Head Coach 200-win Club
Since 1979, we have witnessed enough college football history to recognize many men who have achieved greatness to name to our own Collegefootballfan.com Head Coach 200-win Club. Over the years, we’ve seen many of the best coaches in the history of college football on the sidelines at games we’ve attended leading young athletes to start them through life as winners. In a true tribute to what college football should be all about, we pay tribute here to the great coaches we have watched who have guided their teams to 200 or more wins during their careers.
Football Bowl Subdivision Head Coach 200-win Club:
Head Coach; The teams we saw each one coach; Career wins
We saw JoePa’s shoes roam the sidelines to two National titles – one in ’82 and the other in ’86.
Joe Paterno, Penn State, 409
Bobby Bowden, Florida State, 377
Paul “Bear” Bryant, Alabama, 323
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech, 280
Nick Saban*, Alabama, 269
Mack Brown*, UNC, 265
Brian Kelly*, Notre Dame, 263
Lavelle Edwards, Brigham Young, 257
Tom Osborne, Nebraska, 255
Lou Holtz, Notre Dame, 249
Chris Ault, Nevada, 234
Hayden Fry, Iowa, 232
Jim Tressel, Ohio State, 229
Steve Spurrier, Duke, Florida, South Carolina, 226
Dennis Franchione, Texas State, 210
Don Nehlen, West Virginia, 202
Vince Dooley, Georgia, 201
*still active heading into 2022
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FCS, D-2,D-3 Head Coach 200-win Club:
Head Coach; The teams we saw each one coach; Career wins; Division
Larry Kehres, Mount Union, 332, D-3
Harold”Tubby”Raymond, Delaware, 300, FCS
In our first game of our History in 1979, Harold “Tubby” Raymond coached his Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens over Rhode Island on the way to the D-2 Championship that year. He posted 300 wins coaching the Blue Hens through 2001.
Monte Cater, Shepherd U, 275, D-2
Mike Drass, Wesley, 264, D-3
Denny Douds, East Stroudsburg, 264 D-2
Al Bagnoli*, Pennsylvania and Columbia, 263, FCS
Rich Giancola*, Montclair State, 258, D-3
Frank Girardi, Lycoming, 257, D-3
Andy Talley, St. Lawrence and Villanova, 257, D-3/FCS
KC Keeler*, Rowan and Delaware, 254
Jimmye Laycock, William and Mary, 249, FCS
Rob Ash, Juniata College, 246, D-3
Jerry Moore, Appalachian State, 242, FCS
Frank Girardi, former HC of Lycoming, a former Middle Atlantic foe of Juniata, the alma mater, holds a place in the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
Pete Fredenburg*, Mary Hardin-Baylor, 231, D-3
Walt Hamline, Wagner, 223, D-3 & FCS
Gene Carpenter, Millersville State, 220, D-3
Tim Murphy*, Harvard, 218, FCS
Denny Hale, Bloomsburg, 213, D-2
Bill Manlove, Widener, 212, D-3
Eric Hamilton, The College of New Jersey, 212, D-3
Bill Zwaan, West Chester, 204, D-2
Mike DeLong, Springfield, 201, D-3
*still active heading into 2022