List_of_college_football_coaches_with_200_wins
This is a list of college football coaches with 200 career wins. "College level" is defined as a four-year college or university program in either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). If a 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 is included.
As of the end of the end of the 2023 season, a total of 101 head football coaches have reached the milestone of 200 career coaching wins.
In the 100 years after the first college football game in 1869, only eight coaches reached the 200-win milestone. The only two who reached the mark before 1950 were Pop Warner, with 319 wins from 1895 to 1938 (mostly at Carlisle, Pittsburgh and Stanford), and Amos Alonzo Stagg, with 314 wins from 1890 to 1946 (mostly at Chicago).[1]
By 1970, another six coaches had reached the milestone: Ace Mumford, with 233 wins from 1924 to 1961 (mostly at Southern); Fred T. Long, with 224 wins from 1921 to 1965 (mostly at Wiley); Jess Neely, with 207 wins from 1924 to 1966 (mostly at Clemson and Rice); Cleveland Abbott, with 203 wins at Tuskegee between 1923 and 1954; Jake Gaither, with 204 wins at Florida A&M from 1945 to 1969; and Eddie Anderson, with 201 wins from 1922 to 1964 (mostly at Holy Cross).[1][2]
Though only eight coaches reached the milestone from 1869 to 1970, 93 coaches have reached the mark since then.
In overall career wins, the all-time leader is John Gagliardi with 489 wins, mostly at the NCAA Division III level.[3] Gagliardi began his head coaching career at Carroll in Helena, Montana in 1949 and moved in 1953 to Saint John's in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he served until retiring after the 2012 season. Joe Paterno, the head coach at Penn State from 1966 until his 2011 firing in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, is second with 409 wins. NCAA sanctions following the scandal had stripped him of all 111 Penn State wins between 1998 and 2011,[4] but the NCAA restored those wins on January 16, 2015 as part of a settlement of a lawsuit by the state of Pennsylvania against the NCAA.[5] Eddie Robinson, head coach at Grambling State from 1941 to 1997 with a two-season hiatus during World War II in which Grambling did not field a team, is third with 408.[2][3] Bobby Bowden is fourth with 377 wins.[3]
Among the coaches with 200 career wins, Larry Kehres has the highest winning percentage with .929 in 27 seasons (1986–2012) as the head football coach at Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. Seven others finished their careers with 200 wins and a winning percentage of .800 or greater: Pete Fredenburg (.856), Jake Gaither (.844), Tom Osborne (.836), Mike Kelly (.819), Joe Fincham (.815), Ron Schipper (.808), and Nick Saban (.804).[1][2] One active coach has 200 wins and a winning percentage of .800 or greater: Steve Ryan (.835).
Among coaches with at least ten seasons in NCAA Division I and its predecessors, the all-time leaders in wins are Paterno (409), Robinson (408), Bowden (377), Bear Bryant (323), and Pop Warner (319).
Considering wins in Division I FBS only—including wins with "major" programs before the 1978 split of Division I football, and wins in Division I-A/FBS after the split—the all-time leaders are Paterno (409), Bowden (377), Bryant (323), Warner (319), and Amos Alonzo Stagg (314).
The only coaches with 200 Division I FCS wins after the Division I split are Jimmye Laycock (242), Roy Kidd (223), Andy Talley (217), and Jerry Moore (215).
The all-time win leaders in NCAA Division II are Danny Hale (Bloomsburg and West Chester), Gaither and Chuck Broyles, and the all-time win leaders in NCAA Division III are Gagliardi and Kehres.
Among coaches expected to be active in 2024, the career wins leaders are Kevin Donley (348), Brian Kelly (283), and Mack Brown (282).[1][2]
The coaches with the most wins at one college are Gagliardi (465 at Saint John's), Paterno (409 at Penn State), Robinson (408 at Grambling), Kehres (332 at Mount Union), Ken Sparks (327 at Carson–Newman), Kidd (314 at Eastern Kentucky), Bowden (304 at Florida State) and Tubby Raymond (300 at Delaware).
| * | Expected to be active in the 2024 season |
| † | Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach |
| †† | Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player |
| ††† | Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach |
| 200 wins with a Division I program (or historic equivalent)[n 1] |
- Updated through end of 2023 season
| Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Gagliardi† | 64 | 489 | 138 | 11 | .775 | Carroll (MT) (1949–1952), Saint John's (MN) (1953–2012) |
| 2 | Joe Paterno† | 46 | 409 | 136 | 3 | .749 | Penn State (1966–2011) |
| 3 | Eddie Robinson†[n 2] | 55 | 408 | 165 | 15 | .707 | Grambling (1941–1942, 1945–1997) |
| 4 | Bobby Bowden† | 44 | 377[n 3] | 129 | 4 | .743 | Samford (1959–1962), West Virginia (1970–1975), Florida State (1976–2009) |
| 5 | Kevin Donley* | 45 | 348 | 153 | 1 | .694 | Anderson (IN) (1978–1981), Georgetown (KY) (1982–1992), California (PA) (1993–1996), Saint Francis (IN) (1998–present) |
| 6 | Ken Sparks | 37 | 338 | 99 | 2 | .772 | Carson–Newman (1980–2016) |
| 7 | Larry Kehres† | 27 | 332 | 24 | 3 | .929 | Mount Union (1986–2012) |
| 8 | Bear Bryant† | 38 | 323 | 85 | 17 | .780 | Maryland (1945), Kentucky (1946–1953), Texas A&M (1954–1957), Alabama (1958–1982) |
| 9 | Pop Warner† | 49 | 319 | 106 | 32 | .730 | 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) |
| 10 | Roy Kidd† | 39 | 314 | 124 | 8 | .713 | Eastern Kentucky (1964–2002) |
| 10 | Amos Alonzo Stagg††† | 57 | 314 | 199 | 35 | .605 | Springfield (1890–1891), Chicago (1892–1932), Pacific (CA) (1933–1946) |
| 12 | Frosty Westering† | 40 | 305 | 96 | 7 | .756 | Parsons (1962–1963), Lea (1966–1971), Pacific Lutheran (1972–2003) |
| 12 | Larry Wilcox | 42 | 305 | 153 | 0 | .666 | Benedictine (KS) (1979–2020) |
| 14 | Tubby Raymond†[n 4] | 36 | 300 | 119 | 3 | .714 | Delaware (1966–2001) |
| 15 | Nick Saban | 28 | 292[n 5] | 71 | 1 | .804 | Toledo (1990), Michigan State (1995–1999), LSU (2000–2004), Alabama (2007–2024) |
| 16 | Ron Schipper† | 36 | 287 | 67 | 3 | .808 | Central (IA) (1961–1996) |
| 17 | Brian Kelly* | 34 | 283[n 6] | 103 | 2 | .732 | Grand Valley State (1991–2003), Central Michigan (2004–2006), Cincinnati (2006–2009), Notre Dame (2010–2021), LSU (2022–present) |
| 17 | Mack Brown†* | 35 | 282 | 149 | 1 | .654 | Appalachian State (1983), Tulane (1985–1987), North Carolina (1988–1997, 2019–present), Texas (1998–2013) |
| 19 | Frank Beamer† | 35 | 280 | 144 | 4 | .657 | Murray State (1981–1986), Virginia Tech (1987–2015) |
| 20 | Monte Cater | 37 | 275 | 117 | 2 | .701 | Lakeland (1981–1986), Shepherd (1987–2017) |
| 21 | Al Bagnoli | 40 | 269 | 134 | 0 | .667 | Union (NY) (1982–1991), Penn (1992–2014), Columbia (2015–2022) |
| 22 | Bob Ford[n 7] | 45 | 265 | 191 | 1 | .581 | St. Lawrence (1965–1968), Albany (1973–2013) |
| 23 | Dennis Douds | 45 | 264 | 204 | 3 | .564 | East Stroudsburg (1974–2018) |
| 24 | K. C. Keeler* | 30 | 262 | 109 | 1 | .706 | Rowan (1993–2001), Delaware (2002–2012), Sam Houston State (2014–present) |
| 25 | Roger Harring† | 31 | 261 | 75 | 7 | .771 | Wisconsin–La Crosse (1969–1999) |
| 26 | Rick Giancola | 39 | 260 | 143 | 2 | .644 | Montclair State (1983–2022) |
| 27 | Hank Biesiot | 38 | 258 | 121 | 1 | .680 | Dickinson State (1976–2013) |
| 28 | LaVell Edwards† | 29 | 257 | 101 | 3 | .716 | BYU (1972–2000) |
| 28 | Frank Girardi† | 36 | 257 | 97 | 5 | .723 | Lycoming (1972–2007) |
| 28 | Andy Talley† | 37 | 257 | 155 | 2 | .623 | St. Lawrence (1979–83), Villanova (1985–2016) |
| 31 | Tom Osborne† | 25 | 255 | 49 | 3 | .836 | Nebraska (1973–1997) |
| 31 | Jim Malosky | 40 | 255 | 125 | 13 | .665 | Minnesota–Duluth (1958–1997) |
| 33 | Steve Johnson | 34 | 252 | 110 | 1 | .696 | Bethel (MN) (1989–2023) |
| 34 | Lou Holtz† | 33 | 249 | 132 | 7 | .651 | William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State (1972–1975), Arkansas (1977–1983), Minnesota (1984–1985), Notre Dame (1986–1996), South Carolina (1999–2004) |
| 34 | Jimmye Laycock | 39 | 249 | 194 | 2 | .562 | William & Mary (1980–2018) |
| 36 | Mike Kelly† | 27 | 246 | 54 | 1 | .819 | Dayton (1981–2007) |
| 36 | Rob Ash | 36 | 246 | 137 | 5 | .640 | Juniata (1980–1988), Drake (1989–2006), Montana State (2007–2015) |
| 38 | Billy Joe†[n 8] | 34 | 245 | 127 | 4 | .657 | Cheyney (1972–1978), Central State (1981–1993), Florida A&M (1994–2004), Miles (2008–2010) |
| 39 | Jerry Moore† | 31 | 242 | 135 | 2 | .641 | North Texas (1979–1980), Texas Tech (1981–1985), Appalachian State (1989–2012) |
| 39 | Mel Tjeerdsma† | 27 | 242 | 82 | 4 | .744 | Austin (1984–1993), Northwest Missouri State (1994–2010) |
| 41 | Woody Hayes† | 33 | 238 | 72 | 10 | .759 | Denison (1946–1948), Miami (OH) (1949–1950), Ohio State (1951–1978) |
| 42 | John Merritt† | 32 | 235 | 70 | 12 | .760 | Jackson State (1952–1962), Tennessee State (1963–1983) |
| 43 | Bo Schembechler† | 27 | 234 | 65 | 8 | .775 | Miami (OH) (1963–1968), Michigan (1969–1989) |
| 43 | Chris Ault† | 28 | 234[n 9] | 108 | 1 | .684 | Nevada (1976–1992, 1994–1995, 2004–2012) |
| 43 | Rich Lackner | 36 | 234 | 125 | 2 | .651 | Carnegie Mellon (1986–2021) |
| 46 | Ace Mumford† | 36 | 233 | 85 | 23 | .717 | Jarvis Christian (1924–1926), Bishop (1927–1929), Texas College (1931–1935), Southern (1936–1942, 1944–1961) |
| 46 | Joe Taylor | 30 | 233 | 96 | 4 | .706 | Howard (1983), Virginia Union (1984–1991), Hampton (1992–2007), Florida A&M (2008–2012) |
| 48 | Tim Murphy | 36 | 232 | 134 | 1 | .634 | Maine (1987–1988), Cincinnati (1989–1993), Harvard (1994–2023) |
| 48 | Hayden Fry† | 37 | 232 | 178 | 10 | .564 | SMU (1962–1972), North Texas (1973–1978), Iowa (1979–1998) |
| 50 | Pete Fredenburg | 24 | 231 | 39 | 0 | .856 | Mary Hardin–Baylor (1998–2021) |
| 51 | Willard Bailey | 37 | 230 | 150 | 7 | .603 | Virginia Union (1971–1983, 1995–2003), Norfolk State (1984–1992), Saint Paul's (VA) (2005–2010) |
| 52 | Mike Drass | 25 | 229 | 61 | 1 | .789 | Wesley (DE) (1993–2017) |
| 52 | Jim Tressel† | 25 | 229 | 79 | 2 | .742 | Youngstown State (1986–2000), Ohio State (2001–2010) |
| 54 | Bob Nielson* | 31 | 228 | 125 | 1 | .645 | 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) |
| 54 | Steve Ryan* | 23 | 228 | 45 | 0 | .835 | Morningside (2002–present) |
| 54 | Steve Spurrier††† | 26 | 228 | 89 | 2 | .718 | Duke (1987–1989), Florida (1990–2001), South Carolina (2005–2015) |
| 57 | Norm Eash* | 37 | 227 | 129 | 1 | .637 | Illinois Wesleyan (1987–present) |
| 58 | John Luckhardt† | 27 | 225 | 70 | 2 | .761 | Washington & Jefferson (1982–1998), California (PA) (2002–2011) |
| 59 | Joe Fincham | 25 | 224 | 51 | 0 | .815 | Wittenberg (1996–2021) |
| 59 | Fred T. Long | 44 | 224 | 145 | 31 | .599 | Paul Quinn (1921–1922), Wiley (1923–1947, 1956–1965), Prairie View A&M (1948), Texas College (1949–1954) |
| 61 | Walt Hameline[n 10] | 34 | 223 | 139 | 2 | .615 | Wagner (1981–2014) |
| 62 | Jim Margraff | 29 | 221 | 89 | 3 | .711 | Johns Hopkins (1990–2018) |
| 63 | Gene Carpenter† | 32 | 220 | 90 | 6 | .706 | Adams State (1968), Millersville (1970–2000) |
| 63 | Larry Kindbom | 37 | 220 | 149 | 1 | .596 | Kenyon (1983–1988), Washington (MO) (1989–2019) |
| 65 | Ted Kessinger† | 28 | 219 | 57 | 1 | .792 | Bethany (KS) (1976–2003) |
| 65 | Ron Harms† | 31 | 219 | 112 | 4 | .660 | Concordia (NE) (1964–1969), Adams State (1970–1973), Texas A&M–Kingsville (1979–1999) |
| 67 | Bill Cronin | 25 | 218 | 65 | 0 | .770 | Georgetown (KY) (1997–2021) |
| 67 | Mike Ayers | 33 | 218 | 160 | 2 | .577 | East Tennessee State (1985–1987), Wofford (1988–2017) |
| 67 | Ron Randleman | 36 | 218 | 167 | 6 | .565 | William Penn (1969–1975), Pittsburg State (1976–1981), Sam Houston State (1982–2004) |
| 70 | Jim Christopherson | 32 | 217 | 102 | 7 | .676 | Concordia (Moorhead) (1969–2000) |
| 70 | Fred Martinelli† | 35 | 217 | 119 | 12 | .641 | Ashland (1959–1993) |
| 70 | Bill Zwaan | 25 | 217 | 90 | 0 | .707 | Widener (1997–2002), West Chester (2003–2023) |
| 73 | Bill Snyder† | 27 | 215 | 117 | 1 | .647 | Kansas State (1989–2005, 2009–2018) |
| 74 | Mike Feminis* | 25 | 214 | 82 | 0 | .723 | Saint Xavier (1999–present) |
| 75 | Danny Hale | 25 | 213 | 69 | 1 | .754 | West Chester (1984–1988), Bloomsburg (1993–2012) |
| 75 | Dennis Franchione | 30 | 213 | 135 | 2 | .611 | Southwestern (KS) (1981–1982), Pittsburg State (1985–1989), Texas State (1990–1991), New Mexico (1992–1997), TCU (1998–2000), Alabama (2001–2002), Texas A&M (2003–2007), Texas State (2011–2015) |
| 77 | Larry Korver | 29 | 212 | 77 | 7 | .729 | Northwestern (IA) (1968–1994) |
| 77 | Bill Manlove† | 32 | 212 | 111 | 1 | .656 | Widener (1969–1991), Delaware Valley (1992–1995), La Salle (1997–2001) |
| 77 | Eric Hamilton | 36 | 212 | 144 | 6 | .594 | TCNJ (1977–2012) |
| 80 | Mike Swider | 24 | 209 | 52 | 0 | .798 | Wheaton (IL) (1996–2019) |
| 80 | Peter Mazzaferro | 41 | 209 | 158 | 11 | .567 | Waynesburg (1959–1963), Curry (1963), Bridgewater State (1968–1986, 1988–2004) |
| 81 | Kirk Ferentz* | 28 | 208 | 140 | 0 | .598 | Maine (1990–1992), Iowa (1999–present) |
| 81 | Willie Fritz* | 27 | 208 | 116 | 0 | .642 | Central Missouri Mules (1997–2009), Sam Houston State (2010–2013), Georgia Southern (2014–2015), Tulane (2016–2023), Houston (2024–present) |
| 83 | Jess Neely† | 40 | 207 | 176 | 19 | .539 | Southwestern (TN) (1924–1927), Clemson (1931–1939), Rice (1940–1966) |
| 84 | Jim Butterfield† | 27 | 206 | 71 | 1 | .743 | Ithaca (1967–1993) |
| 84 | Mike Maynard | 32 | 206 | 91 | 1 | .693 | Redlands (1988–2021) |
| 87 | Carl Poelker | 31 | 205 | 100 | 1 | .672 | Millikin (1982–1995), McKendree (1996–2012) |
| 87 | Harold Elliott | 37 | 205 | 179 | 9 | .533 | Southwestern (KS) (1964–1968), Washburn (1969–1970), Emporia State (1971–1973), Texas–Arlington (1974–1983), Northwest Missouri State (1988–1993), Eastern New Mexico (1994–2004) |
| 89 | Jake Gaither†[n 11] | 25 | 204 | 36 | 4 | .844 | Florida A&M (1945–1969) |
| 90 | Mike Van Diest | 20 | 203 | 54 | 0 | .790 | Carroll (MT) (1999–2018) |
| 90 | Warren B. Woodson† | 31 | 203 | 95 | 14 | .673 | Arkansas State Teachers (1935–1940), Hardin–Simmons (1941–1942, 1946–1951), Arizona (1952–1956), New Mexico State (1958–1967), Trinity (TX) (1972–1973) |
| 90 | Cleveland Abbott | 31 | 203 | 96 | 28 | .664 | Tuskegee (1923–1954) |
| 93 | Don Nehlen† | 30 | 202 | 128 | 8 | .609 | Bowling Green (1968–1976), West Virginia (1980–2000) |
| 93 | Sherman Wood* | 31 | 202 | 117 | 1 | .633 | Bowie State (1993–1998), Salisbury (1999–present) |
| 95 | Vince Dooley† | 25 | 201 | 77 | 10 | .715 | Georgia (1964–1988) |
| 95 | Eddie Anderson† | 39 | 201 | 128 | 15 | .606 | Loras (1922–1924), DePaul (1925–1931), Holy Cross (1933–1938, 1950–1964) Iowa (1939–1942, 1946–1949) |
| 95 | Mike DeLong | 34 | 201 | 139 | 2 | .591 | Maine Maritime (1979–1980), Springfield (MA) (1984–2015) |
| 95 | Keith W. Piper | 39 | 201 | 141 | 18 | .583 | Denison (1954–1992) |
| 99 | Darrell Mudra† | 26 | 200 | 81 | 4 | .709 | Adams State (1959–1962), North Dakota State (1963–1965), Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois (1969–1973), Florida State (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois (1978–1982), Northern Iowa (1983–1987) |
| 99 | Joe Glenn | 28 | 200 | 134 | 1 | .599 | Doane (1976–1979), Northern Colorado (1989–1999), Montana (2000–2002), Wyoming (2003–2008), South Dakota (2012–2015) |
| 99 | Jim Sweeney | 32 | 200 | 154 | 4 | .564 | Montana State (1963–1967), Washington State (1968–1975), Fresno State (1976–1977, 1980–1996) |
- This list identifies active coaches with at least 175 career wins; updated through end of 2023 season
| Rank | Name | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct. | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Paul Vosburgh | 35 | 196 | 168 | 0 | .538 | William Penn (1985–1987), St. John Fisher (1991–present) |
| * | Chris Creighton | 27 | 191 | 114 | 0 | .626 | Ottawa (KS) (1997–2000), Wabash (2001–2007), Drake (2008–2013), Eastern Michigan (2014–present) |
| * | Mike Sirianni | 21 | 185 | 44 | 0 | .808 | Washington & Jefferson (2003–present) |
| * | Dave Murray | 33 | 184 | 155 | 0 | .543 | Cortland (1990–1996), Lebanon Valley (1997), Alfred (1998–2013), Hamilton (2014–present) |
| * | Kevin Callahan | 31 | 182 | 142 | 0 | .562 | Monmouth (1993–present) |
| * | Mark Farley | 23 | 179 | 101 | 0 | .639 | Northern Iowa (2001–present) |
- List of college football coaches with 100 losses
- List of college football coaches with 20 ties
- List of college football coaches with 0 career wins
- List of college football coaches with 30 seasons
- List of college football coaches with a .750 winning percentage
- List of college football coaches with 150 NCAA Division I FCS wins, a list restricted to wins while serving as a head coach at the FCS level
- List of National Football League head coaches
- The list includes coaches with 200 wins regardless of division. Coaches with 200 wins at a Division I school (or historic equivalents) are designated with the referenced peach shading. The referenced shading has also been used for coaches with historic programs that were among the elite programs of their era. For example, Amos Alonzo Stagg's wins with the University of Chicago are included.
- Although Robinson has 408 total wins at Grambling, he has only 154 NCAA Division I wins. Robinson's first two wins were before Grambling was an accredited college. When the NCAA first split into the University Division (predecessor to today's Division I) and College Division (predecessor to today's Divisions II and III) in 1956, Grambling became a member of the College Division, and remained at that level until the split of the College Division after the 1972 season. At that time, Grambling became a Division II school, and did not move to Division I until 1977. The following year, when Division I-AA was created, Grambling became a charter member of that group and has remained there to this day.
- Bobby Bowden had 389 wins on the field. A March 6, 2009 NCAA ruling, which was appealed and then upheld on January 5, 2010, required Florida State to vacate 12 wins from the 2006 and 2007 seasons in relation to an academic scandal which resulted in using ineligible players.
- Although Raymond has 300 total wins at Delaware, he has only 181 NCAA Division I wins. From 1966 to 1972, Delaware was in the College Division, and once the NCAA adopted its current three-division setup in 1973, Delaware became a Division II school. Delaware did not move to Division I-AA until 1980; they have remained at that level ever since.
- Nick Saban had five wins vacated from the 2007 season in relation to an academic scandal regarding textbooks. Four football players were found to have used their scholarships to obtain free textbooks for friends and/or girlfriends.
- In 2018, Notre Dame was forced to vacate all 13 games from the 2012 season, including their loss in the BCS National Championship Game, and all 9 wins from the 2013 season, including their victory in the Pinstripe Bowl.[6]
- Although Ford has 265 total wins and 256 at Albany, he only has 98 NCAA Division I wins. Ford's first nine wins were at St. Lawrence, which was then in the College Division and is now in Division III. When Albany reinstated varsity football in 1973 with Ford as head coach, it did so as a Division III program; it joined Division II in 1995 and did not move to Division I-AA (now FCS) until 1999.
- Although Joe has 245 wins, only 86 came at Division I Florida A&M; all other victories were with lower division programs.
- In 1985, UNLV was forced to forfeit all 7 games from the 1983 season and all 11 wins from the 1984 season, including their victory in the California Bowl.[7] Ault and his team were given a win as a result.
- Although Hameline has 223 total wins, all at Wagner, he has only 128 NCAA Division I wins. Wagner was a Division III school when he became head coach in 1981, and did not upgrade to the I-AA/FCS level until 1993.
- Although Gaither has 204 wins at Florida A&M, FAMU did not move up to Division I until the creation of I-AA football in 1978, nine years after Gaither retired. All games coached by Gaither were designated as College Division games, either implicitly (games prior to 1956) or explicitly (1956 and later).
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- "NCAA Coaching Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2013. (The linked document is a report published by the NCAA listing the winningest coaches based on data through the end of the 2012 season. Updated information on coaches active in subsequent seasons is available through the other sources listed in the "References" section.)
- "All-Time Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2010. (The referenced page reflects the updated information on the Top 10 winningest coaches. Records for other coaches are available in the database in alphabetical order through links from the referenced page.)
- "Penn State sanctions: $60M, bowl ban". ESPN. July 23, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- "Joe Paterno is now winningest coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 16, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- Gartland, Dan (February 13, 2018). "Notre Dame Forced to Vacate Wins From National Runner-Up Season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 9, 2019.