School |
Coach |
Conference |
Losses |
Ties |
Percentage |
Titles |
Years |
Notes |
Michigan |
Bo Schembechler |
143 |
24 |
3 |
0.85% |
13 |
21 |
|
Ohio State |
Jim Tressell |
59 |
13 |
0 |
0.82% |
6 |
9 |
|
Michigan |
Fielding Yost |
42 |
10 |
2 |
0.80% |
10 |
25 |
|
Ohio State |
Woody Hayes |
152 |
39 |
7 |
0.79% |
13 |
28 |
|
Michigan |
Lloyd Carr |
81 |
23 |
0 |
0.78% |
5 |
13 |
|
Michigan |
Fritz Crisler |
42 |
11 |
3 |
0.78% |
2 |
10 |
|
Ohio State |
John Cooper |
70 |
30 |
4 |
0.69% |
3 |
13 |
|
Minnesota |
Henry Williams |
50 |
22 |
5 |
0.68% |
8 |
22 |
|
Minnesota |
Bernie Bierman |
57 |
28 |
6 |
0.66% |
7 |
16 |
|
Michigan |
Bennie Oosterbaan |
44 |
23 |
4 |
0.65% |
3 |
11 |
|
Iowa |
Hayden Fry |
98 |
55 |
5 |
0.64% |
3 |
20 |
|
Purdue |
Jack Mollenkopf |
57 |
32 |
5 |
0.63% |
1 |
14 |
|
Penn State |
Joe Paterno |
86 |
50 |
0 |
0.63% |
3 |
17 |
|
Chicago |
Amos Alonzo Stagg |
116 |
75 |
13 |
0.60% |
7 |
37 |
|
Michigan State |
George Perles |
66 |
44 |
3 |
0.60% |
2 |
12 |
|
Michigan State |
Duffy Daugherty |
75 |
51 |
3 |
0.59% |
2 |
19 |
|
Iowa |
Kirk Ferentz |
49 |
39 |
0 |
0.56% |
2 |
11 |
|
Purdue |
Joe Tiller |
53 |
43 |
0 |
0.55% |
1 |
12 |
|
Illinois |
Robert Zuppke |
75 |
66 |
9 |
0.53% |
7 |
29 |
|
Wisconsin |
Barry Alvarez |
65 |
60 |
3 |
0.52% |
3 |
16 |
Big Ten Football's Current Coaches Ranking by Winning Percentage
| School | Coach | Won-Loss-Tie | Percentage | Notes |
| Ohio State | Jim Tressel | 59-13-0 | 0.82% | |
| Penn State | Joe Paterno | 86-50-0 | 0.63% | |
| Wisconsin | Bret Bielema | 20-12-0 | 0.63% | |
| Iowa | Kirk Ferentz | 49-39-0 | 0.56% | |
| Michigan State | Mark Dantonio | 13-11-0 | 0.54% | |
| Purdue | Danny Hope | 4-4-0 | 0.50% | |
| Northwestern | Pat Fitzgerald | 15-17-0 | 0.47% | |
| Illinois | Ron Zook | 12-28-0 | 0.30% | |
| Minnesota | Tim Brewster | 6-18-0 | 0.25% | |
| Indiana | Bill Lynch | 5-19-0 | 0.21% | |
| Michigan | Rich Rodriquez | 3-13-0 | 0.19% |