Post by Oneback on Jul 9, 2007 18:55:51 GMT
Top 10 Active Coaches by Winning Percentage
Here is a list I recently came across on a website with the top ten active coaches in Division I college football ranked by winning percentage. With no surprise Pete Carroll of USC is at the top of the list with a slight lead over Urban Meyer. Bob Stoops of Oklahoma is third but no other active coach has a winning percentage over 80% which tells you how tough it is to win over the long run in college football.
Rank
Head Coach
Years
Won
Lost
Tied
%
1
Pete Carroll, USC
6
65
12
0
.844
2
Urban Meyer, Florida
6
61
12
0
.836
3
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
8
86
19
0
.819
4
Mark Richt, Georgia
6
61
17
0
.782
5
Phillip Fullmer, Tennessee
15
137
41
0
.770
6
Bobby Bowden, Florida State
41
366
113
4
.762
7
Lloyd Carr, Michigan
12
113
36
0
.758
8
Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
17
157
50
2
.756
9
Joe Paterno, Penn State
41
363
121
3
.748
10
Paul Johnson, Navy
10
99
35
0
.739
Note: The list only includes active coaches with minimum five years head coaching at the NCAA Division I level. The data is through the end of the 2006 football season.
Impressively Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno make the list as well in 6th and 9th place respectively with a winning percentage of roughly 75% in both cases. Both of these giants have been head coaches for 41 years at the time this list was compiled. Interestingly the top four coaches on the list have been college Division one coaches for only 6-8 years. It will interesting to see if they can sustain the momentum moving forward over the long haul.
One name that surprised me on the list was Paul Johnson of Navy. When I double checked the details over half of his wins came from his tenure at Georgia Southern where his teams were national champions in 1999-2000 at Division I-AA. I guess the list includes active coaches at Division I currently but counts their wins from Division I-AA as well. Just at Navy alone he is 37 Wins and 25 Losses over the past five years.
Here is a list I recently came across on a website with the top ten active coaches in Division I college football ranked by winning percentage. With no surprise Pete Carroll of USC is at the top of the list with a slight lead over Urban Meyer. Bob Stoops of Oklahoma is third but no other active coach has a winning percentage over 80% which tells you how tough it is to win over the long run in college football.
Rank
Head Coach
Years
Won
Lost
Tied
%
1
Pete Carroll, USC
6
65
12
0
.844
2
Urban Meyer, Florida
6
61
12
0
.836
3
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
8
86
19
0
.819
4
Mark Richt, Georgia
6
61
17
0
.782
5
Phillip Fullmer, Tennessee
15
137
41
0
.770
6
Bobby Bowden, Florida State
41
366
113
4
.762
7
Lloyd Carr, Michigan
12
113
36
0
.758
8
Steve Spurrier, South Carolina
17
157
50
2
.756
9
Joe Paterno, Penn State
41
363
121
3
.748
10
Paul Johnson, Navy
10
99
35
0
.739
Note: The list only includes active coaches with minimum five years head coaching at the NCAA Division I level. The data is through the end of the 2006 football season.
Impressively Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno make the list as well in 6th and 9th place respectively with a winning percentage of roughly 75% in both cases. Both of these giants have been head coaches for 41 years at the time this list was compiled. Interestingly the top four coaches on the list have been college Division one coaches for only 6-8 years. It will interesting to see if they can sustain the momentum moving forward over the long haul.
One name that surprised me on the list was Paul Johnson of Navy. When I double checked the details over half of his wins came from his tenure at Georgia Southern where his teams were national champions in 1999-2000 at Division I-AA. I guess the list includes active coaches at Division I currently but counts their wins from Division I-AA as well. Just at Navy alone he is 37 Wins and 25 Losses over the past five years.
