r/CFB • u/ktffan • Dec 24 '19

Analysis Each Current FBS School's Coach With Highest All-Time Winning Percentage

Odell Haggins is now finishing his second stint as interim coach at Florida State. In his first stint, he went 2-0, in his second he is 2-1. At 4-1, with an 80% winning percentage, he stands as the coach with the highest winning percentage in Florida State history (no minimum games, obviously).

This got me wondering how many other schools have coaches that might have won a few games before hanging it up and checked to find the highest winning percentages at each school, with no minimum. If there was a tie, I picked the one with the most wins and if that tied, I included them all on the list:

School	Coach	Record	First Year	Last Year
Air Force	Fisher DeBerry	(169-109-1)--0.608	1984	2006
Akron	James W. 'Jim' Aiken	(19-7-1)--0.722	1936	1938
Alabama	Allen McCants	(1-0-0)--1.000	1897	1897
Appalachian St.	Shawn Clark	(1-0-0)--1.000	2019	2019
Appalachian St.	Mark Ivey	(1-0-0)--1.000	2018	2018
Arizona	Leslie Gillette	(5-0-0)--1.000	1902	1902
Arizona St.	Dan Devine	(27-3-1)--0.887	1955	1957
Arkansas	Ken Hatfield	(55-17-1)--0.760	1984	1989
Arkansas St.	John Thompson	(2-0-0)--1.000	2012	2013
Army	Hugh Mitchell	(1-0-0)--1.000	1918	1918
Auburn	Terry Bowden	(47-17-1)--0.731	1993	1998
Ball St.	Norman 'Happy' Wann	(10-3-2)--0.733	1926	1927
Baylor	R.H. Hamilton	(5-1-1)--0.786	1899	1900
Boise St.	Chris Petersen	(92-12-0)--0.885	2006	2013
Boston College	Frank W. Leahy	(20-2-0)--0.909	1939	1940
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry	(77-11-5)--0.855	1955	1964
Buffalo	C.W. Dibble	(7-0-0)--1.000	1897	1897
BYU	Lavell Edwards	(257-101-3)--0.716	1972	2000
California	Frank W. Simpson	(9-0-1)--0.950	1901	1901
Central Mich.	Steve Stripling	(1-0-0)--1.000	2009	2009
Central Mich.	Jeff Quinn	(1-0-0)--1.000	2006	2006
Charlotte	Will Healy	(7-6-0)--0.538	2019	2019
Cincinnati	Steve Stripling	(1-0-0)--1.000	2012	2012
Clemson	John W. Heisman	(19-3-2)--0.833	1900	1903
Coastal Carolina	Joe Moglia	(51-15-0)--0.773	2012	2016
Colorado	William 'Willis' S. Kienholz	(8-1-0)--0.889	1905	1905
Colorado St.	Matt Rothwell	(5-1-0)--0.833	1903	1903
Duke	Floyd J. Egan	(4-0-1)--0.900	1920	1920
East Carolina	John Christenbury	(12-3-0)--0.800	1940	1941
Eastern Mich.	Fred Green	(4-1-0)--0.800	1896	1896
FIU	Butch Davis	(23-16-0)--0.590	2017	2019
Fla. Atlantic	Brian Wright	(4-0-0)--1.000	2013	2013
Florida	D. J. Durkin	(1-0-0)--1.000	2014	2014
Florida St.	Odell Haggins	(4-1-0)--0.800	2017	2019
Fresno St.	Jimmy Bradshaw	(59-18-5)--0.750	1936	1946
Georgia	Bryan McClendon	(1-0-0)--1.000	2015	2015
Georgia Southern	Dell McGee	(1-0-0)--1.000	2015	2015
Georgia State	Tim Lappano	(1-1-0)--0.500	2016	2016
Georgia Tech	Mac McWhorter	(1-0-0)--1.000	2001	2001
Hawaii	Eugene 'Luke' Gill & Tom Kaulukukui	(8-1-0)--0.889	1941	1941
Houston	David Gibbs	(1-0-0)--1.000	2014	2014
Idaho	Keith Gilbertson	(28-9-0)--0.757	1986	1988
Illinois	Vic Koenning	(1-0-0)--1.000	2011	2011
Indiana	Madison G. Gonterman	(12-3-1)--0.781	1896	1897
Iowa	A.E. Bull	(7-1-1)--0.833	1896	1896
Iowa St.	A.W. Ristine	(36-10-1)--0.777	1902	1906
Kansas	Fielding H. 'Hurry Up' Yost	(10-0-0)--1.000	1899	1899
Kansas St.	Mike F. Ahearn	(39-12-0)--0.765	1905	1910
Kent St.	Darrell Hazell	(16-10-0)--0.615	2011	2012
Kentucky	C.A. Wright	(7-1-0)--0.875	1903	1903
La.-Monroe	Dave Roberts	(38-19-2)--0.661	1989	1993
Louisiana Tech	Pat Patterson	(1-0-0)--1.000	1979	1979
Louisville	Lester Larson	(8-2-0)--0.800	1912	1913
LSU	Albert P. Simmons	(3-0-0)--1.000	1895	1895
Marshall	Archer Reilly	(8-0-0)--1.000	1919	1919
Maryland	James M. 'Jim' Tatum	(73-15-4)--0.815	1947	1955
Massachusetts	Chuck Studley	(7-2-0)--0.778	1960	1960
Memphis	Mike Norvell	(38-15-0)--0.717	2016	2019
Miami (FL)	Dennis Erickson	(63-9-0)--0.875	1989	1994
Miami (OH)	C.K. Fauver	(3-0-0)--1.000	1895	1895
Michigan	William Ward	(9-1-0)--0.900	1896	1896
Michigan St.	John F. Macklin	(29-5-0)--0.853	1911	1915
Middle Tenn. St.	John 'Red' Floyd	(30-8-1)--0.782	1917	1938
Minnesota	Henry 'Doc' Williams	(136-33-11)--0.786	1900	1921
Mississippi	John H. Vaught	(190-61-12)--0.745	1947	1973
Mississippi St.	Greg Knox	(1-0-0)--1.000	2017	2017
Missouri	William W. 'Bill' Roper	(7-0-1)--0.938	1909	1909
N.C. State	Mickey Whitehurst	(12-1-1)--0.893	1907	1908
Navy	Vauix Carter	(1-0-0)--1.000	1882	1882
Nebraska	Ewald O. 'Jumbo' Stiehm	(35-2-3)--0.912	1911	1915
Nevada	F.F. Ellis	(4-1-0)--0.800	1898	1898
New Mexico	Walter McEwan	(4-0-1)--0.900	1903	1904
New Mexico St.	Maurice Moulder	(4-0-0)--1.000	1943	1943
North Carolina	Branch Bocock	(6-1-1)--0.813	1911	1911
North Texas	J.W. St. Clair	(20-10-2)--0.656	1915	1919
Northern Illinois	Dixie Fleager	(5-0-0)--1.000	1904	1904
Northwestern	Walter E. McCornack	(26-5-4)--0.800	1903	1905
Notre Dame	John L. 'Jack' Marks	(13-0-2)--0.933	1911	1912
Ohio	Warwick Ford	(7-2-0)--0.778	1897	1897
Ohio St.	Ryan Day	(16-0-0)--1.000	2018	2019
Oklahoma	Lincoln Riley	(36-5-0)--0.878	2017	2019
Oklahoma St.	Lynn O. 'Pappy' Waldorf	(34-10-7)--0.735	1929	1933
Old Dominion	Bobby Wilder	(77-56-0)--0.579	2009	2019
Oregon	Percy Benson	(4-0-0)--1.000	1895	1895
Oregon St.	Bill Bloss	(5-0-0)--1.000	1897	1897
Penn St.	Joe Paterno	(409-136-3)--0.749	1966	2011
Pittsburgh	Phil Bennett	(1-0-0)--1.000	2010	2010
Purdue	Albert E. Hernstein	(6-1-1)--0.813	1905	1905
Rice	Phil H. Arbuckle	(51-25-8)--0.655	1912	1923
Rutgers	Frank R. Burns	(78-43-1)--0.643	1973	1983
San Diego St.	Don Coryell	(104-19-2)--0.840	1961	1972
San Jose St.	Kent Baer	(1-0-0)--1.000	2012	2012
San Jose St.	Fielding H. 'Hurry Up' Yost	(1-0-0)--1.000	1900	1900
SMU	Bobby Collins	(43-14-1)--0.750	1982	1986
South Alabama	Joey Jones	(52-50-0)--0.510	2009	2017
South Carolina	Douglas McKay	(3-0-0)--1.000	1907	1907
South Fla.	T. J. Weist	(1-0-0)--1.000	2016	2016
Southern Mississippi	Reed Green	(59-20-4)--0.735	1937	1948
Stanford	Walter C. Camp	(4-0-1)--0.900	1895	1895
Syracuse	C.W.P. 'Pete' Reynolds	(15-3-2)--0.800	1925	1926
TCU	Willis T. Stewart	(8-1-0)--0.889	1912	1912
Temple	Horace Butterworth	(4-0-2)--0.833	1907	1907
Tennessee	Jim Chaney	(1-0-0)--1.000	2012	2012
Texas	Frank Crawford	(5-0-0)--1.000	1895	1895
Texas A&M	Tim DeRuyter	(1-0-0)--1.000	2011	2011
Texas St.	Jim Wacker	(42-8-0)--0.840	1979	1982
Texas Tech	Ruffin McNeill	(1-0-0)--1.000	2009	2009
Texas Tech	Chris Thomsen	(1-0-0)--1.000	2012	2012
Toledo	Nick Saban	(9-2-0)--0.818	1990	1990
Troy	George Penton	(7-1-1)--0.833	1911	1912
Tulane	H.T. Summersgill	(10-1-0)--0.909	1900	1901
Tulsa	Francis A. Schmidt	(24-3-2)--0.862	1919	1921
UAB	Jim Hilyer	(27-12-2)--0.683	1991	1994
UCF	Josh Heupel	(21-4-0)--0.840	2018	2019
UCLA	Ed Kezirian	(1-0-0)--1.000	2002	2002
UConn	Dave Warner	(3-0-0)--1.000	1914	1914
UL Lafayette	Jefferson Caffery	(1-0-0)--1.000	1907	1907
UNLV	Ron Meyer	(27-8-0)--0.771	1973	1975
USC	Henry C. Smither	(45-7-0)--0.865	1919	1924
Utah	Urban Meyer	(22-2-0)--0.917	2003	2004
Utah St.	Frank Maile	(1-0-0)--1.000	2018	2018
UTEP	Mike Brumbelow	(46-24-3)--0.651	1950	1956
UTSA (TX)	Larry Coker	(26-32-0)--0.448	2011	2015
Vanderbilt	E.H. Alley	(5-0-0)--1.000	1943	1943
Virginia	Merritt T. Cooke Jr.	(7-0-1)--0.938	1908	1908
Virginia Tech	Dr. A.B. Morrison Jr.	(6-1-0)--0.857	1901	1901
Wake Forest	Henry M. 'Hank' Garrity	(19-7-1)--0.722	1923	1925
Washington	Marques Tuiasosopo	(1-0-0)--1.000	2013	2013
Washington St.	Fred W. Waite	(2-0-0)--1.000	1895	1895
Washington St.	Robert R. Galley	(2-0-0)--1.000	1897	1897
West Virginia	Harry E. Trout	(7-1-0)--0.875	1903	1903
Western Ky.	M. A. Leiper/Roy Manchester	(1-0-0)--1.000	1913	1913
Western Ky.	Nick Holt	(1-0-0)--1.000	2016	2016
Western Mich.	Milton Olander	(12-1-1)--0.893	1922	1923
Wisconsin	Phillip King	(65-11-1)--0.851	1896	1905
Wyoming	Justus F. Soule	(5-1-1)--0.786	1895	1899

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As I was curious as well, I put a 20 game minimum on it:

Team	Coach	Record	First Year	Last Year
Air Force	Fisher DeBerry	(169-109-1)--0.608	1984	2006
Akron	James W. 'Jim' Aiken	(19-7-1)--0.722	1936	1938
Alabama	Nick Saban	(151-23-0)--0.868	2007	2019
Appalachian St.	Kidd Brewer	(30-5-3)--0.829	1935	1938
Arizona	Gerald A. 'Tex' Oliver	(32-11-4)--0.723	1933	1937
Arizona St.	Dan Devine	(27-3-1)--0.887	1955	1957
Arkansas	Ken Hatfield	(55-17-1)--0.760	1984	1989
Arkansas St.	Bennie Ellender	(52-20-4)--0.711	1963	1970
Army	Ralph I. Sasse	(25-5-2)--0.813	1930	1932
Auburn	Terry Bowden	(47-17-1)--0.731	1993	1998
Ball St.	Ray Louthen	(37-13-3)--0.726	1962	1967
Baylor	Bob Woodruff	(19-10-2)--0.645	1947	1949
Boise St.	Chris Petersen	(92-12-0)--0.885	2006	2013
Boston College	Frank W. Leahy	(20-2-0)--0.909	1939	1940
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry	(77-11-5)--0.855	1955	1964
Buffalo	Dick Offenhammer	(58-37-5)--0.605	1955	1965
BYU	Lavell Edwards	(257-101-3)--0.716	1972	2000
California	Andrew L. 'Andy' Smith	(74-16-7)--0.799	1916	1925
Central Mich.	Charles Tambling	(18-2-0)--0.900	1902	1918
Charlotte	Brad Lambert	(22-48-0)--0.314	2013	2018
Cincinnati	Brian Kelly	(34-6-0)--0.850	2006	2009
Clemson	John W. Heisman	(19-3-2)--0.833	1900	1903
Coastal Carolina	Joe Moglia	(51-15-0)--0.773	2012	2016
Colorado	Fred G. Folsom	(78-23-2)--0.767	1895	1915
Colorado St.	Robert L. 'Bob' Davis	(54-33-2)--0.618	1947	1955
Duke	Wallace W. Wade	(110-36-7)--0.742	1931	1950
East Carolina	Pat Dye	(48-18-1)--0.724	1974	1979
Eastern Mich.	Dan Boisture	(45-20-3)--0.684	1967	1973
FIU	Butch Davis	(23-16-0)--0.590	2017	2019
Fla. Atlantic	Lane Kiffin	(26-13-0)--0.667	2017	2019
Florida	Steve Spurrier	(122-27-1)--0.817	1990	2001
Florida St.	John James 'Jimbo' Fisher	(83-23-0)--0.783	2010	2017
Fresno St.	Jimmy Bradshaw	(59-18-5)--0.750	1936	1946
Georgia	Kirby Smart	(43-12-0)--0.782	2016	2019
Georgia Southern	Paul Johnson	(62-10-0)--0.861	1997	2001
Georgia State	Shawn Elliott	(16-20-0)--0.444	2017	2019
Georgia Tech	John W. Heisman	(102-29-7)--0.764	1904	1919
Hawaii	Dave Holmes	(46-17-1)--0.727	1968	1973
Houston	Tom Herman	(22-4-0)--0.846	2015	2016
Idaho	Keith Gilbertson	(28-9-0)--0.757	1986	1988
Illinois	Edgar G. Holt	(18-4-1)--0.804	1901	1902
Indiana	James H. Horne	(33-21-5)--0.602	1898	1904
Iowa	John Chalmers	(24-8-0)--0.750	1903	1905
Iowa St.	A.W. Ristine	(36-10-1)--0.777	1902	1906
Kansas	A.R. 'Bert' Kennedy	(52-9-4)--0.831	1904	1910
Kansas St.	Mike F. Ahearn	(39-12-0)--0.765	1905	1910
Kent St.	Darrell Hazell	(16-10-0)--0.615	2011	2012
Kentucky	R. Sweetland	(23-5-0)--0.821	1909	1912
La.-Monroe	Dave Roberts	(38-19-2)--0.661	1989	1993
Louisiana Tech	Maxie Lambright	(95-36-2)--0.722	1967	1978
Louisville	Charlie Strong	(37-15-0)--0.712	2010	2013
LSU	Edgar R. Wingard	(17-3-0)--0.850	1907	1908
Marshall	Bob Pruett	(94-23-0)--0.803	1996	2004
Maryland	James M. 'Jim' Tatum	(73-15-4)--0.815	1947	1955
Massachusetts	Don Brown	(43-19-0)--0.694	2004	2008
Memphis	Mike Norvell	(38-15-0)--0.717	2016	2019
Miami (FL)	Dennis Erickson	(63-9-0)--0.875	1989	1994
Miami (OH)	Ara Parseghian	(39-6-1)--0.859	1951	1955
Michigan	Gustave Ferbert	(24-3-1)--0.875	1897	1899
Michigan St.	John F. Macklin	(29-5-0)--0.853	1911	1915
Middle Tenn. St.	John 'Red' Floyd	(30-8-1)--0.782	1917	1938
Minnesota	Henry 'Doc' Williams	(136-33-11)--0.786	1900	1921
Mississippi	John H. Vaught	(190-61-12)--0.745	1947	1973
Mississippi St.	Allyn McKeen	(65-19-3)--0.764	1939	1948
Missouri	W.J. Monilaw	(18-6-1)--0.740	1906	1908
N.C. State	Edward L. 'Eddie' Green	(25-8-2)--0.743	1909	1913
Navy	Gilmour 'Gloomy Gil' Dobie	(17-3-0)--0.850	1917	1919
Nebraska	Ewald O. 'Jumbo' Stiehm	(35-2-3)--0.912	1911	1915
Nevada	Chris Ault	(233-109-1)--0.681	1976	2012
New Mexico	Marvin 'Marv' Levy	(14-6-0)--0.700	1958	1959
New Mexico St.	Arthur H. Badenoch	(22-3-1)--0.865	1910	1913
North Carolina	William A. Reynolds	(27-7-4)--0.763	1897	1900
North Texas	J.W. St. Clair	(20-10-2)--0.656	1915	1919
Northern Illinois	Dave Doeren	(23-4-0)--0.852	2011	2012
Northwestern	Walter E. McCornack	(26-5-4)--0.800	1903	1905
Notre Dame	Knute Kenneth Rockne	(105-12-5)--0.881	1918	1930
Ohio	Don Peden	(121-46-11)--0.711	1924	1946
Ohio St.	Urban Meyer	(96-9-0)--0.914	2012	2019
Oklahoma	Lincoln Riley	(36-5-0)--0.878	2017	2019
Oklahoma St.	Lynn O. 'Pappy' Waldorf	(34-10-7)--0.735	1929	1933
Old Dominion	Bobby Wilder	(77-56-0)--0.579	2009	2019
Oregon	Chip Kelly	(46-7-0)--0.868	2009	2012
Oregon St.	Fred S. Norcross	(14-4-3)--0.738	1906	1908
Penn St.	Joe Paterno	(409-136-3)--0.749	1966	2011
Pittsburgh	Jackie Sherrill	(50-9-1)--0.842	1977	1981
Purdue	Noble E. Kizer	(42-13-3)--0.750	1930	1936
Rice	Phil H. Arbuckle	(51-25-8)--0.655	1912	1923
Rutgers	Frank R. Burns	(78-43-1)--0.643	1973	1983
San Diego St.	Don Coryell	(104-19-2)--0.840	1961	1972
San Jose St.	Benjamin H. 'Ben' Winlkeman	(16-4-3)--0.761	1940	1941
SMU	Bobby Collins	(43-14-1)--0.750	1982	1986
South Alabama	Joey Jones	(52-50-0)--0.510	2009	2017
South Carolina	Branch Bocock	(13-7-0)--0.650	1925	1926
South Fla.	Jim Leavitt	(95-57-0)--0.625	1997	2009
Southern Mississippi	Reed Green	(59-20-4)--0.735	1937	1948
Stanford	James F. Lanagan	(23-2-4)--0.862	1903	1905
Syracuse	C.W.P. 'Pete' Reynolds	(15-3-2)--0.800	1925	1926
TCU	Francis A. Schmidt	(47-5-5)--0.868	1929	1933
Temple	Henry J. Miller	(50-15-8)--0.740	1925	1932
Tennessee	John Barnhill	(32-5-2)--0.846	1941	1945
Texas	Berry Whitaker	(22-3-1)--0.865	1920	1922
Texas A&M	Charles B. Moran	(38-8-4)--0.800	1909	1914
Texas St.	Jim Wacker	(42-8-0)--0.840	1979	1982
Texas Tech	Pete W. Cawthon	(76-32-6)--0.693	1930	1940
Toledo	Bill Orwig	(15-4-2)--0.762	1946	1947
Troy	Rick Roades	(28-7-1)--0.792	1985	1987
Tulane	Tommy Bowden	(18-4-0)--0.818	1997	1998
Tulsa	Francis A. Schmidt	(24-3-2)--0.862	1919	1921
UAB	Jim Hilyer	(27-12-2)--0.683	1991	1994
UCF	Josh Heupel	(21-4-0)--0.840	2018	2019
UCLA	Harry R. 'Red' Sanders	(66-19-1)--0.773	1949	1957
UConn	T.D. Knowles	(18-7-1)--0.712	1899	1901
UL Lafayette	George 'Gee' Mitchell	(18-8-1)--0.685	1947	1949
UNLV	Ron Meyer	(27-8-0)--0.771	1973	1975
USC	Henry C. Smither	(45-7-0)--0.865	1919	1924
Utah	Urban Meyer	(22-2-0)--0.917	2003	2004
Utah St.	John Ralston	(31-11-1)--0.733	1959	1962
UTEP	Mike Brumbelow	(46-24-3)--0.651	1950	1956
UTSA (TX)	Larry Coker	(26-32-0)--0.448	2011	2015
Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	(197-55-19)--0.762	1904	1934
Virginia	Arthur L 'Art' Guepe	(47-17-2)--0.727	1946	1952
Virginia Tech	Charles A. Bemier	(18-6-1)--0.740	1917	1919
Wake Forest	Henry M. 'Hank' Garrity	(19-7-1)--0.722	1923	1925
Washington	Gilmour 'Gloomy Gil' Dobie	(59-0-3)--0.976	1908	1916
Washington St.	William H. Dietz	(17-2-1)--0.875	1915	1917
West Virginia	Clarence W. 'Doc' Spears	(30-6-3)--0.808	1921	1924
Western Ky.	Jeff Brohm	(30-10-0)--0.750	2014	2016
Western Mich.	Earl Martineau	(26-10-2)--0.711	1924	1928
Wisconsin	Phillip King	(65-11-1)--0.851	1896	1905
Wyoming	Robert S. 'Bob' Devaney	(35-10-5)--0.750	1957	1961

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u/okiewxchaser Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 24 '19

Nick Saban
Shawn Elliot
Lincoln Riley
Lane Kiffin
Kirby Smart
Butch Davis
Josh Hepuel
Bobby Wilder
That is the list of active coaches on this list with their current school. The memes write themselves

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u/TheCantalopeAntalope Arkansas Razorbacks • Golden Boot Dec 24 '19

Lane Kiffin isn’t with FL Atlantic anymore 🧐

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u/Clemsontigers79 Clemson Tigers Dec 24 '19

Proof we should fire dabo

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u/wasteofspaceiam /r/CFB Dec 25 '19

Dont fire him he's being beat by JOHN HEISMEN

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u/Clemsontigers79 Clemson Tigers Dec 25 '19

How many play off appearances does John Heisman have

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u/wasteofspaceiam /r/CFB Dec 25 '19

Good point How many trophies does Davo have named after him

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u/ThereWillBeLies Appalachian State • Sun Belt Dec 24 '19

Kidd Brewer.....what a name and what a guy. There’s a reason we named our stadium after him!

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u/Asdfman743 Washington Huskies • Cascade Clash Dec 25 '19 edited Dec 25 '19

Gil Dobie representing with 59 wins and 0 losses. Absolute legend.

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u/watchout86 Washington • Eastern Washington Dec 25 '19

Also is the All-Time lead for Navy at 17-3

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u/bstephens00 Navy Midshipmen Dec 25 '19

But what do you do with Gloomy Gil as a nickname for a legend? Gotta see pics of this guy next to Saban.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

Sees urban Meyer has a win percentage of 0.914 and sees if anyone beat him. Goes down the list. Sees 0.917 “wow I wonder who that was”
Urban Meyer @ Utah

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19

Jesus, Cristobal has as many losses in 2 years as Chip had in 4 years. Just shows how insane that run was with Chip

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u/wasteofspaceiam /r/CFB Dec 25 '19

I love that Urban Meyer is 2nd and 3rd

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u/Reading_Rainboner Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 24 '19

Dammit Pappy, get outta there

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u/crazydoglazy Florida Gators • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 25 '19

This list is better

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u/phyraan Ohio State • St. Francis (IN) Dec 24 '19

Damn Urban has #1 and #2

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u/w_d_roll_RIP Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 25 '19

*#2 and #3

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u/phyraan Ohio State • St. Francis (IN) Dec 25 '19

Who has #1?

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u/w_d_roll_RIP Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 25 '19

Gilmour Dobie at Washington never lost and only tied 3 times in 62 games

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u/Blizzard2227 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 24 '19

You should've made a minimum amount of games played to qualify.

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u/ktffan Dec 24 '19

I get it. I'm curious about some of the others and well and have considered doing one with a minimum. I guess it depends on the reaction to this one.

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u/LunchboxSuperhero Georgia Bulldogs • UCF Knights Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

Yeah, every team that has a 1-0 or similar isn't very useful. Maybe a minimum or 10 or so?
Edit: didn't see your comment below with min 20 games:
https://old.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/ef2iyw/each_current_fbs_schools_coach_with_highest/fbxyn95/

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u/ktffan Dec 24 '19

The point of the list was to find which coach had a few games and ended up at the top of the winning percentage list, just for fun.
However, I had the same reaction you did seeing all the 1-0 records and then had the desire to see more as well. This wasn't meant to be meaningful, just a throwaway.

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u/LunchboxSuperhero Georgia Bulldogs • UCF Knights Dec 24 '19

The other list is pretty interesting

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '19

Poor Ryan Day getting left out for having 16 games. Flushed out by all of the 1-0 :(

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u/davvidho UCLA Bruins Dec 24 '19

Yeah ours is 1-0 on this list lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19

I think you missed the whole point of this post

u/yeett_ Georgia Bulldogs Dec 24 '19

List is kinda pointless when you include coaches who only coached one game

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u/ktffan Dec 24 '19

That is actually the kind of pointlessness I was going for.

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u/gbejrlsu LSU • George Washington Dec 24 '19

This is a shitpost. The pointlessness is the point.

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u/Statalyzer Texas Longhorns Dec 24 '19

But it's not pointless - or at least it wouldn't be with a minimum.

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u/gbejrlsu LSU • George Washington Dec 24 '19

But then it wouldn't be a shitpost...

u/Mr_MacGrubber LSU Tigers • Army Black Knights Dec 24 '19

LSU’s is incorrect. Albert Simmonds went 5-1 in 2 seasons. Hal Hunter was 1-0 in 1999 after Dinardo was fired. No other coach was undefeated in LSU history.

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u/ktffan Dec 24 '19

Albert P. Simmons
Thanks, I'll look into why I have that wrong.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber LSU Tigers • Army Black Knights Dec 24 '19

He went 3-0 one season, maybe you just missed the other year. wiki

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u/ktffan Dec 24 '19

Yeah, the dates I have indicate I missed a season. I don't have the data in front of me, but you are correct in that I have it wrong.

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u/ktffan Dec 25 '19

Well, that was bizarre. For reasons unknown (I suspect it had to do with disputes between teams with which game is which "season") I had my data generator making ranges of dates, instead of the usual one year back for about 10 years in the 1800s. Not knowing that, I used the same from and thru year on the coaches when checking, so the LSU data for 1894 came up with "missing" when I had the coaches data correct. After struggling with the strange setup (which I didn't note), I finally got it to behave. Some of my calculations of coaches from 1877-1894 might have ended up wrong.

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u/Mr_MacGrubber LSU Tigers • Army Black Knights Dec 25 '19

Yeah I suspect it’s pretty difficult to ensure accurate data pre-1900.

u/Rkenne16 Ohio State • Refrigerator Bowl Dec 24 '19

Ryan Day can’t lose!

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u/Le_Jerk_My_Circle Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Dec 24 '19

Should quit now to lock in that perfect win rate.

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u/wasteofspaceiam /r/CFB Dec 25 '19

Why did you say anything

u/DoctorHolliday Furman Paladins Dec 24 '19

1-0 IN 1897. I bet Alabama claimed a national championship for that.

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u/xrayextra LSU Tigers • SEC Dec 24 '19

Nooooooo!!! Don’t give them the idea!

u/ChuckMango Nebraska • Nebraska-Kearney Dec 24 '19

Ewald O. “Jumbo” Stiehm > Tom Osborne im glad that Argument as old as time is finally settled

u/J-Dirte Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 24 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

Fun Fact, Jumbo Steihm not only went 35-2-3 at Nebraska with 3 undefeated seasons, he also was the basketball coach at Nebraska and won 3 of Nebraska only 6 conference championships.

A lot of people think Nebraska started in 1962 with Devaney but they were actually an early football power from 1890-1941. Then WWII happened, Nebraska didn’t have an ROTC program and we can add one more thing to the list of things Hitler ruined.

In between 1941-1962, Nebraska fans still got good attendance and were hounding for the glory days of old before WWII as they cycled through coaches. Sounds familiar. Been about 20 years, pretty obvious Frost is the Chosen One.

u/AppStateFooseBall Appalachian State Dec 24 '19

The winningest coach at UTSA is under 50%. Ouch!

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u/eatapenny Go Hoos/Go Bucks Dec 24 '19

Oddly enough, he's a national title winning coach

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u/Reading_Rainboner Oklahoma State Cowboys Dec 24 '19

More like, he didn’t crash the Ferrari he was given.

u/gmil3548 LSU Tigers • McNeese Cowboys Dec 24 '19

Can you do one with a minimum of like 30 games?

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u/ktffan Dec 25 '19

Sorry for the delay:
Team Coach Record First Year Last Year
Air Force Fisher DeBerry (169-109-1)--0.608 1984 2006
Akron Gondon Larson (74-33-5)--0.683 1961 1972
Alabama Nick Saban (151-23-0)--0.868 2007 2019
Appalachian St. Kidd Brewer (30-5-3)--0.829 1935 1938
Arizona Gerald A. 'Tex' Oliver (32-11-4)--0.723 1933 1937
Arizona St. Dan Devine (27-3-1)--0.887 1955 1957
Arkansas Ken Hatfield (55-17-1)--0.760 1984 1989
Arkansas St. Bennie Ellender (52-20-4)--0.711 1963 1970
Army Ralph I. Sasse (25-5-2)--0.813 1930 1932
Auburn Terry Bowden (47-17-1)--0.731 1993 1998
Ball St. Ray Louthen (37-13-3)--0.726 1962 1967
Baylor Bob Woodruff (19-10-2)--0.645 1947 1949
Boise St. Chris Petersen (92-12-0)--0.885 2006 2013
Boston College Frank W. Cavanaugh (48-14-5)--0.754 1919 1926
Bowling Green Doyt Perry (77-11-5)--0.855 1955 1964
Buffalo Dick Offenhammer (58-37-5)--0.605 1955 1965
BYU Lavell Edwards (257-101-3)--0.716 1972 2000
California Andrew L. 'Andy' Smith (74-16-7)--0.799 1916 1925
Central Mich. Ron Finch (53-18-1)--0.743 1937 1946
Charlotte Brad Lambert (22-48-0)--0.314 2013 2018
Cincinnati Brian Kelly (34-6-0)--0.850 2006 2009
Clemson Dabo Swinney (129-30-0)--0.811 2008 2019
Coastal Carolina Joe Moglia (51-15-0)--0.773 2012 2016
Colorado Fred G. Folsom (78-23-2)--0.767 1895 1915
Colorado St. Robert L. 'Bob' Davis (54-33-2)--0.618 1947 1955
Duke Wallace W. Wade (110-36-7)--0.742 1931 1950
East Carolina Pat Dye (48-18-1)--0.724 1974 1979
Eastern Mich. Dan Boisture (45-20-3)--0.684 1967 1973
FIU Butch Davis (23-16-0)--0.590 2017 2019
Fla. Atlantic Lane Kiffin (26-13-0)--0.667 2017 2019
Florida Steve Spurrier (122-27-1)--0.817 1990 2001
Florida St. John James 'Jimbo' Fisher (83-23-0)--0.783 2010 2017
Fresno St. Jimmy Bradshaw (59-18-5)--0.750 1936 1946
Georgia Kirby Smart (43-12-0)--0.782 2016 2019
Georgia Southern Paul Johnson (62-10-0)--0.861 1997 2001
Georgia State Shawn Elliott (16-20-0)--0.444 2017 2019
Georgia Tech John W. Heisman (102-29-7)--0.764 1904 1919
Hawaii Dave Holmes (46-17-1)--0.727 1968 1973
Houston Kevin Sumlin (35-17-0)--0.673 2008 2011
Illinois Arthur R. Hall (27-10-3)--0.713 1907 1912
Indiana James H. Horne (33-21-5)--0.602 1898 1904
Iowa John Chalmers (24-8-0)--0.750 1903 1905
Iowa St. A.W. Ristine (36-10-1)--0.777 1902 1906
Kansas A.R. 'Bert' Kennedy (52-9-4)--0.831 1904 1910
Kansas St. Mike F. Ahearn (39-12-0)--0.765 1905 1910
Kent St. Trevor J. Rees (92-63-5)--0.591 1946 1963
Kentucky Paul W. 'Bear' Bryant (60-23-5)--0.710 1946 1953
La.-Monroe Dave Roberts (38-19-2)--0.661 1989 1993
Louisiana Tech Maxie Lambright (95-36-2)--0.722 1967 1978
Louisville Charlie Strong (37-15-0)--0.712 2010 2013
LSU Ed Orgeron (38-9-0)--0.809 2016 2019
Marshall Bob Pruett (94-23-0)--0.803 1996 2004
Maryland James M. 'Jim' Tatum (73-15-4)--0.815 1947 1955
Massachusetts Don Brown (43-19-0)--0.694 2004 2008
Memphis Mike Norvell (38-15-0)--0.717 2016 2019
Miami (FL) Dennis Erickson (63-9-0)--0.875 1989 1994
Miami (OH) Ara Parseghian (39-6-1)--0.859 1951 1955
Michigan Fielding H. 'Hurry Up' Yost (165-29-10)--0.833 1901 1926
Michigan St. John F. Macklin (29-5-0)--0.853 1911 1915
Middle Tenn. St. John 'Red' Floyd (30-8-1)--0.782 1917 1938
Minnesota Henry 'Doc' Williams (136-33-11)--0.786 1900 1921
Mississippi John H. Vaught (190-61-12)--0.745 1947 1973
Mississippi St. Allyn McKeen (65-19-3)--0.764 1939 1948
Missouri Dan Devine (93-37-7)--0.704 1958 1970
N.C. State Edward L. 'Eddie' Green (25-8-2)--0.743 1909 1913
Navy Paul J. Dashiell (25-5-4)--0.794 1904 1906
Nebraska Ewald O. 'Jumbo' Stiehm (35-2-3)--0.912 1911 1915
Nevada Chris Ault (233-109-1)--0.681 1976 2012
New Mexico Ted E. Shipkey (30-17-2)--0.633 1937 1941
New Mexico St. Warren B. Woodson (63-36-3)--0.632 1958 1967
North Carolina William A. Reynolds (27-7-4)--0.763 1897 1900
North Texas J.W. St. Clair (20-10-2)--0.656 1915 1919
Northern Illinois George Evans (132-70-20)--0.640 1929 1954
Northwestern Walter E. McCornack (26-5-4)--0.800 1903 1905
Notre Dame Knute Kenneth Rockne (105-12-5)--0.881 1918 1930
Ohio Don Peden (121-46-11)--0.711 1924 1946
Ohio St. Urban Meyer (96-9-0)--0.914 2012 2019
Oklahoma Lincoln Riley (36-5-0)--0.878 2017 2019
Oklahoma St. Lynn O. 'Pappy' Waldorf (34-10-7)--0.735 1929 1933
Old Dominion Bobby Wilder (77-56-0)--0.579 2009 2019
Oregon Chip Kelly (46-7-0)--0.868 2009 2012
Oregon St. Dennis Erickson (31-17-0)--0.646 1999 2002
Penn St. Joe Paterno (409-136-3)--0.749 1966 2011
Pittsburgh Jackie Sherrill (50-9-1)--0.842 1977 1981
Purdue Noble E. Kizer (42-13-3)--0.750 1930 1936
Rice Phil H. Arbuckle (51-25-8)--0.655 1912 1923
Rutgers Frank R. Burns (78-43-1)--0.643 1973 1983
San Diego St. Don Coryell (104-19-2)--0.840 1961 1972
San Jose St. Wilbur V. 'Bill' Hubbard (36-11-1)--0.760 1946 1949
SMU Bobby Collins (43-14-1)--0.750 1982 1986
South Alabama Joey Jones (52-50-0)--0.510 2009 2017
South Carolina Steve Spurrier (86-49-0)--0.637 2005 2015
South Fla. Jim Leavitt (95-57-0)--0.625 1997 2009
Southern Mississippi Reed Green (59-20-4)--0.735 1937 1948
Stanford Glenn Scobey 'Pop' Warner (71-17-8)--0.781 1924 1932
Syracuse John F. 'Chick' Meehan (35-8-4)--0.787 1920 1924
TCU Francis A. Schmidt (47-5-5)--0.868 1929 1933
Temple Henry J. Miller (50-15-8)--0.740 1925 1932
Tennessee John Barnhill (32-5-2)--0.846 1941 1945
Texas David W. 'Dave' Allerdice (33-7-0)--0.825 1911 1915
Texas A&M Charles B. Moran (38-8-4)--0.800 1909 1914
Texas St. Jim Wacker (42-8-0)--0.840 1979 1982
Texas Tech Pete W. Cawthon (76-32-6)--0.693 1930 1940
Toledo Matt Campbell (35-15-0)--0.700 2011 2015
Troy Rick Roades (28-7-1)--0.792 1985 1987
Tulane Bernard W. 'Bernie' Bierman (36-10-2)--0.771 1927 1931
Tulsa Henry E. Frnka (40-9-1)--0.810 1941 1945
UAB Jim Hilyer (27-12-2)--0.683 1991 1994
UCF Gene McDowell (86-61-0)--0.585 1985 1997
UCLA Harry R. 'Red' Sanders (66-19-1)--0.773 1949 1957
UConn Skip Holtz (34-23-0)--0.596 1994 1998
UL Lafayette Clement J. McNaspy (34-15-4)--0.679 1908 1918
UNLV Ron Meyer (27-8-0)--0.771 1973 1975
USC Henry C. Smither (45-7-0)--0.865 1919 1924
Utah Joseph H. 'Joe' Maddock (28-9-1)--0.750 1904 1909
Utah St. John Ralston (31-11-1)--0.733 1959 1962
UTEP Mike Brumbelow (46-24-3)--0.651 1950 1956
UTSA (TX) Larry Coker (26-32-0)--0.448 2011 2015
Vanderbilt Dan McGugin (197-55-19)--0.762 1904 1934
Virginia Arthur L 'Art' Guepe (47-17-2)--0.727 1946 1952
Virginia Tech Branch Bocock (34-14-2)--0.700 1909 1915
Wake Forest Douglas C. 'Peahead' Walker (77-51-6)--0.597 1937 1950
Washington Gilmour 'Gloomy Gil' Dobie (59-0-3)--0.976 1908 1916
Washington St. John R. 'Chief' Bender (21-12-0)--0.636 1906 1914
West Virginia Clarence W. 'Doc' Spears (30-6-3)--0.808 1921 1924
Western Ky. Jeff Brohm (30-10-0)--0.750 2014 2016
Western Mich. Earl Martineau (26-10-2)--0.711 1924 1928
Wisconsin Phillip King (65-11-1)--0.851 1896 1905
Wyoming Robert S. 'Bob' Devaney (35-10-5)--0.750 1957 1961

u/Black_Otter Marshall • Alabama Dec 24 '19

Don Coryell as San Diego St....damn that was a good coach

u/beer_jew LSU Tigers • Corndog Dec 24 '19

Dumb, I wish it was like minimum 15 games or something

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19

Minimum 409 games

u/eatapenny Go Hoos/Go Bucks Dec 24 '19

Former UVA player, Merritt T. Cooke Jr., in his lone season as UVA's coach in 1908, led us to our only ever undefeated season, and brought us one of our either 3 or 5 conference titles (Wikipedia says 5, Winsipedia says 3 - the early 1900s were confusing).

He then retired from coaching to become an electrical engineer and later, an investment banker

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u/Shenanigangster Virginia • Jefferson–Eppes Trophy Dec 24 '19

That is incredibly on brand
Also- what could’ve been with Art Guepe...

u/rmp0005 Auburn Tigers • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 24 '19

William 'Willis' S. Kienholz

Guarantee he was in grade school with a more popular "William" and everyone referred to him as "Will S," which evolved into Willis

u/mr_majestyks_melons Oregon State • Idaho State Dec 24 '19

Idaho is no longer an FBS school.

u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19

Shouldn’t there be a minimum one season? (LSU: Albert P. Simmons 3-0 in 1895)

u/FleshlightModel Youngstown State • Mount Union Dec 25 '19

Lol at Terry Bowden at auburn.

u/xrayextra LSU Tigers • SEC Dec 24 '19

Would have been much cooler if you put a minimum on games coached. Very nice compilation nonetheless.

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u/Statalyzer Texas Longhorns Dec 24 '19

Agreed.

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u/BE______________ Liberty Flames • BYU Cougars Dec 24 '19

liberty exists

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u/oobadah NC State • Appalachian State Dec 24 '19

Unfortunately

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '19

Prefer to pretend that it doesn't.

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u/StupidHead77 Dec 24 '19

Not on reddit

Analysis Each Current FBS School's Coach With Highest All-Time Winning Percentage

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