List of college football coaches with 0 wins


This is a list of college football coaches with 0 career wins. Inclusion on the list requires coaching at the college level for two or more seasons.
"College level" is defined as a four-year college 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.

Leaders by category

Six coaches managed to lead teams to one tie game in their career and therefore have a "Win %" that is greater than zero. No coaches on the list managed more than one tie game.
Five coaches on the list held their post for 3 seasons and one for a total of four seasons. Five coaches managed 20 or more losses during their time as head coach.
Coach Rob Green of Missouri Southern managed to achieve the list by coaching the same school in two non-consecutive seasons. Four other coaches also achieved that feat, all before 1920.
Three programs have two coaches on the list: Coast Guard ; Hardin-Simmons ; and Prairie View A&M. Beard and Sapenter completed their losses in consecutive order, from 1991 through 1996 as a part of the longest losing streak in college football history.
Several coaches on the list coached for two seasons but a considerable low number of games. Six coaches managed only two losses. Four of those coached two single-game seasons, the remaining two also managed a tie game one of the two seasons.

College football coaches with 0 wins

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Head coachTeamFirst yearLast yearTotal yearsGames coachedWinsLossesTiesWin %
San Jose State1893189522011
Prairie View A&M199119944440440
Alabama State1902190422020
Grand Valley State197119722130130
Bloomsburg1892189322020
Charleston 1913191637070
Montana State1911191225041
Lock Haven192619272130130
Brooklyn1954195528080
Missouri Southern1997200329090
Kent State1923192429090
Idaho1894189734040
Morehead State195319553260260
Coast Guard196619672160160
Hamilton197319742160160
Northern Colorado1893189634040
Saint Francis 192219232120120
Cooper Union19241925210091
Coast Guard1922192326060
Hardin-Simmons1917191828080
Tuskegee Institute1893189522020
Hardin-Simmons196019612200200
John McKechnieAmherst College1992199218080.000
Washington & Jefferson195419552160151
Augsburg193319342100100
Jackson State1911191222020
Arkansas–Monticello199719982210210
Prairie View A&M199519962220220
Philadelphia Pharmacy1910191126060
Samford194419452100100
Holy Cross196919702130121
Glenville State1920192127070
Indiana1887188822011
Maranatha Baptist197019712120120

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