30 Best College Football Coaches of All-Time
By Hayden Hyde
11. Fielding Yost
- Career Record: 198-35-12
- Record at Each School: 7-1-1 at Ohio Wesleyan, 8-3 at Nebraska, 10-0 at Kansas, 7-2-1 at Stanford, 1-0 at San Jose State, 165-29-10 at Michigan.
- Bowl Record: 1-0
- Honors and Awards: Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. 6 National Championships, 10 Big Ten Championships.
Fielding Yost spent most of his coaching career with the Michigan Wolverines, posting a record of 165-29-10 with the Wolverines. He was hired in 1901 when Michigan was still an Independent school and helped facilitate their move into the Big Ten, which they are still apart of today.
Most impressively, Yost’s 1901 team outscored their opponents a combined 550-0. That’s a mind-numbing statistic and something we will never see again.
Michigan won four straight national championships (1901-1904) under Yost. But what may be the most impressive aspect of his coaching career is that 72 players and assistant coaches under Yost went on to be head coaches in college and the NFL. His coaching tree is more like a coaching forest.
Next: Steve Spurrier