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Welcome to the College Football Coach Piki, the best place to decide between college football coaches. College basketball coaches are selected by the athletic director of a college or university to lead the school's football program. They are an important factor not only in the teams on-field success, but also the football program's personality. This Piki makes use of more than 1,600 facts about 148 college football coaches. Sort and filter these college football coaches according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for college football coaches with the most total wins, college football coaches with the highest win percentage or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno has coached 585 games, made $1,030,000 yearly in 2011 and coaches in the Big Ten. He most recently coached at Penn State Nittany Lions and is an inactive college coach. He won 75.20% of the time.
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Career Win Percentage: 75.20%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Joe Paterno achieves 81% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 75.20%, Total Career Losses - 136 losses, Total Career Wins - 490 wins
Joe Paterno achieves 93% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 585 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Joe Paterno achieves 100% performance in this category.
Jim Tressel
Jim Tressel has coached 317 games, made $3,722,000 yearly in 2011 and coaches in the Big Ten. He most recently coached at Ohio State, attended Baldwin-Wallace (1971 and is an active college coach.
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Career Win Percentage: 74.40%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Jim Tressel achieves 80% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 74.40%, Total Career Losses - 79 losses, Total Career Wins - 229 wins
Jim Tressel achieves 89% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 317 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Jim Tressel achieves 54% performance in this category.
Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer has coached 303 games, coaches in the ACC and most recently coached at Virginia Tech. He is an active college coach, and he won 0.68% of the time and has had 96 total career losses.
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Career Win Percentage: 0.68%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Frank Beamer achieves 0% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 0.68%, Total Career Losses - 96 losses, Total Career Wins - 207 wins
Frank Beamer achieves 37% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 303 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Frank Beamer achieves 51% performance in this category.
Houston Nutt
Houston Nutt has coached 207 games, made $2,509,000 yearly in 2011 and coaches in the Southeastern. He most recently coached at Ole Miss and is an active college coach, and he won 61.80% of the time.
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Career Win Percentage: 61.80%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Houston Nutt achieves 66% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 61.80%, Total Career Losses - 8 losses, Total Career Wins - 18 wins
Houston Nutt achieves 77% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 207 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Houston Nutt achieves 35% performance in this category.
Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder has coached 239 games, most recently coached at Kansas State and is an active college coach. He won 0.65% of the time, has had 81 total career losses and has won 157 times in his career.
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Career Win Percentage: 0.65%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Bill Snyder achieves 0% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 0.65%, Total Career Losses - 81 losses, Total Career Wins - 157 wins
Bill Snyder achieves 36% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 239 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Bill Snyder achieves 40% performance in this category.
Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer has coached 114 games, made $4,000,000 yearly in 2011 and coaches in the Southeastern. He most recently coached at Florida Gators, attended Cincinnati (1983 and is an inactive college coach.
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Career Win Percentage: 84.20%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Urban Meyer achieves 91% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 84.20%, Total Career Losses - 10 losses, Total Career Wins - 57 wins
Urban Meyer achieves 95% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 114 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Urban Meyer achieves 19% performance in this category.
Chris Ault
Chris Ault has coached 325 games, most recently coached at Nevada and is an active college coach. He won 0.68% of the time, has had 100 total career losses and has won 224 times in his career.
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Career Win Percentage: 0.68%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Chris Ault achieves 0% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 0.68%, Total Career Losses - 100 losses, Total Career Wins - 224 wins
Chris Ault achieves 38% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 325 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Chris Ault achieves 55% performance in this category.
Bob Stoops
Bob Stoops has coached 169 games, made $4,303,000 yearly in 2011 and most recently coached at Oklahoma. He is an active college coach, and he won 0.81% of the time and has had 32 total career losses.
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Career Win Percentage: 0.81%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Bob Stoops achieves 0% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 0.81%, Total Career Losses - 32 losses, Total Career Wins - 137 wins
Bob Stoops achieves 43% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 169 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Bob Stoops achieves 28% performance in this category.
Dan Hawkins
Dan Hawkins has coached 165 games, made $1,000,570 yearly in 2011 and coaches in the Big 12. He most recently coached at Colorado, attended UC Davis ('84) and is an inactive college coach.
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Career Win Percentage: 65.80%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Dan Hawkins achieves 71% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 65.80%, Total Career Losses - 33 losses, Total Career Wins - 16 wins
Dan Hawkins achieves 74% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 165 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Dan Hawkins achieves 28% performance in this category.
Mack Brown
Mack Brown has coached 172 games, coaches in the Big 12 and most recently coached at Texas. He is an active college coach, and he won 0.79% of the time and has had 35 total career losses.
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Career Win Percentage: 0.79%
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for career win percentage, Mack Brown achieves 0% performance in this category.
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Record: Career Win Percentage - 0.79%, Total Career Losses - 35 losses, Total Career Wins - 137 wins
Mack Brown achieves 45% performance for record.
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Number of Games Coached: 172 games
Given that users looking for the best overall college football coaches prefer higher values for number of games coached, Mack Brown achieves 29% performance in this category.