The only one on that list that worries me is Meyer.
A few other coaches, all of which I’m more worried about than anyone on that list, save possibly Meyer:

Brian Kelly: 168-57-2 In a Bowden-esque move, he’ll be able to count his DII (yeah yeah I know there was no DI/DII back then) wins as long as he coaches for 3 more years in the FBS. He’s 48, putting him at 468 at 80 averaging 10 a year.

Chris Peterson: 47-4. He’s 45, so 397 at 80 with 10 a year, but at Boise State, if he stays, he’s got a serious chance of averaging 11 or 12 a year. He’s already averaging 11.75, which will go up a bit with a bowl win this year.

Bronco Mendenhall: 48-15. Age 43, 418 averaging 10 a year, currently averaging 9.6 brought down by a 6-6 record in his first year, averaging 10.5 over the last four years, which also could go up by winning their bowl.

Bobby Bowden: 388-141-4. He’ll try something. Just wait. I’ll never assume the end of Bowden.

Jim Tressel in an interview last year said he had no plans whatsoever on coaching that long.

Also, nice addition with the images.

I thought you only had to be a coach for something like 10 years in FBS. In that case, Tressel’s count is higher at 228 (he’ll be 57 in a few days). He’ll need 10 wins over the next 18 or 19 years to beat Joe’s record, which will put him at about 75. Doable, for sure, but I doubt he (or really any) coach will be either to sustain the success for that long, or even want to coach for that long.

One thing that will help newer coaches is that Joe didn’t get the 12 game regular season until recently.

But I think it is highly unlikely that it will be broken. Too many obstacles mentioned above. In the current football climate, no one can suffer the years Joe did unless maybe they are at the very beginning of a turn-around job.

We sometimes forget how lucky Joe and Bobby have been health wise. They have never been seriously ill at their age. I mean even if there is a chance that a coach would want to coach to their 80’s(which most do not want to do), it is very likely that health would not allow them to do it. Elderly folks can just get sick so much easier, even if they are in great health. I mean Joe wasn’t exactly a spring chicken when he got the HC job, he was what, 40? SO maybe if they get a HC gig a age 25 or something.

It could maybe be possible if the schedule gets expanded again and their is a playoff added, where teams could win around 16 games a year. I think that it is 100% that no one will ever coach the same amount of years or wins at the same school like Joe has.

but how many of them will actually grow a university?

might eventually want the NFL dollars/power. Interesting exercise to think about, though.

I doubt he’ll get the title, but he’s the only one I could see coaching at his same school for the next 40 years.

Is it me or is it a totally d!ck move to be texting somebody when a coach from a Div 1A school is talking to you? I’m not trying to defend RichRod in any way, but what the hell is Pryor doing? Just a total lack of respect. That pretty much sums up why I hate Pryor.

Some (most?) of these pictures are begging for a photoshop.

Cheerleaders, Ric Flair (WOOOOOO), Jim Ross, a championship trophy named after a now bankrupt, out of business company, Kirk Ferentz’s emotionless face, D’Antonio’s angry scowl, this post has it all. +1 to you, sir.

but I don’t know how to read, so just going by the pictures.

I guarantee that anybody coming close to Joe Paterno’s record does it in a warm climate. Florida, USC, Florida State, etc. With the game as competitive across the country as it is today, and with distance from home being less of a consideration for many top recruits, I can’t believe a coach could break this record with such a climatic disadvantage in recruiting.

He is also a man