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 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.

Historical overview
As of the end of the 2011 season, a total of 70 head football coaches had 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 Glenn Scobey Warner, with 319 wins from 1895 to 1938 (mostly at Carlisle, Pitt and Stanford), and Amos Alonzo Stagg, with 314 wins from 1890 to 1946 (mostly at the University of Chicago).

By 1970, another six coaches had reached the milestone: Ace Mumford, with 233 wins from 1924 to 1961 (mostly at Southern University); Fred T. Long, with 227 wins from 1921 to 1965 (mostly at Wiley College); Jess Neely, with 207 wins from 1924 to 1966 (mostly at Clemson and Rice); Cleveland L. Abbott, with 203 wins at Tuskegee University between 1923 and 1954; Jake Gaither, with 204 wins at Florida A&M University from 1945 to 1969; and Eddie Anderson, with 201 wins from 1922 to 1964 (mostly at Holy Cross).

Though only eight coaches reached the milestone from 1869 to 1970, 62 coaches have reached the mark in the 41 seasons since then. The most recent coach to reach 200 wins is Danny Hale, the current head football coach at Bloomsburg University, who reached the mark on October 8, 2011.

Leaders by category
In overall career wins, the all-time leader is John Gagliardi with 484 wins, mostly at the Division III level. Gagliardi began his head coaching career at Carroll College in Helena, Montana in 1949, and in 1953 took his current job at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Eddie Robinson, head coach at Grambling State University from 1941 to 1997 with a two-season hiatus during World War II, is second with 408. Bobby Bowden is in third place and Bear Bryant in fourth place.

Among NCAA Division I coaches, the all-time leaders are Bobby Bowden (377), Bear Bryant (323), Joe Paterno (298), and LaVell Edwards (257). For a few months, Joe Paterno held the top spot with 409, but all 111 wins from the 1998 through 2011 seasons were vacated, due to NCAA sanctions following the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.

Among active NCAA Division I coaches, the all-time win leader is Frank Beamer (251), Jerry Moore (234), Mack Brown (227).

The all-time win leaders in NCAA Division II are Eddie Robinson, Jake Gaither, and Chuck Broyles, and the all-time win leaders in NCAA Division III are John Gagliardi and Larry Kehres.

Among active coaches, the career win leaders are John Gagliardi (484), Larry Kehres (317), Ken Sparks (299), Bob Ford (255), Kevin Donley (254), and Hank Biesiot (253).

Among the coaches with 200 career wins, the individual with the highest winning percentage is Larry Kehres with a .920 winning percentage after 26 seasons (1986–present) as the head football coach at the University of Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio. Five others have reached the 200-win milestone with career winning percentages above .800: Jake Gaither (.844), Tom Osborne (.836), Mike Kelly (.819), Ron Schipper (.808) and Bo Schembechler (.804).

The coaches with the most wins at one college are John Gagliardi (460 at St. John's), Eddie Robinson (408 at Grambling), Larry Kehres (317 at Mount Union), Roy Kidd (314 at Eastern Kentucky), Bobby Bowden (304 at Florida State), and Tubby Raymond (300 at Delaware).

Coaches with 200 career wins

 * Updated through the end of the 2011 season.

Active coaches nearing 200 career wins

 * This list identifies active coaches with at least 185 career wins, i.e. those who can reach the 200-win milestone within a season or two; updated through the end of the 2011 season.