College Football Coaches – Most All Time Wins

Heading into the season, here are the coaches with the most all-time wins in Division 1 College Football.

Joe Paterno – 409 wins
Penn State (1966–2011)

Bobby Bowden – 377 wins
Samford (1959–1962), West Virginia (1970–1975), Florida State (1976–2009)

Bear Bryant – 323 wins
Maryland (1945), Kentucky (1946–1953), Texas A&M (1954–1957), Alabama (1958–1982)

Pop Warner – 319 wins
Georgia (1895–1896), Iowa State (1895–1899), Cornell (1897–1898, 1904–1906), Carlisle (1899–1903, 1907–1914), Pittsburgh (1915–1923), Stanford (1924–1932), Temple (1933–1938)

Amos Alonzo Stagg – 314 wins
Springfield (1890–1891), Chicago (1892–1932), Pacific (CA) (1933–1946)

Frank Beamer – 280 wins
Murray State (1981–1986), Virginia Tech (1987–2015)

Nick Saban – 269 wins
Toledo (1990), Michigan State (1995–1999), LSU (2000–2004), Alabama (2007–present)

Mack Brown – 265 wins
Appalachian State (1983), Tulane (1985–1987), North Carolina (1988–1997, 2019–present), Texas (1998–2013)

LaVell Edwards – 257 wins
BYU (1972–2000)

Andy Talley – 257 wins
St. Lawrence (1979–83), Villanova (1985–2016)

Tom Osborne – 255 wins
Nebraska (1973–1997)

Lou Holtz – 249 wins

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