Anyone have any idea who that is?
For football, that is.
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I will give it a try Bobby Wallace?
Well, it's definitely not Coach Wallace. Are you referring to wins or winning percentage?
Kinda' having some difficulty figuring out if there's any significant difference between wins and winning percentages.
Wins is an integral component of percentages.
And yet I understand one coach may have played more games which can have different results. (For example, one coach may have played 1000 games and had a win rate of .68 {68%}, while another 100 games with a win rate of .75 {75%}.)
Statistically, the coach with 1000 games is the stronger of the two, because one loss will not as greatly affect the rate; whereas the one with 100 games will be affected more greatly.
Yet, it could be argued that from a long-term statistical perspective, they are very close to equal. Only time will tell.
So, perhaps its wins AND winning percentage!
Then that would mean having THREE numbers:
1.) Total number of Games Played;
2.) Total number of Games Won;
and
3.) Wins expressed as a Percentage.
Wins is an integral component of percentages.
And yet I understand one coach may have played more games which can have different results. (For example, one coach may have played 1000 games and had a win rate of .68 {68%}, while another 100 games with a win rate of .75 {75%}.)
Statistically, the coach with 1000 games is the stronger of the two, because one loss will not as greatly affect the rate; whereas the one with 100 games will be affected more greatly.
Yet, it could be argued that from a long-term statistical perspective, they are very close to equal. Only time will tell.
So, perhaps its wins AND winning percentage!
Then that would mean having THREE numbers:
1.) Total number of Games Played;
2.) Total number of Games Won;
and
3.) Wins expressed as a Percentage.
By total number of wins it appears to be Ken Sparks at Carson-Newman. He has 266 victories in 334 games (266-66-2) for a .796 winning percentage.
His bio stats: "Sparks is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division II."
His bio stats: "Sparks is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division II."
Will you share the citation, the link for your reference, please?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Since most of us here in Alabama are only interested in championships, it would either be Wallace or whoever was coaching North Dakota State in the early/mid 80's. I don't believe Sparks has ever won a chamionship and I think his window of opportunity has closed.