NCAA Football

With Wins Taken Away, Paterno Drops To 12th On The All-Time List

The NCAA announced its punishments toward Penn State this morning in a live press conference, and they were major. From the loss of scholarships, to a four year bowl ban, today’s penalties are going to cripple Penn State.

The program itself wasn’t the only thing hurt today. Joe Paterno’s reputation and legacy have taken an absolute beating over the past week, and now, some of that beating will be reflected in the record books. With NCAA president Mark Emmert announcing that all of Penn State’s Paterno-coached wins from 1998-2011 have been vacated, 111 Paterno wins are officially wiped away, dropping him from first to 12th on the all-time wins list in college football.

Bobby Bowden, who said the Paterno statue should be taken down weeks ago, will now be recognized as the all-time winningest coach in major college football. It was only weeks ago Grambling had previously requested the NCAA vacate all 409 victories of Paterno’s victories in light of the Freeh report. (Grambling was the former home of Eddie Robinson, who is near the top of the all-time wins list.)

An updated list of the all-time winningest coaches in college football history would read as such:

John Gagliardi – 484
Eddie Robinson – 408
Bobby Bowden – 377*
Bear Bryant – 323*
Glenn Scobey Warner – 319*
Larry Kehres – 317
Roy Kidd – 314
Amos Alonzo Stagg – 314*
Frosty Westering – 305
Tubby Raymond – 300
Ken Sparks – 299
Joe Paterno – 298*

* – Indicates FBS coach

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