HailToPurple.com
kept track of Coach
Fitz's progress as he moved up the ranks of NU's head coaches, counting
down the Wildcat wins until Fitz took the top spot in career wins at NU.
With
the Gator Bowl win, Fitz became the winningest coach in NU history!
| Rank* |
Coach |
Years
(# Seasons)
|
Wins |
Date Fitz Matched
|
| 1 |
PAT FITZGERALD
|
2006- (7)
|
50 |
. |
| 2 |
Pappy Waldorf
|
1935-1946 (12)
|
49 |
(matched 11/24/12;
passed 1/1/13) |
| 3 |
Randy Walker
|
1999-2005 (7)
|
37 |
(matched 10/29/11) |
| 4 |
Ara Parseghian |
1956-1963 (8)
|
36 |
(matched 9/10/11) |
| 4 |
Dick Hanley
|
1927-1934 (8)
|
36 |
(matched 9/10/11) |
| 6 |
Gary Barnett
|
1992-1998 (7)
|
35 |
(matched 9/3/11) |
| 7 |
Bob Voigts
|
1947-1954 (8)
|
33 |
(matched 10/30/10) |
| 8 |
Alex Agase
|
1964-1972 (9)
|
32 |
(matched 10/2/10)
|
| 9 |
C.M. Hollister
|
1899-1902 (4)
|
27 |
(matched 11/21/09)
|
| 10 |
Walter McCornack
|
1903-1905 (3)
|
26 |
(matched 11/14/09) |
| 11 |
Glen Thistlethwaite
|
1922-1926 (5)
|
21 |
(matched 9/12/09)
|
| 12 |
Fred Murphy |
1914-1918 (5)
|
16 |
(matched 10/18/08) |
| 13 |
Francis Peay |
1986-1991 (6)
|
13 |
(matched 9/13/08) |
| 14 |
Alvin Culver |
1895-1896 (<2)
|
12 |
(matched 9/6/08) |
| 14 |
John Pont |
1973-1977 (5)
|
12 |
(matched 9/6/08) |
| 16
|
Dennis Green
|
1981-1985 (5)
|
10
|
(matched 11/10/07)
|
| 17
|
W.H. Bannard
|
1898 (1)
|
9
|
(matched 10/19/07)
|
| 18
|
Snake Ames
|
1891-1892 (2)
|
7
|
(matched 10/6/07)
|
| 19
|
Charles Hammett
|
1910-1912 (3)
|
6
|
(matched 9/8/07)
|
| 20 |
Jesse Van Doozer
|
1897 (1)
|
5 |
(matched 9/1/07) |
| 21 |
Elmer McDevitt
|
1920-1921 (2)
|
4 |
(matched 11/18/06) |
| 21 |
A.A. Ewing
|
1894 (1)
|
4 |
(matched 11/18/06) |
| 23 |
Paul Noyes
|
1893 (1)
|
2 |
(matched 9/16/06) |
| 23 |
Alton Johnson
|
1908 (1)
|
2 |
(matched 9/16/06) |
| 23 |
Charlie Bachman
|
1919 (1)
|
2 |
(matched 9/16/06) |
| 26 |
Bill Horr
|
1909 (1)
|
1 |
(matched 8/31/06) |
| 26 |
Dennis Grady
|
1913 (1)
|
1 |
(matched 8/31/06) |
| 26 |
Rick Venturi
|
1978-1980 (3)
|
1 |
(matched 8/31/06) |
| 29 |
Lou Saban
|
1955 (1)
|
0 |
(matched 8/31/06) |
| 29 |
Joe Flint
|
1895 (<1)
|
0 |
(matched 8/31/06)
|
*The
ranking is solely based on overall number of wins at NU as head
coach. For a (much) more subjective ranking of NU's former
coaches, click here.
