List of college football coaches with 100 losses
This is a list of college football coaches with 100 career losses.[1][2] "College level" is defined as a four-year college or university program in either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics or the National Collegiate Athletic Association. If the team competed at a time before the official organization of either of the two groups but is generally accepted as a "college football program" it would also be included.
Individuals indicated in bold type are expected to remain coaching in the next college football season of 2023.
The list of coaches is current as of the end of the 2022 season.[n 1]
Details
Active coaches
27 coaches on the list are considered "active" for the 2023 season.
Most total losses
As of the start of the 2023 season, Watson Brown is the all-time leader in career losses with a total of 211.
Win percentage
John Gagliardi leads the list in terms of winning percentage at .775. A total of 97 coaches have made the list and still maintained a winning percentage of .500 or above as of 2022. Ken Crandall has the lowest winning percentage on the list with .263, having only 47 wins and 132 losses.
List of college football coaches with 100 losses
Head Coach | First year | Last Year | Total years | Games coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % | Team(s) |
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Watson Brown | 1979 | 2015 | 31 | 348 | 136 | 211 | 1 | .392 | Austin Peay (1979–1980), Cincinnati (1983), Rice (1984–1985), Vanderbilt (1986–1990), UAB (1995–2006), Tennessee Tech (2007–2015) |
Roland Ortmayer | 1946 | 1990 | 45 | 400 | 183 | 209 | 8 | .468 | William Penn (1946–1947), La Verne (1948–1990) |
Amos Alonzo Stagg, Sr. | 1890 | 1946 | 55 | 548 | 314 | 199 | 35 | .605 | Springfield YMCA (1890–1891), Chicago (1892–1932), Pacific (1933–1946) |
Jimmye Laycock | 1980 | 2018 | 39 | 445 | 249 | 194 | 2 | .562 | William & Mary (1980–2018) |
Barry H. Streeter | 1978 | 2017 | 38 | 394 | 196 | 193 | 5 | .504 | Gettysburg (1978–2003, 2005–2017) |
Bob Ford | 1965 | 2013 | 45 | 457 | 265 | 191 | 1 | .581 | St. Lawrence (1965–1968), Albany (1973–2013) |
Mike Price | 1981 | 2012 | 31 | 360 | 177 | 183 | 0 | .492 | Weber State (1981–1988), Washington State (1989–2002), UTEP (2004–2012, 2017) |
Hayden Fry | 1962 | 1998 | 37 | 420 | 232 | 178 | 10 | .564 | SMU (1962–1972), North Texas State (1973–1978), Iowa (1979–1998) |
Buddy Teevens | 1985 | present | 32 | 331 | 151 | 178 | 2 | .459 | Maine (1985–1986), Dartmouth (1987–1991, 2005–present), Tulane (1992–1996), Stanford (2003–2004) |
Lombe Honaker | 1914 | 1958 | 45 | 372 | 172 | 176 | 24 | .495 | Lincoln (1914–1916), Baldwin–Wallace (1917–1918), Southwestern (1919–1920), Maryville (1921–1958) |
Jess C. Neely | 1924 | 1966 | 43 | 402 | 207 | 176 | 19 | .539 | Southwestern (1924–1927), Clemson (1931–1939), Rice (1940–1966) |
Dennis Miller | 1986 | 2019 | 34 | 321 | 149 | 172 | 0 | .464 | Northern State (1986–1997), Wisconsin Lutheran (2000–2012, 2014–2019) |
Eddie Robinson | 1941 | 1997 | 55 | 591 | 408 | 167 | 16 | .704 | Louisiana Normal / Grambling / Grambling State (1941–1997) |
Ron Randleman | 1969 | 2004 | 35 | 386 | 218 | 167 | 1 | .566 | William Penn (1969–1975), Pittsburg State (1976–1981), Sam Houston State (1982–2004) |
Brien Cullen | 1985 | 2019 | 34 | 346 | 181 | 165 | 0 | .523 | Worcester State (1985–2019) |
Jim Parady | 1992 | present | 32 | 316 | 151 | 164 | 1 | .479 | Marist (1992–present) |
Paul Vosburgh | 1985 | present | 34 | 354 | 191 | 163 | 0 | .540 | William Penn (1985–1987), St. John Fisher (1991–present) |
Mike Ayers | 1985 | 2017 | 33 | 380 | 218 | 160 | 2 | .576 | East Tennessee State (1985–1987), Wofford (1988–2017) |
Jack Cosgrove | 1993 | present | 28 | 299 | 141 | 158 | 0 | .472 | Maine (1993–2015), Colby (2018–present) |
Peter Mazzaferro | 1959 | 2004 | 41 | 378 | 209 | 158 | 11 | .567 | Waynesburg (1959–1962), Curry (1963), Bridgewater State (1968–1986, 1988–2004) |
Marvin L. Kay | 1969 | 1994 | 26 | 247 | 84 | 157 | 6 | .352 | Colorado Mines (1969–1994) |
Rich Brooks | 1977 | 2009 | 25 | 290 | 130 | 156 | 4 | .455 | Oregon (1977–1994), Kentucky (2003–2009) |
Bill Klika | 1974 | 2001 | 25 | 222 | 66 | 155 | 1 | .300 | Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham (1974–1996, 2000–2001) |
Andy Talley | 1979 | 2016 | 37 | 414 | 257 | 155 | 2 | .623 | St. Lawrence (1979–1983), Villanova (1985–2016) |
Jim Sweeney | 1963 | 1996 | 32 | 358 | 201 | 153 | 4 | .567 | Montana State (1963–1967), Washington State (1968–1975), Fresno State (1976–1996) |
Bobby Wallace | 1988 | 2010 | 28 | 324 | 171 | 152 | 1 | .481 | North Alabama (1988–1997, 2012–2016), Temple (1998–2005), West Alabama (2006–2010) |
Howard Schnellenberger | 1979 | 2011 | 27 | 312 | 158 | 151 | 3 | .511 | Miami (1979–1983), Louisville (1985–1994), Oklahoma (1995), Florida Atlantic (2001–2011) |
Grant Teaff | 1960 | 1992 | 30 | 325 | 170 | 151 | 8 | .529 | McMurry (1960–1965), Angelo State (1969–1971), Baylor (1972–1992) |
Dwight Beede | 1926 | 1972 | 38 | 344 | 175 | 149 | 20 | .538 | Westminster (1926–1930), Geneva (1934–1936), Youngstown / Youngstown State (1938–1972) |
Dave Murray | 1990 | present | 33 | 330 | 181 | 149 | 0 | .548 | Cortland (1990–1996), Lebanon Valley (1997), Alfred (1998–2013), Hamilton (2014–present) |
Kevin Donley | 1978 | present | 44 | 492 | 342 | 149 | 1 | .696 | Anderson (1978–1981), Georgetown (1982–1992), California (1993–1996), Saint Francis (1998–present) |
DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry | 1915 | 1954 | 40 | 305 | 143 | 149 | 13 | .490 | Westminster (1915–1916, 1918, 1921), Amherst (1922–1925), Brown (1926–1940), Dartmouth (1945–1954) |
Andrew C. "Scrappy" Moore | 1931 | 1967 | 35 | 332 | 171 | 148 | 13 | .535 | Chattanooga (1931–1967) |
Geno DeMarco | 1993 | present | 30 | 305 | 158 | 147 | 0 | .518 | Geneva (1993–present) |
Dick Tomey | 1977 | 2009 | 29 | 335 | 183 | 145 | 7 | .557 | Hawaii (1977–1986), Arizona (1987–2000), San Jose State (2005–2009) |
Mack Brown | 1983 | present | 35 | 419 | 274 | 144 | 1 | .655 | Appalachian State (1983), Tulane (1985–1987), North Carolina (1988–1997, 2019–present), Texas (1998–2013) |
Andy Lambert | 1997 | present | 35 | 262 | 119 | 143 | 0 | .454 | Trinity International (1997–2003), Sterling (2004–2015), Southern Nazarene (2016–2019), Concordia (2021–present) |
Frank Beamer | 1981 | 2015 | 35 | 427 | 280 | 143 | 4 | .660 | Murray State (1981–1986), Virginia Tech (1987–2015) |
Frank M. Dobson | 1909 | 1948 | 37 | 303 | 137 | 142 | 24 | .492 | Georgia (1909), Clemson (1910–1912), Richmond (1913–1917, 1919–1933), South Carolina (1918), Maryland (1936–1939), Apprentice (1940–1948) |
John Pont | 1956 | 1992 | 25 | 252 | 107 | 141 | 4 | .433 | Miami (1956–1962), Yale (1963–1964), Indiana (1965–1972), Northwestern (1973–1977), Mount St. Joseph (1990–1992) |
Buddy Benson | 1965 | 1995 | 31 | 310 | 162 | 140 | 8 | .535 | Ouachita Baptist (1965–1995) |
Ken Hatfield | 1979 | 2005 | 27 | 312 | 168 | 140 | 4 | .545 | Air Force (1979–1983), Arkansas (1984–1989), Clemson (1990–1993), Rice (1994–2005) |
Walt Hameline | 1981 | 2014 | 33 | 365 | 224 | 139 | 2 | .615 | Wagner (1981–2014) |
Keith Otterbein | 1986 | present | 29 | 329 | 187 | 139 | 3 | .573 | Ferris State (1986–1994), Hillsdale (2002–present) |
John Gagliardi | 1949 | 2012 | 64 | 638 | 489 | 138 | 11 | .775 | Carroll (1949–1952), Saint John's (1953–2012) |
Jim Collins | 1994 | present | 35 | 278 | 140 | 138 | 0 | .504 | Dubuque (1994–1996), Capital (1997–2007), Saginaw Valley State (2008–2018), Wittenberg (2022–present) |
Brian Keller | 1996 | present | 37 | 262 | 125 | 137 | 0 | .477 | Nebraska Wesleyan (1996–present) |
Johnny Majors | 1968 | 1996 | 29 | 332 | 185 | 137 | 10 | .572 | Iowa State (1968–1972), Pittsburgh (1973–1976, 1993–1996), Tennessee (1977–1992) |
Rob Ash | 1980 | 2015 | 36 | 388 | 246 | 137 | 5 | .640 | Juniata (1980–1988), Drake (1989–2006), Montana State (2007–2015) |
Kirk Ferentz | 1990 | present | 27 | 334 | 198 | 136 | 0 | .591 | Maine (1990–1992), Iowa (1999–present) |
Ed DeGeorge | 1977 | 2005 | 29 | 272 | 135 | 136 | 1 | .498 | Beloit (1977–2005) |
Joe Paterno | 1966 | 2011 | 46 | 548 | 409 | 136 | 3 | .749 | Penn State (1966–2011) |
Kevin Callahan | 1993 | present | 30 | 313 | 178 | 135 | 0 | .569 | Monmouth (1993–present) |
Dennis Franchione | 1981 | 2015 | 30 | 350 | 213 | 135 | 2 | .611 | Southwestern (1981–1982), Pittsburg State (1985–1989), Southwest Texas State / Texas State (1990–1991, 2011–2015), New Mexico (1992–1997), TCU (1998–2000), Alabama (2001–2002), Texas A&M (2003–2007) |
Jerry Moore | 1979 | 2012 | 31 | 379 | 242 | 135 | 2 | .637 | North Texas State (1979–1980), Texas Tech (1981–1985), Appalachian State (1989–2012) |
Lew Elverson | 1938 | 1974 | 32 | 244 | 102 | 135 | 7 | .432 | Swarthmore (1938–1941, 1946–1972, 1974), Atlantic City NAS (1943–1944) |
Al Bagnoli | 1982 | present | 41 | 403 | 269 | 134 | 0 | .667 | Union (1982–1991), Penn (1992–2014), Columbia (2015–present) |
Willie Jeffries | 1973 | 2001 | 29 | 318 | 180 | 132 | 6 | .575 | South Carolina State (1973–1978, 1989–2001), Wichita State (1979–1983), Howard (1984–1988) |
George Welsh | 1973 | 2000 | 28 | 325 | 189 | 132 | 4 | .588 | Navy (1973–1981), Virginia (1982–2000) |
Lou Holtz | 1969 | 2004 | 33 | 388 | 249 | 132 | 7 | .651 | William & Mary (1969–1971), NC State (1972–1975), Arkansas (1977–1983), Minnesota (1984–1985), Notre Dame (1986–1996), South Carolina (1999–2004) |
Tim Murphy | 1987 | present | 36 | 357 | 224 | 132 | 1 | .629 | Maine (1987–1988), Cincinnati (1989–1993), Harvard (1994–present) |
Todd Knight | 1993 | present | 30 | 304 | 171 | 131 | 2 | .566 | Delta State (1993–1998), Ouachita Baptist (1999–present) |
Jim Wacker | 1971 | 1996 | 26 | 293 | 159 | 131 | 3 | .548 | Texas Lutheran (1971–1975), North Dakota State (1976–1978), Southwest Texas State (1979–1982), TCU (1983–1991), Minnesota (1992–1996) |
Bob Spoo | 1987 | 2011 | 25 | 276 | 144 | 131 | 1 | .524 | Eastern Illinois (1987–2011) |
Terry Bowden | 1983 | present | 27 | 315 | 183 | 130 | 2 | .584 | Salem (1983–1985), Samford (1987–1992), Auburn (1993–1998), North Alabama (2009–2011), Akron (2012–2018), Louisiana–Monroe (2021–present) |
Ray Morrison | 1915 | 1952 | 32 | 318 | 155 | 130 | 33 | .539 | SMU (1915–1916, 1922–1934), Vanderbilt (1918, 1935–1939), Temple (1940–1948), Austin (1949–1952) |
Carlin B. Carpenter | 1979 | 2002 | 24 | 230 | 100 | 130 | 0 | .435 | Bluffton (1979–2002) |
Jimmy "Red" Parker | 1961 | 1998 | 26 | 281 | 143 | 130 | 8 | .523 | Arkansas A&M (1961–1965), The Citadel (1966–1972), Clemson (1973–1976), Southern Arkansas (1981), Delta State (1982–1987), Ouachita Baptist (1996–1998) |
Jim Hazlett | 1962 | 1986 | 23 | 212 | 75 | 130 | 7 | .370 | Edinboro (1962–1965), Susquehanna (1966–1977), Kean (1980–1986) |
Chris Beaton | 1983 | 2005 | 23 | 216 | 85 | 130 | 1 | .396 | Simon Fraser (1983–2005) |
Bill Mallory | 1969 | 1996 | 27 | 301 | 168 | 129 | 4 | .565 | Miami (1969–1973), Colorado (1974–1978), Northern Illinois (1980–1983), Indiana (1984–1996) |
Bobby Bowden | 1959 | 2009 | 44 | 510 | 377 | 129 | 4 | .743 | Howard (1959–1962), West Virginia (1970–1975), Florida State (1976–2009) |
Bill Curry | 1980 | 2012 | 20 | 225 | 93 | 128 | 4 | .422 | Georgia Tech (1980–1986), Alabama (1987–1989), Kentucky (1990–1996), Georgia State (2010–2012) |
Lou Little | 1924 | 1956 | 33 | 292 | 151 | 128 | 13 | .539 | Georgetown (1924–1929), Columbia (1930–1956) |
Eddie Anderson | 1922 | 1964 | 39 | 344 | 201 | 128 | 15 | .606 | Columbia (1922–1924), DePaul (1925–1931), Holy Cross (1933–1938, 1950–1964), Iowa (1939–1942, 1946–1949) |
Don Nehlen | 1968 | 2000 | 30 | 338 | 202 | 128 | 8 | .609 | Bowling Green (1968–1976), West Virginia (1980–2000) |
Chuck Shelton | 1977 | 1995 | 19 | 209 | 81 | 127 | 1 | .390 | Drake (1977–1985), Utah State (1986–1991), Pacific (1992–1995) |
Bob Griffin | 1972 | 1992 | 21 | 228 | 100 | 127 | 1 | .441 | Idaho State (1972–1975), Rhode Island (1976–1992) |
Mike Dau | 1966 | 1991 | 25 | 209 | 80 | 126 | 3 | .390 | Lake Forest (1966–1991) |
Larry Smith | 1976 | 2000 | 24 | 276 | 143 | 126 | 7 | .531 | Tulane (1976–1979), Arizona (1980–1986), USC (1987–1992), Missouri (1994–2000) |
Bill Dooley | 1967 | 1992 | 26 | 294 | 163 | 126 | 5 | .563 | North Carolina (1967–1977), Virginia Tech (1978–1986), Wake Forest (1987–1992) |
Maurice Hunt | 1977 | 1997 | 19 | 195 | 65 | 125 | 5 | .346 | Central State (1977–1978), Morehouse (1979–1989, 1995–1996), Kentucky State (1992–1994), Lane (1997) |
Chuck Mills | 1959 | 1997 | 27 | 270 | 132 | 133 | 5 | .498 | Pomona (1959–1961), Indiana State (1962–1963), Merchant Marine (1964), Utah State (1967–1972), Wake Forest (1973–1977), Southern Oregon (1980–1988), Coast Guard (1997) |
Ken Crandall | 1998 | 2014 | 17 | 179 | 47 | 132 | 0 | .263 | Minnesota Morris (1998–2006), Southwestern (2007–2014) |
Don Read | 1968 | 1995 | 22 | 282 | 155 | 126 | 1 | .551 | Portland State (1968–1971, 1981–1985), Oregon (1974–1976), Oregon Tech (1977–1980), Montana State (1986–1995) |
Ivan Grove | 1920 | 1955 | 29 | 253 | 111 | 126 | 16 | .470 | Oklahoma Baptist (1920–1921), Hendrix (1924–1955) |
Bill George | 1999 | 2019 | 21 | 201 | 75 | 126 | 0 | .373 | Coast Guard (1999–2019) |
Terry Allen | 1989 | 2014 | 22 | 258 | 133 | 125 | 0 | .516 | Northern Iowa (1989–1996), Kansas (1997–2001), Missouri State (2006–2014) |
Rich Lackner | 1986 | 2021 | 35 | 361 | 234 | 125 | 2 | .651 | Carnegie Mellon (1986–2021) |
Paul Castonia | 1998 | present | 23 | 212 | 87 | 125 | 0 | .410 | UMass–Boston (1998–2000), Plymouth State (2003–present) |
Roy Kidd | 1964 | 2002 | 39 | 446 | 314 | 124 | 8 | .715 | Eastern Kentucky (1964–2002) |
Robert Kolf | 1929 | 1962 | 30 | 198 | 59 | 123 | 16 | .338 | Oshkosh State (1929, 1931–1942, 1946–1962) |
Terry Price | 1985 | 2009 | 25 | 225 | 101 | 123 | 1 | .451 | Maranatha Baptist (1985–2009) |
John Prock | 1964 | 1987 | 24 | 244 | 114 | 123 | 7 | .482 | Harding (1964–1987) |
Jerry Claiborne | 1961 | 1989 | 28 | 309 | 179 | 122 | 8 | .592 | VPI / Virginia Tech (1961–1970), Maryland (1972–1981), Kentucky (1982–1989) |
Bob Nielson | 1989 | present | 30 | 341 | 218 | 122 | 1 | .641 | Ripon (1989–1990), Wartburg (1991–1995), Wisconsin–Eau Claire (1996–1998), Minnesota–Duluth (1999–2003, 2008–2012), Western Illinois (2013–2015), South Dakota (2016–present) |
Bob Ricca | 1974 | 2002 | 28 | 295 | 172 | 121 | 2 | .579 | St. John's (1974–2002) |
Norm Eash | 1987 | present | 36 | 347 | 225 | 121 | 1 | .650 | Illinois Wesleyan (1987–present) |
Glen Mason | 1986 | 2006 | 21 | 245 | 123 | 121 | 1 | .504 | Kent State (1986–1987), Kansas (1988–1996), Minnesota (1997–2006) |
Hank Biesiot | 1976 | 2013 | 38 | 380 | 258 | 121 | 1 | .680 | Dickinson State (1976–2013) |
Jim Grobe | 1995 | 2016 | 20 | 293 | 171 | 121 | 1 | .492 | Ohio (1995–2000), Wake Forest (2001–2013), Baylor (2016) |
Edor Nelson | 1947 | 1969 | 23 | 184 | 55 | 120 | 9 | .323 | Augsburg (1947–1969) |
Jackie Sherrill | 1976 | 2003 | 26 | 304 | 180 | 120 | 4 | .599 | Washington State (1976), Pittsburgh (1977–1981), Texas A&M (1982–1988), Mississippi State (1991–2003) |
Carmen Cozza | 1965 | 1996 | 32 | 303 | 179 | 119 | 5 | .599 | Yale (1965–1996) |
Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond | 1966 | 2001 | 36 | 422 | 300 | 119 | 3 | .714 | Delaware (1966–2001) |
Frank Howard | 1940 | 1969 | 30 | 295 | 165 | 118 | 12 | .580 | Clemson (1940–1969) |
Fred Martinelli | 1959 | 1993 | 35 | 348 | 218 | 118 | 12 | .644 | Ashland (1959–1993) |
Dan McCarney | 1995 | 2015 | 17 | 195 | 78 | 117 | 0 | .400 | Iowa State (1995–2006), North Texas (2011–2015) |
Bill Snyder | 1989 | 2018 | 27 | 333 | 215 | 117 | 1 | .647 | Kansas State (1989–2018) |
Monte Cater | 1981 | 2017 | 37 | 394 | 275 | 117 | 2 | .701 | Lakeland (1981–1986), Shepherd (1987–2017) |
Jerry Boyes | 1986 | 2018 | 18 | 254 | 138 | 116 | 0 | .543 | Buffalo State (1986–2000, 2009–2018) |
Ben Martin | 1956 | 1977 | 22 | 228 | 102 | 116 | 10 | .469 | Virginia (1956–1957), Air Force (1958–1977) |
Charlie Weatherbie | 1992 | 2009 | 17 | 191 | 76 | 115 | 0 | .398 | Utah State (1992–1994), Navy (1995–2001), Louisiana–Monroe (2003–2009) |
Steve Marino | 1990 | 2013 | 24 | 235 | 119 | 115 | 1 | .509 | Westfield State (1990–2013) |
Tom Horne | 1982 | 2004 | 19 | 200 | 84 | 114 | 2 | .425 | Iowa Wesleyan (1982–1984), Valparaiso (1989–2004) |
Bob Sullivan | 1979 | 2000 | 22 | 216 | 102 | 114 | 0 | .472 | Carleton (1979–2000) |
Darwin Breaux | 1993 | 2016 | 25 | 245 | 131 | 113 | 1 | .537 | Dickinson (1993–2016) |
Sherman Wood | 1993 | present | 30 | 310 | 196 | 113 | 1 | .634 | Bowie State (1993–1998), Salisbury State / Salisbury (1999–present) |
Fritz S. Brennecke | 1947 | 1968 | 22 | 199 | 78 | 113 | 8 | .412 | Colorado Mines (1947–1968) |
John Stiegelmeier | 1997 | 2022 | 26 | 311 | 199 | 112 | 0 | .640 | South Dakota State (1997–2022) |
Bill Russo | 1978 | 1999 | 22 | 235 | 118 | 113 | 4 | .511 | Wagner (1978–1980), Lafayette (1981–1999) |
John O'Grady | 1989 | 2010 | 21 | 219 | 105 | 112 | 2 | .484 | Wisconsin–River Falls (1989–2010) |
Don Ruggeri | 1973 | 2000 | 28 | 259 | 146 | 112 | 1 | .566 | Massachusetts Maritime (1973–2000) |
Tommy Mont | 1956 | 1976 | 21 | 195 | 78 | 112 | 5 | .413 | Maryland (1956–1958), DePauw (1959–1976) |
Tom Gilburg | 1975 | 2002 | 28 | 274 | 160 | 112 | 2 | .588 | Franklin & Marshall (1975–2002) |
Howard "Howdy" Myers | 1946 | 1979 | 30 | 284 | 167 | 112 | 5 | .597 | Johns Hopkins (1946–1949, 1979), Hofstra (1950–1974) |
Bob Blackman | 1953 | 1982 | 30 | 287 | 168 | 112 | 7 | .598 | Denver (1953–1954), Dartmouth (1956–1970), Illinois (1971–1976), Cornell (1977–1982) |
Frederick Dunlap | 1965 | 1987 | 23 | 242 | 126 | 111 | 5 | .531 | Lehigh (1965–1975), Colgate (1976–1987) |
Dennis Raetz | 1980 | 2007 | 19 | 205 | 93 | 111 | 1 | .456 | Indiana State (1980–1997, 2007) |
A. C. Burcky | 1924 | 1950 | 25 | 167 | 41 | 110 | 16 | .293 | Bluffton (1924–1950) |
Sam Kornhauser | 1984 | 2005 | 22 | 205 | 105 | 110 | 0 | .488 | Stony Brook (1984–2005) |
Bill Manlove | 1969 | 2001 | 32 | 323 | 212 | 110 | 1 | .658 | Pennsylvania Military / Widener (1969–1991), Delaware Valley (1992–1995), La Salle (1997–2001) |
Jim Walden | 1978 | 1994 | 17 | 188 | 72 | 109 | 7 | .402 | Washington State (1978–1986), Iowa State (1987–1994) |
Fisher DeBerry | 1984 | 2006 | 23 | 279 | 169 | 109 | 1 | .608 | Air Force (1984–2006) |
Chris Ault | 1976 | 2012 | 28 | 343 | 234 | 108 | 1 | .684 | Nevada (1976–2012) |
Bill Yeoman | 1962 | 1986 | 25 | 276 | 160 | 108 | 8 | .597 | Houston (1962–1986) |
Jim Hess | 1974 | 1996 | 22 | 247 | 134 | 108 | 5 | .553 | Angelo State (1974–1981), Stephen F. Austin (1982–1988), New Mexico State (1990–1996) |
Steve Wilson | 1989 | 2007 | 17 | 189 | 82 | 107 | 0 | .434 | Howard (1989–2001), Texas Southern (2004–2007) |
Steve Johnson | 1989 | present | 35 | 352 | 244 | 107 | 1 | .695 | Bethel (1989–present) |
Aldo Donelli | 1939 | 1967 | 25 | 220 | 105 | 107 | 8 | .495 | Duquesne (1939–1942), Boston University (1947–1956), Columbia (1957–1967) |
Bill Bowes | 1972 | 1998 | 27 | 286 | 175 | 106 | 5 | .621 | New Hampshire (1972–1998) |
Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner | 1895 | 1938 | 44 | 457 | 319 | 106 | 32 | .733 | Georgia (1895–1896), Cornell (1897–1898, 1904–1906), Carlisle (1899–1903, 1907–1914), Pittsburgh (1915–1923), Stanford (1924–1932), Temple (1933–1938) |
Bill Samko | 1987 | 2010 | 23 | 199 | 92 | 106 | 1 | .465 | Sewanee (1987–1993), Tufts (1994–2010) |
Bob Bierie | 1980 | 2004 | 25 | 251 | 144 | 106 | 1 | .576 | Loras (1980–2004) |
Bruce Snyder | 1976 | 2000 | 21 | 237 | 125 | 106 | 6 | .540 | Utah State (1976–1982), California (1987–1991), Arizona State (1992–2000) |
Tim Keating | 1988 | 2011 | 34 | 245 | 136 | 106 | 3 | .561 | Wesley (1988–1992), Western Maryland / McDaniel (1993–2011) |
Edd Bowers | 1956 | 1978 | 23 | 196 | 89 | 105 | 2 | .459 | Iowa Wesleyan (1956–1959), Grinnell (1960–1978) |
Jason M. Saunderson | 1908 | 1941 | 33 | 243 | 124 | 105 | 14 | .539 | South Dakota State (1908–1910), Morningside (1912–1941) |
Joe Loth | 2000 | present | 23 | 221 | 117 | 104 | 0 | .529 | Kean (2000–2002), Otterbein (2003–2011), Western Connecticut (2012–present) |
Bob Odell | 1958 | 1986 | 28 | 245 | 136 | 104 | 5 | .651 | Bucknell (1958–1964), Penn (1965–1970), Williams (1971–1986) |
Bill Hayes | 1976 | 2002 | 27 | 301 | 195 | 104 | 2 | .651 | Winston-Salem State (1976–1987), North Carolina A&T (1988–2002) |
Thomas "Tank" Conrad | 1944 | 1969 | 26 | 213 | 99 | 104 | 10 | .488 | Delaware State (1944–1949), Winston-Salem State (1950–1969) |
Rick Stockstill | 2006 | present | 16 | 212 | 109 | 103 | 0 | .517 | Middle Tennessee (2006–present) |
Jeremy Cameron | 2005 | present | 17 | 161 | 59 | 102 | 0 | .366 | Massachusetts Maritime (2005–present) |
Bobby Johnson | 1994 | 2009 | 16 | 191 | 89 | 102 | 0 | .466 | Furman (1994–2001), Vanderbilt (2002–2009) |
Don Jones | 1949 | 1978 | 28 | 206 | 97 | 102 | 7 | .488 | |
Jim Christopherson | 1969 | 2000 | 32 | 326 | 217 | 102 | 7 | .676 | Concordia–Moorhead (1969–2000) |
Gary Buer | 1977 | 2006 | 20 | 199 | 92 | 102 | 5 | .475 | Dakota State (1977–1978), Southwest State (1979–1992), Southern Virginia (2003–2006) |
Dick Tressel | 1978 | 2000 | 33 | 228 | 124 | 102 | 2 | .548 | Hamline (1978–2000) |
Cally Gault | 1963 | 1984 | 22 | 236 | 127 | 101 | 8 | .555 | Presbyterian (1963–1984) |
Pat Fitzgerald | 2006 | present | 17 | 211 | 110 | 101 | 0 | .521 | Northwestern (2006–present) |
Jim Reid | 1986 | 2007 | 17 | 191 | 87 | 101 | 3 | .463 | UMass (1986–1991), Richmond (1995–2003), VMI (2006–2007) |
Bobby Ross | 1973 | 2006 | 18 | 206 | 103 | 101 | 2 | .505 | The Citadel (1973–1977), Maryland (1982–1986), Georgia Tech (1987–1991), Army (2004–2006) |
Stan Sheriff | 1960 | 1982 | 23 | 234 | 129 | 101 | 4 | .560 | Iowa State Teachers / State College of Iowa / Northern Iowa (1960–1982) |
Pat Malley | 1959 | 1984 | 26 | 246 | 140 | 101 | 5 | .579 | Santa Clara (1959–1984) |
LaVell Edwards | 1972 | 2000 | 29 | 361 | 257 | 101 | 3 | .716 | BYU (1972–2000) |
Greg Carlson | 1982 | 2005 | 27 | 259 | 156 | 101 | 2 | .606 | Wabash (1982–2000). Whittier (2003–2005), St. Scholastica (2008–2013) |
Jerry Vandergriff | 1982 | 2004 | 23 | 245 | 143 | 100 | 2 | .588 | Angelo State (1982–2004) |
Chuck Priore | 2000 | present | 23 | 236 | 136 | 100 | 0 | .576 | Trinity (2000–2005), Stony Brook (2006–present) |
Jerry Schmitt | 2000 | present | 23 | 241 | 141 | 100 | 0 | .585 | Westminster (2000–2004), Duquesne (2005–present) |
Paul Johnson | 1997 | 2018 | 22 | 289 | 189 | 100 | 0 | .654 | Georgia Southern (1997–2001), Navy (2002–2007), Georgia Tech (2008–2018) |
See also
Notes
- The list includes coaches with 100 losses regardless of division.
References
- "NCAA Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2008. pp. 189, 192.
- "All-Time Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-06-20.