How many wins do all the current college football head coaches have?Check that - how many wins as an FBS head coach did they all come up with? We're not counting wins at the lower levels of college football or in the NFL.With Mack Brown retiring, there's a new guy on top as the winningest current coach in college football, but it took him a long time to get there. Here's the ranking of all 136 coaches from the winningest stars down to the new guys getting their first shot at running a big-time program.The college football coaches with the most FBS wins are ...
Winningest College Football Coaches 2025: Ranking All 136 Active FBS Head Coaches By Wins
Top 10 Winningest Active Football Coaches
1 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 2042 Brian Kelly, LSU 1953 Dabo Swinney, Clemson 1804 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State 1695 Kyle Whittingham, Utah 1676 Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia 1367 Troy Calhoun, Air Force 135T8 Bret Bielema, Illinois 125T8 James Franklin, Penn State 12510 Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State 116
Coaches Ranked 11 to 25 by Total Wins
11 Dave Doeren, NC State 110T12 Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss 105T12 Kirby Smart, Georgia 105T14 Dan Mullen, UNLV 103T14 Butch Jones, Arkansas State 10316 Matt Campbell, Iowa State 9917 Sonny Dykes, TCU 9818 Greg Schiano, Rutgers 9419 Hugh Freeze, Auburn 9320 PJ Fleck, Minnesota 8821 Jeff Brohm, Louisville 8522 Mario Cristobal, Miami 8423 Steve Sarkisian, Texas 8324 Jeff Monken, Army 8225 Lincoln Riley, USC 81
College Football Head Coaches With 30 to 80 Wins
26 Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati 8027 Mark Stoops, Kentucky 7728 Luke Fickell, Wisconsin 7629 Willie Fritz, Houston 7530 Jason Candle, Toledo 73
T31 Pat Narduzzi, Pitt 72T31 Kalani Sitake, BYU 7233 Mike Norvell, Florida State 7134 Ryan Day, Ohio State 7035 Clay Helton, Georgia Southern 66T36 Chuck Martin, Miami University 65T36 Josh Heupel, Tennessee 6538 Jim Mora, UConn 6439 Jamey Chadwell, Liberty 60T40 Lance Leipold, Kansas 59T40 Matt Rhule, Nebraska 59T40 Billy Napier, Florida 59
43 Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan 5744 Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri 5045 Jay Norvell, Colorado State 49T46 Chris Klieman, Kansas State 48T46 Tyson Helton, WKU 48T48 Jeff Traylor, UTSA 46T48 Kalen DeBoer, Alabama 4650 Barry Odom, Purdue 44
T48 Justin Wilcox, Cal 42T48 Ryan Silverfield, Memphis 42T48 Pete Lembo, Buffalo 4254 Jonathan Smith, Michigan State 3955 Brent Brennan, Arizona 38T56 Scott Frost, UCF 35T56 Mike Locksley, Maryland 35T56 Dan Lanning, Oregon 3559 Tim Albin, Charlotte 33
T60 Jon Sumrall, Tulane 32T60 Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois 32T60 Charles Huff, Southern Miss 32T63 Dave Aranda, Baylor 31T63 Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame 31T65 Manny Diaz, Duke 30T65 Curt Cignetti, Indiana 30T65 Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee 30T65 Sam Pittman, Arkansas 30
Best of the Rest: Coaches Just Getting Started
T69 Rhett Lashlee, SMU 29T69 Shane Beamer, South Carolina 2971 Sean Lewis, San Diego State 2772 Mike Elko, Texas A&M 24T73 Jake Dickert, Wake Forest 23T73 Joey McGuire, Texas Tech 23T73 Jedd Fisch, Washington 23T73 Tony Sanchez, New Mexico State 23T73 Michael Desormeaux, Louisiana 23T78 Bill O'Brien, Boston College 22T78 Joe Moorhead, Akron 22T78 Brent Venables, Oklahoma 22T78 Major Applewhite, South Alabama 22
82 Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion 20T83 Brent Key, Georgia Tech 18T83 Brent Pry, Virginia Tech 16T83 Clark Lea, Vanderbilt 16T83 GJ Kinne, Texas State 16T87 Brian Newberry, Navy 15T87 Spencer Danielson, Boise State 15T89 Alex Golesh, USF 14T89 Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State 14T89 Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina 14
T92 Deion Sanders, Colorado 13T92 Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech 13T92 Timmy Chang, Hawaii 13T95 KC Keeler, Temple 12T95 David Braun, Northwestern 12T95 Bryant Vincent, ULM 12T98 Tony Elliott, Virginia 11T98 Eric Morris, North Texas 11
T100 Fran Brown, Syracuse 10T100 Lance Taylor, Western Michigan 10T100 Sherrone Moore, Michigan 9T100 Bob Chesney, James Madison 9104 Trent Dilfer, UAB 7T105 Blake Harrell, East Carolina 5T105 DeShaun Foster, UCLA 5T105 Trent Bray, Oregon State 5T108 Scott Walden, UTEP 4T108 Gerad Parker, Troy 4T110 Jeff Choate, Nevada 3T110 Jay Sawvel, Wyoming 3T110 Dell McGee, Georgia State 3113 Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State 2114 Brian Smith, Ohio 1
T115 Scott Abell, Rice 0T115 Bill Belichick, North Carolina 0T115 Mark Carney, Kent State 0T115 Ryan Carty, Delaware 0T115 Nate Drieling, Utah State 0T115 Matt Drinkall, Central Michigan 0T115 Jason Eck, New Mexico 0T115 Matt Entz, Fresno State 0T115 Eddie George, Bowling Green 0T115 Tony Gibson, Marshall 0T115 Joe Harasymiak, UMass 0T115 Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State 0T115 Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic 0T115 Tre Lamb, Tulsa 0T115 Dowell Loggains, App State 0T115 Phil Longo, Sam Houston 0T115 Jerry Mack, Kennesaw State 0T115 Frank Reich, Stanford 0T115 Tony Sanchez, New Mexico State 0T115 Jimmy Rogers, Washington State 0T115 Willie Simmons, FIU 0T115 Mike Uremovich, Ball State 0All 136 Team PreviewsACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | SEC | AAC | CUSAND & UConn | MAC | MWest | Pac-12 | Sun Belt
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