COACHES HOT SEAT "Covering College Football Coaching from Miami to Honolulu" WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES - UPDATED NOVEMBER 23, 2022

HOME COACHES HOT SEAT BLOG COACHES HOT SEAT RANKINGS CFB COACHES SALARIES WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES I-A Ryan Day Ohio State Kalen DeBoer Washington Lincoln Riley USC Kirby Smart Georgia Jon Sumrall Troy Dabo Swinney Clemson Nick Saban Alabama Dan Lanning Oregon Curt Cignetti James Madison Chris Klieman Kansas State KEY HOT SEAT EDGE OF HOT SEAT SAFE FOR NOW CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2021 2022 Rank Coach Name School Age Conf. Compensation Yrs. W L T Win % Yrs. W L T Win % W L W L 1 Ryan Day Ohio State 43 Big Ten $9,000,000 5 45 4 0 .918 5 45 4 0 .918 11 2 11 0 2 Kalen DeBoer Washington 47 Pac 12 $5,000,000 8 89 11 0 .889 1 9 2 0 .818 0 0 9 2 3 Lincoln Riley USC 39 Pac 12 $10,000,000 8 64 11 0 .853 1 9 1 0 .900 0 0 9 1 4 Kirby Smart Georgia 47 SEC   $10,000,000 7 77 15 0 .837 7 77 15 0 .837 14 1 11 0 5 Jon Sumrall Troy 40 Sun Belt $1,000,000 1 9 2 0 .818 1 9 2 0 .818 0 0 9 2 6 Dabo Swinney Clemson 53 ACC $10,000,000 15 160 37 0 .812 15 160 37 0 .812 10 3 10 1 7 Nick Saban Alabama 71 SEC $12,000,000 27 283 69 1 .803 16 192 27 0 .577 13 2 9 2 8 Dan Lanning Oregon 36 Pac 12 $5,000,000 1 8 2 0 .800 1 8 2 0 .800 0 0 8 2 9 Curt Cignetti James Madison 61 SunBelt $1,000,000 12 107 34 0 .759 4 40 8 0 .833 12 2 8 3 10 Chris Klieman Kansas State 55 Big 12 $4,500,000 10 100 32 0 .758 4 28 19 0 .596 8 5 8 3 11 Jeff Traylor Texas-San Ant 54 CUSA $1,500,000 3 28 9 0 .757 3 28 9 0 .757 12 2 9 2 12 Brian Kelly LSU 61 SEC $9,000,000 33 293 98 2 .748 1 9 2 0 .818 0 0 9 2 13 Lance Leipold Kansas 58 Big 12 $3,000,000 16 154 54 0 .740 2 8 15 0 .348 2 10 6 5 14 Josh Heupel Tennessee 44 SEC $5,000,000 5 44 16 0 .733 2 16 8 0 .667 7 6 9 2 15 Jimbo Fisher Texas A&M 57 SEC $9,000,000 13 121 44 0 .733 5 38 21 0 .644 8 4 4 7 16 Billy Napier Florida 43 SEC $7,000,000 5 46 17 0 .730 1 6 5 0 .545 0 0 6 5 17 Luke Fickell Cincinnati 49 AAC $5,000,000 7 63 24 0 .724 6 57 17 0 .770 13 1 9 2 18 Jim Harbaugh Michigan 59 Big Ten $6,000,000 15 129 51 0 .717 8 71 24 0 .747 12 2 10 0 19 Bryan Harsin Auburn 46 SEC $6,000,000 10 85 36 0 .702 2 9 12 0 .429 6 7 3 5 20 Hugh Freeze Liberty 53 Ind $4,000,000 12 103 46 0 .691 4 34 14 0 .708 8 5 8 3 21 Shawn Clark Appalachian St 47 Sun Belt $1,500,000 3 26 12 0 .684 3 26 12 0 .684 10 4 6 5 22 Mike Gundy Oklahoma State 55 Big 12 $7,000,000 18 156 73 0 .681 18 156 73 0 .681 12 2 7 4 23 Kyle Whittingham  Utah 63 Pac 12  $7,000,000 19 152 73 0 .676 19 152 73 0 .676 10 4 8 3 24 Gus Malzahn UCF 57 AAC $4,000,000 10 94 45 0 .676 2 17 7 0 .708 9 4 8 3 25 Chip Kelly UCLA 59 Pac-12 $6,000,000 9 72 35 0 .673 5 26 28 0 .481 8 4 8 3 KEY HOT SEAT EDGE OF HOT SEAT SAFE FOR NOW CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2021 2022 Rank Coach Name School Age Conf. Compensation  Yrs. W L T Win % Yrs. W L T Win % W L W L 26 Mike Houston East Carolina 51 CUSA $1,500,000 12 100 49 0 .671 4 20 24 0 .455 7 5 6 5 27 Marcus Freeman Notre Dame 36 Ind. $7,500,000 1 8 4 0 .667 1 8 4 0 .667 0 1 8 3 28 James Franklin Penn State 50 Big Ten $8,000,000 12 100 51 0 .662 9 76 36 0 .679 7 6 9 2 29 Mack Brown North Carolina 71 ACC $5,000,000 34 274 161 1 .660 14 99 65 1 .603 6 7 9 2 30 Lane Kiffin Mississippi 47 SEC $7,500,000 11 84 44 0 .656 3 23 11 0 .676 10 3 8 3 31 Paul Chryst Wisconsin 57 Big Ten $5,000,000 11 86 45 0 .656 8 67 26 0 .720 9 4 2 3 32 Andy Avalos Boise State 41 MWC $2,000,000 2 15 8 0 .652 2 15 8 0 .652 7 5 8 3 33 Will Hall Southern Miss 42 CUSA $1,000,000 8 64 35 0 .646 2 8 15 0 .348 3 9 5 6 34 Craig Bohl Wyoming 64 MWC $1,750,000 20 156 86 0 .645 9 52 54 0 .491 7 6 7 4 35 Chuck Martin Miami, Ohio 54 MAC $800,000 15 118 65 0 .645 9 44 58 0 .431 0 0 5 6 36 David Shaw Stanford 50 Pac 12 $7,000,000 12 96 53 0 .644 12 96 53 0 .644 3 9 3 8 37 Jamey Chadwell Coastal Carolina 45 Sun Belt $2,000,000 13 99 55 0 .643 5 39 20 0 .661 11 2 9 1 38 Tim Albin Ohio 57 MAC  $1,000,000 5 36 20 0 .643 2 11 12 0 .478 3 9 8 3 39 Mike Elko Duke 45 ACC $3,000,000 1 7 4 0 .636 1 7 4 0 .636 0 0 7 4 40 Don Brown Massachusetts 67 Ind. $750,000 13 96 55 0 .636 6 44 29 0 .603 0 0 1 10 41 Mike Norvell Florida State 41 ACC $5,000,000 7 54 31 0 .635 3 16 16 0 .500 5 7 8 3 42 Chris Creighton Eastern Michigan 53 MAC $800,000 26 182 108 0 .631 9 43 62 0 .419 7 6 7 4 43 Willie Fritz Tulane 62 AAC $2,000,000 27 194 114 0 .630 7 40 45 0 .471 2 10 9 2 44 Clay Helton Georgia Southern 50 Sun Belt $1,000,000 8 51 30 0 .630 1 5 6 0 .455 0 0 5 6 45 Jason Candle Toledo 43 MAC $1,750,000 8 52 31 0 .627 8 52 31 0 .627 7 6 7 4 46 Dave Doeren NC State 51 ACC $5,000,000 12 94 57 0 .623 10 52 52 0 .573 9 3 7 4 47 Bret Bielema Illinois 52 Big Ten $4,000,000 14 110 68 0 .618 2 13 10 0 .565 5 7 8 3 48 Scott Satterfield Louisville 50 ACC $4,000,000 10 76 47 0 .618 4 25 23 0 .521 6 7 7 4 49 Kalani Sitake BYU 47 Ind. $2,000,000 7 54 34 0 .614 7 54 34 0 .614 10 3 6 5 50 Joe Moorehead Akron 49 MAC $1,000,000 7 53 34 0 .609 1 1 9 0 .100 0 0 1 9 KEY HOT SEAT EDGE OF HOT SEAT SAFE FOR NOW CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2021 2022 Rank Coach Name School Age Conf. Compensation  Yrs. W L T Win % Yrs. W L T Win % W L W L 51 Kane Wommack South Alabama 35 SunBelt $700,000 2 14 9 0 .609 2 14 9 0 .609 5 7 9 2 52 Jeff Monken Army 55 Ind. $2,000,000 13 100 65 0 .606 9 62 49 0 .559 9 4 4 6 53 Jeff Tedford Fresno State 61 MWC $2,000,000 15 115 75 0 .605 4 33 18 0 .647 0 0 7 4 54 Troy Calhoun Air Force 56 MWC $3,000,000 16 119 78 0 .604 16 119 78 0 .604 9 3 8 3 55 Blake Anderson Utah State 53 Sun Belt $1,000,000 9 68 45 0 .602 2 17 8 0 .680 11 3 6 5 56 Jeff Brohm Purdue 51 Big Ten $7,000,000 9 65 43 0 .602 6 35 33 0 .515 9 4 7 4 57 Jerry Kill New Mexico State 62 Ind. $700,000 24 162 109 0 .598 1 4 6 0 .400 0 0 4 6 58 Eliah Drinkwitz Missouri 39 SEC $5,000,000 4 28 19 0 .596 3 16 18 0 .471 6 7 5 6 59 Mike Leach Mississippi State 61 SEC $5,000,000 21 157 107 0 .595 3 18 17 0 .514 7 6 7 4 60 P. J. Fleck Minnesota 42 Big Ten $5,000,000 10 72 49 0 .595 6 42 27 0 .609 9 4 7 4 61 Pat Narduzzi Pitt 56 ACC $4,000,000 8 60 41 0 .594 8 60 41 0 .594 11 3 7 4 62 Kirk Ferentz Iowa 67 Big Ten $6,000,000 27 197 135 0 .593 24 185 114 0  .619 10 4 7 4  63 Dana Holgorsen Houston 51 AAC $5,000,000 12 87 60 0 .592 4 26 19 0 .578 12 2 7 4 64 Jim Mora Connecticut 61 AAC $1,500,000 7 52 36 0 .591 1 6 6 0 .500 0 0 6 6 65 Matt Campbell Iowa State 43 Big 12 $5,000,000 12 81 56 0 .591 7 46 40 0 .529 7 6 4 7 66 Jim McElewain Central Michigan 60 MAC $1,800,000 10 68 47 0 .591 4 25 19 0 .545 9 4 5 6 67 Dave Aranda Baylor 46 Big 12 $6,000,000 3 20 14 0 .588 3 20 14 0 .588 12 2 6 5 68 Tyson Helton W. Kentucky 45 CUSA $1,500,000 4 30 21 0 .588 4 30 21 0 .588 9 5 7 5 69 Jake Dickert Washington St 39 Pac-12 $3,000,000 2 10 7 0 .588 2 10 7 0 .588 3 3 7 4 70 Terry Bowden La. Monroe 66 SunBelt $600,000 26 183 129 2 .586 2 8 15 0 .348 4 8 4 7 71 Charles Huff Marshall 39 CUSA $1,000,000 2 14 10 0 .583 2 14 10 0 .583 7 6 7 4 72 Shane Beamer South Carolina 45 SEC  $3,000,000 2 14 10 0 .583 2 14 10 0 .583 7 6 7 4 73 Tim Lester W. Michigan 45 MAC $1,000,000 12 76 55 0 .581 6 36 32 0 .529 8 5 4 7 74 Neal Brown West Virginia 42 Big 12 $4,000,000 8 56 41 0 .577 4 21 25 0 .457 6 7 4 7 75 Ryan Silverfield Memphis 42 AAC $2,000,000 3 20 15 0 .571 3 20 15 0 .571 6 6 6 5 KEY HOT SEAT EDGE OF HOT SEAT SAFE FOR NOW CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2021 2022 Rank Coach Name School Age Conf. Compensation Yrs. W L T Win % Yrs. W L T Win % W L W L 76 Ken Niumatalolo Navy 57 AAC $3,000,000 16 109 82 0 .571 16 109 82 0 .571 4 8 4 7 77 Sonny Dykes TCU 53 Big 12 $6,000,000 13 82 63 0 .566 1 11 0 0 1.000 0 0 11 0 78 Herm Edwards Arizona State 68 Pac 12 $4,000,000 5 26 20 0 .565 5 26 20 0 .565 8 5 1 2 79 Steve Sarkisian Texas 48 Big 12 $7,000,000 9 58 46 0 .558 2 12 11 0 .522 5 7 7 4 80 Butch Jones Arkansas State 54 Sun Belt $1,000,000 13 89 72 0 .553 2 5 18 0 .217 2 10 3 8 81 Brady Hoke San Diego St. 64 MWC $2,000,000 16 101 82 0 .553 5 36 22 0 .621 12 2 7 4 82 Mel Tucker Michigan State 50 Big Ten $9,500,000 4 23 19 0 .548 3 18 12 0 .600 11 2 5 5 83 Rhett Lashlee SMU 39 AAC $3,000,000 1 6 5 0 .545 1 6 5 0 .545 0 0 6 5 84 Joey McGuire Texas Tech 51 Big 12 $3,600,000 1 6 5 0 .545 1 6 5 0 .545 0 0 6 5 85 Brent Venables Oklahoma 52 Big 12  $7,000,000 1 6 5 0 .545 1 6 5 0 .545 0 0 6 5 86 Sam Pittman Arkansas 61 SEC $6,000,000 5 29 25 1 .536 3 18 16 0 .529 9 4 6 5 87 Dave Clawson Wake Forest 55 ACC $4,000,000 23 148 131 0 .530 9 58 52 0 .527 11 3 7 4 88 Dino Babers Syracuse 61 ACC $3,500,000 11 72 64 0 .529 7 35 48 0 .422 5 7 6 5 89 Mark Stoops Kentucky 55 SEC $7,000,000 10 65 58 0 .528 10 65 58 0 .528 10 3 6 5 90 Pat Fitzgerald Northwestern 48 Big Ten $6,500,000 17 110 99 0 .526 17 110 99 0 .526 3 9 1 9 91 Rick Stockstill Middle Tennessee 65 CUSA $1,500,000 17 107 103 0 .510 17 107 103 0 .510 7 6 7 4 92 Karl Dorrell Colorado 59 Pac-12 $3,500,000 8 43 42 0 .506 3 8 15 0 .348 4 8 0 5 93 Mario Cristobal Miami 52 ACC $7,500,000 12 67 66 0 .504 1 5 6 0 .455 0 0 5 6 94 Jay Norvell Colorado State 59 MWC $3,000,000 6 35 35 0 .500 1 2 9 0 .182 0 0 2 9 95 Seth Littrell North Texas 44 CUSA $2,000,000 7 43 43 0 .500 7 43 43 0 .500 6 7 6 5 96 Michael Desormeaux Louisiana 37 SunBelt $750,000 1 6 6 0 .500 1 6 6 0 .500 0 0 6 6 97 Scott Frost Nebraska 47 Big Ten $5,000,000 7 35 38 0 .479 5 16 31 0 .340 3 9 1 2 98 Greg Schiano Rutgers 56 Big Ten $5,000,000 14 80 88 0 .476 14 80 88 0 .476 5 8 4 7 99 Willie Taggart Florida Atlantic 46 SEC $1,500,000 13 71 79 0 .473 3 16 16 0 .500 5 7 6 5 100 Justin Wilcox California 46 Pac-12 $3,500,000 6 30 35 0 .462 6 30 35 0 .462 5 7 4 7 KEY HOT SEAT EDGE OF HOT SEAT SAFE FOR NOW CAREER RECORD RECORD WITH SCHOOL 2021 2022 Rank Coach Name School Age Conf. Compensation Yrs. W L T Win % Yrs. W L T Win % W L W L 101 Bryant Vincent UAB 47 CUSA $1,500,000 1 5 6 0 .455 1 5 6 0 .455 0 0 5 6 102 Shawn Elliott Georgia State 49 SunBelt $1,000,000 7 35 42 0 .455 6 33 36 0 .479 8 5 4 7 103 Philip Montgomery Tulsa 51 AAC $2,000,000 8 42 53 0 .442 8 53 52 0 .442 7 6 4 7 104 Jeff Hafley Boston College 43 ACC $3,000,000 3 15 19 0 .441 3 15 19 0 .441 6 6 4 7 105 Jonathan Smith Oregon State 43 Pac 12 $3,000,000 5 24 31 0 .436 5 24 31 0 .436 7 6 8 3 106 Tom Allen Indiana 52 Big Ten $4,000,000 7 30 39 0 .435 7 30 39 0 .435 2 10 4 7 107 Sean Lewis Kent State 36 MAC $800,000 5 23 31 0 .426 5 23 31 0 .426 7 7 4 7 108 Mike Neu Ball State 52 MAC $800,000 7 33 47 0 .413 7 33 47 0 .413 6 7 5 6 109 Maurice Linguist Buffalo 38 MAC $1,000,000 2 9 13 0 .409 2 9 13 0 .409 4 8 5 5 110 Thomas Hammock Northern Illinois 41 MAC $800,000 4 17 25 0 .405 4 17 25 0 .405 9 5 3 7 111 Mike MacIntyre Florida Int'l. 57 CUSA $1,500,000 10 49 72 0 .405 1 4 7 0 .364 0 0 4 7 112 Geoff Collins Georgia Tech 51 ACC $3,400,000 6 25 38 0 .397 4 10 28 0 .263 3 9 1 3 113 Brent Brennan San Jose State 49 MWC $1,000,000 6 26 41 0 .388 6 26 41 0 .388 5 7 6 4 114 Will Healy Charlotte 37 CUSA $1,000,000 7 28 45 0 .384 4 15 24 0 .385 5 7 3 5 115 Dana Dimel UTEP 60 CUSA $800,000 11 47 78 0 .376 5 17 39 0 .304 7 6 5 6 116 Ricky Rahne Old Dominion 42 CUSA $750,000 2 9 15 0 .375 2 9 15 0 .375 6 7 3 8 117 Scot Loeffler Bowling Green 47 MAC  $600,000 4 13 27 0 .325 4 13 27 0 .325 4 8 6 5 118 Sony Crumbi La. Tech 41 CUSA $1,000,000 1 5 11 0 .313 1 3 8 0 .273 0 0 3 8 119 Clark Lea Vanderbilt 41 SEC  $2,500,000 2 7 16 0 .304 2 7 16 0 .304 2 10 5 6 120 Mike Bloomgren Rice 46 CUSA $1,500,000 5 16 37 0 .302 5 16 37 0 .302 4 8 5 6 121 Tony Elliott Virginia 43 ACC $4,000,000 1 3 7 0 .300 1 3 7 0 .300 0 0 3 7 122 Mike Locksley Maryland 53 Big Ten $4,000,000 8 21 53 0 .284 5 19 27 0 .413 7 6 6 4 123 Brent Pry Virginia Tech 52 ACC $4,000,000 1 3 8 0 .273 1 3 8 0 .273 0 0 3 8 124 Stan Drayton Temple 51 AAC $2,500,000 1 3 8 0 .273 1 3 8 0 .273 0 0 3 8 125 Jake Spavital Texas State 37 SunBelt $800,000 4 12 35 0 .255 4 12 35 0 .255 4 8 4 8 126 Timmy Chang  Hawaii 41 MWC $1,000,000 1 3 9 0 .250 1 3 9 0 .250 0 0 3 9 127 Danny Gonzales New Mexico 46 MWC $1,500,000 3 7 23 0 .233 3 7 23 0 .233 3 9 2 9 128 Jedd Fisch Arizona 46 Pac 12 $2,500,000 2 5 18 0 .217 2 5 18 0 .218 1 11 4 7 129 Marcus Arroyo UNLV 42 MWC $1,500,000 3 6 23 0 .207 3 6 23 0 .207 2 10 4 7 130 Ken Wilson Nevada 58 MWC $1,000,000 1 2 9 0 .182 1 2 9 0 .182 0 0 2 9 131 Jeff Scott South Florida 42 AAC $2,500,000 3 4 26 0 .133 3 4 26 0 .133 2 10 1 8