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- Kentucky's John Calipari is college basketball's winningest active head coach and has long been considered one of the nation's top program leaders.
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2 days ago · Here's an inside look at the 25 best college football coaches of all time ranked by wins. Active coaches are denoted with an asterisk. 1. Joe Paterno, 409 wins
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- Josh Heupel, Tennessee
- Eddie George, Tennessee State
- Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern
- Scott Frost, Nebraska
- Deion Sanders, Jackson State
- Mario Cristobal, Oregon
- Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
- Kirby Smart, Georgia
- Jonathan Smith, Oregon State
- Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Alma mater: Oklahoma Position: Quarterback Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 2001 national champion 2. 2001 AP Player of the Year 3. 2001 Walter Camp Award winner 4. 2001 Archie Griffin Award winner 5. 2001 consensus All-American 6. Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2000 Heupel, who was hired after the 2020 season to become Tennessee's head coach, finished just 76...
Alma mater: Ohio State Position: Running back Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 1995 Heisman Trophy winner 2. 1995 Doak Walker Award winner 3. 1995 Maxwell Award winner 4. 1995 Walter Campbell Award winner 5. 1995 Big Ten MVP 6. 1995 First Team All-Big Ten 7. 1995 Team MVP 8. Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award 9. Then-Ohio State-record 1,927 rushing yards...
Alma mater: Northwestern Position: Linebacker Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 2008 College Football Hall of Fame inductee 2. The first two-time Bronko Nagurski Award winner 3. The first two-time Chuck Bednarik Award winner 4. Two-time First Team All-American 5. 1995 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year 6. 299 career tackles, five forced fumbles, three inte...
Alma mater: Nebraska Position: Quarterback Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 1997 national champion 2. 1996 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year 3. Became the 10th player to pass for 1,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season After two seasons at Stanford, Frost transferred to Nebraska in 1995, when the Huskers won the national championship. In...
Alma mater: Florida State Position: Cornerback/punt returner Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 1988 consensus All-American 2. 1988 Jim Thorpe Award winner 3. 1988 team captain 4. 1987 consensus All-American 5. 1986 Third Team All-American 6. Tied for the longest touchdown in Florida State history: 100 yards vs. Tulsa (interception return) 7. Tied for the mos...
Alma mater: Miami (FL) Position: Offensive tackle Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. Two-time national champion (1989, 1991) 2. First Team All-Big East A two-time national champion who was named an all-conference player? Enough said. In three seasons as Oregon's full-time head coach, Cristobal has posted a 25-9 record, including a 12-2 season in 2019 that cul...
Alma mater: Oklahoma State Position: Quarterback Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. Finished college career as the Big Eight Conference's all-time leader in passing yards (8,473) and total offense 2. Threw 57 career passing touchdowns 3. 1986 Big Eight Newcomer of the Year 4. Second in the NCAA in passing yards in 1988 (2,163), third in passing efficiency 5. ...
Alma mater: Georgia Position: Safety Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 1998 First Team All-SEC 2. 1997 Second Team All-SEC 3. 1998 Georgia Defensive Most Outstanding Player 4. Led the SEC in interceptions in 1998 5. 13 career interceptions (T-6th in Georgia history) Kirby Smart was a ballhawk as a player, intercepting six passes as a junior and five as a sen...
Alma mater: Oregon State Position: Quarterback Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. 2001 Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP 2. Led Oregon State in passing four consecutive years 3. Left Oregon State as the school's all-time leader in passing yards (9,680) and passing touchdowns (55) – now ranked third all-time in both categories With the help of future NFL receiver tand...
Alma mater: BYU Position: Linebacker Stats/Awards/Honors: 1. First Team All-WAC in 1981 2. Team-high 132 tackles in 1981 Whittingham was a standout linebacker at BYU, where he was part of 43 wins and played in the Holiday Bowl four times in his career. He's tied for second in school history for sacks in a game with four and he once had 18 tackles i...
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In 2019, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa became the longest-continuous tenured head coach in Division I FBS. Ferentz began his current coaching tenure in 1999 and is the only FBS head coach who began his current head coaching position before the 2000 season.
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- Nick Saban, Alabama Crimson Tide. While there’s certainly a conversation brewing between Saban and the next coach on this list, the Alabama leader gets the nod here for being the greatest college football coach of all time.
- Kirby Smart, Georgia Bulldogs. Smart and the Bulldogs just won their second-straight national championship, and the only head coach to accomplish that feat this century is the man above him on this list.
- Jim Harbaugh, Michigan Wolverines. Harbaugh has led Michigan to back-to-back Big Ten championships and College Football Playoff appearances. Perhaps more importantly to Wolverines fans, they’ve also beaten arch-rival Ohio State twice in a row.
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson Tigers. Although the last two years haven’t been up to the Clemson standard, it’s important to contextualize how elite of a standard it is.
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- Nick Saban, 7. Six of Saban's titles are from his Alabama tenure (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020). His first was in 2003, when he was at LSU and split with Southern California — the Trojans won the AP crown while the Tigers won the BCS title.
- Bear Bryant, 6. The Alabama legend won all six of his national titles with the Tide: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978 and 1979. As a testament to his longevity, Bryant's final title, in 1979, came in his 22nd season with the Tide.
- Bernie Bierman, 5. Bierman was Minnesota's coach in 1932-41 and again from 1945-50. He led the Golden Gophers to four unbeaten and untied seasons. He also won seven Big Ten titles.
- Woody Hayes, 5. Hayes coached at Ohio State from 1951-78, winning his titles in 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968 and 1970. Hayes went 205-61-10 with the Buckeyes, won 13 Big Ten titles and famously battled with Bo Schembechler's Michigan in The Ten Year War.
Mar 5, 2024 · 1. Kirby Smart, Georgia (2023: No. 2) The easiest one to ID on this list. Smart is 94-16 with two national titles, and he’s 86-11 since that 8-5 debut season. In the last seven years,...
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