Now in his sixth season as head coach of the Wildcats, Coach Fitzgerald
still has a couple of seasons to go before he can become the winningest
head coach in Northwestern football history. However, Coach Fitz
is here to stay, and he has the 'Cats on solid ground and the program
in good shape. So HailToPurple.com is keeping track of Coach
Fitz's progress as he moves up the ranks of NU's head coaches, and
we're counting down the Wildcat wins until Fitz takes the top spot in career wins at NU.
With
the win over Nebraska, Fitz passed Randy Walker and has sole possession of second place, closing in on Pappy.
| Rank* |
Coach |
Years
(# Seasons)
|
Wins |
Fitz's Wins To Go |
| 1 |
Pappy Waldorf |
1935-1946 (12)
|
49 |
9 |
| 2 |
PAT FITZGERALD
|
2006- (<6)
|
40 |
. |
| 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.
