List of college football coaches with 30 seasons
Encyclopedia
This is a list of college football coaches with 30 seasons. Individuals on the list have served as head coach of a college football
program for 30 or more seasons to be included on the list.
"College level" is defined as a four-year college
or university
program in either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
or the National Collegiate Athletic Association
. If the 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 would also be included.
Active coaches in bold. Current as of games played on November 26, 2011.
College football
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program for 30 or more seasons to be included on the list.
"College level" is defined as a four-year college
College
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or university
University
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program in either the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
or the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
. If the 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 would also be included.
Active coaches in bold. Current as of games played on November 26, 2011.
Head Coach | First year | Last Year | total years | Games coached | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | 2011 | 63 | 628 | 484 | 133 | 11 | ||
1941 | 1997 | 55 | 591 | 408 | 167 | 16 | ||
1892 | 1946 | 55 | 555 | 330 | 190 | 35 | ||
1966 | 2011 | 46 | 548 | 409 | 136 | 3 | ||
1959 | 2009 | 44 | 510 | 377 | 129 | 4 | ||
1895 | 1938 | 44 | 456 | 318 | 106 | 32 | ||
1970 | 2011 | 42 | 434 | 255 | 178 | 1 | ||
1962 | 2003 | 40 | 406 | 303 | 96 | 7 | ||
1964 | 2002 | 39 | 446 | 314 | 124 | 8 | ||
1945 | 1982 | 38 | 425 | 323 | 85 | 17 | ||
1962 | 1998 | 37 | 420 | 232 | 178 | 10 | ||
1966 | 2001 | 36 | 422 | 300 | 119 | 3 | ||
1976 | 2011 | 36 | 357 | 253 | 103 | 1 | ||
1931 | 1966 | 36 | 363 | 187 | 159 | 17 | ||
1959 | 1993 | 35 | 348 | 217 | 119 | 12 | ||
1931 | 1967 | 35 | 332 | 171 | 148 | 13 | ||
1893 | 1927 | 34 | 253 | 171 | 66 | 16 | ||
1969 | 2004 | 33 | 388 | 249 | 132 | 7 | ||
1906 | 1938 | 33 | 242 | 182 | 45 | 15 | ||
1959 | 1991 | 33 | 264 | 168 | 91 | 5 | ||
1924 | 1956 | 33 | 292 | 151 | 128 | 13 | ||
1952 | 1983 | 32 | 321 | 237 | 72 | 12 | ||
1980 | 2011 | 32 | 366 | 213 | 151 | 2 | ||
1969 | 2001 | 32 | 323 | 212 | 110 | 1 | ||
1923 | 1954 | 32 | 326 | 202 | 97 | 27 | ||
1963 | 1996 | 32 | 358 | 201 | 153 | 4 | ||
1965 | 1996 | 32 | 303 | 179 | 119 | 5 | ||
1926 | 1969 | 32 | 277 | 165 | 99 | 13 | ||
1938 | 1972 | 32 | 279 | 147 | 118 | 14 | ||
1907 | 1938 | 32 | 242 | 144 | 83 | 15 | ||
1911 | 1946 | 32 | 240 | 126 | 96 | 18 | ||
1909 | 1941 | 32 | 237 | 121 | 103 | 13 | ||
1938 | 1974 | 32 | 235 | 97 | 130 | 8 | ||
1981 | 2011 | 31 | 374 | 252 | 118 | 4 | ||
1981 | 2011 | 31 | 322 | 213 | 107 | 2 | ||
1952 | 1982 | 31 | 271 | 177 | 87 | 7 | ||
1929 | 1959 | 31 | 243 | 173 | 52 | 18 | ||
1965 | 1995 | 31 | 310 | 162 | 140 | 8 | ||
1922 | 1954 | 31 | 276 | 135 | 131 | 10 | ||
1979 | 2011 | 30 | 366 | 234 | 130 | 2 | ||
1982 | 2011 | 30 | 303 | 222 | 81 | 0 | ||
1949 | 1978 | 30 | 295 | 219 | 66 | 10 | ||
1968 | 2000 | 30 | 338 | 202 | 128 | 8 | ||
1904 | 1934 | 30 | 271 | 197 | 55 | 19 | ||
1973 | 2011 | 30 | 329 | 196 | 131 | 2 | ||
1916 | 1946 | 30 | 272 | 186 | 65 | 21 | ||
1953 | 1982 | 30 | 287 | 168 | 112 | 7 | ||
1946 | 1979 | 30 | 284 | 167 | 112 | 5 | ||
1940 | 1969 | 30 | 295 | 165 | 118 | 12 | ||
1929 | 1962 | 30 | 198 | 59 | 123 | 16 |