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Utah Head Coach Kyle Whittingham Listed Top 10 In Win Percentage Among Active Coaches

May 10, 2020, 4:56 PM | Updated: 4:57 pm

Head coach Kyle Whittingham of the Utah Utes looks on from the sidelines during their game against ...

Head coach Kyle Whittingham of the Utah Utes looks on from the sidelines during their game against the USC Trojans at Rice-Eccles Stadium on September 23, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)

(Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham is among the top 10 active head coaches with the highest winning percentage.

Whittingham has .675 percent of his games as the head coach of the Utes. This list is among the active head coaches in FBS who have at least 100 wins.

The Utah head coach took the reins from Urban Meyer after the 2004 season and has been the head coach of the Utes ever since.

During his 15-seasons at the helm, Whittingham has a 131-64 record. The Utes finished the 2019 season with an 11-3 record which led to Whittingham being named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

Whittingham has led the Utes to 14 bowl games as the head coach and holds an 11-3 record.

He is the longest tenured coach in the Pac-12 and the third longest tenured coach in NCAA FBS.

Here is the entire top 10 list of the highest winning percentages among coaches with at least 100 wins.

  1. Dabo Swinney, Clemson – .807
  2. Nick Saban, Alabama – .788
  3. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M – .758
  4. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame – .721
  5. Gary Patterson, TCU – .711
  6. Les Miles, Kansas – .694
  7. Kyle Whittingham, Utah – .675
  8. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State – .668
  9. Mack Brown, North Carolina – .662
  10. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia – .639

Whittingham will enter his 16th season as the head coach in 2020 when the Utes will host rival BYU at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Thursday, September 3.

Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for KSLSports.com and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASportsYou can download and listen to the podcast, here.

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