Longest Tenured FBS Head Coaches: All 133 FBS Teams (Updated as Needed)

Update 2/25/24 - Hopefully this is the last update for 2024 - until after the season, well maybe mid-season…

Update 2/1/24 - I guess that Jeff Hafley has had enough of college football as it is today.

Update 1/27/24 - With the hiring of Sherrone Moore, we should be all done with hiring for the upcoming season.

Update 1/24/24 - Jim Harbaugh is leaving Michigan to be the head coach of the San Diego Chargers.

1.    Kirk Ferentz, Iowa:  26th season

2.    Kyle Whittingham, Utah:  20th season

3.    Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State:  20th season

4.    Troy Calhoun, Air Force:  18th season

5.    Dabo Swinney, Clemson:  17th season

6.    Mark Stoops, Kentucky:  12th season

7.    Dave Doeren, NC State:  12th season

8.   Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio):  11th season

9.    Dave Clawson, Wake Forest:  11th season

10.  Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan:  11th season

11.  Jeff Monken, Army:  11th season

12.  James Franklin, Penn State:  11th season

13.  K.C. Keeler, Sam Houston:  11th season

14.  Pat Narduzzi, Pitt:  10th season

15.  Matt Campbell, Iowa State:  9th season

16.  Jason Candle, Toledo:  9th season

17.  Kirby Smart, Georgia:  9th season

18.  Kalani Sitake, BYU:  9th season

19.  Mike Neu, Ball State:  9th season

20.  P. J. Fleck, Minnesota:  8th season

21.  Justin Wilcox, California:  8th season

22.  Chip Kelly, UCLA:  7th season

23.  Mike Bloomgren, Rice:  7th season

24.  Mack Brown, North Carolina:  6th season

25.  Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky:  6th season

26.  Scot Loeffler, Bowling Green:  6th season

27.  Jim McElwain, Central Michigan:  6th season

28.  Mike Huston, East Carolina:  6th season

29.  Ryan Day, Ohio State:  6th season

30.  Mike Locksley, Maryland:  6th season

31.  Chris Klieman, Kansas State:  6th season

32.  Neal Brown, West Virginia:  6th season

33.  Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois:  6th season

34.  Greg Schiano, Rutgers:  5th season

35.  Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss:  5th season

36.  Mike Norvell, Florida State:  5th season

37.  Sam Pittman, Arkansas:  5th season

38.  Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion:  5th season

39.  Jeff Traylor, UTSA:  5th season

40.  Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri:  5th season

41.  Shawn Clark, Appalachian State:  5th season

42.  Ryan Silverfield, Memphis:  5th season

43.  Dave Aranda, Baylor:  5th season

44.  Shane Beamer, South Carolina:  4th season

45.  Will Hall, Southern Miss:  4th season

46.  Blake Anderson, Utah State:  4th season

47.  Butch Jones:  Arkansas State:  4th season

48.  Clark Lea, Vanderbilt:  4th season

49.  Bret Bielema, Illinois:  4th season

50.  Steve Sarkisian, Texas:  4th season

51.  Charles Huff, Marshall:  4th season

52.  Josh Heupel, Tennessee:  4th season

53.  Gus Malzahn, UCF:  4th season

54.  Lance Leipold, Kansas:  4th season

55.  Tim Albin, Ohio:  4th season

56.  Jake Dickert, Washington State:  4th season

57.  Clay Helton, Georgia Southern:  3rd season

58.  Joey McGuire, Texas Tech:  3rd season

59.  Jim Mora, UConn:  3rd season

60.  Don Brown, UMass:  3rd season

61.  Billy Napier, Florida:  3rd season

62.  Lincoln Riley, USC:  3rd season

63.  Sonny Dykes, TCU:  3rd season

64.  Rhett Lashlee, SMU:  3rd season

65.  Rich Rodriguez, Jacksonville State:  3rd season

66.  Brian Kelly, LSU:  3rd season

67.  Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech:  3rd season

68.  Brent Pry, Virginia Tech:  3rd season

69.  Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame:  3rd season

70.  Joe Moorhead, Akron:  3rd season

71.  Michael Desormeaux, Louisiana:  3rd season

72.  Brent Venables, Oklahoma:  3rd season

73.  Mario Cristobal, Oregon:  3rd season

74.  Jay Norvell, Colorado State:  3rd season

75.  Jeff Tedford, Fresno State:  3rd season

76.  Mike MacIntyre, FIU:  3rd season

77.  Tony Elliott, Virginia:  3rd season

78.  Dan Lanning, Oregon:  3rd season

79.  Stan Drayton, Temple:  3rd season

80.  Timmy Chang, Hawaii:  3rd season

81.  Brent Key, Georgia Tech:  2nd season

82.  Biff Poggi, Charlotte:  2nd season

83.  Matt Rhule, Nebraska:  2nd season

84.  Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State:  2nd season

85.  Luke Fickell, Wisconsin:  2nd season

86.  Hugh Freeze, Auburn:  2nd season

87.  Trent Dilfer, UAB:  2nd season

88.  Tom Herman, Florida Atlantic:  2nd season

89.  GJ Kinne, Texas State:  2nd season

90.  Deion Sanders, Colorado:  2nd season

91.  Alex Golesh, USF:  2nd season

92.  Jamey Chadwell, Liberty:  2nd season

93.  Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina:  2nd season

94.  Scott Satterfield, Cincinnati:  2nd season

95.  Kevin Wilson, Tulsa:  2nd season

96.  Barry Odom, UNLV:  2nd season

97.  Jeff Brohm, Louisville:  2nd season

98.  Lance Taylor, Western Michigan:  2nd season

99.  Troy Taylor, Sanford:  2nd season

100. Ryan Walters, Purdue:  2nd season

101. Eric Morris, North Texas:  2nd season

102. Kenni Burns, Kent State:  2nd season

103. Brian Newberry, Navy:  2nd season

104. David Braun, Northwestern:  2nd season

105. Jonathan Smith, Michigan State:  New Hire

106. Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State:  New Hire

107. Mike Elko, Texas A&M:  New Hire

108. Fran Brown, Syracuse:  New Hire

109. Trent Bray, Oregon State:  New Hire

110. Sean Lewis, San Diego State:  New Hire

111. Curt Cignetti, Indiana:  New Hire

112. Willie Fritz, Houston:  New Hire

113. Spencer Danielson, Boise State:  New Hire

114. Jeff Choate, Nevada:  New Hire

115. Scotty Walden, UTEP:  New Hire

116. Bronco Mendenhall, New Mexico:  New Hire

117. Derek Mason, Middle Tennessee:  New Hire

118. Bryant Vincent, ULM:  New Hire

119. Jay Sawvel, Wyoming:  New Hire

120. Bob Chesney, James Madison:  New Hire

121. Manny Diaz, Duke:  New Hire

122. Jon Sumrall, Tulane:  New Hire

123. Gerard Parker, Troy:  New Hire

124. Tony Sanchez, New Mexico State:  New Hire

125. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama:  New Hire

126. Jedd Fisch, Washington:  New Hire

127. Brent Brennan, Arizona:  New Hire

128. Major Applewhite, South Alabama:  New Hire

129. Pete Lembo, Buffalo:  New Hire

130. Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State:  New Hire

131. Sherrone Moore, Michigan:  New Hire

132. Bill O’Brien, Boston College:  New Hire

133. Dell McGee, Georgia State:  New Hire

Longest Tenured FCS Head Coaches: Current Team

1.  Jim Parady, Marist:  28 years (142-152-1 record)

2.  Kevin Callahan, Monmouth:  27 years (163-124 record)

3.  Tim Murphy, Harvard:  26 years (178-81 record at Harvard, 210-126-1 career record)

4.  John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State:  23 years (166-105 record)

5.  Mark Farley, Northern Iowa:  19 years (159-83 record)

6.  Buddy Pough, South Carolina State:  18 years (133-73 record)

7.  Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth:  15 years (105-93-2 record at Dartmouth, 139-170-2 career record)

7.  Jerry Schmitt, Duquesne:  15 years (98-67 record at Duquesne, 126-88 career record)

9.  Jason Simpson, UT Martin:  14 years (87-73 record)

Longest Tenured FBS Head Coaches: Current Team

Updated 1/5/2021: Wins and losses are up-to-date (will have to change Nick Saban’s record on Tuesday 1/12), added names to the list - it now includes any coach that has been with their current team for ten years, and added David Cutcliffe to the list after grievously omitting him from the list when it was first created last year.

1.  Kirk Ferentz, Iowa:  22 years (168-106 record at Iowa, 180-127 career record)

2.  Gary Patterson, TCU:  20 years (178-74 record)

3.  Kyle Whittingham, Utah:  16 years (134-66 record)

4.  Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State:  16 years (137-67 record)

5.  Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee:  15 years (94-92 record)

6.  Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern:  15 years (106-81 record)

7.  Nick Saban, Alabama:  14 years (165-23 record at Alabama, 256-65-1 career record)

8.  Troy Calhoun, Air Force:  14 years (101-72 record)

9.  Dabo Swinney, Clemson:  13 years (140-33 record)

10.  Ken Niumatalolo, Navy:  13 years (101-67 record)

11. David Cutcliffe, Duke: 13 years (74-88 record at Duke, 118-117 career record)

12. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame: 11 years (81-39 record at Notre Dame, 252-96-2 career record)

13. David Shaw, Stanford: 10 years (90-36 record)