| John Smith | 83 | Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Utah State | ||
| 229 | Terry Bowden | 82 | Akron, Auburn | |
| Larry Coker | 82 | Miami (FL), UTSA | ||
| Spike Dykes | 82 | Texas Tech | ||
| George Munger | 82 | Pennsylvania | ||
| Dick Sheridan | 82 | Furman, North Carolina State | ||
| 234 | Jimmy Johnson | 81 | Miami (FL), Oklahoma State | |
| Billy Murphy | 81 | Memphis | ||
| Mike White | 81 | California, Illinois | record adjusted to 82-71-4 by NCAA | |
| 237 | James Franklin* | 80 | Penn State, Vanderbilt | |
| Bill Hess | 80 | Ohio | ||
| Charley Moran | 80 | Centre, Texas A&M | ||
| Tommy West | 80 | Clemson, Memphis | ||
| 241 | Larry Fedora | 79 | North Carolina, Southern Mississippi | |
| Harvey Harman | 79 | Pennsylvania, Rutgers | ||
| Bob Pruett | 79 | Marshall | ||
| 244 | Frank Burns | 78 | Rutgers | |
| Brady Hoke | 78 | Ball State, Michigan, San Diego State, Tennessee | ||
| Doc Holliday* | 78 | Marshall | ||
| Dan McCarney | 78 | Iowa State, North Texas | record adjusted to 79-116-0 by NCAA | |
| Bill Meek | 78 | Houston, Kansas State, SMU, Utah | record adjusted to 77-90-6 by NCAA | |
| Harry Stuhldreher | 78 | Villanova, Wisconsin | ||
| Bob Toledo | 78 | Pacific, Tulane, UCLA | ||
| John Wilce | 78 | Ohio State | ||
| John Yovicsin | 78 | Harvard |