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Athens
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With Frank Solich retiring at over 100 wins, Ohio is the only university in the "Group of 5" to have 3 coaches with 100 wins. 100 wins is quite rare at a G5 school. Surprisingly Chris Petersen didn't accomplish it at Boise State though he was close with 92 wins.

169 Air Force Fisher DeBerry 1984-2006 (Jim Grobe's boss)
144 Rice Jess Neely 1940-1966
125 Colorado St. Harry Hughes 1911-1941
121 Ohio Don Peden 1924-1946
118 Southern Miss. Jeff Bower 1990-2007
115 Ohio Frank Solich 2005-2020 (Hired by Tom Boeh)
112 Fresno St. Pat Hill 1997-2011 (Fired by Tom Boeh)
110 Central Mich. Herb Deromedi 1978-1993
108 Ohio Bill Hess 1958-1977
108 Colorado St. Sonny Lubick 1993-2007
101 Air Force Troy Calhoun 2007-Present (Jim Grobe's assistant)
101 Navy Ken Niumatalolo 2007-Present

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/leaders/wins-coach-c...

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Last Edited: 7/17/2021 12:03:08 AM by Athens
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Jess Neely coached Rice while it was in the Southwest Conference, which at the time was a "P" conference. The other teams were Texas, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Baylor, SMU and TCU. Scratch him from the list.

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As tough as this would be to believe as to the way things are in the current times Neely began his coaching career at Clemson and then upgraded to coach Rice for the remainder of his career.

But as this source doesn't include Don Peden or Bill Hess as coaches who should be on the list because Ohio wasn't apparently playing at the highest level of football in those days then they can be scratched too.

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2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round
2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans
2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field
2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740
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